What is Reiki?

Reiki is a universal energy that is used in healing work. Reiki literally translates to universal life force. Reiki was discovered by Mikao Usui around 1915—although the practice is much older than that and it is thought that many ancient cultures used Reiki in some way, even if it was called something different. This discovery happened when Usui, after hitting rock bottom and going to a mountain to meditate, noticed that the palms of his hands were warm and could heal people when he touched them. From there the practice evolved into what it is today.

The practice of Reiki uses Reiki energy to help a person’s body energy flow better and uncover any blocks in the energy. This is done on all four levels of a person; physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. At the beginning stages of Reiki the predominant work is done on a person’s chakras. Chakras are energy centres on a person’s body. There are hundreds of chakras—including that of the palms of the hands used in Reiki—but the ones that are most often used are on the central meridian line of the body from crown to tailbone. Along this middle line there are 7 main chakras. These are the crown (top of head), third eye (forehead), throat (base of neck), heart (middle of breastbone), solar plexus (beneath ribs), sacral (below bellybutton), and root (tailbone). With life it is very easy for these chakras to get out of sync and to be stuck with negative energy. Reiki helps to remove all this stuck and stagnant energy and makes sure the chakras are aligned in size and rotation.

Reiki is an energy of love and healing. And because of this, it is impossible for Reiki to be used for bad or to do damage. Reiki will always do what is in the person’s highest and best interest at that time. Reiki can be used on its own as a healing tool, but it also works very well alongside other treatments, and in some cases has been shown to make medical treatments even more effective. Reiki is a great healing system for pain, lethargy, illness, a general feeling of unwell, an unbalancing of energy, emotional healing, spiritual healing, releasing of stress and anxiety, and many other ailments. 

Some people find that after their first Reiki session they already feel a huge difference, for others it can take a few sessions to finally feel a shift. This is different for every person and can take some learning to know what energy moving through your body can feel like. In some people you can feel Reiki as heat, or it can be a tingling feeling, a light pressure, a reduction in weight of the body, a lightness, or something else entirely.

A wonderful aspect of Reiki is that it can be done via distance, meaning that you do not physically need to be with the practitioner while you are undergoing the session. This means that you can have it done virtually, or Reiki can be done at a set time for you without you even being virtually with the practitioner. This can make it easy to add Reiki into your life. As the client, all you need to do it sit/lie quietly and relax!

To be able to practice Reiki you are attuned and taught by a Reiki teacher.  I did this through my teacher and I am certified in Reiki 1 and Reiki 2. Reiki 1 means you can practice on yourself and others, Reiki 2 means you can practice distantly, and Reiki 3 is a Reiki teacher who can attune you.

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What is Intuitive Healing?

Now that you have an understanding that Reiki is a universal energy, as well as the basis of chakras, you can understand what intuitive healing is. Intuitive healing is going beyond the skills of Reiki to go to the deep root or cause of the issue you are having. Reiki is a fantastic healing modality that can heal many things, but sometimes there are things that are so stuck, and so stubborn, that Reiki cannot get it to move. This is when in my healing practices I turn to intuitive healing. But don’t fear, I often use Reiki in my intuitive healing sessions!

The form of intuitive healing that I use is called Thetahealing and is based on using theta brain waves (the brain waves used in mediation and deep relaxation) and the seven planes of existence. To switch your brain into theta waves you imagine your consciousness going to the seventh plane. The seven planes of existence are as follows: The first plane is the earth, the second is all plant life, the third is all animals (including humans), the fourth is the ancestral plane, the fifth is the plane of angels and ascended masters, the sixth is the Laws of the Universe (like Gravity), and the seventh is the plane of the Creator of All That Is. 

It is in the seventh plane that Thetahealing is done and so can change aspects in all of the other sixth planes because it is the plane of pure unconditional love and does not have the restraints of the lower planes such as dualism and ego. As with Reiki, the seventh plane is the energy of unconditional love, and so very healing. 

We are multidimensional beings that have physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. We are affected by the choices of our ancestors, our soul’s purposes, and the past lives that we have lived. And this can create blocks in our different bodies (energetic, mental, emotional, physical) and in our DNA. Many of these blocks that we experience are in our subconscious which make it difficult for us to work through on our own because our conscious mind and emotions can get in the way. By going up to the seventh plane to do healing, we are able to see the highest perspective that isn’t clouded by our emotions and thoughts and access the source of these blocks and remove them. 

Thetahealing can be done remotely but unlike Reiki cannot be done without the person present. We all have free-agency and free-will choice so when changing aspects in a person, such as beliefs which are holding us back, you need to willingly agree to these changes with a spoken “yes”.

Personally I have found much relief through intuitive healing and I am much better off health wise since I saw an intuitive healing practitioner and then learned to do it on myself and others. Send me an email to book an Intuitive Healing appointment with me! ($135 for 60 mins)