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REIKIA Complement to Traditional Rehabilitation and Treatment
Practices
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a benign form of energy that can be accessed, drawn on and transmitted to self and others for the purpose of developing and healing spirit, mind body.
Universal Energy
“Rei-ki” means “universal life energy”.
The same energy is used in martial arts (ki, chi) and yoga (prana)
It is accessible and available to all people. We are “hard wired” for Reiki.
Initial access through energetic attunements.
Reiki is Not:
Mysterious Magic Quackery A panacea A religious cult Available to only a select few A replacement for modern medical
treatment
Advantages of Using Reiki
Non-invasive and non-manipulative
Can be given at emergency sites
Can be given during and immediately after surgery
Helps healing of set fractures
Helps healing of burns
Assists during pregnancy and delivery
Advantages of Using Reiki
Can be administered without physical contact
Compatible with ethical rules against touching
Energy can be applied directly to extremely painful areas
Reiki can be sent over distance
Advantages of Using Reiki
Compatible with all medications, no side effects
Advantages of Using Reiki
“Dosage” determined by the recipient, not the provider
No possibility of overdose
No waiting room—treat yourself
No known medical contraindications
Advantages of Using Reiki
Reduced Health Care Costs
Advantages of Using Reiki
Reduced health care costs
Earlier discharge-AGH study showed earlier removal of ventilator and earlier discharge in cardiac surgery patients who had Reiki treatments.
Reiki can be self-administered p.r.n.
No special medical equipment required
What Do I Use Reiki For?
Deep relaxation response
General stress reduction
Restores balance in breathing, sleep and digestion
Chronic illness (Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, MS, neuropathy, diabetes, seizure disorders, etc.)
What Do I Use Reiki For?
Anxiety, Depression
Chronic pain
Cancer
Recovery from physical and mental trauma
What Do I Use Reiki For?
Reiki can serve as the foundation for a spiritual practice.
Meditation with Reiki is a way of deepening one’s spiritual connection.
The practice of Reiki is not a religion, and is compatible with every religion that has a contemplative component, i.e. all religions.
Reiki History
Reiki was developed in Japan in 1922 by Usui Mikao as the result of an experience during the course of a religious retreat.
Usui trained others to teach, and they spread Reiki throughout Asia, America, Australia and Europe.
Many different schools and systems of Reiki exist today, all traceable back to Usui.
How Does Reiki Work?
Quantum physics postulates that all basic particles and elementary forces derive from a single energetic field.
Western science recognizes that the messages that flow through our nervous system are chemoelectric, therefore energetic.
Many forms of Western medical treatment involve the introduction of energy into the body, e.g. defibrillators, ECT, muscle stimulation.
How Does Reiki Work?
Acupuncture, Acupressure, Shiatsu and Chi Kung are Asian treatment forms that identify and work to restore the flow of energy through a system of “meridians” running throughout the body.
Both Western and Eastern medicine recognize that health exists where spirit, mind and body are in a state of equilibrium, or homeostasis.
Both Western and Eastern medicine use energy to restore that balance.
How Does Reiki Work?
The various systems of Reiki healing use Reiki energy to restore the balanced flow of energy in spirit, mind and body.
In Reiki healing, this is done by drawing Reiki through a practitioner, or by direct access by the individual.
The effect is to clear physical, mental, emotional or spiritual blockages.
The recipient’s system, not the practitioner, determines how the energy will be used.
Reiki Practice
Access to and conduction of this energy is enhanced through certain practices
Hatsurei-ho – and other meditations with Reiki
Reiju – micro-attunements
Gokai –Reiki principles
Self-treatment – filling your own energy tank
Treating others – spreading the wealth, and receiving as you give.
Reiki Research
Research on Reiki is in its infancy.
Randomized control trials are as yet being done with only small cohorts.
See Miles, P. and True, G. “Reiki—Review of a Biofield Therapy: History, Theory, Practice and Research,” Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine 9, no. 2 (March/April 2003): 62-72.