Stress is a common part of everyday life for many people, and while some stress is actually beneficial, too much for too long can actually start to cause serious problems. If you are stressed, you'll need to de-stress, and one complementary therapy that can really help is Reiki. Read on to learn more.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a form of energy healing that replenishes the body's energy field with universal life force energy to support the body's natural ability to heal on its own. A treatment session is usually done in person, with the practitioner performing gentle hands-on healing techniques or sometimes hovering their hands over the client's body in order to strengthen the person's life force energy and remove blockages. The aim of Reiki sessions is to have the life force or Ki (also known as chi or qi) flowing strongly and freely throughout the body. Reiki can also be performed over a distance, and the practitioner will generally conduct a phone or email conversation with the client in order to discuss the session and its effects.
Reiki can be used as a standalone treatment or it can be used in conjunction with other complementary therapies or medical treatments.
How Can Reiki Help With Stress?
The healing powers of Reiki are extremely profound and work on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Reiki is extremely effective at reducing stress levels, treating chronic pain, eliminating toxins and managing a wide range of health conditions. The energy level in a person's body determines their stress response. A continuous flow of energy depicts good health, whereas a slow energy flow represents disease.
A Reiki practitioner attunes their client to the universal energy that exists within and around us and is the source of all life. In doing so, they heal the person on all levels. Reiki sessions can also completely relax you, and it is this utter relaxation that aids in the reduction and elimination of stress in your life.
The Benefits of Using Reiki for Stress Reduction
Whether it's performed with a gentle touch or from a distance, the positive effects of Reiki can be felt instantaneously. It is for this reason that Reiki treatments are used in integrative therapies that treat the mind, body and spirit as a whole, rather than as separate parts that make up a person. The benefits of Reiki for stress relief include:
- Improved mood
- Reduced anxiety
- Reduced levels of cortisol
- Better sleep quality
- A sense of peace
- Pain relief
- Stronger immune function
- Restored balance and harmony
Source: reneesommer.com
Reiki also helps you heal repressed emotional traumas from your past. This is important as these traumas have a negative effect on you, preventing self-development and making you feel as if you cannot be yourself. Once you've healed from these traumas and feel like you can be yourself again, you'll be much better able to cope with the situations around you, thus reducing your stress. Essentially, you will be able to see the bigger picture and realise that the things that you thought mattered really didn't matter at all. Reiki will also help you to stay away from situations that can be harmful to you, which are generally stressful situations by nature.
Practising Reiki on a daily basis will undoubtedly keep stress at bay and allow you to live a happier life. If you've never tried it before but want to, you can book a healing session with a qualified practitioner or a Reiki Master in your area via the Natural Therapy Pages' practitioner pages.
Originally published on Jun 11, 2010
