reiki ˈreɪki/

noun

1. a healing technique based on the principle that the therapist can channel energy into the patient by means of touch, to activate the natural healing processes of the patient's body and restore physical and emotional well-being.

 

What is Reiki

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Reiki is a non-invasive, gentle, yet powerful method of healing

Reiki energy, (often described as "universal life energy" or "spiritual energy") is accessed by the practitioner during a treatment. It enhances the body's natural healing ability and promotes wellbeing.

Reiki treatment stands on its own as a healing practice and is also safely used to support orthodox and complementary medicine. Reiki doesn't interfere with or diminish the intended effects of other health or medical practices.

Reiki treatments are increasingly accepted in health and community care facilities including hospitals, hospices and cancer support units. For example, at the Solaris Care Cancer Support Centre at Sir Charles Gairdner hospital in Perth, Reiki is the most accessed complementary health treatment for cancer and leukemia patients. Many patients report significant improvements in their level of pain, fatigue, nausea and breathing.

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The System of Reiki

Reiki is a spiritual practice and healing art. Reiki, as we know it today, began in the early 1900s. It is recorded that through study, research and meditation a Japanese man, Mikao Usui, had an experience of empowerment that led to the development of Reiki as a healing system. Usui devoted the rest of his life to practising and teaching this art of living and healing.

Over time the system of Reiki healing developed by Mikao Usui has evolved, or been changed, by subsequent teachers. Today a number of different forms, or branches, of Reiki are practised worldwide. A common element of many forms of Reiki is a set of principles or precepts. While there are variations in the expression and interpretation of the precepts, they are all based on the original teachings of Mikao Usui.

"The true purpose of the Reiki method is to correct the heart-mind, keep the body fit, and lead a happy life using the spiritual capabilities humans are endowed with since birth."

 

The Five Precepts

Recite the five precepts morning and evening, and keep them in one's heart. Today, throughout the entire day:

1. Do not become angry

2. Worry about nothing

3. Express one's gratitude

4. Be diligent in work

5. Be kind to others

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Excerpt from the translation on a monument to Mikao Usui at the Seihoji Temple in Tokyo. Description from Reiki Australia