I am excited by the news that I will be learning the mystics of
Reiki. I have had
Reiki twice now and both times I have come away feeling blown away by the feelings that surge throughout me afterwards - as well as feeling better and healthier.
The Royal Day Spa in
Tunbridge Wells will be my centre of learning, but as I know so little at the moment, I am offering you a little insight into the world of
Reiki, via one of the senior therapists at the spa.
Reiki - What is it?
Reiki is a hands on healing method, used to channel life force energy. The practitioner giving
reiki, channels the energy through the body and out of the hands to treat the recipient or themselves.
The main benefits of
Reiki:
Encourages the bodies natural ability to self heal
Functions on a mental, spiritual, physical and emotional level
Helps to balance the bodies energy
Strengthens the body and soul
Helps to rid the body of accumulated toxins
Reiki has a logic of its own, knowing where and to what extent it is required.
It works with not only people but animals and plants
Is an extremely pleasant and safe healing method
It can help with depression and any physical or mental illnesses
Can help grieving family members and to release past emotional pain
The history of
Reiki:
It is believed that a man called
Mikao Usui who was born back in August 15
th 1865 in the Yamagata of
Gifu prefecture Japan.
Usui was looking for a way of knowing one's
life purpose and to be content, and despite all his exhaustive
research, he could not find away to achieve this state. The monks advice, promoted him to go to mount
Kurama and carry out a 21 day
tendai Buddhist meditation and fast called the lotus repentance. According his memorial stone, he experienced an enlightenment or 'satori' that led to the development of
reiki. So it is said that
reiki is represented in Japan in the early part of the last century.
For a long time in the west, people thought
reiki had died out in japan and that the
reiki that was left was to a lady called Mrs
Takata. Mrs
Takata was a very
strict reiki master, who taught
reiki to her students, but made the burn all information and symbols taught to them after they had spent years studying them. This was to stop anyone from stealing and corrupting the
reiki teaching.
The information we now have about the original version of
reiki comes from a number of different sources, and two of the mot well known of these are frank
Arjava Petter and
Hiroshi Doi.
Arava Petter is a W
Western reiki master who lives and works in japan and has published 3 books based on his
research there. However more detailed information has been made available in the west by a
Japanese man called
Hiroshi Doi.
What you might call the original
reiki from Japan is very different from western
reiki. The basis Of Japanese
reiki combines three activities: daily energy exercises, hand scanning and intuitive techniques and regular spiritual
empowerment.
Reiki trainees would have to practice daily exercises called
Hatsu-
Rei-Ho which is designed to strengthen and purify there
reiki empowerment, increasing their effectiveness of
reiki channelling.
The western form of
reiki is almost a copy from Japanese
reiki, but is just snippets of information that has slipped out of the Japanese masters hands. However because the information the western
reiki is a small amount, it has allowed us to develop the and play with the
reiki energy and is just as effective as the Japanese style
reiki.
There is a lot more to
reiki than we have yet experienced.
Reiki that is being used, has produced amazing results and changed many peoples lives in incredible ways. There is a lot more information that we have yet to learn, so this is a very exciting time to be involved in
reiki blessings!
I look forward to keeping you updated with my progress. K
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