What is Reiki? And How Can It Improve Your Life?

    I could start with the Reiki history you can find on the internet. However, I want to start by introducing Reiki to you as I was taught and how I use this gift to facilitate.

    Reiki for me is God’s healing love coming through for specific healing for the person seeking help on their journey here. I am only the channel that is committed to helping others find balance and peace within this human spiritual existence. Within this energy healing modality, you will set an intent without asking for the outcome.

    None of us has the power to specify what healing a person should receive. The gift is in knowing and allowing healing to happen regardless of whether it is physical, spiritual, or emotional. We help each other in the gifts Mother/Father God, Universe, Spirit or any name that resonates for you within your soul for the higher Universal Source gives us. You will find I interchange these names, for they are all one to me as the source of energy and healing light, so we each can grow and advance our souls. 

     Let me introduce myself. I am Sammi Rae, a Past Life Practitioner, Reiki Master Teacher, and Channeling Author. My soul journey for a better life and health began over 20 years ago in my 30’s when I had a serious health scare.

     While working with what we have for traditional health care, they could do nothing but medicate me for seizures that had no disease diagnosis. One Dr. dismissed me, saying, “well we have reached our goals. You are medicated and have no more seizures. It is not important to know why you are having seizures.”

     Needless to say, this was not satisfactory to me. I would not spend the rest of my life on medication that would harm my internal organs without knowing what was wrong. My chiropractor at the time had been researching for me, looking for the original source and solutions. He found that the Depo Provera shot I had been on had a side effect with seizures or tremors. This guided me to work with a natural health woman, who was a Reiki master, kinesiology, and herbal specialist.

In the process of 6 months through changing my diet, building up my organs, and cleansing them of the toxins built up within, I was off my medication and on my way to getting back to optimum health within a year.

Throughout this entire process, I had regular Reiki sessions, where my energy centers came back into balance, helping my body heal, and opening my mind to letting go of old negative patterns that had been self-destructive for me. I often felt I was floating off the table, feeling like I had just had a massage. I could see and feel my body, mind, and soul healing and growing through this process that diet alone could not have accomplished.

My soul craved to know more and learn more so I could help others. I started with learning kinesiology and took on some clients between jobs. And as time went on a few years later I started down the road to becoming the Reiki Master Teacher, and Past Life Regression Practitioner I am today with many years of experience and blessings in being able to help others at my studio in Sturgeon Bay, WI. 

    Let us get back to Reiki and its origin and benefits it offers to those open and willing to take this step on their human/soul journey. I will share the Usui Reiki that I studied in person. I took one class at a time with at least 40 days of attunement between each of my trainings.  

What is Reiki? 

The Usui System of Reiki Healing is a hands-on or long-distance healing practice with palms, a healing practice. Reiki is an ancient laying-on-of-palms healing technique that uses the universal life force energy to balance the subtle energies within our bodies and to heal. If a client is not comfortable with touch, holding palms above works the same, for energy has no limitations. 

Reiki practitioners act as a conduit or channel through which Reiki energy travels. The intended result of receiving Reiki is a balanced physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual being. Reiki is being used today in clinics and hospitals all over the world to support health, wellness and transition. 

What happens during a Reiki treatment? 

During a Reiki treatment, you will lie fully clothed on a massage table, covered in a blanket if you choose, listening to soothing music. Your Reiki practitioner will lay their hands on your body in a series of hand positions to deliver Reiki energy. 

When receiving Reiki long distance during a virtual session. You will lie or sit comfortably while the session is visualized and felt through words and meditation.

A Reiki treatment generally covers first your head and then down the entire length of your body to the feet, holding hand positions on your main chakras and other areas as guided. If the reclined position is uncomfortable, Reiki can be performed while you sit in a chair or on a stool. 

What does Reiki feel like? 

Reiki tends to feel warm and profoundly relaxing. You may feel the hands of the Reiki practitioner’s hands become hot or tingly. Some people describe a floating sensation, and some see colors or shapes during the session. Some people fall asleep. Some experience emotional release.  

There is no expected experience- Reiki treatment is unique for everyone who receives it.  

The most common results of Reiki treatment include: 

• Perceived reduction in stress 
• Increased relaxation 
• Enhanced sense of balance, centeredness and calm.  

What are the benefits of several sessions? 

Just like meditation or movement arts, the effects of Reiki are cumulative. While one session can work wonders, repeated, regular Reiki treatments can invite significant improvement. 

As an example, if you exercise for an hour, you will receive benefits. If you exercise every day for a month, the results will be much more profound. Reiki works similarly–regular sessions support well-being in every way. 

Thank you for reading this introduction to Reiki. Remember, you are perfect as you are in each step and growth of your journey.  

Love and Blessings, 

Sammi Rae