✨ Reiki is a Japanese energy healing technique that promotes physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing. Mikao Usui developed reiki in the early 1900s, deriving the term from the Japanese words rei, meaning “universal,” and ki, which refers to the vital life force energy that flows through all living things. Now, reiki is used all over the world to complement other forms of health treatments.

A trained and certified reiki practitioner acts as a conduit between you and the source of the universal life force energy. The practitioner will assess, clear, and balance your chakras (main energy centers of the body). The reiki energy flows through the practitioner’s hands to you, via gentle touch on or above your physical body. Reiki can also be sent through distance healing techniques.

Practitioners will typically give reiki treatment in a peaceful, private setting. However, the treatment can take place anywhere. During a session, the client will sit in a comfortable chair or lie on a massage table, fully clothed. The practitioner will then place their hands lightly on or over specific areas of the client’s head, limbs, and torso. You may experience the energy in the form of sensations like heat, tingling or pulsing where the reiki practitioner has placed their hands. Sometimes, people feel sensations moving throughout the body, while other people do not perceive any change at all. Most people feel very relaxed and peaceful during reiki treatment, and many fall asleep during the process.

My journey with reiki began when my partner and I were first trying to conceive. After having an ectopic pregnancy, I experienced a lot of grief and fear around trying to conceive again. I discovered Raa'na, from Touch of Light Wellness, on Facebook and had my first reiki session. I found reiki to be supportive in acknowledging and letting go of my fears and doubts. It allowed me to trust in the timing of events in my life. I also needed some deep physical, spiritual, and emotional healing after having surgery to remove one of my fallopian tubes. Soon after my first reiki session, I was pregnant with my first son and reiki has been a part of my life ever since then.

Reiki sessions have also been helpful when I needed support with baby's illnesses or sleep difficulties. Additionally, as new parents we need so much support to heal and welcome in the new chapter of our lives with gratitude and peace (and more sleep!). Self-care becomes more important than ever, but it seems like there is never enough time to fit it in. After I had my second child, I finally felt called to train to become a reiki practitioner so that I can incorporate reiki energy healing into my daily life.

The universe has been giving me signs that I am ready to share reiki with others. I am here to support you in your healing journey.

​With love and gratitude,

Teresa Snyder, M.S., CCC-SLP