What is the difference between Reiki and energy healing?

To put it simply, the relationship between the two is to include and be included - Reiki is a specific practical school under the energy healing system, while energy healing is the collective name for all healing methods with the core logic of "adjusting the energy of the life field", and the scope is much larger.

When I was interviewed at the studio, at least three out of ten clients who came for consultation for the first time would confuse the two. Last time, a girl asked me about her experience record of quantum touch therapy before and asked me if it was the same as Reiki. In fact, it is quite different. Energy healing in a broad sense almost runs through the traditional healing wisdom of all civilizations. In Chinese medicine, Zhuyou and moxibustion are actually in line with the logic of energy adjustment. Kundalini awakening in India, flower essence healing in the West, crystal arrangement, acoustic healing and even singing bowls that have become popular in recent years can all be classified into the general category of energy healing. The paths of different schools The paths vary widely. Some rely on guiding patients to activate their own inner energy, some rely on the frequency of external objects to calibrate the disordered energy field of the human body, and still others use the energy of the therapist's own practice to help patients clear blockages. There is no unified operating standard. The core is the consensus that "people's physical and mental problems are essentially blockages, imbalances or defects in the energy field."

The reason why Reiki has become the branch of energy healing with the widest audience in the world is precisely because its rules are the clearest and the threshold is relatively low. It originated from Usui Onuo in Japan at the beginning of the last century. The entire system has a very fixed inheritance process. Whether it is the first level, the second level or the master level, it must be "initiated" by a teacher with regular inheritance, which is equivalent to helping you open the channel to conduct the life energy of the universe. In the healing process, you are just a "channel" and do not need to mobilize your own internal power. Unlike some schools that rely on their own energy output, the healer will feel exhausted after completing the case. I have been doing Reiki healing myself for five years. Every time I do it for clients, I feel very enlightened. This is why.

Of course, there has been ongoing controversy within and outside the industry regarding the effectiveness of the two. Most of the arguments of supporters come from massive case feedback. Now many palliative care departments in European and American hospitals have incorporated Reiki into auxiliary care projects to help patients with advanced cancer relieve the nausea, pain and anxiety caused by chemotherapy. There is indeed a lot of empirical data. ； Opponents insist that all effects come from the placebo effect. There are currently no repeatable double-blind experiments that can prove the existence of "energy", which essentially belongs to the category of psychological suggestion.

Last month, I picked up an Internet operation girl who stayed up all night for three weeks. When she arrived, her eye sockets were so blue that she looked like she had been beaten. She said she had kept her eyes open for four consecutive days until dawn. I had done a crystal array energy therapy before and said that the tightness in my back felt relieved, but my mind still couldn't stop when I lay down. Later, a friend recommended Reiki. She didn't speak the whole time while doing it. After it was over, she said that there was a warm and warm air flowing into the top of her head, which made her feel numb. She fell asleep for seven hours when she went back that day. When she woke up, she thought she had fainted. But I have also encountered cases where I didn’t feel any sensation after the treatment. I can only say that different healing methods are suitable for different people, and there is no need to mythologize any one method. If you are new to this area, you can try several different energy healing methods first. You don’t need to worry about the name. The most important thing is that you feel comfortable and can solve problems.