WHAT IS REIKI

The word Reiki (pronounced ‘ray – key’) largely translates from Japanese to English to mean ‘universal lifeforce energy’ or a spiritual consciousness that animates all things.

From this perspective, lifeforce energy flows within and all around us in our non-subtle or physical body – cells, solid tissues, blood, bodily fluids & organs – as well as through our subtle body or the parts of us that can’t be visibly seen, which includes our chakras, meridians or nadis, auric layers and dantian. This interpretation of the human body as an energy system has origins in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Vedic systems of wellness from India which are Aruveyda and Yoga, and in the modern field of Biofield Science.

Lifeforce energy can become disrupted or blocked when we absorb or accept – consciously or unconsciously – negative thoughts and feelings.  This could cause toxins in the body, and cells to aggregate in a particular area of the body causing illness or stress in any number of combined ways, physically, mentally, emotionally, etc. If we agree we live in a world made up of Reiki energy, we are all a part of this life experience, constantly influencing each other’s energy. Coming for a Reiki session is one way to help energy move through, to flow freely and to contribute to our goals for well-being.

The natural healing system of Reiki is not religious, however often identified and experienced as a spiritual practice for many Reiki practitioners.