REIKI
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A relaxing, health promoting, Japanese meditative practice
Reiki has become known all over the world since is founder, Mikao Usui, decided to promote its usage on a wider scale by teaching others.
These teachers, in turn, began to spread the teaching of Reiki outside of Japan and it quickly spread to the West via America to the rest of the world.
There have been various changes and additions to the way in which reiki is taught, passed on to others and used to treat others, but the 2 lineages we are part of, are the most original in their teaching and application.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a system, which allows the healing or re-balancing of the body’s vital energy to take place that our busy lifestyles would otherwise prevent or certainly delay.
Similar to Chinese Qi Gong or Japanese Kiko, this is done by the Practitioner connecting with the Ki (Chi) energy both within and around us to restore that balance. Reiki practitioners can then guide that energy to promote health and well being in themselves or other people.
This re-balancing can be for Mental, physical, emotional or spiritual needs, but it is always thought that, once the connection has been made, if you allow it, the body will take just what it needs.
• It is not a religion, although it is based on certain esoteric practices of Buddhism and Shinto
• You do not have to be religious for it to work
• The practitioner does not diagnose medical problems, they help you achieve the balance you need
• The practitioner does not use their own energy to heal you and can therefore treat many people without detriment to themselves
What does Reiki mean?
The 2 Kanji characters Rei and Ki can be translated as:
- Rei – Higher or Spiritual intelligence and
- Ki – Life force energy.
In English it is often said to mean - ‘Universal Life Energy’, ‘Soul Energy’, ‘aura’ or ‘mysterious spirit’. It is known in a longer translation as ‘spiritually guided life force energy.
Reiki is often referred to as 'Energy work' and can be a spiritual practice. Remember, spiritual does not mean religious. Spiritual is relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things, Religious is believing in a particular religion and working within the confines of a dogmatic set of rules within that religious order. Whilst it had some early influences from Buddhism, Shinto, Shugendo and Taoism, reiki is not a religious order and therefore compatible and not at odds with anyone's religion.