Rei Ki

Rei Ki is a healing that helps relaxing the deepest mind.

Rei Ki brings out the power of self-healing in us, from our body, mind and soul, and leads us to the everlasting inner discovery throughout the process of healing ourselves.

It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that, Ki 氣 (also known as Qi in TCM), an unseen "life force energy", flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's Ki low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is abundant, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

The word Rei Ki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Rei Ki is literally "spiritually guided life force energy."

A Rei Ki treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Rei Ki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. Many have reported miraculous results.

Rei Ki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

My master Shelly Easthope tells us that ‘Rei Ki is first for yourself, then for your family and friends and then for others.’ This was what was taught by Hawayo Takata, the master who brought Rei Ki to the west from Japan. Rei Ki is a simple and extremely powerful system of healing that anyone can learn.

The Usui System of Rei Ki Healing, is a spiritual healing art, practiced through the placement of hands on the clothed body. The hands facilitate the flow of Ki, the energy of life, throughout the body, producing profound healing on all levels, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. This gentle but powerful treatment may be performed on others or oneself.  It is safe and effective for all conditions.

The experience of the person receiving Rei Ki treatment varies, but is most commonly one of profound relaxation, leading to increased energy and ease. This experience may also be described as that of spirit touching spirit, powerful, nourishing and transforming. “Breath of the Spirit” is a translation of the Japanese word Rei Ki which aptly describes this experience.

It is through diligent practise that Rei Ki practitioners cultivate their skill. I have learned to trust that the energy that we call ‘Rei Ki’ creates just the right experience for each person who comes for a treatment or participates in a class. It fills our needs, if we just allow it. The practise of the Usui Shiki Ryoho is about learning to allow this energy to fill our lives, to light up dark or closed off areas, to energize areas that have become dull or sluggish with time and experience in the world.

Rei Ki is taught through the interaction of student and teacher in an oral tradition. Shelley teaches and practises a traditional form of this healing art, Usui Shiki Ryoho, or the Usui System of Rei Ki Healing.