Discover the Healing Power of Reiki

Welcome to a sanctuary designed just for you. A gently glowing candle, soft music, and a pleasing scent invite you to relax on a comfy massage table. For one full hour, you get to relax, breathe, and dedicate yourself to your own well-being as someone nurturing, accepting, and loving dedicates her full expertise solely to you. All you have to do is lay down, relax, and receive. No pain, no effort, no requirements, no thinking, no side effects, no worries. Just breathe… and receive.

What is Reiki?

Reiki is a japanese technique for deep relaxation, healing and personal growth. The word means spiritually guided life force energy. Through gentle touch, the practitioner transmits energy or “ki” to the recipient, activating the body’s natural relaxation response and healing processes. This reestablishes physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

Benefits of Reiki

The benefits of Reiki are vast, varied and personal, as they depend on the individual receiving the treatment. Some of the commonly reported benefits are:

Stress Reduction: Reiki is known for its ability to promote relaxation and reduce stress, which, in turn, impacts both physical and mental health, as well as overall wellbeing.
Improved Emotional Well-being: Many people report feeling a sense of peace, calmness, and emotional balance after a Reiki session, which can be beneficial for anyone dealing with anxiety, depression, or other mental health challenges.
Enhanced Energy Levels: Reiki helps balance the body’s energy, leading to increased vitality and a sense of well-being.
Pain Relief: Many people experience relief from physical pain or discomfort after receiving Reiki, making it an attractive option for those seeking natural pain management solutions. This is also true for emotional pain.
Support for Healing: Reiki is often used as a complementary therapy to support the body’s natural healing processes, making it beneficial for individuals recovering from illness, injury, or surgery, as well as for those navigating current diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders.
Improved Sleep: Many people report improved sleep quality after receiving Reiki, which can be very helpful for those struggling with insomnia or other sleep disorders.
Enhanced Spiritual Growth: Reiki is at its heart a spiritual practice, and many individuals report feeling a deeper connection to their spiritual selves and/or a higher power after receiving Reiki.
Increased Clarity and Focus: Some people experience improved mental clarity and focus after a Reiki session, which can be beneficial for those seeking to enhance their productivity and creativity.

Who Can Benefit From Reiki?

Anyone can benefit from Reiki, from small children to the elderly and in any state of health. It is particularly helpful if you:

Feel tired, stressed, anxious, exhausted, irritable, depressed, or overwhelmed.
Have a medical or mental health concern that you would like to support in a holistic way. For example: pain, cancer, autoimmune disorders, sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, women’s health concerns, ADHD.
Have inner struggles or past memories that are negatively impacting your life.
Feel you are struggling to function as you would like.
Are unclear on how to proceed in your life or are going through a significant life change.
Feel disconnected, lost or a bit broken.

What Can You Expect From a Reiki Session?

Every session is different, but you will most likely experience at least 45 minutes of deep relaxation, warmth, and nurture. During a session, you will be in a safe and supported space to receive what your inner knowing determines you are ready for. This may include the release of stress or emotions, healing on all levels, clarity, insight, inspiration, connection, increased energy, peace, and more.

How does it work?

Holistic framework

Through gentle touch, Reiki connects you to universal energy, flooding your entire being with new energy, life, and wisdom. It clears, awakens, revitalizes, and harmonizes chakras, meridians, nadis, and energy bodies, resulting in the release of blockages, clearing of pathways, and promotion of wholeness, harmony, and alignment.

You will be in a safe and supported space to receive whatever your inner knowing determines you are ready for. The possibilities are as expansive as you are, and the more Reiki you experience, the more open you become to receiving all the wonders waiting to come to you.

The Science behind Reiki

Summary: Modern medicine commonly uses energy for diagnostics and treatment. Reiki practitioners emit electromagnetic pulses through their hands, which fluctuate along the biologically important extremely low-frequency range. This explains how Reiki can help with physical healing and mental health. Reiki therapy induces a deep relaxation response, counteracting the noxious effects of stress on the immune system, organs, mental/emotional wellbeing, and health in general.

Deeper Explanation:

We know that the body is an energy field that creates and responds to various forms of energy: electric, magnetic, light, heat, pressure, and more. Modern medicine commonly uses energy for the diagnosis and treatment of diverse conditions.

You may not realize it, but you have experienced energy medicine if you’ve had an EKG (electrocardiogram), EEG (electroencephalogram), or an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). These tests measure the electrical or magnetic fields of our organs and the changes that occur when there is disease.

In physiotherapy, a device called TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) is used to send low-frequency electric pulses to alleviate pain. PEMF (pulsing electromagnetic field therapy) has been studied and applied to accelerate bone healing, tissue repair, and nerve regeneration, each requiring a specific extremely low frequency (ELF). In mental health, TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) is now being used as a non-pharmacological approach to depression. We’ve all heard of the use of electroconvulsive therapy for specific psychiatric problems, both methods targeting the release of neurotransmitters in the brain.

So how is this relevant to Reiki? Studies have shown that practitioners of Reiki emit electromagnetic pulses through their hands that fluctuate along the biologically important extremely low-frequency range (ELF) mentioned above. When you consider this information along with what is already in use in modern medicine, it explains how Reiki can help with physical healing and mental health.

In conclusion, Reiki practitioners emit electromagnetic pulses through their hands that accelerate physical healing and release beneficial neurotransmitters. It has also been studied and documented that Reiki therapy induces a psychological and physiological deep relaxation response. This counteracts the noxious effects of stress on the immune system, organs, mental/emotional well-being, and health in general.

Is this the whole picture? No. There is much more to it than that, and science is still catching up. But it’s a good place to start. As with all the mainstream therapies mentioned previously, Reiki achieves the best results when used sequentially over a period of time, and you don’t need to understand it or believe in it for it to work.

What a Reiki Session looks like

Here is a 2 min clip of what a session looks like

Reiki in Hospitals

Reiki is currently being used in hospitals nationwide for a wide range of issues, including cancer support, pain management, palliative care, hospice care, anxiety, sleep disorders, and staff support. For a list of participating hospitals and independent, peer-reviewed Reiki research, visit Center for Reiki Research.

Watch me on “Shake it Up with Karen and Regina” as we talk about Reiki and the story of one client’s amazing experience healing from 3 autoimmune disorders

The interview starts 23:20 minutes into the show

Reality Check

This therapy supports your natural healing capacities, but it depends on your openness to receive and your willingness to take the necessary physical and psychological steps to wellbeing. While one session can make a profound difference, significant and long-lasting results typically require a series of sessions and personal changes. That said, Reiki has the rare quality of making these changes organic and much easier.

Common Questions and Concerns

“I don’t believe in this.” Belief is not required. As long as you want to feel better, it will work.
“I’m afraid this won’t really work.” Worst case scenario, you had one hour of deep relaxation for yourself. Best case scenario, you walk out with much more.
“What about clothes?” You will be fully clothed, just wear something comfortable.
“Are there any side effects or contraindications?” No. Anyone can receive Reiki.
“What will it be like?” You will be comfortably lying on your back and fully clothed on a massage table. The practitioner will gently place their hands at different points of your body, starting from your head and ending at your feet.
“What will I feel?” This varies from person to person and from session to session. Common sensations include warmth, cold spots, currents, tingling, deep relaxation, a quieting of the mind, and feelings of well-being. You may also experience colors, images, insights, and emotions. A loving and safe space is maintained throughout the session, allowing you to deepen your experience and explore anything that arises.

Book Your Reiki Session Today

Experience the profound benefits of Reiki for yourself. Book your session now and embark on a journey of deep relaxation, healing, and personal growth.

Fee: $200 for a 60-minute session ($750 for the 5 session package)

SPRING DISCOUNT: $150 for a 60-minute session ($625 for 5 session package)

Location: Shearwater Community, St. Augustine, FL 32092

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