by Sasha
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Healing is a process, accompanied by an abundance of forms, traditional and non-traditional. Many of which can be viewed as obscure.
The sceptics have labelled these methods as ineffective and money draining, yet they are effective to those who venture deep into the worlds that surround them.
One of the more recent non-traditional styles, is Reiki.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a style of “Energy Healing”, which originated in Japan during the early 20th century.
During a session, the hands of a Reiki practitioner gently covers the body of a client through a series of specialised hand gestures. These in turn allow “life-force energy” to flow throughout the body of the client.
Reiki is sometimes reported to create miraculous results, although the most commonly reported benefits are:
- increased feelings of relaxation
- improved physical symptoms
- enhanced mood and wellbeing
- a curiosity to learn
- greater attention to self-care
- and sensory & cognitive responses to energy
For more severe conditions such as cancer, professionally revised studies have not been conducted on Reiki as to whether it is an effective method of healing for such threatening conditions.
However, its clients claim that the therapy can reduce the pain that accompany these potentially life-threatening diseases, and help soothe their harsh progression.
The Reiki Controversy
Although Reiki induces results for some, the teaching of Reiki is what draws out sceptics. Share on X
To be capable of utilising the “life-force energy” for your own healing purposes, you must have the energy transferred to you by a Reiki Master in a ceremony known as an “attunement”.
This ceremony is accompanied by a fee.
As there is money placed upon such a process, the sceptics argue that the creation of Reiki was meant to drain the money from its users, rather than draining the impairments they suffer from.
And the results produced by the Reiki style, the sceptics merely brush off as an example of the placebo effect.
Although Reiki’s results may be labelled as placebo, the style of energy healing, as exemplified by the technique of Reiki, can be recognised in other techniques, such as Qigong.
Qigong, like Reiki, focuses on the therapeutic flow of energy through an individual’s body for the purpose of healing.
Yet unlike Reiki, require no specific teaching. And the focus is on individual energy cultivation, rather than an external source – such as a “Reiki master”.
Final Remarks
The sceptics label the results yielded by “Energy Healing” techniques as the placebo effect. And the non-traditional styles, such as Reiki, are clearly not for all.
But for those who are willing to pay the fees, the non-traditionally induced results, and the financial hierarchies that accompany them, prove effective.
As the process of healing evolves over time, non-traditional styles such as Reiki, continue to assist those who utilise the practice of it – with great results.
