Reiki is a Japanese spiritual healing technique involving placing hands on or near an individual to channel universal life energy to promote relaxation, stress reduction and healing by balancing the body’s energy fields. Channeling in this way activates the natural healing processes of your body to restore physical and emotional wellbeing.
We have several chakras both in and around our physical body. Chakra essentially means wheel or circle “energy vortices”; They are spinning energy centers in the subtle body that govern physical, emotional and spiritual functions. They highly influence well-being and blockages can cause issues/illness, while balance promotes health. They are essentially energy hubs that are situated where multiple meridians intersect along the central channel of our body. We have 7 main chakras linked to specific body parts, colours, emotions and spiritual aspects and they run along our spine from the base of our sit bones to the crown of our head. These 7 chakras hit the 12 main meridians that are extensive pathways that flow throughout our entire body. Four other central chakras are located in our hands and feet, and there are several chakras that exist in layers of our energetic field that is connected to us and extends 6 feet around our body. There are different layers in this energetic field and one that most would be familiar with is the aura.
Essentially, chakras channel prana (life force energy) and connect physical and spirit bodies, influencing well-being. Throughout life and traumatic events, our chakras can become closed, blocked or get lodged in our bodies, which ultimately leads to discord and illness. Chakras can also become wide-open where it can become difficult to contain and/or identify our energy from that of others and forces outside of ourselves. In this state, we tend to become more vulnerable to other energy and influences around us. When we are not regulated or grounded between what is ours and what is not, thoughts, emotions, interactions, and life in general can feel very overwhelming.
Reiki is a powerful healing practice that can provide awareness around how our energy centers are currently operating and greatly assist in restoring balance, which promotes the flow of healing energy into our bodies. Our bodies are alive, they are listening and they want to communicate and experience an intimate and positive relationship with us. Engaging in Reiki regularly supports our nervous system and is like a ‘factory reset’. Reiki is truly one of the best forms of self-care we can give ourselves.
