What is Reiki?

Full Spectrum Wellness is about recognizing a human is more than a physical body.

As part of the standard programming of everything we offer, we always initially offer Reiki energy services.

“What is Reiki?” “Why is it so important that it’s the first offering?” “I already have a religion….” “How do you send it?” “How long have you been doing it?” “What do I need to do to receive it?” “What else do I need to know?” – These are some common questions that I get regarding Reiki by those who aren’t familiar with it. I would like to spend some time answering these questions now.

What is Reiki?

I can start with directing you to read Cosmic Dancer’s post from circa 2020.

But my thoughts now go even fuller in depth.

Firstly, I cannot talk to you about Reiki until we are on the same page about energy. 

Energy

It is difficult to contain.

Can you see it? …Perhaps lightening …in the midst of Storms. 

Can it be heard?  …a crack of Thunder … a Sonic boom. 

Can you smell it? ….there’s Chemical reactions. 

Can you taste energy? …well, Lick a battery, maybe …some say, “This coffee gives me too much energy.”; “This nut bar will give me good energy for the hike.”

Can you touch it? ….try a Plasma ball ….or Static …or even Fire. 

Can you feel it?

Feeling energy is key to this discussion today.

Science Says…

Before we fully get into it, let’s get into the science and application of energy in our own world. 

The foundation of our world is primarily focused on the physical realm. What we can perceive with our senses that is often matter, formed with a mass & density to it.

Of course there is also the energy of money that is less and less involved with cash, or gold and more and more digitized money on a screen, but, let’s talk about matter for now.

In chemistry we learn about liquids, gases, plasma, & solids. 

Let us consider the ocean. Made up of water & salt.

When the sun comes out and heats up the surface of the water, it begins to vaporize, making it lighter than air. 

This matter that began as a liquid has had energy applied to it and changed into a gas. 

The water vapor raises into the atmosphere where it accumulates until saturated & rains down onto the earth drenching the soil & watering the vegetation.

This hydration of the soil & vegetation moistens its systems and keep them running, giving it the energy to continue to grow & thrive.

If the rain that falls, pools in freezing conditions, the rain turns to snow and the pool ices over.

The water has transitioned once more from liquid to solid due to the applied energy. 

So we are familiar with energy and its real world applications on matter.

But science has taught us something else.

Let’s slice a portion of that freezing pool & pull out a cube of solid ice.

If I put my finger to the ice, it’s not going to go through it. The ice is solid and stops my finger.  It also appears stationary. 

But science has taught us that everything that is matter is made up of molecules, of which are made up of atoms, of which are in constant vibration.

Therefore this solid block of ice that appears stationary is actually moving imperceptibly, as well as everything that exists in the entire universe. 

And what’s more is, when I do actually touch this block of ice, the imperceptible movement of my molecules, co-mingles with the constant vibration of the ice block’s molecules.

When I move away from it, even though you don’t notice, even though I don’t notice, what has actually happened is I’ve left some of myself with it, and I’ve taken some of it with me.

This is a fact of energy and matter in science. All matter is made up of energy.

Everything that exists is made up of energy.

Everything we interact with leaves a piece of itself with us and we with it.

Now we can talk about Reiki. 

Why so Important to Offer Reiki 1st?

Since we at Full Spectrum Wellness work on the foundation that we are more than physical beings, and focus on 4 energy bodies – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual – we choose to take note of what we don’t see.

The energy of Reiki allows for the transformative process created by helping you to move through stuck energies, including those of recurring self-sabotage & fear cycles that you didn’t even see, and assisting you to reach higher levels of awareness you didn’t even know you could access.

When we don’t know what we don’t know, and tap into the Source of the Universe, we humble ourselves before a greater knowledge that can take down such obstacles & chip away at blockages. A Source that can see the bigger picture above & around our blind spots, and be a buffer for us to either smooth out the rough edges, & elevate us to a higher pathway that side steps it altogether — or at least strengthen us to handle the tougher days, when unavoidable.

Reiki gives us the guidance to sail into clearer skies & calmer seas, or the endurance to brace ourselves against the coming storm.

I already have a religion….

Reiki is not a religion.

Many people of many different faiths practice Reiki without there being a spiritual conflict, including Christians, Catholics, Shintos, Buddhists, Pagans, agnostics, & more…

Because the foundation of the healing energy from the one Source of all there is in the Universe is that the spirit that makes us up and powers our bodies to live & our consciousness to give us awareness, is the same basic element that gives life to the waters & the earth, warmth to the sun, air that our lungs consume.

