| You've heard about it many times, I'm sure, but | | | | through Reiki attunement. Once attuned, you |
| what is Reiki exactly? Sometimes it is hard to get | | | | have the ability to harness your own energy for |
| a straight answer to that simple question. That is | | | | self-healing and for healing others. You also enjoy |
| because Reiki means so many things to so many | | | | the wonderful benefits of enhancing the |
| different people. Different people receive different | | | | self-realization process. You can use Reiki energy |
| benefits and of course this influences their | | | | to help with pain management. You can use it to |
| definition and their answer to what is Reiki! | | | | control stress and blood pressure. There are |
| Reiki is used for healing and is used for | | | | many uses. It is not a replacement for |
| self-realization. It is also used frequently for stress | | | | conventional medicine - rather it is an excellent |
| management which some people might classify as | | | | complementary healing process. |
| part of healing. Reiki is excellent as a form of | | | | You can also use Reiki to heal others. Indeed, |
| both personal and spiritual development. | | | | more and more people are choosing to take Reiki |
| Some people say that you get out of it what you | | | | training and qualify to become a Reiki Master |
| put into it, and there is some truth to that. And | | | | because the healing art is being more widely |
| that truth in part helps to define what Reiki is! | | | | accepted as a complementary and alternative |
| Directly translated, Reiki means the energy of life! | | | | healing process. |
| If it is the energy of life then everybody has | | | | The old myths about having to almost indenture |
| Reiki within them. Indeed every living thing, | | | | yourself to a Master to receive training have been |
| including animals and plants has it within. It has also | | | | debunked. Most people these days receive their |
| been described as the universal life energy. | | | | training through Reiki courses online. |
| Perhaps what is Reiki has so many different | | | | The training in Reiki must come from a Master, |
| answers because it is difficult to describe | | | | and the attunements must be led by a Master. |
| something which is as invisible as it is powerful. | | | | But because all of the energy accessed and |
| If it is the energy of life, then perhaps the more | | | | harnessed in the process is your own, the Master |
| important question to ask is how does Reiki work | | | | does not need to be present. |
| and how can one use it? Using it is all about | | | | So the most important element is the quality and |
| harnessing the energy we all have within us. This | | | | pedigree of the Master. Because of this, some of |
| involves first accessing the energy and then | | | | the most experienced Masters have created Reiki |
| harnessing it for the benefits which can result. | | | | courses online in order to meet the demand for |
| Accessing and harnessing Reiki energy is achieved | | | | their training. |