Reiki is both a personal spiritual practice, and a Japanese healing art that can be used to heal the self and others.
Reiki as a HEALING ART
Healing with the hands is a wonderful way to maintain a dynamic state of health on all levels, not only physically. The simplest way to describe Reiki’s healing benefit is that it balances and harmonizes you. Reiki is noninvasive, and blends very well with any health regimen you may already be on.
WE ARE ENERGY
We are energetic beings. In short, we must understand the body as a complex energetic template, and Reiki is a teaching and practice that addresses this subtle template in a direct way.
Central to the practice is the notion of LIFE FORCE ENERGY – “KI” - life energy that flows in the body, the mind, throughout nature and the cosmos. Working with and applying different types of KI is how Reiki can facilitate healing both personally and for others.
Acupuncture works with meridians that are closer to the underside of the skin. Yoga says that we have 72,000 nadis, or energy pathways which run deeper than the meridians. Also, a CHAKRA system that runs up the spine, the central energy pathway, or SHUSHUMNA. The Left side of the body and right side have feminine and masculine energy, the IDA & PINGALA.
Working with Reiki addresses this system in its entirety and can help bring about holistic wellbeing spiritually, mentally, emotionally, energetically and physically.
Healing session experience:
During a Reiki session you remain fully clothed and lie down comfortably. The practitioner applies his or her hands on or slightly off your body in a static position and there’s no pressure or manipulation, its not a massage! Reiki energy then flows through the practitioner’s hands into the body.
There is no transfer of personal energy from the practitioner, it is powerful and pure Universal energy /Ki. A typical session will last about an hour.
Wherever you have a need, the REIKI will flow there. It will work where it is most needed. Often there are unexpected healings and blessings.
Your commitment to your healing journey and willingness to receive Reiki is all that you need to show up with. Reiki sessions are insightful, uplifting and profoundly comforting to your body, mind and spirit. You are doing major self-care work!
Reiki as a personal practice:
As a personal spiritual practice, Reiki is an open-minded teaching that is highly adaptable to any other practice or belief system.
The founder of Reiki, Usui Sensei, gave a 5-point guideline:
For today only:
Do not anger
Do not worry
Be humble
Be honest in your work
Be compassionate to yourself and others
The rest of the teachings consist of a set of practices, for personal growth and transformation, healing, and consciousness evolution.
Reiki techniques enhance your personal energy flow through the connection to Universal Ki. Ki is also understood as containing the noble attributes such as wisdom, compassion and peace, as well as universal consciousness.
Reiki also teaches the principle of Oneness—That we are all from one source… and at one with ourselves, others, nature and everything in nature, the cosmos, and the Universe / Source.
Reiki practices include meditations; ‘healing hands” techniques used on the self and others; energy cleansing techniques for self, objects and surroundings; methods for spiritual alignment and mental/emotional health.
Original teachings of Usui Sensei:
The teachings of Reiki were formulated by Mikao Usui, a Buddhist Monk, during the 1800’s in Japan when the country was coming out of two hundred years of isolation. Spiritual and healing ideas were flourishing, as were the martial arts. Spiritual groups were emerging. Usui was around at the same time as founders of Judo and Aikido.
“Usui’s teachings are based on the truth that we are inherently spiritual. His practices and techniques simply help you become more and more actively spiritual, so that your spirituality is a conscious and observable experience, and not just an innate quality. “ Pamir Kitchiman Oasis Reiki Dojo
Reiki training experience:
To become a practitioner, you have to be trained by a qualified teacher. There is a definite teacher-student relationship. The foundational or first level is Shoden which means beginning or first teaching. The training is a combination of instruction, hands-on work, experiential portions, sharing, Q&A, and Reiju.
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