Interested in Reiki self healing? This blog post discusses how to heal yourself with Reiki.
Reiki Basics Series: How To Do Reiki
Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master-Teacher Jessica Hitch received her Reiki I attunement from Pamela Mauras of Ascension Healing in 2009 and from Karen Harrison, a senior licensed teacher with the International Center of Reiki Training, in 2013.
In this Reiki Basics Series, the Dallas Reiki Master shares Reiki techniques and answers Reiki questions to help new Reiki practitioners understand how to do Reiki. She has seen countless Reiki benefits in her years of experience as a Reiki Master-Teacher in Dallas, TX.
You Can Heal Yourself
It is possible to heal yourself, and Reiki self-healing can help you on your journey to health! Reiki is a form of energy healing from Japan. A Reiki attunement activates your ability to channel this powerful healing energy for yourself and others.
Ill health and lack of wellbeing arise from blocks in the flow of vital life force energy (qi, chi, or prank). In Reiki class, you will learn how to scan your body and energy field so that you can sense where the qi is disrupted. By identifying areas where there is “sick qi” (also known as Byosen), you will know where the Reiki energy needs to flow to help you heal yourself!
If you’d like to learn more about “What Is Reiki?” check out this video:
What Is Reiki Self-Healing?
Reiki self-healing involves placing your hands on your own body and letting the Reiki flow where it is needed. Reiki self-healing feels very good, peaceful, and soothing. By performing a Byosen scan on yourself, you can feel where your energy flow is weak or damaged and focus your healing Reiki energy there.
Healing Myself with Reiki
How do I know that healing yourself with Reiki is possible? I have used Reiki to heal myself and seen amazing results!
In 2012, I was bedridden and crippled with Lyme disease and rheumatoid arthritis. I have given myself daily Reiki treatments for 10 years, and my doctor recently told me my RA is in remission. I no longer need to use a wheelchair or cane, and I am now very fit and active! I not only walk, but I run, dance, do yoga, and lift and carry things.
When I was diagnosed in my twenties, I had a specialist tell me to get in a wheelchair and give up hiking. He saw no hope for me, and told me my situation would only decline. He wanted me to take expensive and harsh medicines to treat my disease, but instead I sought holistic treatments and gave myself Reiki.
Now, I am hiking and need no mobility aids, plus I achieved remission without any medication other than nutritional supplements. I am so glad I no longer take Methotrexate or Humira. Instead, I manage symptoms with a balanced lifestyle and a strict autoimmune Paleo diet.
I give myself Reiki every day, and I receive Reiki from others seasonally. Reiki has helped me identify where my energy was blocked, and the Reiki energy flowed to help correct these issues. As my vital life force energy flow improves, so do my symptoms (physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually). I am grateful I had my Reiki attunement when I became unwell because I have seen great effects from Reiki self-healing for rheumatoid arthritis.
You can learn more by watching this video:
I even had my experience (“Holy Fire Reiki Helps Heal Disabling Conditions“) published in Reiki News magazine in Fall 2018! I am so grateful Reiki has helped me recover my mobility and heal. Reiki helps our bodies relax so that they can heal. Our body has a powerful healing wisdom, and if we are able to tune into it, it can help guide us to improved wellbeing.
Healing Yourself with Reiki
If you are wondering if you can heal yourself with Reiki, the answer is yes! Reiki is a loving healing energy that flows wherever it is needed.
To begin Reiki self healing, get a Reiki attunement in a Reiki class with a Reiki master. A Reiki attunement activates your flow of Reiki so that you can channel the healing energy for yourself.
Reiki is the energy of healing love, so it cannot cause harm. Reiki helps your body relax so it can heal itself. Reiki will flow where it is most needed to help restore balance in your energy system. No particular healing outcome is guaranteed, but Reiki will flow with wisdom to where it is needed to help improve your energy body.
When energy flows smoothly through our chakra system, we experience vitality. When energy is blocked, we experience ill health. Reiki self treatments improve the flow of your vital life force energy through your chakras. As your energy system improves, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health can also improve.
Reiki can be combined with any form of healing modality, so you can use it in addition to whatever medicines or treatments that you need to manage your health.
Healing Your Emotional Self with Reiki
Reiki healing energy corrects the flow of our vital life force so that we can experience wellbeing. Many people suffer from emotional imbalances such as depression and anxiety. Reiki self-treatment helps replenish your qi energy so that your emotional body can find equlibrium and your emotional health can improve.
This video tells more about how Reiki helps depression:
In my experience working on myself with Reiki self-treatment, many of my physical aches and pains were connected to emotional imbalance. The upset emotions in turn were connected to energy blocks. By treating the root cause (the energy blocks), I have been been able to gradually improve my emotional wellbeing.
Reiki can help with deep emotional wounds. Giving yourself Reiki healing is a natural treatment that can help alleviate suffering due to suicidal thoughts, despair, and depression.
How To Do Reiki on Your Self
Giving yourself Reiki is easy, safe, and pleasant. Here is how to do Reiki on your self:
- Get a Reiki attunement from a Reiki master. You can begin healing yourself with Reiki Level 1.
- Invite the Reiki energy to flow.
- Scan your energy field and note the byosen levels. You will know the byosen level by paying attention to the sensations in your Reiki hands. Heat in the hand indicates a need for healing, while tingling, pulsation, cold, or pain in your hand signal a more severe energy block.
- Begin treating areas in order of concern. The byosen will indicate where you are most severely in need of Reiki. When you feel byosen, pull your hand away from your body until you no longer sense the byosen. Begin treating your energy body at this spot, and continue to pull your hand closer as the byosen vanishes from treatment. Over time, you will place your hand on the body as the disrupted energy is cleared from your aura.
- Pay attention to the feeling of Reiki flowing. You will notice it pulses from your hands, and then tapers off. You will be able to tell based on the sensations in your palms when you have received enough Reiki.
- Treat the areas most in need of healing first, then cover the rest of your body using self Reiki hand positions or by following your intuition.
Reiki Self Treatment: Self Reiki Hand Positions
Where to Place Your Hands for Reiki Self Treatment Hand Positions and Reiki Self Healing Hand Positions
Most often, I will use my intuition to know where to place my hands for Reiki self healing. Reiki is a wise healing energy, and it will flow where it is most needed. It is also helpful to know some standard Reiki self treatment hand positions. You can use these as a guide for treating the entire body in your Reiki self healing.
- Top of head (at crown)
- Over ears
- Over eyes
- Around jaw
- Front and back of neck
- Shoulders
- Elbows
- Upper chest
- Mid-body
- Lower abdomen
- Upper back
- Mid-back
- Lower back
- Hips
- Thighs
- Knees
- Calves
- Ankles
- Feet
Reiki Rays offers an awesome downloadable PDF chart with the Reiki self-healing hand positions. Check it out for a graphic representation of the Reiki self healing hand positions.
This post, “What Is a Reiki Attunement?” is part of the Reiki Basics Series. Dallas-Fort Worth Reiki master-teacher and clairvoyant psychic medium Jessica Hitch explains the fundamentals of Reiki energy healing.
Other posts in this series include: