what is reiki therapy and how is it performed?
Energy flows through the practitioners hands to the client’s body. A reiki practitioner receives this ability through a series of attunements or initiations from a Reiki Master. Reiki is a safe complementary modality included today in many types of physical or emotional healing.
the relativity of reiki and massage
Both Reiki and massage are systems of natural healing that focus on body energy, and today Reiki massage is a common and effective treatment.
If you’ve ever had a great massage, you understand how you can feel both relaxed and invigorated at the same time. This seeming dichotomy of emotions allows you this feeling of well being because a massage loosens muscles, increases oxygen and blood flow throughout the body, and encourages the free flow of the body’s own energies, or “Chi.”
The Japanese healing art of Reiki has similar practical purposes-to increase and free the unbalanced energy flow in the body. But while massage is more vigorous and manipulates the muscles, Reiki uses only touch and sometimes merely the proximity of the healer’s hands to particular parts of the body, using 12 to 20 prescribed hand positions, depending on the training tradition. Today there is a hybrid treatment, known as Reiki massage.