Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Reiki Healing - Replenish and Restore Body and Soul.

By John Allison

These days, Reiki healing is one of the better known alternative medicine practices. With roots in ancient India, its modern expression goes back to Japan in the late 1800s.

Reiki healing can be used to heal both the body and the spirit. It compliments other healing methods beautifully. Reiki is excellent to use to speed recovery, as it cannot do harm.

Reiki healing is spiritual in nature. This can be taken in two different ways: Firstly, it is a practice of the spirit. It is a way of using spiritual energy to help another. Secondly: It, like all forms of energy healing, it tends to work from the top down, working first on the energy systems, and then affecting the physical body from there.

The practical side of this, is that energy healing in general and Reiki healing in particular is well suited for healing a wounded heart.

In the process of living life, we tend to pick up a few emotional wounds. After a while, they can overwhelm you if you don't work to heal them. Reiki treatments can patch up those wounds and keep your emotional and physical wellbeing solid.

While there are miraculous (and true) stories of what Reiki can do, the baseline for starters is deep relaxation. This will allow the body to recoup and reset itself, and that's no small thing in today's society of speed and constant urgency.

Beyond that, here are a few direct experiences I've had with Reiki. Burns have disappeared. Motion sickness has evaporated. Chronic pain has been kept at bay, and reduced over time. Surgery has healed up in a fraction of the time and with minimal painkillers.

As useful as Reiki healing is, it's best used in combination with other healing methods. Of all the Reiki practitioners I'm aware, only one or two use Reiki as a stand-alone. All of them would urge you to see a doctor if you've got the flu or an injury. Reiki in conjunction with modern medicine is a powerful combination.

If you're concerned at all about the possibility of being harmed with Reiki, then relax. Won't happen. Reiki will not allow itself to harm anyone. I might have deserved it during a "sorcerer's apprentice" moment of mine (I go into it on my site), but even then I was gently taught a lesson in respect, but still unharmed. Reiki can't harm, period.

Reiki is a huge area of study. This article is only a brief intro. Reiki can be used to heal through time, and over distance. There are also symbols that are handed down from teacher to student. There's much for you to discover, if you're interested.

If you're looking for a healing method which is gentle and blends easily with other methods, I'd strongly suggest exploring Reiki. - 16004

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