About Reiki

Reiki is an ancient healing technique that makes				back pain may increase pressure on the hips or
use of energy to heal and regain balance within				shoulder as the individual tries to compensate for
the body, mind, and spirit. Some say it is the basis				the pain. He or she might also suffer mentally and
of that used by Jesus and other spiritual healers				emotionally as activities they used to love have to
throughout the ages. What is commonly called				be put aside or when money becomes tight
Reiki today was discovered, or rediscovered as				because the injury results in job loss. All of these
the case may be, by Mikao Usui in the beginning				issues need to be addressed.
decades of the 20th century. Over the course of				To do so, the root cause of the problem has to
the last century, his techniques have been				be located. Fortunately, the body leaves a bread
adapted and added to make up dozens of Reiki				crumb trail of symptoms that leads the way. We
variations. Many of these variations are				all know that our bodies are built to survive. If we
interpretations made to better suit particular belief				are in danger from a bully or a wild animal, our
systems. Reiki in and of itself is not connected to				brain automatically sends out the message to
any particular faith.				fight or flee (or tend and befriend for women) as
To gain a better understanding of what Reiki is,				appropriate. What we don't often realize is that
we need to take a deeper look at into the				our body also sends out other little warning signs.
philosophy of illness. Contemporary medicine sees				If we are stressing ourselves beyond what it can
the body as a machine. When a part of the				handle, we might feel tired, overwhelmed, or
system breaks down, it needs to be either fixed				moody. If we don't pay attention to these signals,
or replaced. Thus, drugs or surgery are often				we may eventually get a cold, have chest pains,
used to treat illness. Essentially, one problem				or even suffer a heart attack.
equals one solution. Have a headache take a pain				Reiki practitioners follow these clues. Then, use
reliever.				Reiki energy to release or heal that issue. Finally,
Holistic medicine takes a different approach to				once that symptom has been cleared,
health. Practitioners see the physical, mental,				practitioners encourage the individual to make
emotional, and spiritual aspects of a person as				changes that will assure balance and health in the
part of a whole. In this way, when one part of				system as a whole. In this way, the problem
the body isn't working properly, it tends to affect				won't simply return or reappear after a time.
other parts of a person's life as well. Thus, chronic