Friday, July 20, 2012

What Is Reiki?

Reiki is an ancient energy healing methodology, which was originated in India and later discovered by a Japanese doctor Dr Mikao Usui in 1922 at Mount Kurama. That is the reason it is also called “Usui Reiki” and “Traditional Reiki”. Reiki word is a combination of two words: Rei and ki. Rei means “Supreme power” and ki means “life force energy”, hence Reiki is “life force energy guided by supreme power” or “Universal Life Energy”.  Reiki followers consider this Universal Life Energy as the key factor of life. It works at all the four levels of existence: Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual. Reiki therapy can be done through touch as well as without touch also. Distance healing also can be done through Reiki and equally effective as Reiki done in person.  After Dr. Mikao Usui, many people have done research in healing energy area and consequently they have introduced many other variations of Reiki like Karuna Reiki, Kundalini Reiki, Angelic Reiki, Tibetan Reiki etc.

Five Principles of Reiki
Usui formulated five principles of Reiki. Reiki healers and practitioners should follow these principles with honesty. These principles empower them in their healing practices. Principles are :
Just For Today
                Do not be Angry
                Do not Worry
                Be Grateful
                Work with Integrity
                Be Kind to others and to yourself.

Benefits of Reiki
                By practicing Reiki or through Reiki healing, we can enjoy many benefits. Some of them are as follows:
  1. Reiki is a great tool to reduce your stress and pressure which is very common in today’s human life.
  2. It improves your immunity power and tones your system in natural state.
  3. It can also heal any disease and recover from it rapidly.
  4. It is a simple and safe method for self-improvement.
  5. It generates positive thoughts in your mind and makes you positive in all the situations.
  6. It can also be used with other medical therapies.
  7. It is harmless energy healing technique.
  8. It can be used for every one even for your pet also.
  9. It has been found very effective for pregnant ladies.
  10. It increases your spiritual level and develops your personality.
  11. It also balances chakra system and rejuvenates the energy level.