The Wisdom of Energy Healing in a Fast-Paced World
10 years ago, I became a Reiki Master. Not through a quick course or weekend certificate, but after years of study with teachers who honoured the traditional Japanese lineage, reaching just 25 Masters away from Mikao Usui, the founder of Reiki. For five years I immersed myself in his teachings — quiet, powerful, simple. And in that simplicity, I found a sacred truth: healing is presence.
But what is Reiki really? And how does it fit into modern life today — especially when we’re overwhelmed, traumatised, digitally overstimulated, and seeking something more real?
Let’s begin at the source.
🌿 Who Was Mikao Usui?
Mikao Usui (1865–1926) was a Japanese lay monk, spiritual seeker, and teacher. He founded the Reiki healing system in the early 20th century after a profound spiritual experience on Mount Kurama near Kyoto. After 21 days of fasting and meditation, Usui experienced what he described as an “enlightened” state — and the ability to channel healing energy through his hands.
Reiki — 霊気, meaning “spiritual energy” or “universal life force” — was born.
✨ What Is Reiki?
At its essence, Reiki is:
- A hands-on (or distant) energy healing practice
- Rooted in Japanese spiritual and cultural tradition
- Based on the understanding that energy flows through all living beings
When that energy is blocked — by stress, trauma, illness, or emotional pain — we feel disconnected, anxious, unwell. Reiki helps restore balance, gently and non-invasively, by guiding healing energy through the practitioner into the recipient.
But here’s what’s really beautiful:
Reiki isn’t about “doing” — it’s about being.
It’s presence. Attunement. Sacred listening. A soft returning to what already knows how to heal.
🧠 Reiki & Modern Neuroscience
Many ask: “How does Reiki work in scientific terms?”
While energy fields and quantum consciousness are still areas of open inquiry, we do know this:
✔️ Touch, warmth, and non-verbal connection trigger oxytocin, the “love hormone” — helping regulate heart rate, reduce cortisol, and calm the nervous system.
✔️ Being held in a healing presence (even without touch) activates the ventral vagus nerve — promoting rest, digestion, and a sense of safety.
✔️ Quiet, meditative practices (like Reiki sessions) lower brainwave frequency into theta states, the same seen in deep meditation and trauma processing.
✔️ Intentional connection and attunement — whether between therapist and client, or Reiki practitioner and recipient — is foundational in trauma healing.
In other words: Reiki works because it meets the body, mind, and nervous system with compassion, stillness, and safety.
💛 Reiki in Today’s World
In an age of burnout, overstimulation, and disconnection, Reiki offers what we’re starving for:
🌿 Slowness
🌿 Safety
🌿 Sacred attention
🌿 A return to body and spirit
🌿 A space where nothing is “fixed,” just gently supported
It complements therapy, yoga, medical care, trauma recovery, palliative care, and self-care. Reiki doesn’t compete — it harmonizes. It’s not about belief, it’s about experience.
It’s a silent “I’m here.”
A whisper of peace in a loud world.
An open hand saying, “You’re not alone.”
🌕 A Personal Note from a Reiki Master
When I began my Reiki journey, I didn’t yet understand just how profound this work was. Now, 10 years later — attuned by a Master in the Usui lineage — I see Reiki not just as a practice, but a way of living:
- With compassion
- With stillness
- With intention
- With reverence for energy, both seen and unseen
You don’t have to be “spiritual” to receive Reiki. You just have to be human.
💬 Would You Like to Try?
In the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing:
🔹 Reiki-based grounding practices
🔹 Energy hygiene for sensitive people
🔹 How Reiki complements trauma recovery
🔹 What to expect in a Reiki session
🔹 Opportunities for one-to-one or distant sessions
Reiki is not a performance. It’s a remembering. A soft place to land when life feels too much.
You deserve that peace. And it’s always just a breath — or a palm — away.
