What is Reiki?
Reiki is a powerful and effective, yet noninvasive and gentle form of energy healing. It literally translates to Rei – "universal life", and Ki -- "energy". In the late 1800's this natural healing technique was channeled through a Japanese man named Mikao Usui, and has been passed down directly from teacher to student over the years.
Reiki could be described as the energy inside of all of us, everything around us, and the thread weaving everything together. It can be something as simple as feeling the wind blowing, or the sun touching our skin. It’s in our food, our thoughts, the air, plants, animals.. It is the life force of all things! The essense of Reiki is all that we feel inside us, and all that we connect with around us.
As Reiki practitioners we channel this energy to our clients-- to restore balance and harmony within the body, soul, and mind.
When Might One Need Reiki Healing?
You can think of the energy running through your body as a free-flowing river-- when everything is aligned it flows along swiftly and smoothly. However, often times this current can be disrupted. Challenges in our lives can act like rocks and debris-- blocking and disrupting our natural flow of energy.
Some examples of how you can experience these blockages include:
Fatigue
Fear
Anxiety
Depression
Anger
Worries
Physical Pain or Discomfort
Illness / Dis-ease
Reiki can help wash away and clear out any of these obstructions-- strengthening the natural energy flow.
How Can Reiki Help?
A Reiki session is utilized for one’s personal wellness journey. It is an intelligent energy, and intuitively goes wherever it is needed. It is a meditation in a way, allowing your body to let go and quiet the mind. It will help ease tension and stress however it manifests within the body-- releasing blockages and allowing your energy to flow freely again. It can improve sleep, help soothe emotional and physical discomforts and create general peace and well being. The universal energy of Reiki helps the body restore it's own ideal level of balance and harmony.
Within us are different energy or chakra centers. When you allow yourself to be cared for by a Reiki practitioner, we are holding a space for you to relax, find your breath and come back to that center of balance. The obstructions are gently washed away and your natural energy flow is restored-- leaving you feeling lighter, healthier and happier.
The Experience: Before, During, and After Session
A Reiki service can last any length of time, but a session with Kara or Daniel is generally 45 to 90 minutes. Before we begin, you are free to discuss your thoughts and feelings to help us tune into what you are needing in the moment. However, if you don't want to have any verbal discussion we can also work intuitively to help guide the energy to where it needs to go. This healing space provides benefits to you physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
We may use sound healing, if desired, before and throughout the reiki session. We use specialized tuning forks to help synchronize your body's energy centers to their natural frequencies. When used in conjunction with Reiki healing, the sounds assist to clear the energetic pathways of your body-- to help amplify the Reiki work.
The session will begin with the client lying fully clothed on a treatment bed with warm blankets and pillows for extra support and comfort. Light music and aromatherapy may be used to help deepen relaxation.
Throughout the session, we use either light touch or our hands just above the body. Our hands are a vessel for Reiki healing energy to flow through. During this time one may feel a vibration or tingling sensation in a spot or throughout the body. Some may see bursts of colors or even feel strong senses of emotion. All these are sensations are of energy balancing clearing in the body, and are perfectly normal!
Outcomes From Treatment:
Whether anything was felt during the session or not, you can be assured that the treatment was still effective on some level. All sessions and experiences are different. Effects may be felt for up to a few days after treatment.
A reiki treatment's purpose is to support you through your healing journey. Let us hold space for you to be cared for and let the body naturally heal itself. It is to help realign one with one’s true spirit, source and path.