What is Reiki?
Reiki is a system of natural healing for body, mind and spirit. which maximizes the benefit from the life force or universal energy. Reiki was founded in the 1800's in Japan by Mikao Usui, a Buddhist who dedicated his life to the study of hands-on healing.

What are the benefits?
-Reiki enhances all types of medical treatment and assists your body to heal itself.
-Reiki promotes a state of total relaxation.
-It helps relieve stress, agitation and acute and chronic pain.
-It is helpful as an aid for sleeping and it also can be an energizer.
-Reiki balances energy on all four levels: mental, emotional, physical and spiritual.
-It promotes the release of emotions such as grief, anger or anxiety .
-It provides comfort in palliative care.
-Reiki accelerates wound healing and aids healing in virtually every known illness and injury.
-It produces a feeling of mental clarity, calmness, well-being and spiritual connection.
-Reiki detoxifies your body and it is self adjusting.
-Reiki is an effective holistic method of healing.

What are the side effects?
There are no side effects or contra indication with Reiki; it is noninvasive, safe and compliments all forms of medical treatment. It is safe for all ages from premature babies to the elderly.

What can I expect from a Reiki treatment?
Having a Reiki treatment is really quite simple. You will lie on a comfortably padded table, fully clothed, for approximately 45 minutes to one hour. Modesty is respected at all times. Reiki practitioners have received both instructions and Reiki “attunements” which raise and accelerate their energy flow. The practitioner provides a Reiki treatment by the gentle act of “laying on of hands” with the intention to be of assistance. The result is that the health giving life-force energy in the recipient's body becomes amplified and balanced.

Depending on your individual needs and desires, the session may include the use of vibrational sound healing techniques utilizing native frame drums, tuning forks or Himalayan Singing Bowls.

What is Vibrational Sound Therapy?
It is an internationally recognized and scientifically proven modality that uses vibrational sound to help reduce stress, alter consciousness and create a deep sense of peace and well being.

Drumming, when combined with Reiki effectively clears energy blocks and promotes healing. Drumming works with the life force in a profound way on all levels; physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

The drum has been used for healing purposes for thousands of years in tribal societies through their shamanic traditions to communicate with the spirit world as well as a tool for social integration and to restore harmony. According to West-African wisdom teachings, emotional disturbance manifests as an irregular rhythm and as a vibration that blocks vital physical processes. Regular, even rhythms are regarded as a sign of health, these rhythms can heal the patient by touching him/her in an immediate and powerful way, removing blockages and releasing tension.

Ancient Himalayan Singing Bowls may be “struck and sung” in specific rhythmic patterns, creating vibrational harmonics. The sound frequency impacts the sympathetic nervous system as your brain waves synchronize to the vibrations of the bowls. Harmonic vibrations, as with Reiki, engage the Relaxation Reflex. In response, the heart rate slows, breathing slows and deepens, the blood pressure drops, muscle tension relaxes, and one’s metabolism slows and disrupts the pain reflex. Modern medicine can now measure and confirm the benefits of sound therapy as a means to promote healing.

Flower essences and Essential oil therapy are an exquisitely refined form of herbal infusion, acting as Nature's "liquid messengers" for inner health and harmony as highly effective, non-toxic herbal preparations, they address core issues of wellness; especially emotions, stress, mental attitudes, spiritual values and life purpose. Bringing balance in these areas is a major factor in developing sound mind/body health.

Essential oils are thought to interact with the body's hormones and enzymes to cause changes in blood pressure, pulse, and other body functions.

How does a session work?
A session is received either lying down or seated in a chair, with the shoes removed but otherwise fully clothed. It is important that you are comfortable. If you wish, you may close your eyes or even sleep. The practitioner will place their hands near or lightly on your body, letting them rest for a few minutes in different positions. The whole session usually lasts for about one hour.

A typical treatment schedule for a new client is a series of four sessions. These Sessions work to relax you, while opening up any energy blockages (which can help relieve pain) and improves your body's ability to heal itself. These Reiki sessions enable your body's own self healing mechanism to gear up to maximum efficiency.