Chakras & Reiki:
A Guide to Energy Healing
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What Are Chakras?
Chakras are energy centres within the body that influence our physical health, emotional balance and spiritual well-being. Originating from ancient India, chakras form the foundation of many holistic practices, including Reiki.
Why Are Chakras Important in Reiki?
Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive healing practice that works by channeling universal life force energy to support your natural ability to heal. Chakras play a key role in this process.
Chakra Healing with Reiki:
Chakras regulate the flow of energy throughout the body. When one or more chakras are blocked or overactive, it can lead to physical symptoms, emotional imbalance or spiritual disconnection. Reiki gently aligns and balances the chakras to support healing on every level; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Chakra alignment ensures that energy is flowing freely and harmoniously.
Reiki practitioners often intuit or sense where energy is blocked. For example:
- A blocked Heart Chakra might reflect grief or trust issues.
- An overactive Solar Plexus Chakra might present as anxiety or a need for control.
Regular Reiki sessions can bring awareness to chakra imbalances and help restore equilibrium, supporting greater peace, resilience and inner clarity.
Crown Chakra
The crown chakra is situated on the top of the head, it governs spirituality, divine connection and consciousness. It is associated with the colour violet or white.
An imbalance in the crown chakra can lead to:
Isolation and loneliness; inability to connect with others,
Lack of direction,
Inability to set or maintain goals,
Feeling disconnected spiritually.
Physical symptoms can include:
Neurological disorders,
Nerve pain,
Recurring headaches, migraines,
Insomnia,
Depression.
Third Eye Chakra
The third eye chakra is situated at the level of the forehead between the brows, it governs intuition, insight and perception. It is associated with the colour indigo.
An imbalance in the third eye chakra can manifest as:
Being stuck in the daily grind,
Unable to look beyond your problems and set a guiding vision for yourself,
Fantasies that appear more real than reality,
Lack of clarity.
Physical Symptoms can include:
Insomnia,
Waking without feeling rested,
Repeated bouts of eye strain,
Migraines or tension headaches,
Sensitivity to light.
Throat Chakra
The throat chakra is situated at the base of the neck, in the centre of the throat region, it governs communication, self-expression and truth. It is associated with the colour blue.
An imbalance in the throat chakra can manifest as:
Lack of control over one's speech; speaking too much or inappropriately. Unable to keep secrets,unable to keep your word and telling lies,
Not being able to listen to others,
Excessive fear of speaking,
Excessive secretiveness or shyness.
Physical Symptoms can include :
Frequent sore throats,
Dizziness and fatigue,
Headaches,
Anemia,
Neck and shoulder pain,
Mouth ulcers,
Asthma.
Heart Chakra
The heart chakra is situated in the centre of the chest. It governs love, compassion and relationships. It is associated with the colours green or pink.
An imbalance in the heart chakra can manifest as:
Loneliness, isolating yourself, cutting people off,
Shyness and social anxiety, feeling unable to connect with others,
Being overly critical towards yourself and others, a lack of love and compassion,
Feeling suspicious and unable to trust, especially in friendships and romantic relationships,
Feeling disillusioned, disappointed, let down or hopeless about love and relationships,
Still feeling the pain of a relationship long after it has ended.
Physical Symptoms can include:
Heart palpitations,
Chest infections,
Upper back pain.
Solar Plexus Chakra
The solar plexus chakra is situated in the upper abdomen, between the navel and rib cage. It governs confidence, self-esteem and willpower and is associated with the colour yellow.
An imbalance in the solar plexus chakra can manifest as:
Low self-esteem and a tendency to neglect self-care or self-maintenance,
A lack of personal boundaries or difficulty enforcing them,
Fear of abandonment leading to excessive dependency in relationships,
A lack of willpower,
A loss of emotional resiliency,
The need to control or dominate situations.
Physical Symptoms can include:
Disordered eating patterns,
Food sensitivities,
Bloating,
Stomach pain,
Ulcers,
Acid reflux.
Sacral Chakra
The sacral chakra is located in the lower abdomen below the navel and above the pubic bone. It governs emotions, sexuality and creativity. It is associated with the colour orange.
