Healing Through Reiki: What Is It, And How You Can Learn It Too

“Reiki functions on a spiritual, emotional, mental and physical level, so the benefits of receiving this form of healing can go on for ages” – Written By Sarah Hidalgo Authement Contributing Writer for The Astonishing Tales Digital Magazine

“Reiki is love, Love is Wholeness, Wholeness is Balance, Balance is Well-Being. Well-Being is freedom from disease.” Dr. Mikao Usui (1864-1926)

Reiki, a “universal energy” healing modality, can be traced back to ancient Tibet, thousands of years ago.

In 1922, the spiritual practice and technique was rediscovered by a Japanese Buddhist who went by the name of Dr. Mikao Usui.

As a young boy, Dr. Usui studied kiko, a Japanese version of Tai Chi, which focuses on the movement of lifeforce energy for healing with the hands. This concept of healing fascinated him so much, that as an adult in the year of 1922, Dr. Usui felt called to engage in a 21 day meditating and fasting retreat, with the intent to receive any spiritual guidance.

On day 21 he experienced what he described as a ” powerful light from above” which entered through the top of his head.

While seeing a series of symbols, he was then channeled a download of healing energy and immediately knew it was Reiki.

Upon returning from his time on that mountain, Dr. Usui brought together various elements from his own spiritual practice to develop what healers all around the world today know as Usui Reiki.

The word Reiki translates from the Japanese as “spiritual energy” and it is understood that this spiritual energy is not only what we work with, but is an energy that, as a human being, we all carry within us.

Meaning no one who ever has or ever will walk this earth, will be excluded from carrying this frequency of energy because, after all, we are all part of that Divine energy !

It was this universal concept that drew me to Reiki when I began my journey of awakening, not only to heal the lifetimes of karmic pain and baggage that I carried, but to share the gift of healing with others.

My whole life, I’d known that I had a purpose in helping others through those tough moments in life where we know we can’t do much more on our own.

Reiki had been such a blessing and solution in my healing process and had led me to meeting some extremely beautiful souls. One of those souls was a sweet little lady named Sherrie.

Sherrie worked at a local metaphysical shop that I had been going to for years and while chatting it up one afternoon during a visit, she had mentioned that she not only practiced Reiki, but was going to be doing a set of attunements that next week and asked if I wanted to join.

On June 2, 2017 my world changed as I’d known it thus far. I was attuned to Usui Reiki levels I, II, III and Master. The following week I received the attunement for Kundalini Reiki Master/Teacher and following was Angel Reiki Master.

I was shown the various symbols which are used for things such as protection, pain relief, anxiety, and depression to name a few. These symbols had been seen first by Dr. Mikao Usui on that mountaintop thousands of years ago on that mountaintop in Japan. The most commonly seen are Cho ku Rei , Sei He Ki, Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen, and Dai Ko Myo.

Our bodies are in a constant cycle of healing themselves, but Reiki gives a conscious intention to the constant state of healing by heightening acceptance and awareness of the process.

I found myself in such a state of awe and wonder of the divine, almost magical, intelligence that controls the channeled flow of Reiki.

The practitioner, who just so happens to only be a channel for this healing energy to flow, will never be the one who cures the patient. What’s beautiful is the one whose receiving the energy is actually treating him or herself. This isn’t done through conscious mind but at a higher level of awareness of what the body needs and where the healing energy is needed.

By the sender and receiver completely removing themselves from the actual healing, this divine spiritual energy is able to go in, effortlessly do it’s job and without any interference from the ego!

Reiki functions on a spiritual, emotional, mental and physical level, so the benefits of receiving this form of healing can go on for ages…. but to save you the time and energy, I will name the ones I have actually witnessed occurring in my own clients:

*Relieves physical pains and discomforts *Balances energies in the body *Relaxes and reduces stress *Enchances spiritual connection 2 / 2 *Promotes personal awareness *Helps you to go into a meditative state over time *Adapts to the needs of the recipient.

The list continues regarding not only the physical healings that are able to take place, but the healings that can occur within the physical body, emotional body, energy body and spiritual body.

Once deep healing is able to take place, and you are able to stay out of your own way, an awakening of the soul can then begin to occur.

I experienced this first hand and as grateful as I am for what Reiki has done for me, my heart will forever be touched for being able to take part and witnessing the beautiful healings received by not only my clients, family, friends and my children. Watching others flourish, heal and take steps closer to discovering the true magical soul that they have been all along, I don’t think it gets much better than that !!

“A healer’s power stems not from any special ability, but from maintaining the courage and awareness to embody and express the universal healing power that every human being naturally possesses.” ― Eric Micha’el Leventhal