Reiki Healing And Meditation

Reiki healing and
meditation

The term “reiki” comes from the Japanese words “rei,” meaning universal, and “ki,” which means vital life force energy that flows through all living things.

It’s based on an Eastern medicine belief that living beings have energy fields that support their health and vitality. Reiki is a complementary health approach in which practitioners heal different areas of the body.

Energy blocks, on the other hand, impede the innate flow of energy, causing health problems. Reiki practitioners focus on sensing energy blocks and moving the energy for the greatest good of the client.

While reiki can easily be done in just about any setting, a typical reiki session takes place in a relaxing environment or treatment room, akin to massage therapy.

Research Proved Reiki Health Benefits

Dr. Rachel Lampert, M.D., a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, and her colleagues studied 37 patients after having a heart attack. The patients were randomized into three groups: patients who simply rested, those who received a single session of reiki treatment from a nurse trained in reiki and those who listened to relaxing music. The researchers measured the activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which regulates heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion.

In the Yale study, patients who received reiki had a higher HRV and improved emotional state. “Our study was a very nice demonstration that doing things that are relaxing has benefits,” says Lampert. “We showed increased activity of the healthy arm of the nervous system.”

Eases Physical Pain and Improves Quality of Life

A range of studies address reiki’s role in pain alleviation after knee surgery, the restoration of range of motion in injured shoulders, post-cesarean section recovery, hypertension management, and the improvement of quality of life for patients with rheumatoid arthritis or patients undergoing various cancer treatments.