A Japanese system of healing and inner self growth created by Dr. Mikao Usui, referred to by his students Usui-Sensei.  It is a form of non-invasive energy healing, which promotes one’s own body to heal itself.  It is also a technique used for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing simultaneously.  It helps balance one’s physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual body and energies.  It is considered in the category of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine in the USA.  The pronunciation of Reiki in the western world has been adapted to the English alphabet and is commonly pronounced as “Ray-Key.”

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Reiki is most commonly described as a “laying on of hands” on a client who is fully clothed while on a massage table with shoes removed.  A session can either be hands-on, where an RP or an RMT applies light touch during the treatment, or hands-off, where they will hold their hands slightly above the client’s body, or a combination of both hands-on and hands-off techniques.  If the client prefers one over the other, they may bring this up prior to the treatment starting.   Treatment will then proceed with the Practitioner moving through specific Reiki hand positions. 

Treatment is based on the concept that the Reiki Practitioner is a channel or conduit for the “Life-Force Energy,” which is found in all beings, and used to heal and restore balance. Reiki works on and with the client’s biofield (aura) and energy centers (chakras) to clear stagnant “Ki” flow, to clear blockages in the energetic field and centers, and restore balance overall.