What Is Reiki? An Introduction

Hello and welcome.

My name is Bailey and I am a nurse practitioner turned Reiki master teacher,

Sound healer,

And yoga teacher.

I help people who are struggling with stress,

Anxiety,

Or overwhelm,

Or who are on a healing journey.

And today I wanted to share with you a little bit more about what Reiki is and how it can help you.

Reiki is an energy healing modality that promotes and balance in the body,

Mind,

And spirit.

The word Reiki is a Japanese word that translates in English to universal life force energy.

Every living being has universal life force energy flowing to it and through it and around it.

This has actually been shown by researchers through the process of Kirlian photography where they're able to see the energetic field around objects.

Throughout our lives we encounter stress and illness and this starts to lower our life force energy.

Making us more susceptible to things like anxiety,

Depression.

Physical illnesses and overall feelings of unwell or overwhelm.

And Reiki is a beautiful tool that can be used to help restore balance to our overall universal life force energy and help to prevent us or help to heal us from those issues such as mental,

Physical and emotional challenges.

When a person receives Reiki from a Reiki practitioner,

The practitioner has learned how to change or connect with the Reiki energy and then they're able to direct that to the recipient through their hands either placing their hands on or above the recipient directing the Reiki energy to them.

Reiki can also be sent via distance as you may have experienced here on Insight Timer with my videos and audio tracks or some of the other amazing Reiki practitioners we have here on Insight Timer.

This is possible because everything is energy and everything is connected through the greater energetic field.

So when a person sends,

A Reiki practitioner sends the recipient,

Reiki energy because everything is connected,

The recipient will receive that Reiki energy through the energetic field that connects us all.

And also for recorded tracks or videos,

You can think of it as if you were to record your voice.

This is a form of energy that's being recorded.

The same with the Reiki energy.

This is a form of energy that is being recorded.

Almost like an energy packet that is contained within that recording.

And then when the listener replays that,

They receive that Reiki energy as an energy packet that's contained within that recording.

The same as if you were to listen back to an audio recording of someone's voice.

Research shows that Reiki is a very powerful tool to help the body and the nervous system switch from the fight,

Flight,

Or freeze side of the nervous system,

Known as the sympathetic side of the nervous system,

Which is the state that we are often operating in in our modern societies with all the hustle and bustle that we experience in our everyday lives.

And Reiki helps us to switch from that aroused state.

To the more rest,

Digest,

And restore side of the nervous system that is known as the parasympathetic side of the nervous system.

And it is in this state,

This parasympathetic state,

That we are able to tap into our body's natural healing abilities,

Like our immune system,

That can help to restore and regenerate our bodies.

Reiki has been shown in research studies to lower pain,

And reduce the amount of pain medications that are needed.

It also helps to reduce blood pressure and heart rate and significantly improve symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Reiki really works on a holistic level and helps promote healing in the physical body,

Mental,

Emotional,

And spiritual body.

Reiki also has cumulative effects,

So the more you use Reiki or the more Reiki you have in your life,

The more benefit you are going to see.

Similar to other practices like yoga,

Meditation,

Or exercise,

The more you practice it,

The more you will benefit.

And the same goes with Reiki.

Reiki is offered at hundreds of hospitals around the world,

And some hospitals even have their own Reiki teachers that come in and teach the nurses and doctors how to work with the Reiki energy to help promote their patients' well-being on a more holistic level.

Reiki can be learned by anyone at any age and received by anyone as well.

It is a beautiful complementary form of treatment.

It is not a replacement for medical care.

So please seek medical care if you notice any new or worsening symptoms from a qualified health care provider.

You can learn Reiki for yourself and develop your own self-practice,

Which is very powerful.

Or you can start by listening to Reiki meditations here on Insight Timer.

And there's also Reiki infused music that you can enjoy here as well.

Many people begin to incorporate Reiki into their lives and after a few short weeks or even sometimes sooner,

They start to really feel the benefits,

Often first feeling lighter,

More in tune with themselves,

And more at peace in their everyday life.

And this is the beautiful effect that Reiki has on the body,

Mind,

And spirit.

Reiki as we practice it today was founded by a Japanese man named Dr.

Yasui about a hundred years ago in Japan.

It has evolved over the past hundred years with many different styles of Reiki.

For example,

There is Yesui Holy Fire Reiki,

Angelic Reiki,

Celtic Reiki,

Just to name a few.

I like to think of it as when you go into an ice cream store,

There are many different flavors of ice cream,

All of them lovely and sweet.

So you just gravitate towards whichever one you feel called to try that day.

So I encourage you to try different styles of Reiki.

They all have their benefits and their own unique frequency.

And I encourage you to follow your intuition and pick which one sounds best for you.

Thank you so much for joining me today.

I hope this has helped you in learning more about Reiki and all of its amazing benefits.

Thank you again and take care.

Bye-bye.