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Reiki, pronounced "ray-key" comes from two Japanese words. Rei means universal, and ki means the force energy. Reiki is a nondenominational healing practice that originated as Tibetan Buddhist practice. Reiki was rediscovered in the late 1800s by a Christian teacher, Mikao Usui who opened a reiki school in Tokyo in 1922.
Reiki practitioners believe if the "ki" or life force is low, you are more susceptible to illness. If the ki is high, resistance to illness is high.
What is the reiki philosophy?
The reiki philosophy is:
"Just for today, I will not be angry."
"Just for today, I will not worry."
"Just for today, I will do my work honestly."
"Just for today, I will be kind to my neighbor and every living thing."
"Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings."
What are the contraindications for reiki?
the mind-body connection
The idea that all life is somehow simply various manifestations of a great life force can be found in religious and philosophical texts from all ages and cultures. Psychologist Sigmund Freud's protégé, Carl Yung wrote of a 'collective unconscious' as did Boris Pasternak (famous Russian author of Dr. Zhivago), and this tract from a Buddhist text is another example:
Feathered birds and fishes finned
And clouds and rain and calm and wind
And sun and moon and stars declare
All life is one life everywhere.
It is no longer controversial when scientists from various disciplines claim that every thing vibrates and despite appearances to the contrary, is interconnected by some as yet incomprehensible force and so, to some degree, everything has an effect on everything else.
Since this 'every thing' must include thoughts, and thoughts are an emerging quality of the brain, and the brain is part of the body/person - (can you see where this is leading) - it stands to reason that modern medicine too, is looking again at complementary therapies and spiritual/natural healing to see how it reconciles with this new understanding.
That 'the mind affects the body and the body affects the mind' has long been accepted in the world of alternative/complementary therapy. It seems that this ancient concept is being confirmed by today's science.
And this is where Reiki comes in. Reiki simply taps into this infinite energy for the mental and physical well-being of both the practitioner and recipient. The Reiki practitioner is merely a conduit through whom the energy flows into the recipient, and the practitioner has the happy advantage of benefiting from the session too...
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