Reiki Healing Has Proven Helpful To Many Around The World

By Beverly C. Ralph


Modern medicine does not always have all the answers. Reiki healing is done in a quiet place where one is unlikely to be disturbed. Most professionals will play soft music putting the client as ease but if one prefers silence that can be done as well. Each session can last from one hour to one and a half but if the setting is in a hospital or nursing home the length can be about fifteen to twenty minutes each.

Many professional medical individuals classify this as oriental medicine and it is believed to transfer energy through a person's palm allowing for self healing and a state of balance. It was first practised on those that suffered from asthma and abdominal pain with surprising results. There are two different forms and are referred to as the Traditional Japanese Reiki and the Western Reiki.

The Western practise focuses more on the position of the hands, the healing process and a onetime attunement which includes an energetic system of chakras. These are energy points in the true and genuine body or rainbow body and not the physical form. It comes from India and utilizes reflection.

A Japanese Buddhist developed this practise in 1904 after he became so ill he nearly died. He went to a mountain near Kyoto where he spent nearly a month meditating on life and realized the power of life's energy force which gave him new knowledge and called it Reiki. He spent seventeen years perfecting the practise and taught over two thousand people during his life span.

There are many different courses that one can take depending on one's preference. There is Jikiden, Gendai and Sekhem Reiki as well as Children's Reiki. The Jikiden form is passed down from its founder Milao Usui and has not been changed in any way. Gendai combines the traditional method with specialized types of healing and is the more common of them all.

Sekhem was originally used for healing purposes in Ancient Egypt and the energy heals the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels focusing on the heart centre. Children's Reiki is taught at a young age as they still believe that their potential in unlimited. This is usually done when they are either seven or eight years old although it can be taught until they are over fifteen years old.

The healing helps one to centre and clear the mind as well as to increase self esteem and self worth. It does not replace any current medicine but does help in one accepting liability for their happiness and wellbeing. This is not an outline of belief but a system based on ancient healing methodologies.




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