Medicine Reiki, a Perfect Union of East and West

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The bear and the eagle, Father Sun and Mother				By combining these two elements of healing,
Earth. Nope, this is not an animal or environmental				you’ll get medicine energy that heals
write-up. But rather, this short write-up is about				beyond its normal capacity. The combination heals
Native American medicine practices and how it				both the physical state and the inner dispositions
can be combined with another Eastern technique				of the body faster as well.
called Reiki to come up with a healing method that
channels the life force energies of everything that				The concept of medicine Reiki is relatively new. It
surrounds us.				was K'sitew who founded this branch of Reiki in
Practitioners refer to this as Medicine Reiki, a				the late 90s. From then on it grew and the
technique which combines the medicinal				practice expanded to include other energies.
approaches of Native Americans and the rather
spiritual approaches of Japanese Reiki.				The good thing about medicine Reiki is that it can
				only be used for healing. Unlike when taken alone,
But medicine Reiki was not created to surpass				medicines can be good and bad, a dualistic energy
any other forms of Reiki but it was created				source. Reiki is a monadic energy which means it
because of a realization that there is a way to				is only good energy thus cannot do any harm.
broaden and deepen the understanding of the				When Reiki is integrated with medicine, the
energy that binds us all together. It can be seen				dualistic energy of the latter is converted into a
as a natural course of action, from a general				monadic energy resulting to a positive form of
concept as Reiki, to more specialized forms like				energy whose only capacity is to heal and not
medicine Reiki.				damage or hurt someone.

By integrating Native American concepts of				What also makes medicine Reiki different is that
healing, beliefs and practices to the knowledge of				the healing process is done in groups or in small
channeling the life force energy of Reiki, healing				communities. Participation of the community is
takes place faster than when using regular Reiki				necessary during the healing sessions creating a
or ordinary Native American medicines alone. How				closer bond between individuals which is great for
so, you might ask? The answer all lies on how				sharing energy. The closer the bonds between the
these two elements work.				members of the group, the greater the energy
				flows within the group, the better and faster the
We take medicines to heal our physical ailments.				healing process.
But because medicines heal only the physical
aspects of our body, the possibility of the illness				Since the founding of this Reiki technique, more
or disease striking twice is not that far off.				healing methods have developed which draws its
Medicines offer merely temporary relief. Reiki on				origins from Native American medicines.
the other hand, is an encompassing discipline which				And as long as practitioners exist, this Reiki healing
targets the physical, mental, spiritual and mental				technique will continue to grow and expand
aspects of our existence. Reiki practitioners use				bringing forth new healing methods or techniques
the infinite energy that surrounds us, channels				that will help people challenge their health and
that energy and allow it to flow to anyone or				energy levels.