Reiki Healing in the 21st century
By Zannie Rose
Reiki Today
Reiki is a Japanese word meaning Universal Life Energy. Reiki is an ancient healing art that was re-discovered by Dr. Usui in the nineteenth century. It has had a long and interesting journey to reach the UK in the twenty first century.
Dr. Usui was a monk and a scholar whose main objective was to find a way of healing. His quest culminated in a twenty-one day meditation retreat on the sacred mountain Kurayama near Kyoto in Japan. After twenty-one days of prayer and fasting, the principles of Reiki were revealed to him along with a method of transmitting Reiki energy to others to enable them to use it as a healing tool. This is known as an attunement.
Dr. Usui attuned sixteen people in Japan, including a Japanese American woman who travelled from Hawaii to Japan to study with him in the 1930’s. She in turn took Reiki to the U.S.A. and others learned from her. Gradually knowledge of Reiki spread around the world and by the 1980’s had quietly arrived in England.
By the end of the twentieth century many people had experienced the benefit of Reiki for themselves and some had taken the step of becoming Reiki Masters which enabled them to treat others and to attune people to Reiki
I have been interested in complementary medicine for a long time and have tried homeopathy and acupuncture adn many other modailites
My first direct experience of Reiki was from a friend in the spring of 1997 whilst holidaying with her family. She offered to give me a Reiki session on three consecutive days. Bliss! All I had to do was remove my shoes and lie down. She opened up to the Reiki and channelled its energy through her hand which she placed on various positions on my front and back, leaving them in place for a few moments, exerting no pressure.
I felt the flow of energy as very gentle, peaceful and relaxing and felt very good after each session. I was so impressed that I decided to learn Reiki for myself by attending the two-day Reiki One course. Here I was initiated into Reiki and became able to treat myself, family and friends. Reiki Two took me into the Reiki system more deeply and allowed me to become a practitioner and in March 2000 I became a Reiki Master. This enables me to attune others.
I like Reiki because it is a holistic approach to health, which treats mind, body and spirit as interconnected. I t can bring relief to many conditions both major and minor. Reiki treatment complements traditional medicine and can be a useful adjunct to anything prescribed by a G.P. It is practised in many hospitals in the U.K. and research into its benefits is being undertaken in the hospital where Christopher Reeves was a patient.
You do not have to be ill to benefit from Reiki as its energy can remove blocks to creativity and it can help with stress management. Soap stars and tennis players give good reports in their interviews as to how Reiki helps them to deal with their heavy schedules.
What a long way Reiki has come from nineteenth century Japan to twenty first century UK
Zannie Rose is an experienced energy worker and Reiki-Seichem Master.
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