Can You Release Stress With Reiki – What Is It And Does It Work? by James Calvin

Stress is an evil six letter word that can be so harmful to your health. Work can be stressful, traffic jams can be stressful, raising a family can be stressful, and sticking to a strict budget can be stressful. Stress causes headaches, muscle aches, irritability, insomnia and a broad range of other problems that you can live without. Nobody wants it, but we do get it at some point in our lives. Now, we must learn how to either cope with stress or how to get rid of it. You can release your stress with Reiki (pronounced Ray Key). The combination of these two Japanese words means Universal Life Energy.

Reiki is an age old system of holistic healing that is used to alleviate pain and elevate relaxation and overall well-being to those stressed out individuals. Reiki refers to the life force or energy that is channeled through the palms a recipient during contact with the Reiki practitioner. Reiki is designed to help achieve balance and assist in healing through a natural healing system. The Reiki practitioner will act as a conduit by which the Universal Life Energy can be channeled to a recipient, by using either a hands on or hands off technique. Reiki practitioners may also opt to treat themselves. The Reiki energy flows through the palms at various rates of speed and depending on a number of factors, such as the degree of the recipient’s ailment, to the recipient’s preparedness to accept a change, etc.

Reiki is not a faith or other religious healing, although it may sound like it is, and the effectiveness of Reiki is not based on religious doctrine acceptance. It is not required for the recipient to have a belief system in order for Reiki to work. Although Reiki has principles that encourage spiritual empowerment and growth and is very spiritual in nature, it does not conflict with anyone’s beliefs. It doesn’t matter who you are, your gender, religion, intelligence, nationality, or what your financial status is, Reiki is a gift of vitality and energy that is offered to everyone. Reiki does not hurt, but it can give you the sensations of warmness and coolness, or a sensation of tingling, throbbing, numbness, itchiness or drowsiness.

A Reiki Master can perform a ritual attunement where Reiki symbols are used in energetic placement in sequential actions to the recipient’s palms and crown. Each hand placement is given at least five minutes of devotion, to ensure that no body part is neglected and given equal consideration. Reiki is an indefinite supply of energy that will never run out, no matter how much you use it. Even if you are giving a Reiki treatment to a recipient, you are not losing any of your own energy; you are only giving your time and your assistance to aid the recipient. No mental involvement is ever needed with Reiki; the energy flow will automatically go to where it needs to go, without mental engagement. Although, if you choose to become mentally involved, this can open a linear pathway that clears a route to allow Reiki to move more smoothly and effectively to the part of the body that needs it most. The choice is up to you.

The practice of Reiki can greatly control life’s daily stresses and even assist in pain management. Many practitioners highly regard Reiki for its gift of balance and the relaxing effects it has on them, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. For those stressed, frantic, conflicted individuals, Reiki will introduce the Universal Life Energy into the body to relieve those complaints and in turn will help return balance to any mental or emotional turbulence that may contribute to the vexatious psyche. There are also special energy treatments that Reiki Masters and practitioners use to heal long distance. These energizing treatments can be transmitted to people or towards specific environments. Reiki energy treatments can be sent ahead with a fixed intention of making an atmosphere more relaxing and calming, especially for events in people’s lives such as social events, job interviews, family gatherings, etc. Reiki can be a very rewarding experience to all who practice it and can greatly reduce the stresses in our everyday lives.