What is Reiki?
Reiki is an energy healing technique. Reiki uses what many cultures have for more than hundreds of years known as the "laying on of hands." Reiki helps promote and assist mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health and healing. It is used by and for people of every religion. It is used in private practice and in hospital settings. Doctors, Nurses, and alternative healers use Reiki to help their patients, their families and themselves. Click here for a Washington Post article about Reiki and heart surgery.
The powerful Reiki energy promotes healing and balance in the body, similar to the way acupuncture does, working with the energy centers, channels and meridians of the human body.
At Tree of Life Healing, we practice and teach ICRT Certified Holy Fire Reiki, Usui Ryoho Reiki and Integrative Shakti Reiki.
The powerful Reiki energy promotes healing and balance in the body, similar to the way acupuncture does, working with the energy centers, channels and meridians of the human body.
At Tree of Life Healing, we practice and teach ICRT Certified Holy Fire Reiki, Usui Ryoho Reiki and Integrative Shakti Reiki.
What is a Session Like?
For your session you remain fully clothed and relax in the "Reiki Chair" a comfortable anti-gravity recliner, and you listen to healing music. ( Check out energy worker/composer Johnathan Goldman. )
I will speak with you regarding your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. With the information you share and the energetic an intuitive information I discover we together assess what sort of treatment to do. As I am an intuitive/psychic, I work a bit differently than a traditional Reiki worker. I will listen to your body, receive messages and information, and in this way provide a very deep experience, getting to the origin of your physical/emotional issue.
Reiki has specific hand positions which help direct the healing to the parts of the body which need healing. I use Reiki healing attunements and other energetic interventions from the varied healing systems I know and study.
You and I work together to heal what needs healing. As an intuitive healer, I use Reiki, Intuition, Chakra Energy and other systems when I am engaged in healing. As I am an intuitive, I will look at, feel for, and listen to the pain or discomfort, so that I can better understand the origin of it and start the healing.
For your session you remain fully clothed and relax in the "Reiki Chair" a comfortable anti-gravity recliner, and you listen to healing music. ( Check out energy worker/composer Johnathan Goldman. )
I will speak with you regarding your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. With the information you share and the energetic an intuitive information I discover we together assess what sort of treatment to do. As I am an intuitive/psychic, I work a bit differently than a traditional Reiki worker. I will listen to your body, receive messages and information, and in this way provide a very deep experience, getting to the origin of your physical/emotional issue.
Reiki has specific hand positions which help direct the healing to the parts of the body which need healing. I use Reiki healing attunements and other energetic interventions from the varied healing systems I know and study.
You and I work together to heal what needs healing. As an intuitive healer, I use Reiki, Intuition, Chakra Energy and other systems when I am engaged in healing. As I am an intuitive, I will look at, feel for, and listen to the pain or discomfort, so that I can better understand the origin of it and start the healing.
What does Reiki Feel Like?
Clients report many sensations such as feeling great warmth, soothing energy, release of pain, release of pressure, goosebumps, lightness or heaviness, positive, peaceful, happy emotions and general feelings of well-being. Many clients report long-term issues coming to resolution, new perspectives on their lives, and better engagement in relationships.
Clients report many sensations such as feeling great warmth, soothing energy, release of pain, release of pressure, goosebumps, lightness or heaviness, positive, peaceful, happy emotions and general feelings of well-being. Many clients report long-term issues coming to resolution, new perspectives on their lives, and better engagement in relationships.
Who Gets Reiki Treatments?
In my practice I have people with physical ailments, emotional issues, and spiritual issues. Many of my clients have tried other healing modalities and are looking for deeper work. Many of my clients are currently seeing a licensed therapist or medical doctor or other alternative healing worker. My clients find that Intuitive energy sessions deepen and compliment the other work. Clients going through stressful life changes come for sessions when they feel they need help keeping balanced and positive. I also have clients who are not in crisis and are looking to enhance their lives with better self-awareness and personal empowerment. I have many business people, artists, actors, writers and family-creators like Moms, coming in for help with life stuff. Reiki before and after any type of surgery or medical procedure does help speed recovery.
Does Reiki Require Multiple Sessions?
Just like other healing techniques, even Western medical techniques, it does depend upon your issue and your need and even your personality! Many clients have been helped in just two or three sessions while others require a more continued support. Some clients schedule regular treatments over the year to keep their immune systems healthy.
If a Reiki Practitioner looks at you and says "this will take 25 ninety- minute treatments" consider finding a second Reiki opinion. See what another one of us has to say!
Many clients decide to learn Reiki, I and II so they can treat themselves. In fact, it is a major goal of most of the Reiki practitioners to pass on the knowledge and ability to use Reiki through teaching and attunements.
