Before I ever encountered Reiki, I had no familiarity with chakras and had never given much thought to intuition. Back then, it struck me as an abstract idea that was hard to wrap my head around, and I honestly questioned whether it was real at all.
That changed once I completed my Reiki certification. I could feel energy moving through my hands—a buzzing sensation—and I began to appreciate what this healing practice could do. When I followed what I'd been taught and began offering Reiki to other people, I encountered remarkable experiences I hadn't expected.
Reiki is a caring, restorative energy practice that lets the field of energy connecting all living things flow through you. When our energy is low, Reiki can help lift us back up. Its applications are broad. You can direct energy to yourself with your own hands, and it can also be channeled and delivered across a distance.
Booking sessions regularly can add up financially, which is a strong argument for getting certified so you can practice Reiki on yourself. Below is how certification can support your mind, body, and spirit.
What It Can Do for the Body
Hospitals now use Reiki to help patients recover more quickly during the healing process. Traditionally it has been used to support wound recovery and to address chronic pain. Chronic pain often blends a physical problem with unresolved emotional energy held in the body, or it can be prolonged by a recurring thought that generates tension and interrupts energy flow in particular areas of the body.
When Reiki helps bring each chakra back to its optimal state, you can experience relief from pain and feel more energized. Frequently, the habits people repeat that harm their bodies begin to fall away once they start practicing Reiki on themselves—because the energy is so caring and restorative, they become able to see better ways of caring for themselves.
What It Can Do for Emotions
Reiki can help you move through depression, anxiety, and the low energy that feeds negative thinking. It can leave you feeling held by the Universe and give you more energy and motivation. If you feel foggy or out of sorts, this is a helpful way to start feeling like yourself again.
Reiki can help you work with heavier emotions so you can let them go and replace them. Think of it as giving your emotional space a bath—a space that can become "dirty" when we spend time around negative people or go through something difficult. It's also like having a best friend with great advice available to you at all times.
By clearing away negativity, Reiki healing raises your vibration, allowing you to connect with higher streams of consciousness and to become creative, optimistic, and vibrant again. Clearing and cleansing the aura and letting energy flow can help us build healthier relationships, speak our truth, and find more balance in every area of life.
What It Can Do for the Spirit
Reiki helps you release stored energetic imprints that may date back a long way, and being in a higher vibrational state supports healthier thought patterns. This can help you draw more positive people and experiences into your life by activating the law of attraction in your favor. As your vibration rises, your intuition grows stronger and you begin to understand your higher purpose, which helps you make decisions that align with the greater good.
When our energy is balanced and flowing, new perspectives open up on how to approach work, social life, health, love, and spirituality. Blocked chakras can leave us on uneven ground, unable to see the full picture of who we are. When those clouds part and we see the Sun, we can find new avenues for sharing our love and feel satisfied with our lives.
Final Thoughts
I strongly suggest reading up on the story of how Reiki was discovered and began; a brief history of Reiki is a good place to start. Look for Reiki certification classes in your area or online. In most cases, you can be attuned to level one energy within a day.
Once you understand how Reiki works within your chakra system, you can decide whether to develop your practice further. I suggest spending a while at each level so the changes have time to take effect. Level 2 adds more symbols that help you understand how to move energy, while level 1 is largely about adding energy or clearing blocks. Anyone can learn it, and it isn't difficult! You may eventually love Reiki so much that you, too, become a Reiki Healing Master.
