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Reiki by Mamta Nanda
Reiki - “universal life energy” is a system of natural hands-on healing originating in Japan.
‘Ki' is the vital energy around and within all living things. Reiki works with this vital force much like acupuncture, tai chi or yoga does, but in its own unique way. During a treatment, ‘Ki' is channelled through the practitioner's hands into the client.
Reiki heals on all levels: mental, physical, emotional and spiritual to restore balance and enhance health and wellbeing.
Reiki can also support other forms of treatment, both conventional and complementary and can help reduce side effects from medication or medical treatment.
During a treatment the client remains fully clothed, as Reiki passes through clothing and even plaster casts. The client usually lies on a treatment couch, futon or sits in a chair if they find lying down uncomfortable.
The Reiki practitioner places their hands in a series of non-intrusive positions covering the client's body. Each hand-position is held for several minutes. The whole person is treated, not just isolated areas.
Treatments can take an hour to an hour-and-a-half, depending on the client's needs.
Having treatments every day over four consecutive days can be a very powerful way of receiving Reiki, as the energy is able to move deeper and deeper each day, often having quite profound healing results. The first treatment tends to be a really relaxing and transforming experience in its own right. On day two and three some really deep healing often starts to unfold and then day four can feel like a completing of the cycle.
Each person experiences Reiki differently, depending on their individual needs at the time.
Often people feel a deep sense of relaxation and peace during a treatment. Sensations may include a feeling of heat or warmth, tingling, or colours. Sometimes one can have a physical or emotional reaction, indicating that the body's healing processes are working and balance is being restored.
Reiki can help boost the immune system, release toxins from the body, encourage good circulation and digestion, calm the mind and emotions and restore harmony and balance to the whole being.
Reiki is highly beneficial for pregnant women. It can help ease tensions; relaxing the mother and greatly benefiting the unborn child. It can also help expectant mothers with anxiety, tiredness, aches and pains. Reiki can help her feel more positive, more connected and in touch with her baby.
Reiki can be very relaxing and it can help with post-natal recovery and even post natal depression.
Reiki is gentle, and calming. Babies and children usually love to receive Reiki and often respond very quickly to it. Treatments tend to be shorter than they would be for an adult.
Reiki can often help babies be more settled, sleep better as well help with conditions such as reflux, colic and teething.
Reiki works very well on stress-related conditions such as migraines, insomnia, anxiety and high-blood pressure. It can help ease muscle-tension, fatigue and pain and boost energy levels.
Reiki supports the body's natural healing processes and so helps speed-up recovery from an accident, operation or traumatic experience.
Acute pain can be relieved very quickly by Reiki. Chronic, more deep-seated conditions can also respond well, but may need more treatments to get to the root of the problem.
Emotional problems such as anger, grief, anxiety, depression and fear respond very well to Reiki, as do compulsive and addictive behaviour-patterns. Because of this, Reiki may be very helpful in cases of drug or alcohol dependency or food disorders.
Sometimes in the case of terminal illnesses there may not be enough time to reverse the progress of the disease. In such cases, however, Reiki can help to enhance the quality of the time left and bring peace and acceptance at the end of a person's life.
I am grateful to my Reiki Master, Tripuri Dunne for these words about Reiki.
Mamta Nanda practices Reiki and Hopi Ear Candling at the Haelan Centre.
For Clinic times, contact details and information about the Haelan Clinic practitioners see The Practitioners page.
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