When it comes to wellness, there is a growing recognition of the importance of taking an holistic approach. Holistic wellness encompasses the well-being of the mind, body, and spirit, recognising the interconnectedness of these aspects of our being. One aspect of holistic wellness that often goes unnoticed is the power of healing energy.
Energy is a fundamental part of our existence. Albert Einstein said “everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want, and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy”.
Reiki is hands-on healing in which the practitioner channels energy to where you need it most, replenishing your energy levels by encouraging a stronger energy flow, which in turn helps your body’s natural healing ability.
This form of therapy can be experienced differently every time and your healing may be gradual and you feel only relaxation, or may happen quite suddenly and you feel the various shifts in your body. But for most people, the common experience is a feeling of deep rest and warmth as energy flows through you, with improved energy and deepened self-awareness. My youngest daughter once said, “Mummy, it feels like you’re pouring warm water into my tummy!”
This leading alternative healing therapy works on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels to balance all the energy centres of the body. Reiki is energy in motion, constant, dynamic and powerful; its healing effects have been experienced by many but are now beginning to be upheld by science.
A number of hospitals globally now offer Reiki as part of their Integrative Medicine Program and, interestingly, St Richards Hospice in the UK, where my own Mother worked as a palliative care specialist for over 25 years of her career, have offered Reiki healing to their patients for many years with hugely beneficial results.
‘The Touchstone Process’ (published in ‘Holistic Nursing Practice’, 2010) was set up to review a number of controlled studies that showed successful Reiki treatment for depression and stress, cognition in elderly patients and pain in chronically ill patients, but much more robust research is needed to demonstrate to our cognitive minds what we have been able to experience and feel for years. (This is something that I myself hope to delve into in the coming years – watch this space!)
I first experienced Reiki myself in 2006, as a complete cynic, and could not dispute the results even though my rational mind could not understand them. I have since used it as preventive medicine to maintain good health and well-being, to help my stress and anxiety levels due to various bumps in the road over the years, before and during pregnancy, with my children, with the elderly, and even for distant healing sessions (which my logical mind still struggles to comprehend!)
Even as a Reiki Master myself, I cannot dispute that it works but I cannot always tell you why 🙂
