Reiki is a Japanese healing and balancing technique, that is a simple, natural and safe form of healing. The healing energy calms the nervous system and helps to restore balance to the mind, body, emotions and spirit. Reiki is both powerful and gentle, balancing and aligning the chakras, clearing the aura, inducing deep relaxation and life-balance, enabling the furthering of self-development and healing.

After decades of often disputed validity, the benefits of reiki are gaining new respect within the medical community. Some highly reputable medical facilities throughout the U.S. are offering patients alternative healing programmes such as Reiki. These facilities are analysing the benefits of their programmes and are submitting them for review. The results are proving to be quite remarkable.

For years, Reiki, along with other methods of holistic therapies were looked upon with disdain, even contempt, from medical associations, practitioners and mainstream scientists. The idea that the human body was permeated or surrounded by an invisible, etheric body of “life force energy” was considered to be no less than nonsense.

But these opinions are changing.

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Campus conducted one of the first studies ever performed to determine the effectiveness of Reiki treatments on the autonomic nervous system. This “blind, random study” included a Reiki treatment group, a “sham” treatment group and a “control” group. The results within the Reiki treatment group showed a lowering of heart rate, respiration and blood pressure. These positive results led the team to recommend further, larger studies to look at the biological effects of a Reiki treatment. The now famous cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Mehmet Oz, brought tremendous attention to Reiki when he invited Reiki practitioners to treat patients during open heart surgeries and heart transplant operations. Dr. Oz is often quoted as saying, “Reiki has become a sought-after healing art among patients and mainstream medical professionals.”

Reiki can never, ever harm, so you will be taking no risks if you decide to go for your first healing session, just trust in the wonderful healing energy.