Common questions and answers about Reiki

Look at the answers to some of your most asked questions about Reiki!

What is Reiki therapy?

Reiki therapy is the laying of. With Reiki energy we can heal close by or at a distance. During this process of the laying of the hands upon a client lying on top of a massage table the healer will rest his hands on specific places upon the body. The client is of course fully clothed throughout the procedure.

What makes Reiki special?

Reiki is a healing practice which works at all levels of human consciousness.

Reiki is complementary with other practices of healing and hence works well in combination with pre-existing techniques.

How can Reiki therapy help us?

The physical body fills itself up with life energy through a vacuuming like process through the chakras, meridians and nodes. Chakras suck energy in and send this energy through the blood system towards injuries and wounds.

All diseases first appear at the level of the energy body only to then manifest at the physical level. Thus it is smart to look after our health before we in fact become ill on the physical plane. When we get sick we end up having greater work to do in order to regain balance within our organism.

Every chakra is in fact linked to specific thought and emotional patterns, as well as physical organs. Thus the consequence of a blocked chakra is illness.

Reiki works by cleaning and balancing out chakras and energy meridians, as it fills us with life energy. The consequence of this is that we begin to change our thought and emotional patterns.

How long does it take for one to learn how to heal with Reiki energy?

The Reiki course, Level 1, lasts for two days. During these two days you will learn how to self-heal and heal others with Reiki energy.

Recently there has been an emergence of quite a lot of teachers who teach Reiki “in short”. They offer only Reiki initiation. There are such Reiki courses that last from one day that last only two or up to five hours.

Can anyone learn to heal with Reiki energy?

Yes, healing with Reiki energy is something anyone can use. It is a simple technique but a very effective and safe method.

Reiki allows everyone who uses it a bond with the energy when transmitted through the hands of a practitioner to a client. It can in fact lead to the physical and the emotional processes of healing.

Healing with Reiki energy can be learnt at one of the many Reiki courses that we offer.

How long does a Reiki session last for?

In most cases a session lasts for up to one hour. Every session is different as they are founded on the needs of the client and the energy that lends to their healing process.

What to do if you yourself cannot undertake a Reiki session?

You can use Level 2 Reiki in healing from afar. The therapist can be gratefully assisted in the session if there is a photograph of the client. To be able to heal with Level 2 Reiki one must have:

1. the permission of the client,
2. a photo that clearly shows the whole body of the client,
3. the person’s name.

What do people say about the effectiveness of Reiki?

Often people say that they feel psychically and emotionally feel better and in a way spiritually renewed after using Reiki. They say that they have improved their intuitive capabilities and hence now know how to listen to their inner voice, which then leads them to making better choices in their lives. Some people find that Reiki calms them and others that it gives them energy.

How many people learn Angel Reiki?

Reiki is learnt by a diverse group of people for various reasons. The therapist learns as much as possible in order to increase his therapeutic services whilst for professional people it is a good way of relieving stress.

Working mothers can use Reiki in order to find time for themselves and balance their needs and those of their families.

What use do we have from Angel Reiki?

Reiki is a healing energy which one can use upon grown ups as equally as upon children and animals. It is quite a gentle, safe and totally non-violent practice, which is sent to the client as healing energy through softly laying of hands upon another being. With Reiki energy we can achieve positive results on a physical, mental and emotional level.

• decreasing stress
• controlling, relieving and ridding of pain
• bringing into ones life balance, clarity and concentration
• creating wealth
• increasing the energy of an individual
• physical, emotional and mental healing
• rapid recovery after surgical interventions and illness
• breaking through difficult periods in life
• healing spiritual stress
• the entire healing process
• relieving tension
• healing and giving support in the moment of illness and/or other difficult experiences
• managing some foreign effects of conventional means of healing
• greater creativity
• greater self-esteem
• greater clarity and concentration
• increasing the immunological system
• spiritual growth
• healing
• creating a better life
• depression, worries and emotional blockage
• relieving muscle, rheumatic and other pains
• exhaustion of the body and incontinence
• increasing the muscle tone, elasticity and tension of the skin

When is it intelligent to use Reiki?

• Reiki can help you in moments of change, loss and breakdown, e.g., divorce, loss of a loved one, unemployment, menopause and a general lack of success in life.
• This can relieve pain from stomachache to migraine.
• Reiki can assist you in helping in the recovery after an operation or illness.
• With the help of Reiki you can change your behavior patterns.
• Use Reiki when you feel out of kilter. Besides, it is an excellent recept against fear and worry; sometimes it can be used to lift your level of energy.

What is initiation?

Initiation is a ceremony led by a Master of Reiki on the students of the course. After the initiation a student of the course is ready to channel a great amount of Reiki energy through ones hands.

What happens during an initiation?

Many beliefs have been expressed over the benefits of the initiation. It is normal during the initiation ceremony for the simplest things in life to change for the better!

Is the initiation all I need in order to become a practicing Reiki healer?

No, a two-day course at Level 1 is also needed for you to gain initiation. During the course you will learn basic theories and practice on other students.

Some teacher of Reiki have short courses that last for half a day or only two to three hours whereby the student of the course receives an initiation into the arts even those is way too little time.

