Reiki
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Reiki is a system of
healing which originated in Japan. It is a based on the
concept of energetic medicine and aims to restore balance
in body, mind and spirit. (Energetic medicine is common
in Far Eastern therapies and other forms of energetic
medicine include acupuncture.)
Reiki is suitable for
everyone, whatever your age or state of health.
You will lie fully
clothed on a treatment table. The Reiki practitioner will
then lay his or her hands on or over the body and head
in a series of different positions.
Each position will
correspond to a different chakra (energy gateway). The
practitioner is likely to touch positions on the head,
and body. As the session proceeds it is common to feel
different sensations these could include: heat, coolness,
tingling, numbness and pressure. These sensations occur
as the Reiki energy restores balance within the client.
Reiki is not a diagnostic
tool, a Reiki practitioner will never diagnose a condition
or a complaint. Reiki is a channeling treatment which
aims to rebalance the body, mind and spirit.
For a medical diagnosis
please visit your doctor.
It's best to wear loose
comfortable clothes. You'll also remain fully clothed
throughout the treatment.
Reiki is an individual
treatment, so the exact number of treatments needed will
depend upon you.
There are numerous
anecdotal statements into the benefits of Reiki, with
many thousands of people who have benefited from it.
Reiki is also used
within the NHS in settings as diverse as pain management
clinics, HIV and AIDS clinics and has been used in hospices
and palliative care settings for many years.
In addition there are
currently multiple scientific studies underway investigating
Reiki and its affects on a whole host of conditions.
Previous studies have
found Reiki (often also described as healing touch or
therapeutic touch in medical literature) to be effective
for reducing chronic burn pain, reducing agitation in
Alzheimer's and dementia patients, and reducing pain in
a whole host of conditions including advanced cancer and
fibromyalgia. The Institute of Neurological Sciences,
Glasgow completed a study which found that heart rate
and diastolic blood pressure decreased significantly in
people who received 30 minutes of Reiki, as compared to
a placebo intervention or 30 minutes of rest.
In common with other
complementary therapies further research is still needed.
There are several reasons for this lack of research, a
significant barrier to research being the lack of available
funding for CAM research projects. Another obstacle into
Reiki research is the difficulty of devising an effective
placebo to Reiki.
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