Do you want to know if Reiki’s right for you?

Following on from last week’s Blog, when I explained that I’d had a big influx of new subscribers to my website, I thought it might be a good idea to try and help anyone new to Reiki to understand exactly what this therapy is, what it is not, and how can it help you heal.

Well, in a nutshell, Reiki is an ancient healing technique. Although its origins date back many thousands of years, it was just over 100 years ago that it was rediscovered by a Japanese man named Mikao Usui.

Reiki (pronounced: ray-key) is a Japanese word, which means Universal Life Force Energy.

It’s this ‘Ki’ energy that Reiki practitioners like me utilise, to help people like you, heal.

Reiki can be either 'hands-on' or 'hands-off'.

When you feel healthy and full of enthusiasm, the flow of Ki energy in your body is high and unencumbered. Life seems easier to deal with, and you have a higher resistance to illness and disease.

However, when your Ki energy is low, because maybe you’re under stress, or feeling unhappy and tired, you will be more susceptible to disease and sickness. Your attitude will be generally negative, and you will find it difficult to deal with life’s challenges.

That’s where a Reiki comes into its own.

You see, Usui discovered that Ki energy can be manipulated to help enhance healing of all types – physical, emotional and mental. After he trained over 2000 students in Japan, Reiki then gradually made its way from the East to Western societies, and can now be found hospitals, hospices, and in private practices across the globe.​​

So, what happens when you have Reiki?

Well, you’re fully-dressed when having a Reiki Treatment, and often you lie down, but it works just as well if you’d prefer to sit in a chair.

Usually, the Reiki Practitioner places their hands on the client’s body in order to manipulate, or channel, Ki energy. However, it’s also widely accepted that Reiki is equally effectively ‘hands-off’, with the practitioner’s hands raised just above the client’s body, if they’d prefer that.

Reiki is very gentle, and deeply relaxing, it’s therefore easily adapted to most medical conditions and all situations. It can be used safely by people of all ages, including pregnant mothers, new-born babies, surgical patients, the frail, and the elderly.

Reiki is an ‘holistic’ practice, which means it treats all of you – body, mind, and soul.

But while Reiki is spiritual in nature, it isn’t based on any belief or religion, so you really don’t even have to believe it works, for it to work. And there's no 'magic' element to Reiki either. It's simply about helping you rebalance the energy that has always been inside you, but which has, for whatever reason, become imbalanced.

It’s hoped that, as more research takes place, we’ll eventually be able to scientifically measure the Ki energy emitted from a practitioner’s hands, with so-called ‘energy medicine’ becoming the norm, rather than the exception.

Until then though, the new clients I see coming to The Cabin each week all have one thing in common – they’ve decided to try out this Reiki thing for themselves to see if it actually does work.

So how do you know if Reiki is right for you? Well, if you’re open-minded, and if you’re equally prepared to put your own well-being first for a change, then I’d say that Reiki is definitely for you.

Reiki only ever does good. It makes you feel good, and it helps you heal in a way that you probably didn’t think was possible.

Judging by the number of regular clients I have booking their Reiki sessions every week, or month, I’d say that most people are swiftly convinced by the healing power of Reiki.

Of course, you don’t have to take my word for it – the best way to discover the joy of Reiki is to try it for yourself. That’s why I offer a reduced rate for your first Reiki Treatment, because I’m so passionate about this truly unique and wonderful way of life, and I’d love everyone else to discover it, too. (Just subscribe to my website to get 20% off your first treatment.)

So, there you have it, a beginner’s guide to Reiki, which will hopefully also be the start of an amazing journey of self-discovery, should you decide to go with your gut and give Reiki a go.

Until next week.

Much love,

Denise