The Willow's Reach

What is Reiki?

The word Reiki has it's roots in two words: Rei means universal and Ki means life force or energy. Ki is the energy that all things are made of, like the Chinese Chi (as in Chi Gung or Tai Chi) and is the fundamental energy of everything physical and everything in other planes of consciousness.

Reiki is a special kind of healing energy that can only be channeled by someone who has been attuned to it. The attunement or initiation is the continuation of an ancient process of aligning the initiate with the Reiki healing energies using sacred Reiki symbols revealed to Dr. Mikao Usui. Once attuned the initiate is a channel for Reiki healing energy for life.

Reiki energy is a healing energy that moves through the practitioner and is spiritually guided to the recipient. This never depletes the practitioner's own energy and in fact helps to energize and heal the practitioner. Since Reiki energy is spiritually guided it always goes to where it is needed; it can be considered as an intelligent energy that works on the physical, emotional or spiritual level. For this reason, every recipient of Reiki energy can experience it differently.

All healing uses a universal energy to heal, however Reiki healing is guided for use only for the greater good. Reiki energy can never be abused or misused. People who practice healing prior to receiving a Reiki attunement will usually notice a change in energies. Once attuned, Reiki treatments are then given by the practitioner who simply needs the intent to heal and places his or her hands on the person to be healed. Whilst a number of easily learned hand positions are used on the recipient's body, the Reiki energy has a way of naturally flowing to where it is needed and therefore needs no conscious direction by the practitioner.

Reiki can be done effectively through distance healing by other symbols taught to the practitioner to connect to the recipient's energy. Distance and in-person reiki session are equally powerful, there is no difference in the amount of healing you will receive. The best part about a distance healing is there's no apprehension of meeting in person and you can relax in your own environment for the session.

Reiki is not a related to any religion. It is a stress reduction and relaxation technique of touch and distance healing used to help balance energy and promote healing within the body. You can practice any religion or none at all and still benefit from Reiki.  

Five Principles of Reiki

Benefits of Reiki

The only limits to reiki are the ones you put on it. Reiki can be used on any living thing whether it's ill or not.  

Most people think you need to have some kind of ailment in order to receive reiki however this can not be further from the truth.  

Those who are healthy also benefit from reiki with regular ongoing sessions helping to keep your body, mind and spirit in harmony.

Reiki can help you with the following whether it's people, animals, plants or the planet (Any living thing). This is just a partial list and is only limited by your imagination in what is possible.