| Reiki and its Manifold Benefits | | | | shown to be a safe and efficacious technique, with |
| Although many health problems manifest themselves | | | | many anecdotal reports attributing to its efficacy. |
| physically, they can often be a result of negative | | | | A Summary of Reiki's Benefits |
| energies, such as depression, negative energy, and | | | | Reiki is an easily accessible form of healing which is |
| stress. Oftentimes, traditional Western medicine treats | | | | available to all, and does not require any special |
| only the symptoms of these negative fluctuations | | | | psychological or spiritual training to receive its benefits. |
| without resolving the source of the issues. Reiki | | | | Scientific studies have shown that Reiki is completely |
| attempts to treat both the symptomology and the | | | | harmless to its clients, and furthermore, that while Reiki |
| source of these issues, by the use of re-conducting | | | | may not be a sole answer to a given medical problem, |
| the body's source of spiritual energy. Usually, a client | | | | it did improve recovery time from certain injuries and |
| will enter the office wearing loose-fitting clothing, and | | | | assisted in full recovery from certain ailments in |
| the Reiki practitioner will take some moments to | | | | conjunction with other therapies. Reiki is an alternative |
| meditate and harness their energy. They may then lay | | | | therapy still in its nascent period, but shows great |
| their hands on the client, in a manner not unlike deep | | | | promise in assisting people whose disorders do not |
| tissue massage, or they may simply place their hands | | | | respond to traditional therapy alone. Furthermore, |
| over the afflicted areas while focusing on cleansing the | | | | although Reiki is based on spiritual beliefs of the |
| client's body of negative energies. Each placement of | | | | practitioner, it is not a religious or spiritual therapy, and |
| the Reiki practitioner's hand is placed over an area for | | | | has been shown to work equally as well on believers |
| three to five minutes, before moving to the next | | | | of any faith. Further study is required with Reiki to |
| afflicted spot. Localized injuries can be healed in the | | | | determine the extent of its benefits, but it shows great |
| same manner, with the Reiki practitioner focusing on | | | | promise as a therapy of the future. |
| the damaged area for up to an hour. Reiki has been | | | | |