The most important base for future usage of Reiki that a student can receive needs a minimum of a two-day course. After the course you will also have to exercise upon yourself as well as on others. The more that you practice upon yourself the more your energy channels will be more cleaner and healthier meaning that you will live more balanced and become yourself a strong channel for the flow of this energy.

Can the effects of a past initiation be wiped out leading to the need for another initiation ceremony to occur?

Absolutely not! No matter what school of Reiki you have completed there exist no true nor incorrect initiation. There are many ways that all lead to the same goal. If initiations differ in relations from one school to another this does not mean that they do not work each in their own way.

What is the difference between initiation and Reiki healing?

Reiki healing is in fact a cleansing and as such the intention of a healing session differs from the intention of an initiation ceremony.

What is intention?

It is that what you have chosen to believe. Your intention will reflect the nature of the results achieved. If your intention is to be unhappy in life then be sure that then the results will definitely follow this path. If your intention is to be more compassionate then that is your choice and hence attainable. Intention defines every moment of your life. Sometimes we are not awareness of the power of intent.

If you intend practicing Reiki in the manner you learnt it then that is what will occur. If a Reiki Master has the intention of initiating someone then that person will be initiated with his specific Reiki energy. If you have the intention healing with Reiki then that person will be healed.

What is illness?

Given that people quite often misunderstand illness I believe that it is not to be considered too much for us to give a little bit more attention to illness. Think of every man as an energy ball filled with the colors of the rainbow.

This ball within a healthy, psychically and physically balanced man is in most cases without a hollowed out or convex shape. On the other hand in some cases black spots can be created within the ball and when this occurs a person has to give special consideration to this case.

These are signs that one has not yet gained control on some issues and life has decided to place one on trial of sorts in order to learn more. When one begins to concentrate on the “unfairness” of the balls at once things will balance out in your life and you will begin to live in oneness. All people who are hence not of good health are not in balance, thus they are not a “complete ball” which shows in fact that that individual is incomplete and such a stand has brought this to the fore but despite this the human body still has the capability to resolve this.

If we do not accept these challenges that are brought into our lives we then separate ourselves from the experiences that we have collected in order to be that one step closer to oneness. Life always is a school and in many ways we too often remove ourselves from her lessons. In reality life is a wise teacher who always is ready to anew offer us experiences that will help us in our spiritual growth.

If we attempt to say “no” to all of life’s attempts at teaching us then it is most probable that the next school life offers us will be illness. Now when we have an exam placed before our nose- illness and other problems will manifest for us to take a good look at!

Illness is also a challenge and opportunity for the possibility of spiritual development. And if we turn our backs on this trial, as well as other ways to fight against illness, without trying to understand why then we are again attempting to throw away a dear exam that in fact could resolve our problems. We should take illness as the ally it is, a friend who seeks to change us in order for us to achieve health, oneness and light. If we are to accept it as a challenge in time then nothing else will occur that will threaten us, as there will be no more need to warn us about anything.

When we get ill we must be aware of what the illness is attempting to warn us about. In what field of our life it is trying to shine its light upon us, and others that we are trying to escape from as we attempt to avoid facing our challenges. When we look at the causes of illness we are attempting to receive its solutions. Reiki in facing this test can assist you a lot as it will give you the strength to easily make the changes you need in your life.

If you whine about the difficulties that are encircling you, if you judge the pain, then you are merely pouring oil upon the fire. It is better to look at such problems with humor and love by saying for instance, “Aha, you are still here, what do you have to say to me? If you are to take your problems in such a manner then those very problems lose their power over you. Remember the words of St Matthew “Do not turn away from evil” (39) and  “Love thy neighbour” (44).

Extracts from the book REIKI - The Wisdom of Gaining and Attaining Health by the author Marjetka Novak.

Can it occur that Reiki may not work?

Sometimes it may occur after a longer treatment that neither the therapist nor client is happy with the results of the therapy. There are many reasons for this lack of success.

The most common reason is that the expectations of the therapist and client were formed before the actual treatment commenced hence leading to disappointment when it was not achieved. The universal energy of Reiki works in a natural way on the body, psyche and soul assisting at the right time in order to get the best result however these benefits may not always be the same as those created within the mind’s eye.

It may in fact be expectedly left unfulfilled but Reiki itself is never used in vain but in fact may be in use upon another field we are not aware of. On many occasions the first changes occur at a level that is hard to define and recognize; it can also manifest of a spiritual level where it is even more harder to recognize than on a psychic and body-physical level.

Often the benefits of Reiki manifest after some time, e.g., after several weeks or months- these last ones are common in special relationships, or when seeking to ease chronic illness and problems. Amongst lesser visible blessings Reiki may also for example if a client within himself really does not wish to heal because the illness is needed by his soul as a life experience; if the soul needs failure as an excuse in a specific field of life, or something else.

Such an unpreparedness for change, and hence failure of Reiki in such a situation, may arise through a lack of communication with the therapist. Users of Reiki energy may also be those who in advance reject the success of such a therapy. They are filled with doubt and are in such a state that they simply cannot accept universal energy hence the reason why it may not work.

Extracts from the book REIKI - The Wisdom of Gaining and Attaining Health by the author Marjetka Novak.