What is reiki?

Watch as psychologist Jeffrey Gardere, PhD, describes the healing benefits of Reike, an ancient form of natural healing, and how it's performed.

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We're talking about natural resonating frequencies of the body. And what the Reiki masters do is able to manipulate that energy.

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Reiki is an ancient form of healing started by the Japanese centuries ago, where you look

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at what's called the biofield. We're talking about natural resonating frequencies

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of the body. And what the Reiki masters do is able to manipulate that energy, those resonating frequencies,

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and take them to energy points in the body called "chakras" so that we can bring about much more relaxation.

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And we can use those vibrational energies to help in natural healing. There are traditional western physicians

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who actually look at Reiki as part of their healing process for their patients after surgery.

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Reiki is performed traditionally where the patient, or the subject, or the individual

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may be laying down. And therefore, the Reiki master will be able to use their own

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vibrational energies for what we call "hands-on healing," where they're actually moving the energies from one part

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of the body, from the chakras, to where there may be the physical injury or where the healing needs to take place.

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This is a very spiritual practice. And they're using their energies in a way that

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interacts with the energies of that particular person that needs the healing.