Reiki, a gentle hands on healing therapy, enhances the body's ability to heal itself. Reiki decreases stress and anxiety, helps one sleep better, and improves relaxation while promoting an overall sense of well-being. Once attuned as a Reiki I practitioner, Reiki is easily integrated into a busy personal or professional life.

Using Reiki for Self-Care

1. Any Reiki you offer yourself is better than no Reiki.

The amount time given to self-Reiki is not important as long as you offer yourself some Reiki. Some prefer to do a whole body treatment in the morning or evening before bed, this can take from 20 minutes to two hours. Others incorporate it sporadically throughout their day.

2. Reiki can be done for oneself anytime and anywhere.

It is easy to incorporate Reiki into an already busy schedule. By placing even one hand on a chakra, (the heart chakra is usually the most accessible) it is easy to begin self-care. Waiting for the light to change, sitting at the computer, or while talking on the phone are all opportunities to offer yourself Reiki.

3. You do not have to be concentrating or focusing on Reiki for it to work.

Because the body knows exactly what it needs, the life force energy flows without a deep meditation or specific intent. Reiki can be received while thinking about or performing other tasks, making it ideal in a busy life.

4. Reiki helps you cope better with the stress of a hectic schedule.

By offering yourself Reiki you increase your own potential to handle stress more effectively. The life force energy helps maintain a balance and clarity to cope better with stressful situations.

5. Reiki energizes and balances you throughout the day. It is important to offer yourselves Reiki whenever and wherever you can.

It is not unusual to feel “burnout” at the end of a long day. Offering yourself Reiki allows your body to receive life force energy and heal your own body mentally, physically, spiritually, and psychologically.

6. Reiki helps one center and focus on tasks.

Reiki can increase your confidence and focus. In a hectic and increasingly complicated world, Reiki offers an opportunity to clear the mind and see clearly each task. Once infused with life force energy one often experiences greater confidence and clarity.