What Is Reiki & The Effects It Has On Our Healing?
Reiki has been a significant part of my healing & spiritual journey. It has helped me clear energetic blockages, ease physical pain, and get more mental clarity.
Reiki has also been a consistent tool in my spiritual toolbox & being a great believer in its benefits, so I always recommend Reiki.
Reiki is not associated with any religion but is a spiritual practice and holistic healing modality.
**Disclaimer: Each client session is subject to their interpretation, and the information I have provided does not constitute medical advice ***
My Reiki History
My first session was in 2016 with my teacher Shannon from Radical Reiki (You can check her out here). At the time of the session, I was curious about the feeling I would experience through the session.
I agree with the famous saying that “reiki found me” because that first session impacted me, and I haven’t left it since. The most significant healing I experienced was on an emotional and mental level through several sessions. I was at such a transformative stage.
I later got attuned to Reiki 1 to provide myself with energy healing. Then, I got attuned to Reiki 2, which could give energy healing to my friends and family, and offered free sessions. Through the pandemic, I received the Reiki Master Attunement & Certification, then launched Align & Mirth to share the benefits of this healing modality & assist my community in healing.
I now offer sessions to groups and individuals remotely and in person.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a Japanese alternative holistic medicine derived from energy healing and hand laying. Mikao Usui introduced it and later taught others this excellent healing modality.
During my healing and spiritual journey, I learned that my ancestors practiced their version of laying hands. This was where one person would place or hover their hands over someone, pray over them, and remove energetic debris from their aura to make them feel better. Reiki was my intro to my ancestral healing modality.
If we break the word Reiki down, Rei- means Universal, and Ki- means life force energy. Universal life force energy exists all around us, amongst all living things. It’s the flowing of your blood, the brain waves, the breath, and the heartbeat in all living things.
The flow of life force energy supports mental, emotional, and spiritual strength.
What Happens During A Reiki Session?
Performed in person or remotely, reiki sessions are equally beneficial for the mind, body, and spirit. In in-person sessions, the client will get in a comfortable laying position; calming music, candles, and/or incense may be included to indulge your senses and bring you to a calming state much more effortlessly.
The Practitioner may also use healing crystals and place them on your chakras (read more about chakras here ). During the session, the practitioner will lay hands or hover over areas in your body and direct healing energy to them.
The client and practitioner decide on a time for a remote session. An energetic agreement is then established, and the practitioner will focus on the client’s energetic body remotely and perform the healing process. The client will need to sit or lie in a comfortable position.
During the reiki session, whether in person or remotely, the client may experience energy moving through the body differently.
Some clients experience tingly sensations in their bodies, others see colors in their minds' eye, and others' body temperature changes from hot to cold or vice versa. Clients often see pictures or memories or even experience an emotional release.
The practitioner also experiences the energy through the hands & body, which may have psychic insights and energetic messages. After the session, the practitioner has a post-session conversation with the client to discuss their experiences.
Clients always report a change in their energy, calmness, ease of tension within the body, and mental clarity, among other benefits.
All experiences are personal to the client, and no two sessions are the same.
Align & Mirth Reiki Sessions
As a practitioner, I prefer when clients are relaxed; this way, they are aware of the energy moving through their body and notice if anything comes to their awareness for them to acknowledge and heal.
My preference in providing reiki in a remote environment is engaging with a client through Zoom or a phone call. I would guide them through meditation and instruct them on breathing deeper when I experience an energetic blockage to help in the release. Of course, some clients already know what to do or prefer not to engage in conversation during their session.
I pay attention to the energy in the chakras by scanning the energetic body. Next, I realign, cleanse, and energize the chakras, clear the aura, and bring the client back to balance.
For both, I provide an energy reading and advise on how they can work on these blockages, and I pull tarot and oracle cards to give some clarifiers from spirit.
The Impact Reiki Has In Our Healing
Reiki for Mental Healing
On a mental level, the benefits of Reiki energy healing are:
Quieting the mind due to a meditative state
Improve clarity and reduce mental fog
Promotes calmness & reduces stress
Heal the unconscious mind
Assist in anxiety & depression
Assist in letting go of regret & resentment
Allows you to work through limiting beliefs
Reiki for Physical Healing
On a physical level, the benefits of Reiki energy healing to your body are:
Relaxes the body's nervous system (fight & flight to rest & digest)
Strengthen the body immunity
Treat inflammation causing pain
Improve circulation & rid the body of toxins
Provides healing to the effects of physical trauma
Relaxes the muscles
Assist in treating the symptoms linked to cancer
Reiki for Spiritual Healing
On a Spiritual and more profound level, the benefits of Reiki Energy Healing to your spirit are:
Assists in opening & clearing energetic blockages from the chakras
Open Spiritual channels of communication
Assists in Spiritual Growth
Energy level balancing
Promotes the alignment & connection of the physical body & soul.
Summary
Reiki energy healing has advantages on a mental level such as clarity to recognize limiting beliefs holding you back, physical level advantages like the increase in blood flow to assist in pain management, and benefits on a spiritual level such as the increase in understanding of your soul & personality.
Reiki energy work facilitates the connection of mind, body, and soul/spirit. Everyone experiences these healing energies differently in each session and even with each practitioner.
**Disclaimer: Each client session is subject to their interpretation, and the information I have provided does not constitute medical advice ***
Have you had a Reiki Healing Session? Share it in the comments!
Xx, Mirtha
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