Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Energy channels
Reiki had initial problems gaining acceptance, but users find a healing energy, writes Clodagh Mulvey 

REIKI IS a spiritual philosophy and complementary hands-on healing technique, during which a therapist channels universal life-force energy through their hands into a patient to bring about mental, emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing.

Sound a bit out there? Well, according to reiki therapist Mary Anderson, it is anything but.

A registered nurse for 26 years, reiki therapist for three and treasurer of the Reiki Federation of Ireland (RFI), Anderson says reiki is based on science and insists it is not necessary for a patient to "believe" in it in order for healing to occur.

"Your body heals itself," she explains. "When we go to the delta state of sleep, the body does its own healing, which is why when you're ill or have surgery, the doctor tells you to get plenty of rest. It's been proven through various studies that reiki will help induce a delta state in the brain.

"In reiki, we learn how to access a higher energy. We channel it and use our hands to bring it to the client. During a treatment, we're connected to the higher life-force which then passes through us so that the client's energy can take from it what it needs to heal.

"It's based on quantum physics theory, all energy interacts with all energy. There's energy everywhere and everything interacts with everything,'' Anderson says.
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