What Is Reiki Anyway? How Reiki Found Me

I have been asked this question, or a version of, for many years. To be honest, I asked that same question myself! It is actually a very simplistic answer. However, some people struggle with Energy Medicine as a valid healing modality. I admit, I too was unsure at first. Reiki is something that I can explain to you in great detail, and give you a litany of examples of its healing strength, yet you may need to experience to fully understand how the energy can help you.

Reiki is Energy Medicine that works directly on the parasympathetic nervous system, which allows the sympathetic nervous system to relax, bringing the entire nervous system back into balance, homeostasis. When Reiki energy is introduced into the body, the nervous system is signaled to let go and can relax. You can breath fuller, deep breaths, as there is less constriction throughout the chest, lungs and heart.

Digestion will regulate as your colon is the biggest muscle in your body and tends to constrict and tighten when your body is in stress mode. Most often, your sleep will improve and your thoughts will be clearer. Reiki clears out the energetic cobwebs, old emotional scars, leftover yuck (technical term) from past illnesses, injury and trauma. It is cumulative and builds in the body so your benefits last longer with each session. I can go on for days. In a nutshell, Reiki allows the body to connect to it's true nature of self healing. It is amazing what happens when you reduce the stress response in your body! Magic follows in so many ways. We are all energy beings and this is a beautiful healing tool that uses energy to heal in the most natural way.

Reiki found me in April 2009, when I was searching for a new piece to my healing puzzle. I had truly come so far with an overhaul of my nutrition (which was huge!), began a fitness/movement routine that was finally landing pleasantly in my body and was receiving Myofascial Release Therapy. While I was functioning so much better, I still was not fully living. I had many flare-ups, times when I was down and out, and really could not do any "extra" fun things. I was getting by. I needed something else. That was when my "soul sister" Marianne, who was working with me to get me back on my feet (more to come about our journey together), called me after she left her first Reiki session. She told me that she felt Reiki could help me and honestly, I was desperate. A little unsure, but desperate and ready to surrender, I made my first appointment. This first session changed my trajectory, my life. I was blown away by how impactful this healing modality was for me. I knew from that first session I was going to learn Reiki so I could help others. Almost 13 years later, I continue to be overwhelmed by how incredibly powerful this therapy is for so many beings.

Reiki Energy Medicine is becoming a more widely accepted therapy in our culture to complement western medicine. It is used in hospitals more and more for pre and post surgical procedures . Nurses are being trained to use Reiki on their patients. There is a growing need for Reiki for the mental health of children and teens as the stress of the world continues to mount and they are suffering more than we realize. Always with the underlying intention of healing for the client's greatest and highest good, the beautiful energy modality can bring so much peace to a person's physical body, as well as their emotional, mental and spiritual self.

I am thoroughly convinced Reiki Therapy will help with any and all healing for all beings including adults, children, animals and nature. I am so clear in my calling to share this amazing gift of Reiki to all that are ready to start their healing from the inside out. Even if you feel you have had a pretty easy go in this life and you really don't have anything to heal, I promise you there is healing to be done. I continue to receive Reiki to keep myself truly healthy and happy so I cannot only live and love my life, but to thrive and support others soo they can do the same.

It is incredibly important to know we all have unique lives, bodies and journey within this lifetime. Reiki meets you where you are and that is where your healing begins from the inside out.

In Love and Light,

Melissa