What Exactly Is Reiki Therapy? by Julee LePera
H
ave you ever been in a situation where you wanted to laugh out loud, but were forced to hold it back because laughter would be inappropriate to express? This scenario creates an emotion that traps energy within the body. Scientists have established that energy never dies—it is simply translated or stored until it can be released. The energy produced from an unexpressed laugh has to be funneled somewhere else. As a result, humans tend to hold this energy in the same places within their bodies. For instance, you might have heard someone comment on holding their
tension in their neck or lower back. The muscles or organs that hold stress are crying out for that knotted, uncomfortable sensation to be relieved. Some scientists believe this stuck energy combines over time to cause muscle tension, disease and even tumors. Unexpressed energy can come from many different sources. In the course of your life, you feel emotions that range from true happiness to depression. You could experience stressful or traumatic situations such as divorce and joyful occasions such as winning an award. Both positive and negative, these emotions create energy which pulses through the body. However, since this energy is not always expressed, it
can also become stuck in the body. Stuck energy, which has been transformed into tight muscles, can then be transferred out of the body using Reiki therapy. This particular modality has been around for centuries due to the extraordinary benefits it provides. Reiki therapy encourages the body to use its own natural self-healing abilities which address energy blockage where stress and tension accumulate. During a Reiki treatment the client does not disrobe. The therapist places his or her hands on the body with a gentle, soft and light touch to identify stress holding patterns. This does not involve massaging or manipulation of the body. A Reiki Master will concentrate on seven major energy centers which start at the top of your head to the end of your tailbone. These centers work like a circuit breaker in your home. When one of them is tripped or “stuck,” it turns off the area around it. Each energy center has qualities that it represents which usually correspond to an area of problems in the your life. The job of the Reiki Master is to locate the energy center that is not working correctly
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