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Reiki is a Japanese word meaning "universal life
force energy". It is a simple, natural and safe method
of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can
use.
The benefits of Reiki are that it brings
about deep relaxation, destroys energy blockages, detoxifies
the system, provides new vitality in the form of healing
universal life energy, and increases the vibrational
frequency of the body.
Reiki treatment aims to improve health and
enhance the quality of life by treating the whole person
including body, emotions, mind and spirit. It follows a
traditional pattern of hand positions, resting without
pressure on or above the body. Typically, the healer places
their hands above the recipient.
The difference between Reiki and spiritual
healing is that the patient (or recipient) draws the energy
as needed, thus taking an active part in the healing process
and responsibility for their healing. In contrast, in
spiritual healing the patient has a passive role as
recipient of the healing energy.
There are several forms of Reiki now being
practiced. The two principal ones are: "the Usui System
of Natural Healing" and "the Radiance
Technique."
What Has Reiki Got To
Do With My Back?
If you ask most back specialists they will tell you how your
back is linked to virtually everything else in your body. In
addition, they will describe how the health and state of
your back has a direct influence on most other bodily
functions.
For example, if a certain part of your back
is 'out' or 'subluxated', it could affect your digestion or
your bowel movements. Similarly, if your neck is 'out' you
might have a runny or blocked nose. These effects manifest
right around your body.
The back and spinal cord form the major
transmission conduit for signals to and from the nerves in
your body. These signals are scientifically measurable as
electrical impulses. Interestingly, your back has a
structure very similar to the capacitor which is a storage
device for electrical energy.
Anyway, 'behind' or 'underneath' the
measurable electrical energy that activates your nerves,
there is another type of energy. This is your life force
energy, whose effects can be measured and photographed.
It operates at a more fundamental level to
the electrical nerve-related energy, because it underpins
everything that happens within your body. As such,
disruptions to it manifest (appear) ultimately as physical
symptoms or problems.
In traditional healing practices, this
energy was always treated first, whereas in western
medicine, the physical symptom is usually treated first.
You can see that treating the physical
symptom is not treating the source of the underlying
disruption, although it may mask some of the effects.
Because your back is a major energy conduit
and storage area, it is more susceptible to disruptions in
this energy which then manifest as 'back problems'.
This is why energy treatments that work on
the fundamental energy of your body are often successful
after mainstream treatment has failed.
Understanding The
Link Between Your Energy Systems and Health
"In
every culture and in every medical tradition before ours,
healing was accomplished by moving energy."
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi,
Nobel Laureate in Medicine
What Is "Life Force
Energy"?
This is described as Ki, Chi in Chinese, Prana in
Sanskrit and Ti or Ki in Hawaiian (and orgone by some
including the legendary heavy/psychedelic rock band Hawkwind,
from whence springeth Lemmy of Motorhead, but that is indeed
a whole other story!).
Anyway, Ki or Chi is the vital life force or
the universal life force. It is the non-physical energy that
animates all living things (and some people say it is also
present in items we currently deem to be inanimate, albeit
at a different level of vibration).
As long as something is alive, it has life
force circulating through it and surrounding it, which can
be seen as san aura using specialised photography and
measured using special instruments; when it dies, the life
force departs.
If your life force is low, or if there is a
restriction in its flow, you will be more vulnerable to
illness and back pain. When it is high,
and flowing freely, you are less likely to get sick.
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