It is nature & it is natural as the sun peaking through the trees, or clouds turning into paintings between twilight & sunset, or as rain falling from the sky.

There is no dogma, only elemental truth.

You are here by the grace of something bigger than you, beyond what you physically see.

How do you send Reiki?

Reiki can be given to your self even after just one class of Reiki.

Reiki can be sent in person by 2nd level Reiki practitioners.

Long distant sessions can be given remotely, over the phone, via text or email, through video call or even programmed to be available when the receiver needs it, when a Reiki Master has been attuned to the Reiki energies to do so.

When I say when the receiver needs it, I very literally mean whenever the receiver needs it; including the past or the future.

Because Reiki is energy from the Universal Source of All-There-Is, All-There-Was, & All-That-Will-Be, it can enter all of these spaces. Just as natural as dirt, sand, water & air are beyond time, simply shifting from one stage, until it inevitably erodes away into another form.

Energy has no limitations on time or space. It can & is Everything, Every Where, All At Once, and can be used to treat ailments of a being, anywhere on their timeline, including their near past – few years, distant past – 10 decades, or ancestral past – few millennia.

As a Reiki Master, I provide Reiki through all available channels.

I’ve sent Reiki in a park surrounded by trees, on the street surrounded by concrete, in a crowded boisterous farmer’s market, in the middle of the street after a hit & run, on the soccer field after a sports injury, in the quiet of the dark at 2:00 a.m from the comfort of my bed.

Humans, Mothers, Kids, dogs, cats, horses. Moving, changing jobs, arguing families, broken hearts, the destitute or diseased. To the car, the printer, a creepy home, or ghostly presence, a broken or missing heirlooms, a phone on the fritz. I’ve even attuned objects, like my bed, to channel Reiki all through the night, when I ask for it.

There are no limits, only as limited by your own imagination.

How long have you been doing it?

I’ve been practicing Reiki based on the work of Master Mikao Usui founded in the mid 1920s, since May 2021. My Sensei, Sara Fancy is a shaman who uses her untethered rescue horses to help facilitate healings on her ranch Silver Horse, who I got to dance with before his Rainbow Crossing many years later.

Due to the current of the times, she was offering accelerated Reiki attunements to anyone interested. I joined in and received ascended to Reiki Master before the end of the year.

And while it has only been about 5 years since I became a Reiki Master, I actually have been doing energy work since 2014.

I received Okada Purifying Therapy (OPT) based on the work of Meishu-sama Mokichi Okada, also founding energy work in the mid-1920s. And I loved the people, the culture, & the energy. So I joined MOA in Marina del Rey and received my Ohikari and began practicing OPT with participants.

I left because I expressed interest in earning a living off of providing energy services, and my Sensei Ron told me, OPT is our spiritual practice, if you want to make money then Reiki is the better path for you. I was honored for his support.

Therefore to answer the question, I’ve been practicing energy work since 2014. I’ve probably practiced about 2,000 hours before I even became a Reiki Master. Since 2021, I’ve done an additional minimum of 300 hours per year.

What do I Need to Do to Receive Reiki?

At length:

We sit comfortably and inhale deeply working with our breath and awareness of what is present. Feeling your breath enter into and filling your body with life, while exhaling what is no longer needed.

You tune into this flesh that you embody. And understand that all these parts are you, and flow with the oxygen through your muscles, & tissues, & organs, & blood within you.

You feel the gratitude of the simplest things. The breath. That this body moves, & sees, & hears, or feels. That food from farmers, & the bountiful garden, is provided to nourish this body. That this mind is present & learn to still it for your peace of mind. That this heart is surrounded by love from the sun, the moon, the stars, the rain, the earth itself, the plants that give oxygen & take carbon dioxide in exchange. Memories of loved ones now gone. The blood of your ancestors, rich with their DNA & their histories of your culture & of your future.

You forgive. Yourself first & foremost. Your past. Your present.

As you relax into your space, music will fill the air as the Reiki is called into the space and channeled into your body at several designated points, including your largest chakra vortexes.

Allow your whole self to surrender to the present moment and receive this loving energy before coming back to awareness and continuing to move through your day & your life.  

Or to simplify:

you just get comfortable, breathe, & relax.

What else do I need to know?

What other questions do you have?

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