The Wonder of Reiki and Why Come and Learn this Ancient Healing Art
What is Reiki?
Reiki is an ancient form of energy healing that is completely safe as it helps to move energy that has become stuck within our own energetic system and muscles. Having studied acupuncture, I like to explain it in this way. Instead of seeing yourself as just a physical solid being, for a moment consider yourself as a light being. Just as blood flows through your blood vessels, if it gets stuck it’s called a blood clot. Energy mainly flows through the meridians (energy channels) and when that doesn’t flow as properly it too can get stuck, and we refer to it as a qi (energy) stagnation.
So quite simply when we bathe ourselves in Reiki energy every day, by placing our hands in the traditional 12 positions, or directly over a painful body part, or over our abdomen (if we are feeling anxiety and stress), then the Reiki energy helps to raise the vibrational frequency of these energy stagnations. This helps the energy to flow again and supports the physiology of the body do its own healing as it’s designed to do. Reiki works on our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. It helps the wonders of our own physiology to work at its optimum, supporting our own and other peoples healing.
How do we get qi stagnations?
We all get qi stagnations, through mainly physical, emotional and mental causes. If we have a cold, mucous in our nasal passages and lungs will result in the energy not flowing as freely as it can. If we have osteo-arthritis in our joints, the physical degeneration of the joint can result in pain, stiffness and reduced mobility. This in turn can lead to low mood and despondency, poor sleep patterns and a withdrawing from activities. By applying Reiki on a daily basis, the Reiki raises the vibration, helping to move the qi stagnation and help the energy to flow again. As a trained orthopaedic physiotherapist, I saw people’s pain and swelling reduce, mobility improve, and sense of well-being return again time and time again.
Qi stagnations are part of our daily life. Stress causes the shoulders to tense, therefore energy starts to get blocked around the shoulders and neck. We may experience headaches or a general feeling of the tension. Apply Reiki, it goes to the root cause, which in this case is your anxiety and worry. As the Reiki raises your vibration, you may find you feel calmer, gain clarity, the shoulders relax you start to breathe a little easier, the knot in your stomach eases. You can cope.
Who can learn Reiki?
Anyone is my simple answer. I have trained orthopaedic consultants to various medical professionals to anyone, including children who wish to learn the art of healing. You do not need to come into the training knowing anything as the first level gives you an in-depth weekend of the foundation to Reiki for yourself and starting to work with your friends, family, pets and nature. You will see the progression on my Reiki Course pages.
Many people come by themselves and leave with a wonderful array of like-minded friends that stay in touch as you heal and grow together. Please take some time to read the testimonials and particularly the journey testimonials which share with you the deep growth and unfolding that happens along the way.
Why come and learn with Victoria Lyon’s International School of Reiki?
This school is based on the foundation of a pure lineage and 30 years of my own daily practice and working with clients in all settings and teaching for nearly 3 decades.
With that comes a known truth based on experience. If you train in this school, taking your time to unfold, dropping into weekend retreat experiences, development days, on-line teachings, receiving on-going support from myself and your fellow students then something beautiful happens.
You will find yourself again. Your confidence will grow. Those parts of you that you don’t like as much become less as we learn to live more with compassion for self and others. We learn to forgive ourselves and others. Our true purpose becomes clearer. We see problems more as challenges and we cope better when life, which it will, throws us a wave. Reiki helps us to surf that wave together, not sinking and feeling alone.
Your physical body will in time feel stronger, more vibrant as you manage your symptoms or they can simply resolve.
I first found Reiki when I put out a call to the universe after my mum had died age 23.
“Help me help others who believe there is nothing that can be done for them, for I do not believe this.”
Reiki came into my life as an answer and with this beautiful energy so intrinsically woven into the fabric of my being, an energy of love, healing took place. Within me, within my thousands of students over 30 years, within the thousands of people who have received Reiki energy from us all.
