Reiki: What is it? What is a Reiki Master

What is Reiki?

The first time I heard of Reiki I was intrigued. I need to fully explore everything that peaks my curiosity and the idea of healing hands had been put in my head as a small child each time my playing with someone’s hair lulled them to sleep. If you ever saw my sister with braids in her hair as a kid she will confirm she slept through it. Half of my interest was “are these my people” the rest was “I KNEW IT WAS A THING!” a wave of thrilling confirmation washed over me.

That is when my journey began. I can say it’s still going because today I am a Reiki Master and regardless of your personal experience theoretically only touching someone with good intention should be a way we interact with one another, always.

Here is how John’s Hopkins defines it:

“Reiki is a very specific form of energy healing, in which hands are placed just off the body or lightly touching the body, as in “laying on of hands.” Reiki can also be done “long-distance,” as a form of prayer. According to many versions of its origin, Dr Mikao Usui, a Japanese seeker of spiritual truths, brought the Reiki method of healing into human awareness in 1922 after a deep spiritual experience. He is said to have begun teaching others after a serious earthquake hit Japan and he felt urged to spread his knowledge.”

Why would you want your trainer to be a Reiki Master?

Understanding fluid movement and the way tension is being held in muscles and the way it effects the rest of the physical body is a vital part of training. There always comes a point where it goes beyond that where training and life intersect in a way that is not what the movement community would refer to as “Activities of Daily Living/Life” (ADL) the pains that have no relation to your desk and computer. Understanding that what we bring to the table is much more than our carbon selves but energy bodies where we have the capacity to comprehend some movement deficiencies are emotional and while they may need to be rehabilitated cannot be healed without confronting the cause.

For Example: Do your shoulders hurt? Try taking the weight of the world off them. Your knees feel stiff? Attempt to be less rigid, you cannot actually control everything.

If your trainer understands you and your body as bigger than the fitness interaction your having your results can be bigger than your muscle growth.

-Megan A. Sherlock

email: sherlockfit@gmail.com