Reiki is spiritual life force energy that is present everywhere. Its energetic flow is naturally intelligent, pure, healing, replenishing, protecting, loving and divine. Reiki is available to everyone, and it can be accessed in this very moment; it is simply a matter of opening to it. Reiki exists in the microcosm and macrocosm and is innate to all of us. 

First to consider to be open to reiki is to have the mind take a “seat” and a break from analyzing. Reiki is best experienced rather than trying to understand it logically. Next, practice the following exercise: From the center of our chest, take a nice breath in and allow the life force energy to fill our heart, and as you exhale, pray to open up to the reiki that exists and is always present. Place the hands over the heart and feel the energy exchange; allow the reiki to flow.  

Reiki has always been with us. Ancient practices such as those in East Asian medicine have channeled life force energy for greater health, vitality and a longer life. Reiki was brought over to the West by Mikao Usui and practitioners of the Usui Reiki Lineage. Today, there are several forms of reiki including Traditional Usui Reiki, Reiki Tummo, Karuna Reiki, Quantum Reiki and Kryst-Grid Reiki.  

For more guidance on how to access reiki, taking a reiki course can help us discover ways of channeling this life force energy. A major benefit of practicing it is empowerment and being able to increase vitality. Clinical evidence has shown reiki to be relaxing, soothing, regulating and centering. It can help with clearing emotional stress, processing trauma, shifting beliefs and behavioral patterns, supporting evolution and ascending into greater consciousness. 

Source: Dr. Jocelyn Flay, DAc. For more information about reiki at the Nutritional Wellness Center, call 856-499-2160 or visit www.NutritionalWellnessNJ.com.