I thought this week I would write about something that I am often asked when I tell people that I am an energy healer. People often say “Oh! Is that like reiki?” And my answer is generally “well … yes and no”. So, I thought I would give my own personal answer to how I view energy healing and reiki. (Other people may see this differently, this is just my opinion.)
Reiki is said to be a specific frequency of energy that can be channeled by the healer, who has been “tuned in” to this reiki energy. As the Reiki practitioner works on or on the client’s body, the energy will go where it is needed to unblock any knots in the client’s energy field. Unlocking at the energy level can lead to healing of physical symptoms. Receiving a reiki healing is often deeply relaxing and very energizing.
The energy healing training that I have completed in the Energy Healing School has a similar foundation to the reiki healing I have described above. At its most basic level, as a healer, I channel energy that will go where the client needs it. At the Energetic Healing School, a large component of the training was working on our own energy fields and energy levels to ensure that we are clear channels. Even now, after my training is over, I do chi kung (energetic exercises) almost every day, meditate most days, and eat a diet of almost all raw foods, all of which help to ensure that I am physically and mentally balanced and clear when I give healings.
Energy healing is much more than channeling energy. In the Energetic Healing School, we learned specific healing modalities that, in my experience, can often lead to deeper healing. For example, we train in the use of sound and color in healings, as well as modalities that include a more psychotherapeutic component, such as inner child healing, relationship cord healing, or past life healings. In addition to this, we learned techniques such as psychic surgery and intention line healing, a healing that puts you in touch with your true purpose in being on earth.
In my opinion, these other components of healing lead to deeper healing and can also speed up and intensify the process.
All that being said, some of the elements of energy healing require a fairly intense process and self-investigation, which are not suitable for everyone and which can be undesirable in trauma cases. In this case, reiki healing is perfect.