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What is Reiki:
(pronounced "ray-key")
Reiki is a Japanese healing arts technique for stress reduction and relaxation. It promotes healing by switching our body from a fight or flight mode to a rest and digest mode. Reiki translates as "spiritually guided life force energy" or what we may understand as the "Holy Spirit" through a Christian lens. However, Reiki is not tied to any religion, only that of pure, unconditional love.​ So, Reiki is appropriate for those of all faiths and religions. Overall, Reiki is a very relaxing experience, and many people report feeling a calming and loving sense of security and well-being surrounding and flowing through them. People often say they're also surprised at how quickly and deeply they're able to relax as well!
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Reiki uses a light hands-on technique over one's clothes to increase the proper alignment and flow of one's energy​, and brings you into a deeply relaxed state, changing your typical waking consciousness of beta brainwaves to deep healing waves such as theta. In this melty and gooey state, it can feel like we're somewhere between sleep and awake in dream-land. Here is where your inner wisdom guides you, supports you, and your body's innate healing ability is able to work more efficiently. Our bodies know how to heal themselves. We often just need to get out of our own way, and rest. For more information on brainwaves and Reiki, check out this link.
Eye Movement as Therapy
An Exploration of Integral Eye Movement Therapy/IEMT:
​We naturally move our eyes each night as we sleep while our brains are in a REM state. In this state, as our eyes are moving, we dream, we process information, and heal aspects of our consciousness. Integral Eye Movement Therapy/IEMT uses this natural and innate approach to healing, of moving of the eyes, to help the body process energy and information.
Moving the eyes stimulates the vagus nerve which stimulates our rest and digest system. This moves our body out of fight, flight, freeze mode, and allows our nervous system to come into a more regulated state.
When moving the eyes while focusing on a painful experience, feeling, unhealthy thought pattern, etc., it allows our bodies to process this information much like we would be if we were in REM sleep. Even though we may be sitting with very uncomfortable things, this process is calming to the nervous system, and whatever it is that's being focused on is allowed to move into a healthier state.
In this way, moving of the eyes is a therapy tool, and is so easy, it can be performed with nearly all ages and health statuses. Eye movements with the right leading questions to maximize our self inquiry journey is deeply healing and freeing. In my opinion, it's one of the best bio-hack healing tools, and has helped me immensely along my own healing journey.
For a fantastic example of IEMT in action, please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du2hdQgRWIM
For a quick exercise you can do at home and to learn even more about eye movement as therapy, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhYNx_0VL7o
How often should one receive Reiki and come in for sessions?
This all depends on where you are in life, what your needs and goals are, and how full your cup is currently. While some may benefit from a monthly deep rest, others may find they need to come in weekly for some time, and others may find they really only need seasonal moments of restful reconnection. This is something I'm happy to explore with you during our time together, and answer any questions you may have. Ultimately, the freedom of choice is yours.
Reiki works with our "ki", universal life force energy. Ki is the same as "chi" or "qi" in Traditional Chinese Medicine, "prana" in Ayurvedic medicine and yoga, and "biofield energy" in scientific communities.
Much like our circulatory system, our energy/chi travels throughout our body through a series of "veins and arteries" called meridians, and through different "organs" called chakras. When blockages occur, energy flows less freely leading to various health concerns. By freeing blockages and balancing our energy flow, we can become more in alignment with our inner truth leading to more joy, peace and love.
The Chakra System​
Chakras are like energetic organs. We have seven major chakras located throughout the body that keep us vibrant, joyful, and healthy when they are open and aligned. They start at the base of the spine running up to the crown of the head. Each chakra is associated with specific nerve centers and major organs as well as psychological, emotional, and spiritual states of being. The heart chakra is the central chakra linking the lower, more earthly, chakras to the upper, more spiritual, chakras.
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