A Quick Introduction
To Reiki

Other than the usual hands-on practice, Reiki can also be offered through distance, both for the self and others. What that means is that it can be practiced for someone who may not physically be with the practitioner, or it can be practiced for the distant self in a sense of sending Reiki energy to younger or future self. A lot of people sometimes have a hard time grasping this idea, and the easiest way I can describe it is that Reiki energy doesn’t only flow in the way that our physical bodies do on this Earth. Instead, it can flow through time and space. As a Reiki Master Teacher, I always tell my students that alongside the traditions of Reiki teachings, Reiki is all about intentions. In a research conducted by Natalie L. Dyer et al, she quoted “most biofield therapies involve an energetic exchange between practitioner and client, which can be draining for the practitioner. Reiki is different in that the practitioner simply allows the Reiki energy to flow passively through their hands and into the client.” As a practitioner, there is the intention of opening the self up and letting Reiki pass through you. As a receiver, there is the intention to simply allow oneself to receive this energy. I always remind clients to refrain from setting expectations on how a treatment goes, and to allow Reiki to go where it needs to go. In this place of receiving, Reiki can teach us about detachment to what our ego is trying to cling on.