WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF REIKI?

The benefits of Reiki are myriad and is beneficial on so many levels. Reiki energy seeks to heal and remove the blockages and imbalances within the chakras and the multiple layers of the aura that can lead to illness and disease — for spiritual, mental, emotional and physical wholeness. Reiki also works in harmony, as a complement, with many other forms of alternative and traditional healing practices, as well as prescribed medication, psychological and physical therapy, and any other conditions where there is a correlative mind/body connection. Medical treatments can often have negative side-effects and these can also be greatly reduced or eliminated with regular Reiki sessions. Reiki is also known to improve the healing rate, and thus reduce the length of time spent in hospital, for patients receiving medical treatments, for example, the debilitating effects of chemotherapy, post operative pain, and any resulting depression.

Reiki provides stress and pain relief by relaxing and calming the recipient.  As it also soothing, both emotionally and mentally, it can have a positive affect on minor conditions, such as head or stomach aches, colds, flu, tension and anxiety as well as more serious, and oftentimes stress-related, illnesses like heart disease, cancer and leukemia.

Reiki is also widely used, and increasingly recommended, in palliative, end-of-life care.

As a side note, the benefits of human touch have been observed as having wide-ranging physical and emotional benefits for people of all ages. In multiple experiments, touch has been shown to lessen pain, improve pulmonary function, increase growth in infants, lower blood glucose, and blood pressure, and can induce a state of relaxation that improves immune function.