Reiki
My therapeutic Reiki sessions are informed through my previous experiences with energy work such as with Acupuncture, Acupressure, and my personal spiritual practice. I use Reiki healing with clients who are in need of support and energetic balancing. I am able to attune to their bodies in such a way that I get physical feedback and responses in my own. This allows me to offer the necessary space, setting and direction to facilitate healing. For the client, Reiki is about their own specific intention and awareness of their internal world of thought, feeling and emotion. I use crystals in my energy work to enhance the body’s own energy field and pathways (known as the meridians (TCM) or nadis (Yoga). These pathways can become scattered, deficient, excessive and blocked. Crystals aid in the healing and movement of energy through these channels.
After a session you may feel extremely relaxed or even energised. The benefits of Reiki include improvements with sleep, stress and overall energy as well as benefiting excessive mental and physical energy. Clients often experience a clearing of emotions such as anger and sadness. Reiki can help to address physical and energetic imbalances and activate natural repair mechanisms. Reiki also heals many aspects of one’s life as it empowers the receiver to take the next most appropriate step toward their own growth and development through coming back into harmony with themselves.
Reiki Lineage
My Reiki knowledge was passed to me by my teacher Abbey Fox, a Reiki Master of the Usui method. This lineage has an oral history that has passed from teacher to student since the late 1800’s from the founder Dr Mikao Usui. Dr Usui, a Japanese minister and president of a University in Kyoto, had studied sanskrit and began to learn Buddhist scriptures. It was through this acquisition of knowledge that he was able to uncover this healing practice. Some describe the physical aspect behind the healing as a current of energy or life force similar to the explanation for Qi (TCM) or Prana (Yoga). What makes Reiki different is the attunement process which is passed on from teacher to student in succession over time. This can be described as an ancient process of fine-tuning the physical and etheric bodies to a high vibratory level.
WHAT IS REIKI?
The word Reiki comes from the Japanese words: Rei which means "Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy.” It translates as ‘universal life energy’, the energy that is continuously supporting life. Reiki is traditionally used to help ease emotional, mental and physical ailments. It accelerates the body’s own ability to heal through correcting imbalances of the mind, body, and spirit. It enhances the body’s natural healing ability by promoting internal harmony and wellness. It is a non-invasive energy healing that can occur with or without touch.