REIKI
By Irene Burke, Reiki Practitioner
Reiki (pronounced “RAYKEY”), a technique for stress reduction and relaxation allows everyone to tap into an unlimited supply of “life force energy” to improve health and
enhance the quality of life. Reiki is a Japanese word which means “universal life force energy”, and is a technique for transmitting this energy to yourself and others through our hands. It is thought to have originated in Tibet thousands of years ago. It was rediscovered in Japan during the 1800’s. The amazingly simple technique to learn the ability to use Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but it is transferred to the student by the Reiki Master/Teacher. It is not based on ones intellectual capacity or spiritual development and therefore, it is available to everyone. It has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds.
Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit and creates many beneficial effects including relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well
being. The treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through you and surrounds you.
WHAT IS REIKI?
Reiki is the universal art of natural healing that positively affects the whole person including the body, emotions, mind and spirit. The work Reiki mean’s “universal life force energy” Everyone is born with Reiki, for it is the energy of life itself. Reiki was rediscovered by a Japanese Educator Mikao Usui.
Through his vast study of ancient scriptures, Mikao Usui came to understand the importance of particular sounds and symbols in activating the Universal Life Force Energy. Through gasting and meditation, he awoke to the full power inherent in the Reiki symbols. He gained the ability to transmit this power to others through a process called “attunements”.
Attunements are done by the Reiki Master/Teacher all over the world. The Reiki attunements are permanent. The Reiki Master/Teacher, through sounds and symbols, hands and breath, quietly invokes these universal patterns of healing, and one naturally aligns to the energy source at a deep level.
After receiving attunements, one’s hands are enlivened, often becoming warm in treatment. One experiences more solidity and love in one’s body. At the first level of
Reiki, one deepens this connection through self treatments and treating others. At the second level, one deepens one’s understanding through knowledge of sounds and symbols and their application in daily life and treatments.
Receiving Reiki training under the guidance and experience of a Reiki Master/Teacher, the student becomes certified and is empowered to give treatments to others. Reiki practitioners do not diagnose condition, nor do they prescribe or perform medical treatments, nor do they interfere with the treatment of a licensed medical professional.
Clarifying What Reiki is:
• Universal Life Force Energy
• A universal art of natural healing
• Simple, easy, and safe to use
• Safe to use anytime, anyplace, and in any situation
• Helps with stress reduction, healing, preventing disorders, and maintaining positive wellness
• For you and anyone alive, using energy daily
• For all living things including pets, animals and plant life
• A unique individual, self transforming experience
• A technique for activating, restring, and balancing natural energy
• Easily used with medical treatments and other therapies
• A self-help technique for personal growth, transformation, and enlightenment
• Yours for an entire lifetime
REIKI Is NOT
• A religion, a cult, or a belief system
• A dogma, or a specific doctrine
• A “laying on of hands”
• A substitute for professional health care and treatments
• A form of mind control or hypnosis
• A form of psychic healing
• A form of wishful thinking
• Just for when you are ill
• Restricted to a limited few
• An interpretation
• Harmful in any way
Effects of Reiki on Children
There are many people who believe that Reiki is only for adults. However, the fact is that Reiki is for everyone: infants, toddlers, teenagers, young people, elderly, plants,
animals and almost every living thing. In this stressful era, many parents are learning the use and implementation of Reiki to help their children to focus, relax and recover from any sort of problems in their life.
* Less likely to show signs of excitability and depression
* Improves concentration, enhances relaxation and sleep
* Calms and promotes balance, enhances self esteem
When using Reiki with children the session needs to be structured differently as their concentration span is much shorter, and as their channels are usually much clearer they
generally need less time. Children are incredibly perceptive. They can pick up on changes within their environments and individuals very easily. If you are worrying, so are they.
Reiki and Infants
These days, short term Reiki sessions are introduced in ICUs of hospitals for the children under supervision of machines and ventilators. Reiki can help these little
patients to get relaxation to become better from the stressful condition. Reiki can also help to soothe fussy babies having colic issues or anything else. It is always preferable
to do Reiki on the area where baby has received shots. It can be done easily on babies by holding them or letting it flow on the required area. It is also possible to induce the energy into baby’s blanket, pillow or toy and these will channelize energy to the baby during their sleep. Some practitioners think that Reiki energy can be given to babies for maximum 10 minutes duration and it can help babies to get better. Reiki can even help mothers of newly born children to handle the stresses and hormonal fluctuations.
Reiki for Toddlers
Reiki for toddlers and school going children can help in making their memory sharp and focused. They can also get healed bruises and serious conditions, like cracked bones or
sicknesses. Children usually get best impacts of Reiki on their body. They don’t think much about getting outcomes of Reiki and their innocence can allow energy to flow quickly. Just 10 minutes a day for them can get them relieved from any issues they face. They will become less hyper and their energy will be controlled in a better way. You can make your kid sit on your lap or on a chair, and engage them in some activity. The child will be busy in reading book or doing some activity and in the meanwhile, you can do a session with them. The use of video or audio is optional. Children may get immediate results and discuss about their mind or body state during their session. They might also see colors around their body.
Reiki for Children
Reiki can be beneficial for kids and even teenagers. It helps in dealing with stresses of body and mind. They should have a balanced body and find easiness for taking any sort of tests or activities. Reiki can help in energy balancing and calming emotions stuck in depression or anxiety state. Some children are willing to receive Reiki and others might not show any interest in it. The teenagers having no excitement about any Reiki session can do something else, while Reiki Master passes positive vibrations to them.
Reiki is carried on for children throughout the world. Surveys depict that these are mainly carried on for kids aging 7-14 and have a short duration. Reiki can be learned by kids and they can get level 1 attunement to practice energy channelization on their own. They can develop interest in Reiki and even let their age mates know about the positive impacts they get due to Reiki. Children interested in Reiki can get view of auras, light or colors sooner than others. The sensation of heat or cold is also felt by some children. The feedback of children is honest and heartwarming. Reiki is a kind of hug lasting for a lifetime on a person. Reiki can provide several benefits for children, mainly for the ones having different challenges. Reiki can reduce pains, promote healing and reduce any side effects of the treatments going on in a person. Reiki gives a loving therapy and responds a person with smile.
Resources:
Book: Reiki for Children (Paperback)
by Kytka Hilmar-Jezek ND
http://www.reiki-intuitive.com/resources/Reiki_Parents_ebook.pdf
Using Reiki techniques with Children: A guide for parents and professionals by Mary
Riposo, PhD
http://reikirays.com/1002/effects-of-reiki-on-children/