What is Reiki?? 

Reiki is a technique for stress reduction and relaxation that allows you to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" to improve health and enhance the quality of life. An amazingly simple technique to learn, the ability to use Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to the student by the Reiki Master.  

It's use is not dependant on ones 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.

A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through you and surrounds you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit and creates many beneficial effects including relaxation and feelings of peace, security, and well-being.

Many have reported miraculous results. Reiki is a simple, natural, and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use.

Rei - Spiritual Wisdom 

Mrs. Hawayo Takata, who introduced Reiki to the West, said the word Rei means universal and this is the definition most have accepted and, while it is true that Rei can be interpreted as universal, meaning that it is present everywhere, this level of interpretation really doesn't add to our understanding of Reiki.

Research into the esoteric meaning of the Japanese kanji character for Rei has given a much deeper understanding of this ideogram. The word Rei as it is used in Reiki is more accurately interpreted to mean spiritual consciousness. This is the wisdom that comes from God (if you so believe) or the Higher Self. 

It understands each person completely. It knows the cause of all problems and difficulties and knows what to do to treat them. It is also important to mention here that Reiki is NOT a religion, and indeed whether you have a particular faith or not, Reiki can still be a part of it.

Ki -- The Life Force

Ki means the same as Chi in Chinese, Prana in Sanskrit and Ti or Ki in Hawaiian. Ki is the life force. This is the non-physical energy that animates all living things. As long as something is alive, it has life force circulating through it and surrounding it; 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. When it is high, and flowing freely, you are less likely to get sick. Life force plays an important role in everything we do. It animates the body and also is the primary energy of our emotions, thoughts and spiritual life.

The Chinese place great importance on the life force or what they call Chi. They have studied it for thousands of years and have discovered there are many different kinds of Chi. The "Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" which is over 4,000 years old, lists thirty-two different kinds of Chi or Ki.

Ki is used by martial artists in their physical training and mental development. It is used in meditative breathing exercises called Pranayama, and by the shamans of all cultures for divination, psychic awareness, manifestation and healing.

Ki is the non-physical energy used by all healers. Ki is present all around us and can be accumulated and guided by the mind.Reiki can be defined as spiritually guided life force energy. This is a meaningful interpretation of the word Reiki.

It more closely describes the experience most people have of it; Reiki guiding itself with its own wisdom, and being unresponsive to the direction of the practitioner.

Reiki is available as a treatment, and also, you can be trained in Reiki by Rob Sinclair, who is a Reiki Master/Teacher.

If you would like any further information on receiving a Reiki treatment, or on becoming trained to be a Reiki Practitioner, please feel free to contact Sydney Muscle Care, on any of our contact details.