Another View Magazine Orillia Winter 2014 | Page 15
Reiki:
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By Dale McKay
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Reiki treats the whole person- body, mind and
spirit.
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Reiki (pronounced RAY-KEE) is a 2500 year old system
of healing. Introduced to the Western world in the mid
1900’s, it has been adopted by a number of progressive
hospitals and other health care facilities
Reiki is a treatment that works by the simple placement
of hands and channeling of energy. Reiki does not diagnose, nor interfere with medical treatments. It enhances
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medications, quickens htltime, reduces ru and is
effective in pain management.
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A Reiki treatment often feels like a warm, glowing radiance flowing through and surrounding the body. Reiki
treats the whole person- body, mind and spirit. It is a
simple, natural and safe method of healing that can work
even if you don’t believe in it.
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Reiki energy flows through the practitioner’s hands into
the client who is lying on a massage table fully clothed.
Treatments can also be given while the client is seated or
even standing. Theipractitioner places his/her hands on
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or near the client’s body and Reiki, an intelligent energy,
flows to the greatest need. The practitioner may be drawn
to place his/her hands on several areas of the body.
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Reiki is also very easy to learn and anyone can do it. In
a one day Reiki Level I Class the student is becomes attuned to the Reiki energy. When you are channeling enenicideM esenihC lanoitidarT
ergy during a treatment, you receive this healing energy
at the same