Reiki and Mental Health

What is Reiki?


When the flow of the "Life Force Energy" is disrupted, weakened or blocked, emotional or health problems tend to occur. Imbalances can be caused from many situations occurring in our lives, such as: emotional or physical trauma, injury, negative thoughts and feelings, including fear, worry, doubt, anger, anxiety, negative self-talk, toxicity, nutritional depletion, destructive lifestyle and relationships, neglect of self and lack of love for oneself or others, from emotions that are not expressed in a healthy way.

Reiki is excellent for healing any physical, mental, emotional and spiritual issues of any kind and it gives wonderful results.

Reiki is a traditional Japanese technique based on the Eastern concepts of the seven energy centre’s (chakras) in the body and energy flow between them. It is a powerful technique that releases the negative energy of the body often responsible for poor mental health.


Mental illness is often associated with the lower Chakras of the body. These include the root chakra, the navel chakra and even the solar plexus chakra.

Root Chakra is associated with the color red. This chakra is the grounding force that allows us to connect to the earth energies and empower our beings. It controls a variety of organs including the supernal glands responsible for adrenalin production. In high levels, adrenalin has been linked by science to mental illnesses such as anxiety disorder.


The reproductive and creative centre of a human being can be found at the Sacral (Naval) Chakra. It is associated with the color orange or red-orange. This chakra often offers us the opportunity to lessen our "control issues" and find a balance in our lives, teaching us to recognize that acceptance and rejection are not the only options in our relationships. It controls the renal, lymphatic and reproduction systems, as well as gastric juices and the bloodstream. Energy blockages in this area result in emotional paralysis, reduced libido, decreased feelings of self-esteem and suicidal tendencies.

The power centre of an individual is the Solar Plexus Chakra. It is associated with the colour yellow. This is the area which defines our "self-esteem". This intuitive chakra is where we get our "gut instincts" that signal us to do or not to do something. Strong self-esteem is a required for developing intuitive skills. It is associated with the body’s automatic nervous system, spleen, digestive system, gallbladder and liver. Those with energy blockages in this area may experiences of confrontation where s/he has to be honest with their feelings, may withdraw from socializing, feel easily dejected or discouraged and experience persistent feelings of inadequacy.

A Reiki practitioner then uses the touch of their hands to clear these blockages to encourage the body’s natural healing process. Fully clothed, they will sequentially place their hands over parts of the body that correspond to the different energy centre’s, using actual touch or distant touch. This way they are able to detect energy blockages in the body that may be the cause of stress, mental or physical illness. The practitioner will then use their own energy to manipulate the body’s energy flow, relieving symptoms, and increasing feelings of health and well being.


Benefits of Reiki to Mental Health

One of the greatest Reiki healing health benefits is stress reduction and relaxation, which triggers the body’s natural healing abilities, and improves and maintains health. Reiki healing is a natural therapy that gently balances life energies and brings health and well being to the recipient.


This energetic form of medicine encourages a healthy mind by helping the individual overcome the emotional, physical, spiritual and mental issues that are often the root cause of mental illnesses.

Some Of The Reiki Healing Health Benefits

• Creates deep relaxation and aids the body to release stress and tension
• It accelerates the body’s self-healing abilities
• Can help with acute (injuries) and chronic problems, such as (asthma, eczema, headaches, etc.)
• Helps relieve pain
• Removes energy blockages, and traumas remembered in the physical body by adjusting the energy flow of the endocrine system bringing the body into balance and harmony
• Helps spiritual growth and emotional clearing
• Aids better sleep
• Improving overall immunity by assisting the body in cleaning itself from toxins and Supports the immune system
• Reducing blood pressure
• Detoxifying the body

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Over the course of a few sessions, you are bound to emerge with stronger mental health and increased feelings of well being.