In my practice I have people with physical ailments, emotional issues, and spiritual issues. Many of my clients have tried other healing modalities and are looking for deeper work. Many of my clients are currently seeing a licensed therapist or medical doctor or other alternative healing worker. My clients find that Intuitive energy sessions deepen and compliment the other work. Clients going through stressful life changes come for sessions when they feel they need help keeping balanced and positive. I also have clients who are not in crisis and are looking to enhance their lives with better self-awareness and personal empowerment. I have many business people, artists, actors, writers and family-creators like Moms, coming in for help with life stuff. Reiki before and after any type of surgery or medical procedure does help speed recovery.
Does Reiki Require Multiple Sessions?
Just like other healing techniques, even Western medical techniques, it does depend upon your issue and your need and even your personality! Many clients have been helped in just two or three sessions while others require a more continued support. Some clients schedule regular treatments over the year to keep their immune systems healthy.
If a Reiki Practitioner looks at you and says "this will take 25 ninety- minute treatments" consider finding a second Reiki opinion. See what another one of us has to say!
Many clients decide to learn Reiki, I and II so they can treat themselves. In fact, it is a major goal of most of the Reiki practitioners to pass on the knowledge and ability to use Reiki through teaching and attunements.
Can you relate some examples of the Benefits of Reiki?
In a short treatment for a migraine, I found that the headache was in the shape of a handle, crossing over the head. The client confirmed this was the size and shape, and even how they described it!. Reiki helps me listen to your body!
Your body is not just physical. Your body is a powerful system of healing. As a healer I work with the messages your body sends physically, emotionally, energetically, and psychically.
In listening to a brain tumor, I was given very specific message, when I related that message to the person, she confirmed that it was a message that had deep emotional life meaning to her, it represented a way of thinking that she could no longer tolerate. The way of thinking required that she be unhappy, without success in relationship and work, and constantly feeling as though she were hitting rock bottom. She had to change her life path in order to let go of that way of thinking. Everything in her life was built from that negative place, so her work, family connections, and interpersonal relationships were abysmal. Through her healing process she learning how negative thinking patterns create imbalance, lead us to make choices that do not support what we truly want or need, and may create illness. Negative thought or believe patterns create stress in a body. The stress creates the imbalance, the body struggles to find balance. Science now supports this proposition. The worlds of Medicine and Psychotherapy are becoming more holistic, albeit a slow pathway. It seems apparent we need all of our resources, Western Medicine, Alternative practices, Ancient practices, Intuitive practices and more, to help ourselves heal on all levels.
A client in a powerful position in the financial world suffered with anxiety and the need to be in control of situations and people. They had done Talk Therapy and tried some stress reducing techniques but found that the techniques created more stress. They knew the relationships in their life were not working. They were having a difficult time managing people and their own home life due to fear, which inspired anxiety, which then ended up in them being very controlling with even their family and pets. They needed to become aware of their need to control in order to do their job and to help their family be healthy and happy. This client, through weekly sessions at first, became able to identify when anxiety and fear were beginning to become overwhelming which would lead them to be controlling. They did deep work while also receiving reiki treatments to help integrate new ideas and beliefs into their daily actions as a leader and family member. They eventually became able to help their employees and family members with stress because they became so very aware of their own and how to help themselves. They felt every relationship in their life, work, personal, family and even with their pets, change and become free of the stress that kept them separate and needing to be in control.
With a client who was battling a major life change and wanting to make a geographical move which meant leaving a very good location for her career, I used a combination of reiki and shamanic healing. I worked with her to help her separate the part of herself which held her so strongly to her current life. I had her visualize this part as an actual person. Through a meditation in which the client expressed deep thanks and caring for this internal person we discovered the way in which to let this part, this person stop working quite so hard. This is deep work, and only for those ready to make significant life changes. This client continues to have a very successful acting career, and lives where she wishes to live vs. where she thought she should live in order to have success in acting.
With another client I discovered a message in her left hip, it was just one word, and I related that word to her. She confirmed it was a negative thought she had been harboring about herself since she was quite young. With the help of Reiki and intuition, the session cleared this energy for her, opened up a block that the negative thinking had created in her physical and energetic body.
Another client navigating a divorce, needed some help with anxiety and worry. With a distant (we are on opposite coasts of the USA) healing session she felt both relaxed and energized and we identified where in her body she held the most anxiety. I gave her not only a Reiki treatment but helped her to identify her pattern of holding stress in her body. This stress was related to a core issue, a negative belief she held about herself. This belief was put in place when she was 4 years old and suffered anxiety due to a certain unhealthy family structure. Stress of any kind is at the root of almost all, probably all, disease and illness. If she continued to hold it in those areas of her body, she could have developed physical problems or become sick in some way.
