When Is Reiki Helpful?
Reiki is a form of energy healing that is becoming increasingly popular in the United States. Reiki practitioners do not touch their patients directly. Instead, they hold their hands close to the patient, allowing healing energy to flow through the air and into their patient's body. Reiki has all sorts of physical and mental benefits, and it's very safe. However, there are a few situations, in particular, in which you will benefit from seeing a reiki practitioner.
You're struggling with mental illness.
Mental illnesses like depression and anxiety can disrupt the flow of energy through the body. Although prescription medications can help manage these illnesses, they do not always go the whole way. Reiki can be good supplemental therapy for patients with mental health struggles. It can even be a standalone therapy for mild cases of depression or anxiety. The energy passed to you by the practitioner will help you feel more centered, aware of yourself, and focused.
You deal with chronic pain.
Chronic pain and stress tend to work together in a destructive, circular way. Stress raises your pain level, and the increased pain makes you even more stressed out! Reiki can cut through this cycle. Within minutes of your session beginning, you should feel your stress level fall. Once your stress is under better control, your pain will ease up. Your muscles will relax, which will decrease tension on the painful tissues. When you feel the tension and pain beginning to build again, you can schedule another reiki session.
You feel disconnected from your body.
Do you ever feel like your body is not yours? This can happen to patients who have been ill for a while. It starts with the feeling that your body has betrayed you. Feeling like your body is not your own can be really bewildering, and it can also cause you not to take as good of care of your body as you otherwise would. Reiki can help you feel connected to your own body again. As your practitioner sends energy to you, that energy will flow through your whole body. Feeling energetically connected to your physical self again will really help you heal in this way.
Reiki is a really safe, helpful medical practice. Even those who generally consider themselves healthy can benefit from the occasional session. And if you fall into any of the categories above, then you can benefit even more.
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