Reiki Sydney

"Reiki principles represent a mystical aspect of the art of managing the vital energy." - Katya Ki.

What is Reiki

Reiki therapy works with energy to release blockages and allow universal energy to bring realignment. You could say it is like acupuncture but without the needles.

Reiki is not attached to any religion or dogma. All it requires is an openness to receive it and having a clear vessel to channel it through. When performing a reiki healing, a therapist will often ask that energy flow through them for the highest good of the person receiving it.

While reiki is an ancient practice, the form we most use came from Mikao Usui, a Japanese Buddhist. He taught around 2 000 people his reiki method and those he trained went on to spread the technique.

This webpage explores energy and its impact on us. Most people would agree that our thoughts and feelings have an effect on our physical health. Some of us would go further and hold that our energetic state interacts with our wellbeing - physically, emotionally & psychologically.

Energy Healing

One way to understand energy healing is through a concept offered by energy healer Dr David R Hawkins. He wrote a book called Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior.

It is based on kinetics. He argues that our physical body knows the difference between power (which is positive) and force (which is negative). Take the example of Gandhi’s non-violent resistance (power). It overcame the might of British colonialism (force).

Hawkins scored different attitudes and emotional states as reflecting a level of consciousness. He regarded anything under a score of 200 as being damaging. This includes prolonged states such as grief, anger, fear, guilt, shame or apathy. He believes that only around 15% of people consistently maintain a state of consciousness above 200.

Hawkins found that dogs calibrate higher than 200 (emanating states like acceptance, love, joy, peace). This may explain our feeling better around them. If his view is correct, then it means that less than 1 in 6 people radiate a healthy positivity.

Power is consistent and long lasting. Force is sharp and creates a counter-force which is exhausting over time.

The score of 1000 is the highest level of consciousness attainable. Reiki is a tool that channels this pure consciousness. It can help us let go of debilitating attitudes and emotional states. By connecting more to the higher levels we can meet states like peace and happiness.

When reiki revealed itself to Mikao Usui he became convinced of the supremacy of power (higher consciousness) vs force (human consciousness). This form of energy healing continues to grow in its influence and benefit to humankind.

Reiki Healer

A reiki practitioner typically studies under a reiki master. They learn the reiki symbols during a reiki course. Alternatively, the practice is often imparted through one on one mentoring.

My initiation into reiki began 15 years ago. In undergoing reiki attunements and training in degrees 1, 2 & 3, I attained teacher’s level competency. Combining training and study leads to becoming a reiki master. I offer reiki in Sydney and also do energy healing from my Blue Mountains wellness centre.

I regularly practice reiki treatment. Doing meditation and breathwork also helps me maintain sensitivity to working with energy.

One lady wrote about her experience of receiving reiki for the first time. She speaks of having an energetic experience while trying to understand it from the rational mind. You can read it here:

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Seichim

Seichim (pronounced say-keem) comes from the Egyptian word “sekhem” which means ‘the power of powers.’

This energy healing originated in Egypt. One aspect of it is very feminine and nurturing, helping us develop inner sight. There is also a powerful, or awakening element to it. This serves to help us awaken to our higher purpose and take greater responsibility for our life’s direction.

Seichim is also channelled through a practitioner out of their hands and into a client’s body or over the chakra areas in their energy field.

I have studied seichim, in addition to reiki. The energy healing I offer is a blend of masculine (reiki) and feminine (seichim). It gives you both healing and a renewed desire to express your gifts with their world and become more empowered.

Reiki Healing Chakras

The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence. - Nikola Tesla

Eastern cultures have long believed that we have an energetic body.

The Hindu Scriptures are thousands of years ago. They describe chakras, which translate as wheels of energy. Energy flows through these centres in our body. The 7 major chakras feed into the minor chakras in the same way streams feed into a river. In total there are 114 chakras.

Focusing on what we can see and touch, the West has taken an overly rational approach to understanding the human body. When we do study it scientifically we learn that our brain and heart is run by electrical impulses. Our brains have around 100 billion biological wires that conduct electrical impulses.

Scientist Werner Heisenberg once said, “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.” Heisenberg went on to become the father of quantum physics, which is the strain of science that regards everything as energy.

The rise of ancient cultures, spiritual traditions and the cutting edge fields of modern science, is moving our culture back to the realisation that we have an energy body. For those who enjoy hard science you might like this article.

Natural Healing

Growing up in a highly rationalistic western culture has made it hard for many people to accept that we have an energetic body and not just a physical one.

Philosopher, Alain de botton speaks about how stunted our development has become from an overabundance of mental development at the expense of emotional growth:

“Our energies are overwhelmingly directed toward material, scientific, and technical subjects and away from psychological and emotional ones. Much anxiety surrounds the question of how good the next generation will be at math; very little around their abilities at marriage or kindness. We devote inordinate hours to learning about tectonic plates and cloud formations, and relatively few fathoming shame and rage.

We are as clever with our machines and technologies as we are simple-minded in the management of our emotions. We have the technology of an advanced civilization balancing precariously on an emotional base that has not developed much since we dwelt in caves.”

Fortunately, there is a growing willingness in many people to explore forms of therapy, or rebalancing. Here is just a small list of some energy healing practices one can experience: