What is Reiki?
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Reiki (ray-key) is a natural healing technique that feels like a flow of a high frequency of energy into and through a practitioner, and out the hands into another person
The system of Usui Reiki Ryoho grew out of the original teachings of Mikao Usui, a Japanese man, around 1922. He had called his system "My Method" or Usui-Do. In the West, it was previously thought that it was his purpose to find out how famous healers like Buddha and Christ healed the sick, without depleting their own inner energy. However we now know that he had a very spiritual experience or vision in which the meaning of his life was made clear to him. He then set out on a 3 year quest to discover how he could attain this.

Mikao Usui (1865 - 1926)

During his life and especially during his mission he studied old religions and ancient teachings including the Japanese forms of Taoism. He was also a student of martial arts and knew the founder of Judo, Jigoro Kano, very well. The organisation that survived him, Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai, teaches that he experienced a solution and a very powerful personal energy that we now call Reiki, while fasting on the Holy Mountain of Kurama Yama, just outside of the spiritual city of Kyoto, Japan. According to Gakkai history, he received a powerful form of energy while in meditation and was knocked unconscious for hours. He awoke feeling wonderful and refreshed, and had the ability to recall the energy. He soon discovered the energy gave the bonus of an amazing healing ability.

UsuiSensei (also called Sensei or O-Sensei) tested this new found energy on his family and friends, then took the resulting process out to the Japanese public. He traveled to Tokyo and began healing and teaching others there. He also found he could easily transfer the ability to access and use this energy, to anyone.
The word Reiki was actually an adjective that Mr. Usui used in defining a set of concepts for his original system; he was attributing the source of this energy and inspiration to his ancestors. In Western translation however, the word Reiki is seen as being made up of two Japanese words - Rei and Ki. Literally, taken one word at a time, Rei can mean supernatural force or spiritual intelligence; Ki can mean life energy. Thus Reiki is often described in the West as "spiritually guided life force energy". However in Japanese, words must be taken together and in the context of their use, in order to understand their actual meaning and intention.
As each colour in the rainbow is actually a different frequency or vibration of white light, the Reiki ray can be considered a range of vibrations of the Universal Energy or The Light, but perhaps a range that is beyond the normal access of each individual. But it is well known for it's ability to bring the human energy field into balance on all levels, thus encouraging the healing process.

A treatment creates a wonderful radiance that is deeply relaxing and includes many beneficial affects for both client and practitioner. At the very least, you will feel very relaxed during a session, often to the point of falling asleep. A Reiki session always seems to impress those who say they find it difficult to relax.
In oriental cultures, healing disciplines like Reiki may be applied to healthy people as a preventative method. However, Reiki may also be used to assist you in returning to a state of health.
Reiki is both powerful and gentle. In its long history of use Reiki has aided in healing virtually every known illness and injury including serious problems like cancer and heart disease as well as skin problems, cuts, broken bones, headaches, colds, sunburn, insect bites, insomnia, lack of confidence, etc.
Reiki can also be used to relieve stress, to overcome unwanted habits, to achieve desired goals, and to protect from harm.