A Love Affair with Reiki

I remember first hearing about others doing hands-on healing work and wanting to do it myself. Little did I realize the impact actually learning Reiki would have on my life.

It wasn’t until I began practicing giving Reiki to others on a regular basis did I realize what I had. Even though I didn’t really feel any energy coming out of my hands for several months, I did see the effect the Reiki had others.

After just a 15 minutes session, the person being worked on had such a glow about them. They usually had a smile on their face. Even if they person being worked on had no real health challenges, they felt the benefit anyway in a much more calmer and relaxed demeanor.

And of course, I knew how I felt receiving a treatment as well. After a treatment I would typically feel revitalized and rejuvenated. I just felt great! Having worked on thousands of people over the last 15 years, the effect is still the same.

Receiving Reiki is like getting an energy transfusion. The universal life force energy that is transmitted through the session to the recipient is essentially a loving energy that nurtures most everyone it touches.
We tell our students that we can only make two claims about what Reiki will do, being:
1) It will help reduce stress, and
2 )It will help relieve pain.

But those are two major factors! Many doctors would agree that many illnesses are stress related.

Beyond helping with stress and pain, we started having people tell us what it had done for them beyond those two things. Clients and students report help with a myriad of conditions from headaches to fibromyalgia to cancer.

But, just helping someone get to that deeply relaxed state that Reiki provides, helps to accelerate the body’s own healing response, and as a result, they typically feel better.

Whether it is giving someone a Reiki treatment or teaching a class how to do Reiki, it has been a love affair for me. And when it gets down to it,that is what life is all about, learning to love more, not only love others, but learning to love ourselves more as well.