An imbalance in the sacral chakra can manifest as:
Bitterness,
An inability to take pleasure in things or dulled emotions,
Creative blocks or a lack of inspiration,
Feeling brittle or rigid,
Loss of sexual desire,
Toxic or dysfunctional relationships,
Feeling overlooked or insignificant.
Physical Symptoms can include:
Lower abdominal discomfort,
Issues related to the reproductive organs,
Menstrual irregularities,
Bladder problems,
Issues with the colon.
Root Chakra
The root chakra is situated at the base of the spine, it governs intuition, insight and perception. It is associated with the colour indigo.
An imbalance in the root chakra can manifest as:
Symptoms of panic and hypervigilance,
Intense feelings of self-doubt, particularly relating to taking care of yourself,
Low self-confidence and feelings or fear of abandonment,
Difficulty trusting others,
A strong need for external validation and feedback,
Unhealthy attitudes toward food, like hoarding, binging or restriction.
Physical Symptoms can include:
Backaches,
Issues with the lower intestines,
Cold extremities,
Aches in the feet and ankles,
Heart palpitations and other anxiety symptoms,
Erectile dysfunction,
Restlessness.
Earth Star Chakra
The earth star chakra is situated roughly 12 inches/30 cm below your feet. It connects you to the earth and governs stability, home life and ancestral lineage. It is associated with the colous brown and black.
An imbalance in the earth star chakra can manifest as:
feeling lonely or homesick,
feel "not of the earth",
unstable or disoriented,
not grounded or stuck,
confused as to your life's purpose.
Physical Symptoms can include:
Dizziness,
Circulation Issues,
Foot, Knee and Leg Issues,
Eating Disorders,
Disorientation,
Nervous Disorders,
Overactive Mind.
Reiki as defined by the Oxford English dictionary is:
“A healing technique based on the principle that the therapist can channel energy into the patient by means of touch, to activate the natural healing processes of the patient’s body and restore physical and emotional well-being”.
It is however, also widely accepted that Reiki healing can be given and received equally effectively hands-off or via distant healing. The Japanese word ‘Reiki’ literally translates as universal life force energy. This system of healing was developed by Mikao Usui the early 20th century. It is a non-invasive complementary therapy that has been taught and used in the UK since the late 1900s, but Eastern medicine has for thousands of years worked with this energy, recognising its flow through all living things.
Reiki supports orthodox medicine or can be used alone but is not a replacement for traditional medication or treatments. It is not based on any belief, faith or suggestion, yet, scientific research using quantum physics is starting to help us to understand how Reiki healing may work to benefit the individual. It has been suggested that in years to come it may be known as energy medicine based on scientifically measurable energy emitted from the practitioner’s hands.
Scientific research findings may help us to understand how Reiki healing works
There is much to learn and more research is necessary before a definitive explanation can be given, but research is producing very interesting results:
• When giving Reiki, practitioners have been shown to emit electro-magnetic or bio-magnetic energy from their hands. The frequencies of the energy emitted vary from one moment to the next; but many appear to correspond to those that medical researchers have identified as being the optimum frequencies for stimulating the healing process in tissues, bones and other body parts so far investigated.
• The bio-magnetic energy (or field) flowing from a practitioner’s hands has been shown to induce current flows in the tissues and cells of individuals who are in close proximity but this pulsing energy is not produced by non-practitioners of energy healing techniques.
Two ways in which these pulsing magnetic fields may stimulate repair of bone and other tissues include:
• A cascade of reactions takes place from the cell surface to the cytoplasm and on to the nucleus and genes, where selective effects on the DNA have been documented.
• A phenomenon called amplification, in which a single hormone molecule, neurotransmitter or photon of electromagnetic energy has been shown to trigger a cellular response; and in fact very tiny fields have been shown to produce the best effects, suggesting that living tissues are much more sensitive to external fields than previously considered possible.
NB: A bio-magnetic field can also be created by passing electric currents through living tissue as has been used for medical diagnoses and treatments for almost a century for example in ECG & MRI scanning.
Reiki is often referred to as an intelligent form of healing. It is suggested that this and similar energy therapies may be valuable in the prevention and remission of some serious diseases that are so costly in terms of human suffering and likely to be more expensive to health care in the future.
Source: UK Reiki Federation
www.reikifed.co.uk
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