Reiki and its connection with medidation, My Experience

In recent years, meditation has exploded in popularity, and it is now firmly entrenched in our popular culture. We constantly hear about new scientific research in the news, we can simply download meditation applications to our smartphones, and we may have noticed local meditation courses or groups forming near our homes. Meditation appears to be much more than a spiritual practice, and is now generally considered as a health activity lauded and even prescribed by doctors and medical experts across a wide range of professions.

In contrast to this current tendency, the Reiki learners community has a long history of learning and practicing meditation practices in addition to Reiki. The Gassho Meditation, which is similar to mindfulness meditation in that we focus our attention and gently refocus when we become aware of thinking, is one of the practices I teach. While this and other meditation techniques may help us improve our Reiki practice, let us compare and contrast general meditation approaches with Reiki practice.

Like many beginning Reiki practitioners, I assumed that learning to meditate and doing it on a daily basis would help me become a better practitioner. I tried to keep a regular meditation practice, but it was difficult for me to do so. Over the years, I would begin with a strong and constant dedication, but eventually, I would meditate less and less frequently, and then, feeling as if I had failed, I would repeat the process. As a consequence, I've never felt like I've been able to reap the advantages I expected from meditation practice if I just stuck with it.

I went to my first mindfulness meditation group meeting on that pivotal day. The experienced leader invited the regular participants to identify themselves and share what advantages they had gained from practicing mindfulness meditation on a regular basis. Each participant had a turn sharing their own outcomes, which included less stress, worry, and anxiety, improved sleep, enhanced optimism, and reduced chronic pain, among other well-documented advantages. The final woman then presented a description that struck a chord with me. She mentioned that she used to respond to events in her life as though they were happening right at the tip of her nose. She described how this resulted in her feeling more balanced in her interpersonal connections, more at peace inside herself, and a sense of being a part of life's flow rather than merely being influenced by it.

Though Reiki practice encompasses a little more than the doctor's explanation, it is undeniable that his definition applies to Reiki. Reiki practitioners do not guide the session with their brains, but rather allow the energy to do it. While providing Reiki, they frequently report sensations of expansion and oneness. Of course, Reiki relieves stress, as has been extensively reported, and I, as have other Reiki practitioners I've spoken with, frequently have incredible creative inspiration, solve difficulties, and receive answers to queries.

In addition to these advantages for Reiki practitioners, persons who get Reiki therapy frequently claim similar advantages. When compared to actively conducting one meditation session, passively receiving one Reiki session may have similar outcomes. Another connection between practicing and receiving Reiki and meditation is that frequent sessions result in deeper, longer-lasting changes on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions.

Given the similarities between Reiki and meditation, it may be time to reconsider Reiki practice and consider it a sort of meditation in and of itself. Then, while describing Reiki to others, we may begin to include this part of Reiki in our presentations. Reiki's recognition as a genuine supplemental therapy may expand as the popularity and scientific backing for meditation grows, resulting in it becoming more readily available to help a growing number of individuals.