Permanent Zen Blog: What is Reiki ?
Reiki is a technique that is used to heal physical and mental trauma, and to support mental clarity, and emotional/spiritual well-being. In Japanese, the word "rei" refers to a higher intelligence that permeates all living and nonliving entities and guides the inherent functioning of the universe. The word "ki" refers to the nonphysical energy that flows through everything that is alive, including animals, and human beings—because of this, ki is also often called "life force energy," and is known as qi, or chi.
The practitioner channels the flow of Reiki through the affected parts of the subject's energy field and charges them with positive energy. This causes the negative energy—such as stress, anxiety, physical pain, sadness, confusion, etc.—to loosen its grip, allowing the your emotional system to reset to its natural, peaceful state.
Energy healing is a very, very old practice. Energy healing techniques and energy healing concepts (such as the Chakras) were part of Ancient Hindu texts, Ancient Egyptian culture and traditional Chinese medicine such as acupuncture. Reiki is a specific form of energy healing that was "rediscovered by the Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui in 1922. Reiki is unique in that the main way that the practitioner gets the energy to move within the patients body is through the light touch of hands. During a treatment, hands are typically placed on or over certain centers of the body that house both our Chakras and glands that produce vital hormones that regulate the proper functioning of our bodies.
(What’s a Chakra? Click Here )
Reiki is on the rise in the United States. Although once a fringe practice only used by the most esoteric of individuals, Reiki is being widely now across private practices and medical facilities. Over 25% of hospitals in the United States offer some form of Reiki or Therapeutic Touch services and over 1.2 million Americans have tried some type of energy healing therapy.
Reiki has proven to be highly effective in the treatment against Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, Chronic Stress and in Anger Management.
WHY REIKI HEALING IS EFFECTIVE FOR DEPRESSION & ANXIETY
Many individuals who are either suffering through depression or anxiety tend to rely on some form of medication. However, there is a growing number of people who are becoming aware of the fact that depression and anxiety can be cured without the use of anti-psychotics. Depression and anxiety need to be understood as energy imbalances rather than a mental disorder. Thus, in order to cure depression or anxiety, it’s critically important to treat the imbalanced energy and the behavior and mindset that proliferates the imbalance.
To overcome the root cause of depression or anxiety, Reiki in New York, as well as Spiritual Counseling can prove to be powerful solutions.
Reiki is a technique of transferring the universal energy to the patient by the practitioner to area of the body where it is needed. Turning to Individual Reiki Sessions NYC can help you regain the natural flow of energy that our bodies need to be relaxed, happy and healthy.
Namaste!