The Reiki Benefits
COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH TREATMENTS
Those whom have had the fortune to experience a Reiki treatment realise the importance of balancing their system and how it assists in better coping with a wide range of health conditions, including stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain etc.
Reiki is sort after to help with one energy levels or the management of one’s daily life emotions. Some follow Reiki for the spiritual journey to gain a deeper sense of life’s meaning.
Reiki has many benefits, it is a humble process with the ability to produces quite reflective effects. The main purpose is to support the physical body, but also to promote a positive mind by providing a means to handle emotional dramas that occur in everyday life.
You do not need to be ill to experience what Reiki has to offer, you just a willing and open mind to make a difference to you general well-being.
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(Reference for this page: http://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/health-benefits-of-reiki/)

Stress reduction and relaxation are the best proved health benefits of Reiki. Actually, this Japanese energy healing therapy is designed to trigger your body’s relaxation response and reduce stress. Most ailments today are somehow linked to the stress factor, be it environmental stress, work stress, or emotional stress. In fact, most of the therapy’s health benefits are based on these factors.
Stress can lead to irregular heart rhythms that could result in angina or stroke.
Stress triggers gastrointestinal problems because common hormones such as leptin and ghrelin regulate the brain and stomach. Eating disorders are a common consequence of stress, since you tend to overeat when you are stressed out, or you have an aversion to food. Mood disorders and many psychological problems arise because of stress.

Changes in mood are very much associated with anxiety and depression. A number of studies have demonstrated overall mood benefits with Reiki.
The benefits are specific to those with negative mood. The studies showed that once your mood improves, the improvements are accompanied by reduced anxiety. Not only does your anxiety reduce, you can also see significant decrease in depression, anger, and confusion.
Your positive energy increases and the loss of vigour that comes with depression also improves.
(Reference: http://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/health-benefits-of-reiki/)

An interesting study published in the journal Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine which compared the effectiveness of improving range of motion through physical therapy and Reiki, found that both showed the same effect in improving the range of motion (ROM) of the affected part.
These results suggest that the beneficial effects of Reiki and on ROM may arise from alterations in local joint or muscle structures rather than the pain system.
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‘A friend of mine went into the hospital for some reconstructive surgery due to breast cancer. After a couple of weeks, I saw her husband and inquired about her health. He was devastated and told me that she had developed a severe infection and had been running a fever of 104 degrees for several days and the doctors did not know where it was coming from. He said they believed her organs could begin to shutdown. I began to send Reiki to her immediately. Upon my arrival the next morning, she looked wonderful! I asked her how she was and she said it was amazing. She woke up that morning and her temperature was completely normal. She felt great! The doctors had no explanation for her healing.’ – As told by Kathleen

Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of symptoms associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic conditions, affects a substantial and increasing percentage of the world population. Physical activity is perhaps the best way you can improve the outcomes of metabolic syndrome, but Reiki too has shown to be equally effective.
Many individuals, such as those who are overweight and sedentary and at highest risk for the metabolic syndrome, may be unable or unwilling to participate in conventional types of physical activity such as strength training and gym-based exercises. Mind-body modalities are simple, economical, non-invasive therapies, easy to learn, and can be practiced easily by individuals who may experience potential limitations in mobility,’ according to Joel Anderson and Ann Gill Taylor at Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies, University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, USA.
Although the researchers did not specifically mention Reiki, they supported the potential clinical effectiveness of mind-body therapies as supportive care modalities for management of metabolic syndrome, especially insulin resistance and high blood pressure

Reiki, or for that matter, any mind-body therapy cannot cure cancer. But they can effectively treat associated symptoms of cancer such as depression, pain, and fatigue. For example, in a study published in the journal Integrative Cancer Therapy, researchers reported that treatment with Reiki for 5 consecutive days, followed by 1-week no treatment, then 2 additional Reiki sessions, in various cancer patients could significantly decrease tiredness, pain, and anxiety, and improve quality of life.
In the same vein, Reiki relieves pain from migraine, sciatica, and arthritis. It also helps reduce symptoms of asthma, menopause, and insomnia.

Reiki not only heals you physically, it also heals you emotionally. One of the most endearing effects of Reiki is that it can enhance your capability to love, to empathize as it enables you to deeply connect with people. It can strengthen your relationships. It can heal your personal relationships. Reiki brings about inner peace and harmony, the essential qualities of spiritual growth. It ‘cleans’ and clears your emotions.
Reiki is thus fast becoming an accepted presence in hospitals and clinics maybe because the healing approach is non-traumatic and easily integrated with conventional therapies.

Experts are not really sure how Reiki works to improve the range of motion in a joint. But it seems that Reiki is just as effective as physical therapy in improving this outcome. Many people believe that Reiki works by altering the muscle structure of the joint which improves pain levels and movement.

Reiki also helps you sleep better, since it improves feelings of relaxation and lessens stress. And better sleep means a much healthier life. Sleep promotes healing and good sleep is linked with cutting the risk of a variety of different diseases.

Dissolving energy blocks in the body is one of the main health benefits of Reiki. Reiki helps to promote the natural balance of body and mind and it removes barriers to wellbeing that manifest themselves as blocks in the body.
