Immerse Yourself In The Energy
May 2025 Blog
What is this energy everyone talks about...specifically, what is this “Reiki” energy how can it heal me. Where did it come from? The energy of Reiki resides in everything and is everywhere. It already is within us all and it resides there until we take ownership of it. It can also be within our intention to learn it and use it, for ourselves and maybe to share with others. Some of us can feel it, can see it, and even hear it. But can we even understand it?
Just a brief how it began: Commonly referred to as the father of Reiki (Shiki Ryoho) Reverend Dr. Mikao Usui founded Reiki, the USUI System of Healing, in Japan in the early 1900s while on a 21day spiritual retreat. The Japanese word Reiki is made up of two words, Rei (rey) means present everywhere and Ki (key) means life force energy (chi). This is just a tiny bit of how it began and who had a hand in it, and there are also different teachings of Reiki besides USUI. Also, there are discussions and doubt about Reiki; Wikipedia says Reiki has also been identified as a pseudoscientific and likened to be no more effective than a placebo. But times are changing, for example, the VA Hospitals are now using Reiki, because it works and because it can also be used to complement mainstream medicine and it has very few contraindications or risks as a healing modality.
As a certified Level 111 Reiki Master/Instructor, I can tell you that the Wikipedia theory is so wrong that it is unreal. Reiki is one of those healing modalities that you just have to try it. You don’t have to believe it for it to work. During the beginning of my training, I sometimes would have doubts about if I was doing it correctly, questioning if someone could even feel the energy…then one day it happened... In the quietness of practicing, I could actually hear the energy, it was like the tiniest of hums. Along with the tiny hum, I felt the energy when I brought my hands together and then apart. It is like a magnetic pull from yourself to within yourself.
As I evolved in my training, so did my Reiki. Then came the heat emanating from within my hands and finally, it was felt by not only me but by people I shared my Reiki with. Some Reiki’s use actual physical touch but I will rarely physically touch someone, and I keep my hands about 2 or 3 inches above the body. The energy knows where it needs to go within you to bring you back to your center. All Reiki’s do their treatments somewhat differently and each have their own subtle gifts they bring. I balance your 7 energy centers, known as your chakras, to ensure there is no blockages and they are all spinning correctly. Sometimes messages will come in.
I liken a treatment to being surrounded and immersed by white light, embraced in the warmth of our combined energy, then letting go to acceptance of the Universal Energy (pure LOVE) that you are feeling and the healing that it brings to you.
If you want to try or learn Reiki, reach out… Take a chance and give some real thought to the power of the energy that is our own, lies within us, and gives us the potential of self-healing.
Blessings, Light, and Love!