Nothing more than a Japanese relaxation system, it was developed in Japan by Mikao Usui around 1922 although it has been practiced for about a century.
This is how it works. A Reiki receiver lies on a massage table or sits in a chair fully clothed with the exception of shoes. The practitioner either lays their hands on ( with a light touch) or just above the receiver usually starting at the crown of the head and working toward the feet. Healing energy is transferred from the practitioner to the receiver.
This is an explanation of Reiki and other modalities from the Cleveland Clinic.
I became a Reiki Master in 2019. Today, though, I am writing about my personal experiences giving Reiki to those who are open to it.
Once a month a Healing Circle is held which I am a small part of as a practitioner. I volunteer my services and the facility askes for a small donation from each recipient receiving a twenty minute session.
In this last recent Healing Circle, I asked the young man who honored my table, if there was an intention I could hold for him, he mentioned he was holding sadness. A young woman said she wanted to accept all relaxation and a third man was suffering from cancer and missed his wife who had passed. People have come to receive a Reiki treatment just prior to an upcoming surgery and some who play a lot of sports want to receive a session to relax their muscles. There has been slight snoring too! Some literally fall asleep! I have learned there are as many different reasons to be drawn to a Reiki session as there are people in the hopes of receiving comfort in a quiet setting.
A man asked me if I felt any negative energy from him after our Reiki session and I said no. I actually felt compassion.
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