I have experimented with a large number of methods for self development. If it exists, I have probably tried it. Reiki, a form of energy work, is the single most effective method of accelerating your development that I have ever seen. The difference is months instead of years. Literally, a “10X” improvement. I was so impressed with Reiki and what it did for me, that I stopped at nothing to achieve the rank of Reiki Master Teacher; just because I had to know how it works and everything about it. The experience was nothing short of profoundly healing and transformational. Once I learned the full range of what it was capable of, I started using it here and there, as appropriate, with my students. The results were more than impressive. I have watched students go from stuck in stage five to physically experiencing their spirit guides and finding true self mastery in as little as six months. It is so effective that I often have to encourage students to slow down a bit. Fast progress can be overwhelming.
Reiki, as we know it today, is a form of energy healing originating in Japan in the early 1900s. It was brought to the west in the 1930s. Today, there are Reiki programs at some hospitals for infants and adults alike. There are Reiki programs at Hospice organizations for end of life. There are Reiki practitioners who focus on emotional issues, or animals, and everything between.
So what is it, exactly? Reiki is the life force energy in everything you see. When you are sick, worried, angry, or fearful, you feel exhausted. You lack energy, because these emotions and illnesses drain your energy, literally. You are out of balance. But when you are healthy, joyous, at peace or purposeful, you feel full of energy, because you are. The more of this energy that you have in you, the more balanced and healthy you feel. And balance is what it’s all about.
Reiki is good at bringing balance to your body, emotions, intellect, energy, and mind. For example, if you are starting to get a cold, or if you have a tummy ache, Reiki can help you heal yourself. If you are stressed out and worried or spun up from work, Reiki can you calm yourself down. Balance looks like health and peace and joy. And Reiki helps you bring yourself into balance.
I say that it helps YOU to do it, because you are precisely the one doing it. The Reiki practitioner is a conduit for the energy. They channel the energy and concentrate it in their hands. When they place their hands on your head, shoulders, feet or various chakra points, your energy field and body respond by drawing in as much energy as you may need. It is your being that decides how much energy to pull in and how to use it to create balance.
In my own experimentation, I have found that Reiki is great for acute physical issues and emotional/mental issues. It is great for calming children (especially special needs children), babies, veterans, and just stressed out working spouses. It cannot, however, save you from your food allergies, or from gaining weight when you eat badly, or from your own negative intentions. It cannot save you from what you do not want to be saved from. And it is not a substitute for medical treatment. It IS, however a very nice addition to your medical team and an amazingly effective addition to your personal development efforts, as well as a nice addition to family life.
When trying Reiki for the first time, make sure that you have a hands-on treatment and not a hands-off treatment. Some practitioners send Reiki while keeping their hands anywhere from several inches to several feet away from the patient. If this is your first Reiki treatment, you may not feel it. With a hands-on treatment, the practitioner lays their hands lightly on the patient for several minutes in each spot. The difference that touch makes is vital to your experience.
When choosing a practitioner, look for a fully credentialed practitioner, and a Reiki Master Teacher, if possible. A good practitioner will not be offended if you ask for a copy if their certificate. Why seek a master? With each level of learning, the Reiki practitioners receive “attunements” and “ignitions” which expand the amount of energy they are capable of delivering. There are four levels: Level One, Level Two, Advanced (sometimes called master practitioner), and Master Teacher. While you will get significant benefit, in my opinion, from practitioners at any of these levels, the more advanced the practitioner, the more effective and profound the experience, and the faster you will progress.
You might even decide to learn Reiki for yourself. Some people choose to learn Level One just to have the benefit of giving Reiki to themselves and their immediate family. Some prefer not to learn Reiki, because it would spoil the air of magic when receiving it. The right answer is to just try it once and see what you think. If your intuition says to do more, then do more. Whatever you are called to it the right answer.
I find myself now with the power to help people find peace nearly instantly, and to help them accelerate their personal journeys. It is a power that I cannot scientifically explain. It is nice to have something that you cannot explain but yet the results are undeniable. You do not have to believe in it for it to work, just like you do not have to believe that if you drop an object, it will hit the ground. It just works. This bit of wonder in the world is cause for us all to pause and question whether we really understand anything at all. The world is so much more amazing and wondrous than we realize. Trapped in our bubbles of everyday life and schedules, we can lose sight of what is important. Reiki can bring us back to it.
Meanwhile, I credit Reiki for accelerating my students’ evolution through the stages and for helping me spend more and more time in later stages 10 and 11. This is truly a pragmatic and yet deeply soul-stirring technique. The fact that it employs connection (as gentle touch or virtual connection) is likely a large part of why it works so well.
I encourage you to find a practitioner and experiment with Reiki for yourself. Some massage therapists can incorporate Reiki into a session for multi-dimensional relaxation. It is well worth a try.
