Healing with Reiki

Reiki healing is a form of alternative therapy that originated in Japan. The word "Reiki" is a combination of two Japanese words: "rei," meaning universal, and "ki," meaning life energy or vital force. Reiki practitioners believe that there is a universal energy that flows through all living things, and by channeling this energy, they can promote healing and balance in the recipient.

Here's an overview of how Reiki healing is believed to work:

1. Energy Channeling: Reiki practitioners, often referred to as "Reiki healers," use their hands to channel the universal life energy to the recipient. The energy is believed to flow through the practitioner's hands and into the body of the person receiving the treatment
2. Balancing Energy: The underlying philosophy of Reiki is based on the idea that disruptions or imbalances in the flow of life energy can lead to physical or emotional ailments. Reiki practitioners aim to balance and harmonize the energy within the body, promoting a state of well-being.
3. Hands-On or Hands-Off: Reiki can be administered through either a hands-on or hands-off approach. In a hands-on session, the practitioner lightly places their hands on or near specific areas of the body. In a hands-off session, the practitioner works with the energy field around the body without direct physical contact.
4. Relaxation and Stress Reduction: One of the primary benefits reported by those who undergo Reiki is a deep sense of relaxation. It is believed that this relaxation response can help reduce stress and tension, which may contribute to an improved overall state of health.
5. Promoting Healing: Reiki is often used as a complementary therapy to support conventional medical treatments. While it is not a replacement for medical care, some individuals believe that Reiki can enhance the body's natural healing processes.

My experience

While I have had previous experiences with energy work, I have never done a reiki session until I wanted to try and heal my stage 4 endometriosis naturally. I had read in several different places that depending on where in your body you have a disease, there is blocked energy there and typically this can be energy from past trauma, guilt, shame, anything negative. Louis Hay had vaginal cancer and she explained once she was able to release that energy from her body, and with certain visualizations and meditations and changing her thoughts.. in other words, with very intentional work.. she healed herself completely of cancer. It had been years since I read that but I remembered it and I wanted to do that myself. 

I looked inward and I had both a lot of guilt and shame from my mistakes as a mother, believing my son's father that I didn't know how to be a mom and all of the other awful things he had said to me when I was a young mother and believed the narcissist, on top of that my own sexual trauma that I had endured at childhood, I felt it was no wonder that my womb and lady areas were in such bad shape. I believe it was my way of punishing myself. 

They had already done surgery on me once before when I had 3 ovarian cysts, one the size of a baby's head. My doctor had to peel my intestines from my uterus and put it back in place. She said it looked like a bomb had gone off with how much endometriosis was in my stomach. I had no idea it could come back, after surgery I thought, "ok I'm good!" but it all came back 3 years later, when they wanted to do surgery again. This time, I turned to my spirituality. 

When I searched for reiki, I looked at the Google reviews to narrow it down. I found this one named Connie and she was not too far from my home. I scheduled an hour long appointment with her. 

It was very interesting. She had crystals underneath the bed and soft music playing. I could feel the healing energy right away. As she started to work energy on me, I could feel the shifts inside. This not only was helping my body, but it was calming my mind, body and spirit. This was calming my nervous system and getting to the very deep parts of myself and releasing toxic energy that was stuck inside of me. She made certain noises to release the energy that went from me into her. At first I was honestly trying not to laugh, but then as I felt it working, I wanted her to make the noises because I knew I was healing more and more each time she did. After I left, I felt so tired and like me body was floating. She said I needed to drink lots of water and eat healthy. I got home and slept for 2 hours, woke up and just took it easy and ate a lot of fruits and veggies, but I was starving so I cooked a big meal. I could feel the energy moving around in me and releasing, it was incredible. Then I all of a sudden started craving sweets, and I mean CRAVING. I went into my fridge and pulled out my cookie dough and bakes a few cookies. When they were done I wasted no time at all and scarfed down three. But I felt like maybe I should not have done that as I felt like things were not flowing as easily. I later read that sweets blocks energy from being released after reiki sessions.. well I will know for next time!

Even now, although I am not sure if it had helped me endometriosis, I still feel the part of me that was released from one of the parts of the session that was so negative and heavy. I had been living with it for so long that I did not notice it as separate from me. But after this experience I look forward to going back and peeling back another layer and healing even more. Besides, if I did not know that was a part of me and needed to be released, I feel there may be other parts deeper as well.

Quote

 “The soul of the Universe awaits to enfold you in pure white light.”
― Earthschool Harmony, Back to Grace 

 “Unfortunately, you wont find peace or be able to move on until you commit to deep internal healing. Reiki can help you return to a better balanced state and this can give you the courage you need to begin your healing journey.”
― Sarah Parker Thomas