Reiki energy has an intelligence of its own and therefore knows where and how a person needs healing. Reiki is safely used at any time, in any place since “universal” means applicable or common to all purposes, conditions or situations. Most importantly Reiki expresses the quality of unconditional love and speeds up your body’s own natural healing process.

Reiki energy works on whatever level the recipient needs it, so the healer need not direct or control the energy but simply act as a vehicle for the energy transference.  Reiki is non-invasive as you only have to lightly place your hands on the other person or even just above him/her in order to conduct the Reiki. It causes an expansion in the chakras, energy field and aura of both the one performing Reiki and the one receiving the treatment.  Reiki accelerates spiritual growth. (American Reiki Academy, ©) It can also be done remotely. Learn more about Distant Reiki here.

How do Reiki and other methods of hands-on healing work from a scientific standpoint?

People around the world have been using Reiki and other hands-on healing methods to assist individuals in improving their health and state of well-being for centuries. As humans and technology have evolved, we began to take a more medical approach to health and wellness (at least in the western world); therefore, Reiki and other alternative methods of healing have been perceived as unrealistic or “mystical”.  We are now at the point in our human evolution where we are uncovering the science behind formerly “mystical” approaches.  Much the same as once thinking the stars in the sky were all Gods or the world was flat, we now have the technology to look beyond the mysticism and see the reality of what is before us.

Reiki practitioners often describe how their healing modality works as bringing Source energy (God energy, Love energy, Chi, etc.) in through their crown chakra (top of the head), down through their heart chakra, into their arms (extensions of the heart chakra), out their hands and into the body & energetic field of their client — healing, balancing and cleansing them.  While this explanation is certainly valid, it is difficult for people who need a more scientific or logical explanation of how Reiki works to accept this explanation.

To view this from a logical standpoint we need to understand the electromagnetic field, the myofascial system, chakras, and biophotons.  Once these are understood separately we can put them together to understand the science behind holistic energy healing.