How does reiki relieve symptoms?
The healing energy of reiki is deeply relaxing. Tension itself causes many physical symptoms, including muscle pain, headache, and gastro-intestinal discomfort. To be completely relaxed, in every muscle and joint, is an excellent beginning to healing. The body has wonderful recuperative abilities, but tension—with its higher blood pressure, faster heart rate, shallower breathing, etc.—interferes with the healing ability of the body. The first thing reiki does is to relax the person, release tension from the muscles, and allow deeper, more healthful breathing. Unmedicated relaxation (no drugs involved) is a therapy all by itself. Reiki is a wonderful way to achieve this.
