Reiki
A 5 minute read by Natasha Bacca and Kat M. Lui
Vital Life Force
The Japanese word Ki, and the Chinese word Qi/Chi, are the same word. Therefore, Taichi, Qigong, and Reiki are all working with this vital life force.
Reiki (pronounced ray-key) means universal life force energy. Reiki is a Japanese energy-based technique for stress reduction and relaxation, which promotes healing.
What happens during a reiki treatment?
In a reiki session the client lays fully clothed on the treatment table. Reiki is channeled through the practitioner’s hands to the client, through light touch with the practitioner’s hands placed on or near the client’s body.
Reiki creates a state of deep relaxation, which promotes healing by working with one’s life force energy to help restore the flow of balance on all levels: mind, body, and spirit.
While there is dialogue before and after the session, there is typically no conversation during the session to keep the state of deep relaxation, unless you have a question or request.
Natasha is a certified Reiki Master, the highest level of formal training in this healing art.
She offers 60 and 90 minute reiki sessions at Wise Mountain Medicine.
What will I experience during a reiki treatment?
The goal is for you to feel comfortable and relaxed during your session. You may feel a variety of sensations including warmth, tingling, pulsing, or other sensations. Your mind should calm, and you may experience a dream-like or meditative state. Each person responds uniquely, and the energy flows and heals, regardless of what you feel during the session.
After a session, you may feel the energy continuing to flow. Common experiences include peacefulness and a heightened sense of well-being. Depending on what has been cleared or healed during the session, you may also feel heightened emotions or tired.
The benefits of reiki may include:
deep relaxation, centering, and calming
enhanced sense of well-being
soothed anxiety and depression
balanced nervous system
improved sleep
eased pain, discomfort, and fatigue
healing from illness and injury
improves concentration and mental claritya boost in the immune system and toxins cleared from the body
