Reiki Healing Services by Alison Stormwolf - Reiki Therapist

What Is Reiki?

Reiki is a beautiful method of channelling the Cosmic Energy through the hands of the Reiki practitioner into the client's energy body. It is a gentle, powerful and very relaxing treatment that can be used in almost any circumstances.

In its purest form it is an expression of divine love one to the other.

Benefits & Effects of Reiki

What To Expect During A Reiki Session
A Reiki session takes about an hour. There is no need to undress but watches and jewellery should be removed. Tight clothing should be loosened. Any anxieties should be expressed prior to commencing treatment which is performed in a quiet and sacred manner.

Requesting A Reiki Consultation If you are in the Edinburgh area and would like a personal Reiki healing session, please email me or use the online Healing Request Form. Alternatively, if you live long distance, Reiki can be requested as a distance healing.   Healing Gift Certificate Gift Certificates are also available as the perfect present to someone you love and care about. To purchase a gift certificate, please click the link below, and make sure you provide your full name and address. The cost for a Reiki session is £35 per hour.

What Does Reiki Mean?

The Japanese word "rei-ki" consists of two syllables "rei" stands for the cosmic universal aspect of the energy and "ki" is the Japanese way of expressing the universal life force permeating all living things. ( It is called Prana in yogic terms.)

It is believed to be one of the most ancient healing methods having originated in Tibet and rediscovered in the nineteenth century by a Japanese monk called Dr Mikao Usui. It has been passed down since then by Reiki masters and is now practised all over the world.

Ki energy or pranic life force is all around us from birth of course but in Reiki the practitioner goes through several "attunements" which give them the ability to channel more concentrated direct energy through their hands.
It is like tuning in a radio to a radio station. The strongest signal gives the clearest sound....so it is with reiki.

The good thing about reiki is that although the hands are placed on the receivers body in a systematic way the energy flows freely to where it is most required.

Reiki Attunements

Traditionally Reiki spans three degrees of attunements which should only be taken according to the progress of the practitioner as they adapt to the new amount of energy flowing through them. This causes some opening up and releasing of personal blockages and so should not be rushed.

Reiki I

Reiki I allows the cosmic energy to flow through your hands so you can treat yourself or other people. It is usually felt by a warmth which can be quite marked by the receiver. It can also rarely be felt as a cold sensation. I sometimes feel cold in my hands as I work while the client feels heat. Sometimes it is the other way round.

Reiki II

The second attunement should not be rushed. In this attunement the Reiki Master further opens you up to receive more concentrated energy and teaches you three sacred symbols which allow you to work more powerfully.

The reiki symbols allow you to send 'distant healing' and also concentrate on mental healing.
There is no distance in spirit and the jump from the power of Reiki one to the power of healing in Reiki two is what we call a quantum leap. In other words it bears no relation to the amount of energy you may have been able to channel before to the amount after the second attunement.

Reiki Master Degree

This should only be undertaken by those who have a heartfelt desire to give and receive Reiki and who are serious about learning more about themselves and their inner needs. The master has to be totally committed to their path and committed to "live" Reiki. This is a major step and one not to be taken lightly.

This third level demands a high level of spiritual maturity, as well as a surrendering of the ego not compatible with many lifestyles today.

I know this is not being adhered to. I see in magazine advertisements people offering to put someone through all initiations in a very short space of time.

I do not want to ruffle feathers here but as I have stated before the term "Master" is just that. Someone who has worked long and hard, gone through challenging personal breakthroughs in order to deserve that title.

It used to be that before one could become initiated into master level one had to have done a three year apprenticeship as a practising Reiki Master.

The whole purpose of mastership is to be a teacher of the true Reiki principles to others and the subsequent ability to perform the relevant attunements.

Practising Reiki

Although I have no desire at this time to teach Reiki, I am happy to practice from Reiki II level. (Many people find that they are happy to be attuned to level one and use Reiki on themselves regularly for many different conditions from insomnia to arthritis).

To practise Reiki with a clean heart we are supposed to adhere to what is called the Reiki Principles.

Reiki Principles

Just for today- thou shalt not anger
Just for today - thou shalt not worry
Be thankful for the many blessings
earn the living with honest labour
Be kind to your neighbours.

Personal Observations regarding laying on of hands and multi dimensional healing.

In the west, we shy away from touch so often. Its like we have become desensitised to everything... except the real things which matter.

Some of us are more "touchy feely" than others. Many see any bodily contact as an invasion of their private space. Yet, there is something very beautiful about the laying on of hands to another. It is an unspoken gesture which says "You are my brother / sister, you need healing, I would like to use my body as the vessel to let that free floating cosmic blessing flow through me into you. I do this with love and concern... and unconditional positive regard for you.

So "healing" is a multi faceted experience and a multi level reality. To heal the body without healing the mind is like cutting off a weed with a pair of garden shears leaving the roots underground to not only grow again but to grow with more abundance than before having been pruned.  See also Holistic Approach To Healing.

I have been with some people who have healed me just by being in their presence. These people are not saints but there is a certain power which can lift our vibrational rate by some sort of osmosis.

We all know people who we may describe as a "tonic" - people who make us feel more positive just by being around them. These people "light up a room". Energy flows from a high concentration outwards. If we saw these people with clairvoyant vision we would see that their auras are large and radiant (radiating out). For a visual example, visit the Law Of Manifestation.

It is important to put someone at their ease and if I attended a healing session of any kind where I felt I was not being respected and given individual attention I would not be returning.

Reiki - Medicine of the future

I have believed for most of my life that conventional medicine will be completely turned on its head when the majority of people see that the human 'be-ing' is a combination of several interpenetrating bodies of vibrational energy and so medicine will evolve to treat the dis-ease BEFORE it has manifested in the denser levels of the physical. At the moment we are in fact "Closing the stable door after the horse has bolted!"

In other words... all disease starts in the subtle realms and by the time it has filtered down into the physical we have had it for a long time. So much better to nip it in the bud and pull it up by the roots... and that starts in the spiritual levels of our beings.

It is now manifesting on Earth with the sudden huge increase in alternative methods of healing and taking more responsibility for our selves.

We are in fact "waking up!"

Reiki is a powerful tool to help bring back the energetic balance.