Reiki

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy."

A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well being. Many have reported miraculous results.

Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

An amazingly simple technique to learn, the ability to use Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to the student during a Reiki class. This ability is passed on during an "attunement" given by a Reiki master and allows the student to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" to improve one's health and enhance the quality of life.

Its use is not dependent on one's intellectual capacity or spiritual development and therefore is available to everyone. It has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds.

While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, and there is nothing you must believe in order to learn and use Reiki. In fact, Reiki is not dependent on belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not. Because Reiki comes from God, many people find that using Reiki puts them more in touch with the experience of their religion rather than having only an intellectual concept of it.

While Reiki is not a religion, it is still important to live and act in a way that promotes harmony with others. Dr. Mikao Usui, the founder of the Reiki system of natural healing, recommended that one practice certain simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony, which are nearly universal across all cultures.

During a meditation several years after developing Reiki, Dr. Usui decided to add the Reiki Ideals to the practice of Reiki. The Ideals came in part from the five principles of the Meiji emperor of Japan whom Dr. Usui admired. The Ideals were developed to add spiritual balance to Usui Reiki. Their purpose is to help people realize that healing the spirit by consciously deciding to improve oneself is a necessary part of the Reiki healing experience. In order for the Reiki healing energies to have lasting results, the client must accept responsibility for her or his healing and take an active part in it. Therefore, the Usui system of Reiki is more than the use of the Reiki energy. It must also include an active commitment to improve oneself in order for it to be a complete system. The ideals are both guidelines for living a gracious life and virtues worthy of practice for their inherent value.

Reiki Power Meditation

This meditation combines the power of transcendental meditation with the healing energies of reiki.

This meditation can induce physical relaxation, mental clarity, and clairvoyance and consciousness expansion. You can also use it to solve problems, achieve goals and improve all areas of your life.

You can do this meditation any time of the day, whenever you have time (though for better results you should stick to a schedule).

What are the reiki attunement

Just like you have to tune into a frequency to receive a radio or tv channel, reiki attunement are a way of tuning into the channel of reiki energy.

It is believed that reiki energy is there all around us, but you can access this energy only after you are attuned to receive it.

Reiki attunement allows you to become a reiki practitioner.

Attunement process involves opening up the chakras in you, so that you become a 'channel' to receive and transmit reiki.

Reiki and Massage Therapy

All of you have experienced the sense of relaxation, comfort and mobility of your joints after having a good massage. Often we our self massage an area of our body, that is causing us discomfort.

So massage can be defined as "the treatment and practice of manipulation of the soft body tissues with physical, functional, i.e. mechanical, medical/therapeutic, and in some cases psychological purposes and goals.

Reiki and massage are two different healing modalities, both in intention and in practice.

The Three Doshas (three humors) in Human Body

Doshas are the manifestations of the elemental forces in human body. Ayurveda says that there are three kinds of Doshas (Tridosha) - Vata, Pitta and Kapha, and the imbalance(Vikruti) of these Doshas (or Dosas) is the root cause of most of our physical and mental problems.

Dominance of a Dosha determines body type or "Prakriti" of an individual.

Types of Reiki

As with any popular healing system, variants of original reiki system have developed over time.

Most of these new systems derive directly from original Usui reiki system with some additional 'attunements' and 'symbols' thrown in.

Yet, there are some other esoteric 'reiki' systems which are claimed by their founders as the original reiki system and sometimes as even better than the original!

Presented below are some of these 'new reiki systems'.

• Angelic Reiki
• Archangelic Reiki

Reiki Symbols

The Reiki symbols are the keys that open doors to a higher self.

When a reiki master/practitioner draws, thinks about or visualizes a symbol it will instantly connect to the energy it represents.

The first reiki symbol is Cho Ku Rei

(Choku Rei is pronounced as "Cho-Koo-Ray") or power symbol. This symbol represents the body. This symbol is used to amplify reiki energy.

Karuna Reiki

Karuna is a Sanskrit word, which means compassionate action or compassion for others.

Karuna Reiki system was developed by William Lee Rand. This system of reiki is deeply connected with Hinduism - especially Tantra.

Karuna Reiki is considered a higher form of reiki healing system. Most people attuned with Karuna Reiki reports feeling definite sensation of energy passing through the body. There is also the sensation of being completely surrounded by peaceful energy.