Reiki: The Power of Healing Through the Laying on of Hands

Reiki is a hands-on healing method.

In Japanese, rei means “divine wisdom” or “higher power”, and ki means “vital energy”.

The therapeutic technique of healing by laying on of hands aims to prevent and treat diseases through energy balance. It consists of positioning the hands to transfer vital energy or passing them through the parts of the body that need balance: head, eyes, nose, body chakras, umbilical region, lungs, kidneys, knees and under the feet, to fix energy.

How to Heal with Your Hands Using Reiki

Reikians are people who heal with their hands. To become a Reiki Master, you need to take a course, in which the student receives Reiki for healing for life and learns to activate the vital energy in himself and in others, through a specific technique of healing by the energy of the hands. .

There are several types of Reiki with different ways of learning, but for Traditional Reiki the student must go through 3 levels, the last being divided into two parts. During these levels he will receive 3 Reiki symbols, used to channel healing through the energy of the hands.

After the course, the Reiki practitioner will be certified to perform Reiki sessions and, with the imposition of hands, transfer universal energy to their patients.

Did you know that it is possible to apply Reiki from a distance? In the third level, the Reiki symbol Hon-Sha-Ze-Sho-Nen is taught, which allows the sending of energies that heal no matter the distance, whether physical or temporal.

What is Reiki used for?

Energy healing through the hands is indicated for physical, emotional and spiritual problems. Even those people who do not believe and/or have no faith can receive the energy through Reiki therapy.

Benefits of Reiki

Soothes and reduces stress
Causes a feeling of relaxation, comfort and peace
Cleanses and clarifies your energy field
relieve the pain
Increases the level and quality of blood circulating in our body
It is safe in the treatment of stress-related illnesses
Also for sinusitis, rhinitis, menopause, cystitis, asthma, chronic fatigue, arthritis, sciatica, insomnia, depression
Speeds up the recovery process in case of surgery

Does Reiki Cure Disease?

Reiki works as an auxiliary therapy and should not replace conventional medical treatments. But the laying on of hands of Reiki has even been widely used in hospitals (some from the SUS, some private ones such as Sírio-Libanês and several others around the world) to accelerate treatment and relieve patients, with very positive effects.

Check out the article about Reiki for healing in hospitals from the Wellness program:

Other Hand Healing Techniques

Mikao Usui’s Reiki, with its many aspects, may be the best-known method of laying on of hands for healing, but it is not the only one.

Biotouch is a way to reduce the pain and physical symptoms of patients through the laying on of hands and breathing techniques. The therapist restores the magnetic field with this healing and relieving energy.

The main differences between these two forms of healing by the hands is that Reiki follows a philosophy (Reiki Gokai), uses symbols and heals both the physical, spiritual, mental and emotional, while Biotouch focuses only on the physical and does not use symbols.

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