What is Reiki?Reiki is a Japanese technique for channeling energy fields which promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on harnessing the "life force energy" or "chi" which flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's energy flow is low, then we get sick or feel stress, and if the channels are open wider, we are more capable of being healthy and peaceful. This energy is universal and infinite, existing all around us and connecting us to each other and the earth.
The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "Spiritual Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy."
Each person has 7 main energy fields which exist along the spinal column of the body, known as chakras. They are as follows:
first "root" chakra, located at the base of the spine. This chakra deals with survival, grounding, and the physical body.
second "sacral" chakra, located in the lower abdomen, deals with desire, emotion, sexuality, and procreation.
third "solar plexus" chakra is located above the navel. associated with will, mental life, and linear thinking.
fourth "heart" chakra, located in the center of the chest. It's function is love for all beings.
fifth "throat" chakra, is located at the throat. It is associated with a higher will more connected to divine will, speaking things into being, communication, creativity.
sixth "third eye" chakra is located in the center of the forehead above the eyebrows. Its function is knowing celestial love, and sees all life forms as precious manifestations of the source.
seventh "crown" chakra is located at the top of the head. It deals with understanding, the higher mind, knowing and integration of our spiritual and physical makeup.
These chakras generate auras, which are layers of energy surrounding the physical body. The layers are nested, the root chakra's aura being the one closest to the body, and the crown chakra's aura being the exterior layer which encompasses all other layers.
These energy fields are not a myth or a possibility or a religion, but rather, they are real and have been documented by numerous scientists (including modern ones) using various methods over the centuries. In fact, it has been shown that the Human Energy Field (HEF) consists of tiny particles, sounds, color, magnetic forces, heat and other things. In fact, the HEF cannot fully be explained by human science to date. Many of the psychic phenomena associated with the HEF such as precognition, being aware of past lives, and spirit interactions cannot be explained...
Everyone has the ability to channel their own energy, but it needs to be cultivated through deep meditation and psychological awareness. Once a higher level of consciousness is achieved, the chakras can be opened, as well as the mind's eye. For most people, their energy has been blocked or stagnated through years of stress and ignorance. For these people, professional "attunements" are necessary to unblock the chakras. However, some are naturally gifted, and don't need any attunments, their energy flowing freely. These people have generally cultivated their energy since childhood through meditation in quiet, natural areas such as the forest.
