Intro to Reiki > Reiki Levels

Concerns

I'm a skeptic - Does any of this really work?

First, some people NEED to believe there is nothing more to the world than meets the eye. To entertain the idea that the world may not be as clear cut as they have always believed can be as terrifying for them as it can be for religious people to have a crisis of faith. To force someone to change their belief who is not ready to do so is impolite. Therefore if your purpose is to disprove Reiki, please go somewhere else.

Second, Reiki does not require belief, either from the practitioner or the client. As part of proving Reiki to myself, and my general service to the world I have done a great deal of Reiki on nearly complete strangers, and I deliberately undersell it. I'm on an airplane, at a party, at a unrelated conference and some one asks me what I do for a living. I say "I teach a form of holistic healing called Reiki" If they show even a glimmer of curiosity I add "I'd be happy to try it on you and see what you think. All you have to do is be still for a moment" I ask if they have any problem areas have them rate the discomfort on a scale of 1-10, do 2-5 minutes of Reiki and ask again. Usually the problem area is dramatically improved, sometimes nothing happens, but I have not noticed that belief or disbelief has anything to do with it.

Third, Skeptics are often the easiest people to teach. You show how to do something once, and if they can do it too, they believe you. My teaching style emphasizes student experimentation and learning from results more than theory. There is a physicality to the Reiki energy that the majority of Reiki students can feel immediately. For some it is subtle at first, but it is definitely there, and gets stronger with practice, and higher levels of Reiki classes.

Fourth, skeptics are often those who are not very psychically perceptive themselves and so are blind to this aspect of the world. Oddly, many of these people make some of the most powerful Reiki people. They will complain "Im not feeling anything" while the person they are working on is experiencing major shifts and change. Those who are less psychically perceptive have to play scientest and analyse results, rather than just float in mystical experience.

I've done lots of things like this, why should I learn Reiki?

Many psychics and energy healers get a feeling that they should take a Reiki class, but are puzzled as to why. There are certainly other healing arts out there, and some people are naturally strong healers. Why also learn Reiki?

Reiki is a different, clearer, more powerful way of connecting to universal divine source. Once connected, the energy runs along the same energy channels in the extended body that other forms of energy healing and psychic perception do. Most find that after taking a Reiki class, their healing and psychic abilities increase by at least 50%, and are often easier to use.

Reiki helps to protect the practitioner from picking up the negative energy 'blahs' from their clients. Also, because Reiki works with divine energy, it tends to bring positive resolution to seemingly impossible situations. Reiki also tends to heal the practitioner and flow energy to them even as they work on another, so that after a session the practitioner and the client both feel better than before.

Will a Reiki Session really help me?

The best short answer is probably, try it and see. Like most of modern medicine it usually works, but sometimes what works brilliantly on one person may or may not work on another with almost identical symptoms.

For a longer answer, Reiki has been known to help every illness known to mankind, and in many cases creates a dramatic improvement. Because Reiki does not involve drugs, supplements or physical manipulation. Reiki does not cause harm, or interfere with medications or traditional treatment. Reiki also works on the mental/emotional level allowing people to better adapt, make decisions about and emotionally handle their illnesses and their affect on friends and family members. Reiki also works on the life experience level, helping increase positive synchronicities to resolve the issue, and changing the type of experiences that are drawn toward the people involved.

Most practitioners focus almost exclusively on using Reiki to nourish the bodies ability to heal itself, by using the hands palm down on the clients body. I have found that In many cases sessions can be made more effective by doing a certain amount of Reiki upward to lift dense energy blocks out of the body. Distance healing can also be helpful if there are past life or early this life issues, or multiple people involved.

In my own practice, most clients need 1-3 treatments to treat most complaints, with the majority experiencing significant improvement after a single treatment. Those with high stress lives, chronic diseases, or recovering from something debilitating such as stroke are encourage to opt for an initial series of treatments of 1-2 per week followed by a maintenance series spaced further apart, monthly or quarterly.

Most practitioners charge roughly what massage costs in their area. Considering the degree of relief that many experience, it is well worth the experiment!

Many Reiki master/teachers, including myself, offer a free or low cost healing night, or provide some other venue for people wanting to investigate Reiki to do so. Some are willing to be meet with students before the class. If you have a group of interested people, a Reiki Master/Teacher is likely to be more than willing to come and give a talk and demonstration.

Does Reiki conflict with medical treatment?

Reiki is a great complement to all kinds of medical treatment. This includes conventional medicine (alleopathic) chiropractic, homeopathic and herbal. Reiki does not introduce any substances into the body, does not forcibly manipulate the skeletal structure, and works largely by supporting the bodies ability to heal itself.

Has Medical Research been done on Reiki?

An increasing amount of research is being done on Reiki. reikimedresearch.com has done a good job summarizing what research has been done on Reiki. [I will try to add my own summary on this site at some point]