Today our busy lives are full of daily pressures, deadlines, hassles, and demands, which result in us becoming highly stressed and anxious.
Unfortunately for very many of us, this stressed state is with us constantly every day.
For most people a small amount of stress can actually help motivate and help us to perform better under a little pressure; operating in a form of ’emergency mode’.
However, being in this stressed emergency mode for longer periods can have serious effects on your physical and emotional health.
Uncontrollable stress can affect you in so many ways:
Inability to make decisions, lack of concentration, constant worrying, negative views, anxiety, short temper, poor memory, distant appearance, aggressive behavior for no reason, overreacting to situations, feeling overwhelmed and isolated, depression, and unhappiness.
- 77% regularly experience physical symptoms caused by Stress
- 73% regularly experience psychological symptoms caused by Stress
- 48% feel Stress has increased over the last 5 years
[ source: http://www.statisticbrain.com/stress-statistics ]
Maybe you have an existing health condition?
Do you find that your symptoms flare up or get worse when you feel stressed or anxious?
So clearly it’s vitally important to control how you react to stressful situations and do all you can to keep stress at bay.
Many people try to avoid taking medication to control the devastating effects of stress and instead look for a natural solution.
One such wonderful complementary therapy is Reiki Healing.
What is Reiki?
Reiki, pronounced “ray-key”, is derived from two Japanese words which loosely translate to “Universal Life-force Energy”.
This ‘life force energy’ refers to the natural energy that is invisible but is all around us and is freely available for everyone. This invisible energy also runs throughout our bodies.
At times our energy levels are depleted, and the energy flow in our bodies becomes slow or is ‘trapped’ and ‘blocked’. This can lead to feelings of tiredness and a general lack of energy. In fact, we often say things like “I’ve got no energy today” or “my body feels out of cinque today” don’t we? This can be because our internal energy is trapped or blocked.
Reiki works on the basis that the person who gives the Reiki (sometimes known as a ‘Reiki healer’) taps into this natural energy source and acts as a conduit by transferring some energy through their hands to the person or animal receiving the Reiki.
Reiki healing is a very gentle and totally natural non-manipulative healing therapy, which anyone can do either on themselves or other people, as well as for animals too.
It simply involves laying hands gently on various parts of the body and holding the position for a few minutes before moving the hands to another position.
Or, you can hover your hands over the body without actually touching.
There is no pulling, pushing or prodding or any form of manipulation. There is no invasion such as with needles and no potions or tablets are involved either. It is purely about gently placing hands on the body or hovering over the body, transferring this energy to the receiver helping to create a healthy energy flow to encourage the receiver’s body to self-heal.
How could Reiki benefit me and my family?
Reiki is a holistic natural therapy – so simultaneously it could assist you on a physical level at the same time as helping with any emotional issues such as stress or anxiety – in fact, the two could easily be interrelated.
One of the biggest benefits of Reiki is its calming effect, which can really help relax you after a busy day at work or whenever you find yourself in any stressful situations.
Some other wonderful Benefits of Reiki for you and your loved ones:
- Releases stress
- Reduces anxiety
- Increases energy levels
- Helps reduce pain and suffering
- Helps keep existing health conditions from flaring up when stressed
- Complements all medical treatments
- Helps speed up recovery following illness or surgery
- Totally harmless
- No needles
- No manipulation
- Totally natural
- No pills or potions
- Available whenever you want it –when you are trained to give Reiki yourself – read on to see how you can easily do this
- Improves sense of wellbeing
- Helps calm nervousness
- Boosts immune system
- Minimizes feelings of fatigue
- Lowers blood pressure
- Aids better sleep
- Accelerates bodies self-healing
- Promotes a natural balance
- Assists in clearing toxins from the body
Phew ….. that’s an impressive list, isn’t it?
Many people find a Reiki session so totally relaxing that they fall asleep either during or after the session has finished.
Because Reiki is so simple to perform there is no need to carry out any preparation prior to giving a session. You can start and finish giving Reiki as and when you want to, or whenever it’s required.
The awesome thing is Reiki is very gentle and simple and can do no harm, instead, it can only potentially do good things for you.
So how do I get some Reiki to help with Stress?
There are basically…
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