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What does it take to learn Reiki ?
Only the desire – and maybe curiosity. It is very easy
to learn for children as well as grown ups. No pre-qualification needed
and no special abilities required.
How
does it feel to receive a Reiki treatment?
The experiences reported
are as varied and different as we humans are. Some fall asleep and simply
wake up relaxed and refreshed. Others get into a dreamy condition feeling
the comfort of the energy. Some will feel a tingling and others heat or
cold.
How
does it feel to give Reiki?
Reiki automatically opens the healer as a
channel and giving is most often felt in the hands as heat or cold,
tingling or as a magnetic sensation. All you have to do is relax and let
Reiki be Reiki. Let the energy flow. It is a wonderful gift to give to
anyone who is willing to experience the beauty of Reiki.
Can
Reiki harm the client?
Reiki can do
no harm and is not manipulating in any way as it is the client who draws
exactly as much energy as he or she needs.
Do you
have to believe in it?
No, the curious non-believer
in Reiki is likely to have just as good results as believers. However,
statistics have proven that if you believe in a source greater than you
and expect a healing to take place, it is more likely to happen.
How
fast does it work?
Reiki has it owns pace,
because it works in layers. Imagine the healing peeling an onion where the
layers are the blockage, toxins and causes of the imbalance in
questions. Sometimes the Reiki will clear this immediately
giving instant relief. At other times it takes a longer series of treatments.
Can
anyone become a Reiki healer?
Everybody can heal and Reiki is for the lazy.
You place your hands and the Reiki flows. Everyone can do this and having
access to Reiki will enhance each person's capabilities as the natural
source of healing which we all are born to be. Reiki will also support you
in the person you are and give you courage to be that person.
Does it work as prevention?
Reiki is excellent for
prevention. The easy way is to become a healer yourself and simply do self
healings. That way you can heal on a regular basis and as much as you
like.
What about children and the elderly?
Children and elderly need
less Reiki as their energy system is very receptive.
Will it drain me to give Reiki?
When giving Reiki the healers energy system is recharged during the
treatment.
Is it a religion?
No, Reiki is not a religion,
nor does it rely on any specific belief. Reiki is about tapping into the
natural
universal resource of healing.
Any other questions?
Feel free to ask.
The
science behind Reiki
What Happens in a
Treatment?
Independent research by
Dr. Robert Becker and Dr. John Zimmerman during the 1980's
investigated what happens whilst people practice therapies like
Reiki. They found that not only do the brain wave patterns of
practitioner and receiver become synchronised in the alpha state,
characteristic of deep relaxation and meditation, but they pulse in
unison with the earth's magnetic field, known as the Schuman
Resonance. During these moments, the biomagnetic field of the
practitioners' hands is at least 1000 times greater than normal, and
not as a result of internal body current. Toni Bunnell (1997)
suggests that the linking of energy fields between practitioner and
earth allows the practitioner to draw on the 'infinite energy
source' or 'universal energy field' via the Schuman Resonance. Prof. Paul Davies and Dr. John Gribben in The Matter Myth (1991),
discuss the quantum physics view of a 'living universe' in which
everything is connected in a 'living web of interdependence'. All of this supports the subjective experience of 'oneness' and
'expanded consciousness' related by those who regularly receive or
self-treat with Reiki.
Zimmerman (1990) in the USA and Seto (1992)
in Japan further investigated the large pulsating biomagnetic field
that is emitted from the hands of energy practitioners whilst they
work. They discovered that the pulses are in the same
frequencies as brain waves, and sweep up and down from 0.3-30 Hz,
focusing mostly in 7-8 Hz, alpha state. Independent medical
research has shown that this range of frequencies will stimulate
healing in the body, with specific frequencies being suitable for
different tissues. For example, 2 Hz encourages nerve
regeneration, 7 Hz bone growth, 10 Hz ligament mending, and 15 Hz
capillary formation. Physiotherapy equipment based on these
principles has been designed to aid soft tissue regeneration, and
ultra sound technology is commonly used to clear clogged arteries
and disintegrate kidney stones. Also, it has been known for
many years that placing an electrical coil around a fracture that
refuses to mend will stimulate bone growth and repair.
Becker explains that
'brain waves' are not confined to the brain but travel throughout
the body via the perineural system, the sheaths of connective tissue
surrounding all nerves. During treatment, these waves begin as
relatively weak pulses in the thalamus of the practitioner's brain,
and gather cumulative strength as they flow to the peripheral nerves
of the body including the hands. The same effect is mirrored
in the person receiving treatment, and Becker suggests that it is
this system more than any other, that regulates injury repair and
system rebalance. This highlights one of the special features
of Reiki (and similar therapies) - that both practitioner and client
receive the benefits of a treatment, which makes it very efficient.
It is interesting to
note that Dr. Becker carried out his study on world-wide array of
cross-cultural subjects, and no matter what their belief systems or
customs, or how opposed to each other their customs were, all tested
the same. Part of Reiki's growing popularity is that it does
not impose a set of beliefs, and can therefore be used by people of
any background and faith, or none at all. This neutrality
makes it particularly appropriate to a medical or prison setting.
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