Reiki is hands-on energy healing based on ancient Tibetan healing methods that have been synthesized and simplified. Once the student has been given an attunement the student can then, by simply placing his hands on himself or someone else, channel healing energy where it is needed. "Channel" sounds complicated, but in this case is not. Think of a piece of wire that connects a light bulb to the on/off switch. You flip the switch and the light goes on. The wire does nothing, it "channels" the electricity. Giving Reiki is this simple.

Reiki is actually 2 Japanese words. "Rei", meaning Universal, and "Ki" meaning energy or life-force. So Reiki literally means and is, Universal Energy. The healing energy is all around us and is everywhere.

Reiki does not require the person giving, or the person receiving Reiki to actively understand what Reiki is, or where it comes from. All that is required is that both have an open mind to accept that there are things in our Universe that work without our understanding. How many of us understand how a TV, a computer or the Internet works? Yet we all use them, knowing they work without us knowing how they work.

There are 3 levels of Reiki:

Reiki 1 - is the ability to give hands-on Reiki, to yourself or anyone next to you..
Reiki 2 - is the ability to send Reiki energy over distance, both geographic and time.
Reiki 3 - is the Master/teacher level where the student is taught how to give attunements and teach Reiki to others.

Everyone has the ability, at least in some minor way, to do hands-on energy healing. How often do children run to Mommy for them to be "hugged and kissed better". And all the mother does is hold and comforts the child. This is hands-on energy healing at its simplest. By being connected through an attunement to the abundant Universal Energy, i.e., Reiki, that is all around us, we are strengthening that ability so that the energy will flow through us powerfully enough, yet very gently, to help heal.

Reiki works on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Again, what does this mean?

Physical: This is the easiest one to explain and to experience. A simple example that we have seen numerous times is if someone has slipped and badly sprained their ankle, and the injured person knows they will be walking with a limp for several hours or days. 5 Minutes of hands-on Reiki and the injured ankle no longer hurts. On a more serious level, Reiki as an adjunct to major surgery can be wonderfully beneficial. A full Reiki treatment before surgery helps the patient prepare for surgery so that during the surgery, possible complications may be avoided. Treatments after the surgery rapidly speed up the healing and convalescent stages, so that patients are leading their normal activities much sooner than anticipated. Note: We never recommend Reiki as an alternative to surgery. We do stress that Reiki is a great and wonderful compliment to traditional medical procedures.

Emotional and psychological: This is not as easy to see immediate results the way we do with minor physical ills. Emotional problems are usually deep-seated and go back to events that happened many years earlier. But, as with physical problems, Reiki energy clears blockages and smooths energy paths so that emotional and psychological problems and illnesses can be relieved. Reiki can also bring insight and enable people being treated to perceive solutions to problems that have been troubling and puzzling them.

Spiritual: A lot of the comments above regarding emotions apply to the spiritual level, as obviously, these two areas, although very different, are closely linked.

We humans are made up of both physical matter and energy. Most illnesses occur when the energy paths within our bodies are blocked and the energy is not flowing smoothly, or alternatively, the energy is moving too fast within us. When using Reiki energy we balance and harmonize the energy within us, gently clearing blockages. Reiki promotes healing and well being. For some examples of how Reiki can help, see the comments from our students.

Reiki can NEVER be harmful. It cannot cause illness. When giving Reiki, illnesses can NEVER pass from the practitioner to the patient or vice-versa. With some of the other energy healing modalities, the practitioner uses their personal energy to help the patient and can inadvertently pass on to the patient some illness, disease or misalignment of energy. With Reiki, this can never happen, since the practitioner is simply a conduit passing on the gentle beneficial Reiki energy. And since the energy flow is strictly a one-way flow, the practitioner can never pick up any illness or disease from the patient.

Reiki is easy to learn and even easier to use. Unlike other energy healing and alternate healing modalities, it does not require years of study. A Reiki 1 class comprising attunements and a few hours of tuition are all that is needed. It is a class that the student cannot fail. As we say "You cannot fail Reiki, you can only fail to use it." Once you have been given the attunement to connect to the Reiki energy, and have been told how to use the beneficial Reiki energy, you can only fail if you do not use it. A very simple concept!