Reiki Basics – Part 2
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Benefits of Receiving Reiki
If you’ve heard about Reiki, or read about it, but you’re not sure if it can help you, here are six common ways receiving Reiki can help. There are many more benefits, but these are the commonly reports benefits of Reiki. If any one of these (or more) resonates with you, I encourage you to find a Reiki practitioner in your area.
1. Reducing Anxiety and Stress
By far one of the most common benefits of Reiki is stress reduction. When you receive Reiki you will likely be in an environment that is still, quiet, and peaceful. The session space itself should be relaxing and inviting. During the session, you’ll have this time of stillness and peace. The Reiki energy will enhance these feelings of relaxation and enable you to allow thoughts of what is troubling you to dissolve and drift away. The Reiki energy can stop the non-stop cycle of thoughts and worries, allowing stress and anxiety to fade.
2. Improve Relaxation and Sleep
This peaceful Reiki space is also very conducive for relaxation and the release of muscular tension. If you are prone to headaches, muscle tightness, or grinding your teeth, the energy of Reiki can help you release all tightness and holding that cause these pains. Often Reiki is described as extremely relaxing and many clients fall asleep or doze off during the session. Receiving distance Reiki in the evening can help you drift off to sleep with ease.
3. Enhance Your Body Healing Abilities
Reiki can also be very supportive when you are healing from and injury or illness. It is an excellent complement to your medical treatment. When your body has had rest, its energy is flowing efficiently, and its muscles are relaxed, the body itself can devote much more energy to healing. It boosts your own body’s healing abilities so you can recover swifter. Receiving a Reiki session before and after a scheduled surgery can set you up for healing success. If you are feeling too poorly to go to a Reiki session, you can receive a distance session from a practitioner as you rest at home.
4. Improved Energy Flow
Reiki is not just relaxing. It is an excellent energizer when you’re feeling fatigued or unmotivated. Reiki dissolves any energy blocks you may be holding within and encourages efficient energy flow. When energy is blocked or stagnant, often we feel tired, not wanting to get out of bed, or do anything. Blocks can be caused by poor sleep, stress, unhealthy eating habits, lack of movement or emotional distress. Reiki can dissolve these blocks to give you the physical energy you need to resolve the root cause of the blockages and ensure regular daily energy.
5. Mindfulness and Presence
Sitting quietly through a Reiki session enables us to truly look at our experience in the moment. How did our energy feel before and after a session? What about our racing thoughts or pain level? A Reiki session gives us the opportunity to stop and look within. We have more awareness of our present situation and experiences. You’ll find you may have better focus and concentration when regularly receiving treatments.
6. Processing Emotions and Traumas
Often people experience physical symptoms when emotions are not properly addressed. Bottling up emotion traps it within and causes stress, pain and illnesses. Unprocessed emotions can prevent us from moving further and developing in life. You may even know that you need to work through emotions and past trauma, but want a safe space in which to do so. Reiki helps to gently remove what is binding those emotions and supports you while they are released.
Benefits of Learning Reiki
1. ALL of the Benefits of Receiving Reiki
If you want to receive Reiki at any time of the day without the need for scheduling a session with a practitioner – just learn Reiki! You will have all the tools you need for self-care at the tip of your fingers whenever you need it. Often practitioners perform self-Reiki daily as a proactive health measure. It clears the mind, energy, and body, much like a shower leaves you feeling clean and refreshed.
2. Supporting Loved Ones with Reiki
When your friends and family are suffering, you can support them with Reiki. Either meet with them in person, or send distance Reiki. A Reiki practitioner can help loved ones with physical healing, stress reduction, and emotional support when times are tough. Does your friend live far away and you feel helpless to support them during a crisis? Send Reiki. If someone is grieving and you want to do more to help? Send Reiki. It is always supportive.
3. Supporting the Globe with Reiki
There is something tragic happening in the world every single day. Sometimes we may even feel bombarded with the amount of tragedies in the news and feel helpless to do anything to support healing and change. Send Reiki. We may be able to directly assist with donations of items. money or time, but when that’s not possible. Send Reiki.
4. Professional Career Path
Many Reiki students go on to teach Reiki to other students. Others become a professional practitioner and offer Reiki sessions in-person or remotely. Being a Reiki professional is a rewarding and healthy career option.
You Can Learn Reiki!
Does Reiki sound intriguing? Fortunately, Reiki is extremely easy to learn and is taught world-wide! You can learn in person or at a distance. There are many styles of Reiki and a variety of Reiki teaching methods. You can easily find one that you resonate with. I offer an affordable and flexible Reiki Certification program. It is available through online, on-demand video modules, so you can learn at your own pace, in your own home, any time you want.
Shannon Marie is a Reiki Master & Reiki Teacher with 20 years of Reiki experience. She offers distance Reiki through her YouTube channel, and teaches Reiki online. A full certification path of Reiki courses is available to begin TODAY. These courses are on-demand video lessons you can take anywhere, anytime, and at your own pace.
