REIKI ENERGY WORK
Wellness is far more than physical health. For those ready to take a holistic step, Reiki energy work promotes the body’s innate ability to heal itself—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
What is Reiki Energy Work?
Originating in Japan, the word Reiki comes from the Japanese language: “rei” means universal and “ki” translates to life energy. It is a healing technique that uses gentle touch to channel and direct the universal energy that is within every living being. Reiki rebalances the body’s energy and clear energetic blockages to heal physical, emotional, or spiritual pain.
The Benefits of
Reiki Energy Work
Balances Energy Levels: Reiki works to clear energetic blockages to rebalance and create harmony throughout the body.
Reduces Stress + Anxiety: Relaxing touch calms the nervous system by lowering cortisol levels and increasing serotonin and dopamine
Promotes Emotional Healing: Energetic blockages impact your emotional state; Reiki can clear those for a greater sense of inner peace, emotional balances, and alleviated depression and anxiety
Enhances Physical Healing: Enhancing the body’s natural healing process, Reiki can be an important component for healing injuries and can provide extra support to bodywork, increasing its effectiveness
Heals Trauma: Gently releasing stuck energy creates a space for deep healing and allows the body and mind to let go of emotional blockages tied to past experience
Improves Wellness: Reiki can strengthen sleep, circulation, digestion, and the immune system, contributing to your overall wellness in many ways
What to expect in a
Reiki Session
Receiving Reiki feels gentle, calm, relaxing, and meditative; it is the perfect way to deeply connect with yourself. Reiki can be practiced in-person through gentle physical touch or over a distance through co-meditation.
During a typical in-person session, you will lay on the massage table and the Reiki practitioner will move their hands in specific positions on or above your body, sometimes closing their eyes and breathing with you. You may feel warmth, tingling, or relaxation as the energy is transferred. Often, the experience is soothing and meditation; it can also be powerful and transformative.
Tips for your Reiki session:
Be Open: It can be hard believing in things that we cannot see, but Reiki has proven time and time again to be a very powerful healing method.
Think Holistically: At the beginning of your session when your massage therapist asks what brought you in, there’s no such thing as TMI. Share any symptoms, ailments, or changes you’ve noticed in your physical, mental, and spiritual body — it’s all connected.
Dress Comfortably: Reiki doesn’t call for any specific clothing or lack thereof, so dress in clothing that you can relax in or, if you’re pairing it with massage, unrobe to your comfort level.
Pair with a Massage: Although Reiki can be performed on its own, it can be meditative to open or close a session with Reiki — and can increase the effectiveness of the massage overall.
Who should receive
Reiki Energy Work?
Reiki energy work is beneficial for everyone. Because it encourages the body to harness its innate ability to heal, Reiki energy work uniquely targets ailments in a way far beyond that of manual work.
Reiki is particularly beneficial in instances where touch might be either too much or simply not enough. The universal energy from Reiki can heal the deep emotional wounds of survivors of traumatic events, or can be used for physical healing where touch might be triggering. Recent or delicate injuries that can’t be physically manipulated can benefit from Reiki as can those who have a general aversion to physical contact. Oftentimes people who have tried everything to resolve a particular ailment — perhaps digestion issues, sleep disorders, or chronic pain — will turn to Reiki and see huge benefits.
Comparing
Reiki Energy Work
Reiki is a holistic approach to wellness that targets your spiritual, mental, and emotional wellness more than massage is able to. It can feel equally relaxing as a Swedish relaxation massage but will be more meditative without the bodywork. If you’re looking to connect with yourself and get deeper than the muscles, Reiki is for you.
Why choose Aether?
Aether Wellness is a space for healing the mind, body, and spirit through sustainable wellness and connection through community and with the Earth around us. With massage, energy work, yoga, and retreat offerings, Aether provides holistic support on your unique journey toward wellness and healing for body and being.
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Any style of massage you choose doesn’t have to be the only service you receive during your session. Often the best treatment is a mixture of tactics which help meet your unique needs. We also offer a number of add-ons that can be excellent for improving relaxation or muscle treatments.
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