I'd heard of Reiki as a healing experience; Saturday, a 10-6pm workshop was scheduled which I attended. It was held in a yoga classroom up the mountain at La Colina lodge. There were ten of us in the workshop including the leader, Karen, and another yoga instructor, Etta. It was a meaningful experience for me and well worth the money. Lunch wasn't bad either...pasta with pesto sauce, coffee or sweet tea, and gluten free cookies (yes, the anti gluten fad has infiltrated Costa Rica.)
Here's a brief description of Reiki; enjoy reading it and think about attending a Reiki I training and/or experience a treatment at a local center.
Here's a brief description of Reiki; enjoy reading it and think about attending a Reiki I training and/or experience a treatment at a local center.
What is Reiki?
A Brief Overview
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress
reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by
"laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen
"life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be
alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely
to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being
happy and healthy.
The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words -
Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is
"life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided
life force energy."
A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing
radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person
including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects
that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. Many
have reported miraculous results.
Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of
spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been
effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always
creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other
medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote
recovery.
An amazingly simple technique to learn, the
ability to use Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to
the student during a Reiki class. This ability is passed on during an
"attunement" given by a Reiki master and allows the student to tap
into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" to improve one's
health and enhance the quality of life.
Its use is not dependent on one's intellectual
capacity or spiritual development and therefore is available to everyone. It
has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and
backgrounds.
While Reiki is spiritual in
nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, and there is nothing you must
believe in order to learn and use Reiki. In fact, Reiki is not dependent on
belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not. Because Reiki
comes from God, many people find that using Reiki puts them more in touch
with the experience of their religion rather than having only an intellectual
concept of it.
While Reiki is not a religion,
it is still important to live and act in a way that promotes harmony with
others. Mikao Usui, the founder of the Reiki system of natural
healing, recommended that one practice certain simple ethical ideals to promote
peace and harmony, which are nearly universal across all cultures.
During a meditation several
years after developing Reiki, Mikao Usui decided to add the Reiki Ideals to
the practice of Reiki. The Ideals came in part from the five prinicples of
the Meiji emperor of Japan whom Mikao Usui admired. The Ideals were developed
to add spiritual balance to Usui Reiki. Their purpose is to help people
realize that healing the spirit by consciously deciding to improve oneself is
a necessary part of the Reiki healing experience. In order for the Reiki
healing energies to have lasting results, the client must accept
responsibility for her or his healing and take an active part in it.
Therefore, the Usui system of Reiki is more than the use of the Reiki energy.
It must also include an active commitment to improve oneself in order for it
to be a complete system. The ideals are both guidelines for living a gracious
life and virtues worthy of practice for their inherent value.
The secret art of inviting
happiness
The miraculous medicine of all diseases
Just for today, do not
anger
Do not worry and be filled with gratitude
Devote yourself to your
work. Be kind to people.
Every morning and evening, join your hands in
prayer.
Pray these words to your heart
and chant these words with your
mouth
Usui Reiki Treatment for the improvement of body and mind
The founder
, Usui Mikao
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I didn't know the origin, but it sure makes sense. I experienced Reiki once a number of years ago and still remember the experience which was truly healing
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