About Reiki

Reiki is Japanese and consists of two words: rei, which means "universal" and ki, which means "life energy" and corresponds to the Chinese chi and Indian prana. Reiki works with the body's natural healing processes and replenishes the energy store with ki, which helps for example with pain, stress, anxiety and physical and mental tension.

On a deeper level, Reiki can also work with existential and spiritual issues.

Reiki is approved as a form of treatment by WHO.

But isn't it just bogus?

That's easy to believe, yes. You're probably already open to Reiki since you've read this far, but I still want to answer the question (I get it quite often).

No, it's not hocus pocus. I myself was involved in my first, and fantastically powerful, healing experience in the mid-90s. I wasn't particularly interested in healing and didn't even want a treatment: I went with a friend who was going to have a treatment and I had nothing to do in the meantime, so I just sat and waited. One person offered me to try healing and since I had nothing else to do I agreed. The experience was almost unbearably powerful. So powerful that I slept from two in the afternoon until nine the next morning. Then I was hyperaware and extremely calm for three days. This without being the least bit curious about healing - it just happened.

Your own personal experience of healing is the only argument you need. Therefore, I never try to convince anybody to try Reiki, or even try to make someone "believe" that it works. Believing is meaningless: the only important thing is knowing. And you know after your first Reiki treatment.

Since then, I have continued with my extremely unimaginative attitude of not believing anything regarding Reiki, energy work, angels and mediumship abilities until I have had a genuine and concrete experience. And I've had quite a few of those since I started Reiki. Some have really challenged my world view and forced me to realize that the universe and existence is much bigger than we can ever understand intellectually. And that the intellect rather shrinks and limits this worldview - at least if the intellect is not balanced with intuition.

Reiki is extensively researched. If you want to read some quick quotes and get tips on further reading, click here.