Another client was having issues with their knees, pain and difficultly walking. During our first session together the core issue stored in the knees, the emotional quality of a certain childhood life event became clear. For me, listening to the trouble area of the body allows me to hear the problem on an emotional or mental level, and how it relates to the physical manifestation in the body. Upon relating this to the client they were able to own, bring to conscious thought the processing of this issue and eventually with a combination of reiki and counseling, and the addition of physical therapy (from an outside professional source) they became pain free.
Another client was working in television production and was very unhappy despite being well able to support themselves. On the side, they did quite a bit of visual art. This client suffered from extreme low-self esteem, had been diagnosed with depression, and was battling with family. There was a low satisfaction level with life. Over time the work we did together unraveled deeper wounding from their youth and dysfunctional family system, trauma work and work with attachment helped to get this client to the place they needed to be to leave their job, move to a different location and practice professionally the visual art they love so well. They are now well known for their visual art and have the ability to call themselves and "artist" not due to the work they do as an artist, but due to how they identify and honor themselves as such. This client started with Reiki sessions and Reiki was used throughout the work we did to help balance and reclaim energies used for negative thought patterns, to use that life energy for the positive.
Many people experience relief within the first session. No practitioner can guarantee this result but getting help for yourself, just receiving assistance for your suffering can be a huge relief and reduce your stress considerably. Then after that first release you may be quite ready to do deeper work and end your suffering.
Each session is as individual as each client.
In a short treatment for a migraine, I found that the headache was in the shape of a handle, crossing over the head. The client confirmed this was the size and shape, and even how they described it!. Reiki helps me listen to your body!
Your body is not just physical. Your body is a powerful system of healing. As a healer I work with the messages your body sends physically, emotionally, energetically, and psychically.
In listening to a brain tumor, I was given very specific message, when I related that message to the person, she confirmed that it was a message that had deep emotional life meaning to her, it represented a way of thinking that she could no longer tolerate. The way of thinking required that she be unhappy, without success in relationship and work, and constantly feeling as though she were hitting rock bottom. She had to change her life path in order to let go of that way of thinking. Everything in her life was built from that negative place, so her work, family connections, and interpersonal relationships were abysmal. Through her healing process she learning how negative thinking patterns create imbalance, lead us to make choices that do not support what we truly want or need, and may create illness. Negative thought or believe patterns create stress in a body. The stress creates the imbalance, the body struggles to find balance. Science now supports this proposition. The worlds of Medicine and Psychotherapy are becoming more holistic, albeit a slow pathway. It seems apparent we need all of our resources, Western Medicine, Alternative practices, Ancient practices, Intuitive practices and more, to help ourselves heal on all levels.
A client in a powerful position in the financial world suffered with anxiety and the need to be in control of situations and people. They had done Talk Therapy and tried some stress reducing techniques but found that the techniques created more stress. They knew the relationships in their life were not working. They were having a difficult time managing people and their own home life due to fear, which inspired anxiety, which then ended up in them being very controlling with even their family and pets. They needed to become aware of their need to control in order to do their job and to help their family be healthy and happy. This client, through weekly sessions at first, became able to identify when anxiety and fear were beginning to become overwhelming which would lead them to be controlling. They did deep work while also receiving reiki treatments to help integrate new ideas and beliefs into their daily actions as a leader and family member. They eventually became able to help their employees and family members with stress because they became so very aware of their own and how to help themselves. They felt every relationship in their life, work, personal, family and even with their pets, change and become free of the stress that kept them separate and needing to be in control.
With a client who was battling a major life change and wanting to make a geographical move which meant leaving a very good location for her career, I used a combination of reiki and shamanic healing. I worked with her to help her separate the part of herself which held her so strongly to her current life. I had her visualize this part as an actual person. Through a meditation in which the client expressed deep thanks and caring for this internal person we discovered the way in which to let this part, this person stop working quite so hard. This is deep work, and only for those ready to make significant life changes. This client continues to have a very successful acting career, and lives where she wishes to live vs. where she thought she should live in order to have success in acting.
With another client I discovered a message in her left hip, it was just one word, and I related that word to her. She confirmed it was a negative thought she had been harboring about herself since she was quite young. With the help of Reiki and intuition, the session cleared this energy for her, opened up a block that the negative thinking had created in her physical and energetic body.
Another client navigating a divorce, needed some help with anxiety and worry. With a distant (we are on opposite coasts of the USA) healing session she felt both relaxed and energized and we identified where in her body she held the most anxiety. I gave her not only a Reiki treatment but helped her to identify her pattern of holding stress in her body. This stress was related to a core issue, a negative belief she held about herself. This belief was put in place when she was 4 years old and suffered anxiety due to a certain unhealthy family structure. Stress of any kind is at the root of almost all, probably all, disease and illness. If she continued to hold it in those areas of her body, she could have developed physical problems or become sick in some way.
