What Is Reiki And Is It A Legit Wellness Treatment?
Reiki, or energy healing, is said to help with stress, anxiety, aches and sleep disorders. Local reiki practitioners share why it might benefit us
There has been a rising trend of people seeking complementary and alternative therapies to help alleviate ailments and issues that mainstream Western medicine cannot (or employ them both in tandem).
Think acupuncture, moxibustion, forest bathing, sound healing and flotation therapy. These therapies are said to help people cope with problems ranging from chronic ailments such as pain to mental stressors such as anxiety.
Reiki, or energy healing, is another form of therapy that has been gaining traction. This form of therapy, which originates from Japan, is said to employ the transfer of universal life energy (which exists in everyone) from the practitioner to the patient. To help us demystify reiki, we’ve tapped on the expertise of various reiki practitioners in Singapore.
Read on to find out what they have to say about reiki and how it could benefit you.
According to Elaine Grundy, the founder of The Reiki Centre, reiki is a Japanese word loosely translated to “universal life force”. It also refers to the practice of reiki, which is a type of balancing technique and self-health modality similar to meditation.
Reiki brings about healing in two different ways. Elaine Victoria Yang, reiki teacher and sound healer at Reiki Glow Singapore, explains: “On a physical level, it supports the body in its healing – our body has an innate intelligence to heal itself and reiki simply supports that process.”
“Reiki is also very meditative and calming in nature, which makes it excellent for people who are suffering from emotional or mental stressors. Most importantly, reiki brings about more awareness, clarity and capacity to address the root causes of what we may be creating that is causing the imbalance and stress in our lives in the first place.”