Reiki is an ancient healing method originally used in eastern countries over 2000 years ago. The word Reiki is Japanese and means universal life energy.

Reiki is a simple and natural form of healing, which encourages the body to absorb the healing energy of the earth. The Reiki practitioner's own body is used as a channel for the energy to pass through in a concentrated form so that the receiver is experiencing a direct source. It has the ability to balance the physical, emotional and spiritual levels of our body as a whole.

Used to relieve physical and emotional pain and to promote spiritual clarity, Reiki also speeds up the healing process and balances the body using subtle stationary hand positions on points of tension or injury. Although Reiki is "hands-on", unlike massage, Reiki is administered through a very gentle touch. While the patient is seated or lying down and fully clothed, the practitioner's hand are placed along energy centers and pathways on the head, neck, shoulders, upper chest, abdomen, legs, and feet (similar to those used in acupuncture). It is a form of energy work that works on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels by balancing the natural life force energy within the body. Reiki can be used as a form of health maintenance and disease prevention, and can be applied as a self-help technique, or used on others.

The positive influence of a Reiki session can produce mental clarity, allowing the mind to think more clearly and rationally about things and experience deeper insights into particular questions or problems. Once the emotional and spiritual levels begin to balance, equilibrium is then restored within the physical body.

Reiki is an unintrusive therapy performed through the clothing and generally tends to last between forty-five minutes and an hour. Reiki affects each person differently as everyone has individual needs. Initially it can often evoke an emotional release as well as a physical response.

What are the benefits of Reiki?

• Reiki is used to treat the whole body and facilitates the removal of blockages in energy flow and the dispersal of toxins.
• Practiced over a long term basis, Reiki will harmonise the condition of the body, allowing it to deal naturally with stress and toxins.
• Helps to alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression
• Useful when you are recovering from an illness - Reiki can be used as a supplementary therapy.
• Reiki helps the body in the recovery after drug therapy, after surgery and after chemotherapy, enabling the body to bounce back more quickly from the burdens of surgery and chemicals.
• Maximises health and harmony