Written by Emi Bellamy on her Official Blog:

I had my first Reiki treatment from Mrs Cheryl Finch who is the owner of Vibrant Life Aromatherapy as well as being an aromatherapist, Reiki Master, and Dorn Method therapist. She is a therapist who has found compatibility with her work and her family life. She was an impressive person from the first time I met her, as well as being positive and cheerful, always with a kind smile. There are many successful aromatherapists in England who work at companies, are free-lance, are self-employed running home clinic/salon as well as are entrepreneurs. She is one of the successful aromatherapists and I respect her.

I was interested in Reiki when she told me she does Reiki Therapy and teaching. I have heard about the Reiki which is a complementary therapy but I have never tried or studied it. Some Reiki therapists in England were surprised to know that I do not know about Reiki as I am a Japanese and Reiki was established in Japan.

After 6 months, I started reading a Reiki book which I brought from Japan as I wanted to know about Reiki. Then I decided to have a Reiki treatment finally! There are many beauty salons and hair salons which offer Reiki treatment near my home in Leicester, England. However I chose Mrs Finch even though it takes about an hour to go to her place as it is better to have a treatment from the person I feel comfortable with. My book also says Reiki comes from its self when I need.

I wonder if some people might think “what is Reiki ?” When I saw the Chinese characters of the “Reiki” for the first time, I thought it is a therapy that I see supernatural phenomenon during the treatment..! As the Chinese character for “Rei” (霊) means ghost, but it was not true! I have just read a book and had a treatment only, but Reiki is a healing therapy of universal life energy using both hands to heal the conditions of mind and body based on the concept of the universal energy. The hand techniques which are simply placing the hands to the body enhance the flow of the energy of the body and mind. For example, it is said that the main causes of the illnesses are the stress and the sluggish body circulation in the complementary therapy. Physical illness symptoms will appear when your Ki/Chi (mind) is down with the stress as the mind and the body are related. You must have had the experiences of feeling nausea, stomachache, headache or migraine etc because of the tensions or stress you had. Those symptoms could be lead to chronic disease under a long span of stress and tensions. Personally I think that Reiki is the healing which is focused on the whole person holistically and the “Ki/Chi” to encourage the natural healing compared with the modern medical treatment which is focused on the “disease”. I think it could be a bit difficult to explain or understand Reiki as it is the therapy of placing hands simply compared with the massage. Also it treats the “Ki/Chi’ which is the energy that cannot be seen usually. Reiki was established by Mr.Usui in Japan in 19th century. It spread from Tokyo to Hawaii, then America, Canada and the all over the world. It is very interesting that I met Reiki in England as it took such a long and historical route to come to England!!

My first Reiki treatment was very spiritual and unforgettable. I experienced visualizations during the treatment. It started with her beautiful words leading to visualizations. Of course the experience will be different on each person! The Reiki therapist usually placing both their hands on the 7 chakras which is base, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown as well other organs and the parts of the body. I saw different visuals on each area she healed. It is not a day dream. For example, beautiful places I have never seen such as waterfalls, lakes, sea, dark night at the sea, shining starts at the sky, sun set and sun rise over the sea etc….also I experienced the lives of various kinds of living creatures. A bird flying high in the big sky, a horse running in a field, a fairy flying to the stars… Also there was a scene of myself coming out as a baby after labor and it made me re-realize my parents’ deep love and it happened when she was healing my sacral area…!! The visions I saw when I was deeply relaxed like meditating are very interesting…!!

The therapist told me which chakra was opened and blocked after the healing. As a result, I found out that I need to improve my intuition to find the truth which is hidden. Reiki healing leads to self-discovery and self-improvement as well as inducing relaxation of mind and body. I felt a headache, nausea and tiredness but I recovered after a while. My book says it could be happened after the treatment and I should not worry.

It has been two weeks after the Reiki treatment. I feel my body conditions are getting better and I am becoming more positive and confident. Also my business ideas are coming more since I started paying attention to my intuition..! Of course the feelings after the treatment would be varied on each person.

This is the Reiki Precepts by Mr Usui.

• Just for today do not worry.
• Just for today do not anger.
• Honour your parents, teachers and elders.
• Earn your living honestly.
• Show gratitude to every living thing.

(Reiki Practice –Anne Charlish & Angela Robertshow)

If I put them in my mind every day, my life would be changed for the better. If I study Reiki, I could heal myself mentally and physically as well as healing my friends and family. Also I can integrate Reiki with other complementary therapy like aromatherapy. It could be very worthwhile to be a Reiki therapist who could offer healing people in such a busy and stressful modern life.

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