Another client was having issues with their knees, pain and difficultly walking. During our first session together the core issue stored in the knees, the emotional quality of a certain childhood life event became clear. For me, listening to the trouble area of the body allows me to hear the problem on an emotional or mental level, and how it relates to the physical manifestation in the body. Upon relating this to the client they were able to own, bring to conscious thought the processing of this issue and eventually with a combination of reiki and counseling, and the addition of physical therapy (from an outside professional source) they became pain free.
Another client was working in television production and was very unhappy despite being well able to support themselves. On the side, they did quite a bit of visual art. This client suffered from extreme low-self esteem, had been diagnosed with depression, and was battling with family. There was a low satisfaction level with life. Over time the work we did together unraveled deeper wounding from their youth and dysfunctional family system, trauma work and work with attachment helped to get this client to the place they needed to be to leave their job, move to a different location and practice professionally the visual art they love so well. They are now well known for their visual art and have the ability to call themselves and "artist" not due to the work they do as an artist, but due to how they identify and honor themselves as such. This client started with Reiki sessions and Reiki was used throughout the work we did to help balance and reclaim energies used for negative thought patterns, to use that life energy for the positive.
Many people experience relief within the first session. No practitioner can guarantee this result but getting help for yourself, just receiving assistance for your suffering can be a huge relief and reduce your stress considerably. Then after that first release you may be quite ready to do deeper work and end your suffering.
Each session is as individual as each client.
How Did I Learn Reiki?
Reiki is passed from master to student through placements or ignitions or attunements and training. I have studied with William Lee Rand, founder of the International Center for Reiki Training.
Reiki is passed from master to student through placements or ignitions or attunements and training. I have studied with William Lee Rand, founder of the International Center for Reiki Training.
What is the History of Reiki?
The Reiki technique is historically attributed to Dr. Mikao Usui (1865-1926). In William Lee Rand's book we find a good short description: " Usui Sensei was a student of medicine, psychology, religion and fortune telling, which Asians have long considered to be a worthy skill. [He] was also a member of the Rei Jyutu Ka, a metaphysical group dedicated to developing psychic abilities. As a sensitive spiritualist Usui Sensei had spent much time meditating at power spots on Mt. Kurama where he received his early Buddhist training. He enrolled in Isyu Guo, a twenty-one day training course sponsored by the Tendai Buddhist Temple located at Mt. Kurama. It was during this training that Usui Sensei experienced Reiki energy entering his crown chakra and greatly enhancing his healing abilities. Interesting parallels exists between the system of Healing Usui Sensei created and some of the symbols and philosophy practiced by the Kurama-Koyo Buddhists (formerly the Tendai Buddhists) on Mt. Kurama."
Usui had been searching for an energy technique that would heal others yet not deplete the healer of their own energy. Reiki is that technique.
Usui Sensei became a well respected teacher of Reiki and the Japanese government issued him a Kun San award for doing honorable work to help others.
For more information regarding all things Reiki please visit the International Center for Reiki Training .
The secret art of inviting happiness
The miraculous medicine of all diseases
Just for today, do not anger
Do not worry and be filled with gratitude
Devote yourself to your work. Be kind to people.
Every morning and evening, join your hands in prayer.
Pray these words to your heart
and chant these words with your mouth
Usui Reiki Treatment for the improvement of body and mind
The founder , Usui Mikao
The Reiki technique is historically attributed to Dr. Mikao Usui (1865-1926). In William Lee Rand's book we find a good short description: " Usui Sensei was a student of medicine, psychology, religion and fortune telling, which Asians have long considered to be a worthy skill. [He] was also a member of the Rei Jyutu Ka, a metaphysical group dedicated to developing psychic abilities. As a sensitive spiritualist Usui Sensei had spent much time meditating at power spots on Mt. Kurama where he received his early Buddhist training. He enrolled in Isyu Guo, a twenty-one day training course sponsored by the Tendai Buddhist Temple located at Mt. Kurama. It was during this training that Usui Sensei experienced Reiki energy entering his crown chakra and greatly enhancing his healing abilities. Interesting parallels exists between the system of Healing Usui Sensei created and some of the symbols and philosophy practiced by the Kurama-Koyo Buddhists (formerly the Tendai Buddhists) on Mt. Kurama."
Usui had been searching for an energy technique that would heal others yet not deplete the healer of their own energy. Reiki is that technique.
Usui Sensei became a well respected teacher of Reiki and the Japanese government issued him a Kun San award for doing honorable work to help others.
For more information regarding all things Reiki please visit the International Center for Reiki Training .
The secret art of inviting happiness
The miraculous medicine of all diseases
Just for today, do not anger
Do not worry and be filled with gratitude
Devote yourself to your work. Be kind to people.
Every morning and evening, join your hands in prayer.
Pray these words to your heart
and chant these words with your mouth
Usui Reiki Treatment for the improvement of body and mind
The founder , Usui Mikao
