Stress can come from anywhere and it is a huge factor in preventing a restful sleep. The most common stressors can come from your own family, your workplace or even a health issue like a chronic or acute illness.

Reiki, like acupuncture, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong, alters the flow of energy in and around the body. A Reiki session is believed to facilitate relaxation, improve sleep, reduce anxiety and fatigue.

Reiki is also in high demand. According to Everyday Health, “[Reiki] is practiced by nurses and others at hundreds of hospitals and health centers across the country. It’s offered, for example, at renowned hospitals such as Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York City, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in Boston, and is a service provided at the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Rhode Island Hospital, in Providence.”

One of the unique aspects of Reiki is it has its own wisdom. Reiki knows where to go and how to heal on its own. It can promote healing on several levels; physical, mental and spiritual. This trifecta of healing provides people with an overall sense of peace and serenity.

A Reiki session does not require manipulation of bones or muscles. During a Reiki therapy session, the client remains fully clothed. The practitioner works from head to toe, laying hands on or over the body. Reiki energy flows through the practitioner's hands to the client. The client may feel warmth from the practitioner's hands and will feel a deep sense of relaxation throughout the body.

It is not uncommon for many who have benefited from Reiki to want to practice it themselves. Through a process called attunement a Reiki master can pass on the ability to perform Reiki to a student.

Reiki is a healing technique that promotes healing and reduces stress by using touch to channel energies in your body. The history of Reiki is rich with wisdom passed down from master to student. Although Reiki was first started in Japan, it also incorporates wisdom from the Hindu tradition. One of the concepts that Reiki has incorporated are the 7 chakras. Chakras are energy centers distributed throughout the body and each chakra is responsible for different aspects of wellness. Below we will share each Chakra with you with links to determine if your chakra might be unbalanced or weak.

THE ROOT CHAKRA: MULADHARA
The first chakra is called Muladhara, also known as the root chakra, which is located at the base of your spine. Having a balanced root chakra provides a solid foundation to build a healthy and happy life upon. Muladhara holds the energy related to your physical safety and security and can become blocked by your fears and insecurities. 5 Signs Your Root Chakra is Weak or Unbalanced

THE SACRAL CHAKRA: SVADHISHTANA
The second chakra is called Svadhishthana, also known as the sacral chakra, which is located in the pelvic area. The sacral chakra holds the energy related to your emotions, intimacy, and creativity. Social, culture and other issues relating to self-worth, sexuality, and relationships can cause your sacral chakra to weaken or become blocked. 5 Signs Your Sacral Chakra is Weak or Blocked

THE SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA: MANIPURA
The third chakra is called Manipura, also known as the solar plexus chakra, which is located in the spinal area. The solar plexus chakra holds the energy related to your self-confidence, identity, and personal power. Having your personal power taken from you, either because of you are another person can cause your solar plexus chakra to weaken or become blocked. 5 Signs Your Solar Plexus Chakra is Week or Blocked

THE HEART CHAKRA: ANAHATA
The fourth chakra is called Anahata, also known as the heart chakra, located in the center of the chest near your heart. The Anahata chakra holds the energy related to love, respect, compassion, joy, and the sense of belonging. Feelings of grief, clinginess, and loneliness or a general lack of self-love can cause your heart chakra to weaken or become blocked. 5 Signs Your Heart Chakra is Weak or Blocked

THE THROAT CHAKRA: VISHUDDHA
The fifth chakra is called Vishuddha, also known as the throat chakra, which is located in the center of the throat. The Vishuddha chakra holds the energy related to honesty, integrity, truth, expression, and communication. Feelings of lies of all kinds, especially the ones we say to ourselves can cause your throat chakra to weaken or become blocked. 5 Signs Your Throat Chakra Is Weak Or Blocked

THE THIRD EYE CHAKRA: AJNA
The Ajna chakra holds the energy related to insight, intuition, and wisdom. All illusions including those of time and matter can cause your third eye chakra to weaken or become blocked. Reiki helps balance the flow of energy in the body and can be utilized to release the blocked energy of a chakra. 5 Signs Your Third Eye Chakra Is Weak Or Blocked

THE CROWN CHAKRA: SAHASRARA
The seventh and final chakra is called Sahasrara, also known as the Crown chakra, which is located at the crown of your head. The Sahasrara deals with your connection to the divine, within you and all around you. Earthly attachments can cause your Crown chakra to weaken or become blocked. Reiki helps balance the flow of energy in the body and can be utilized to release the blocked energy of a chakra. 5 Signs Your Crown Chakra Is Weak or Blocked

Reiki provides deep relaxation and healing by balancing the flow of energy in the body. At Your Sanctuary For Healing we have ​a passion for holistic health and fitness to share with you. Click to learn more about our Reiki Services.

Patty Craig is an Oregon native who received her Bachelor of Science in Spanish and her Master's Degree in Education from Portland State University. After struggling with significant health complications from stress and the impacts of being an active amputee since losing her leg to cancer in childhood, Patty found remarkable relief with Reiki and Massage Therapy.

Patty has channeled her passion for Reiki and Massage to provide wellness to others. Her three primary services are listed below.

REIKI SERVICES
Reiki is a gentle energy technique for deep relaxation. Promote your body’s healing mechanisms. Relieve stress and increase peacefulness for the mind, body, and spirit. Learn more about our Reiki Services.


CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY (CST)
Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle technique working directly with the nervous system to release tension throughout the body and prompt the body to heal from the inside out. Helpful for headaches, vertigo, ADD/ADHD, post-concussion care, PTSD, and other conditions impacting the nervous system.


MASSAGE THERAPY
 Massage Therapy is a  deeply relaxing and therapeutic bodywork to relieve pain, improve posture and foster relaxation and healing. Supports with injury and surgery recovery, improves mood, and enhances a sense of well-being. Learn more about our Massage Therapy Services.

A Reiki master will tell you that Reiki is Reiki, just as water is water. Water can take many forms, but it does not change its nature. The same is true for Reiki. Reiki is still laying healing hands to activate physical and spiritual healing.

HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF REIKI
It must first be understood that Reiki exists outside of any one person’s rediscovery. It is an acknowledgment of healing nature and how to introduce that healing nature to individuals. In fact, it is that healing nature that started Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese born Buddhist monk, on his quest to rediscover Reiki. It is said that one of his students asked him about the healing miracles of Jesus. Dr. Mikao Usui responded by fasting and meditated for 21 days and then spent almost a decade using his healing touch to the less privileged.
The torch has been passed on from student to student since Dr. Mikao Usui’s death in 1926. Most notably from Dr. Chujiro Hayashi who continued in the steps of Dr. Usui by opening a Reiki clinic which remained opened until 1940. Later, Mrs. Hawayo Takata, a Hawaiian born woman of Japanese decent learned from Dr. Chujiro and began to train Reiki masters in the west. By the time she passed in 1980 she had trained 22 Reiki masters.

WHERE DO THE TIBETANS COME IN?
If we follow the lineage of Reiki master to student, we last left off with Mrs. Takata. Mrs. Takata taught Irios Ishikuro. Ishikuro taught Arthur Robertson, the man who developed Raku Kai Reiki. This standardized the style of Reiki with four levels: Levels I, II, IIIa, and IIIb. These levels still exist in Usui Tibetan Reiki, but uses Tibetan symbols instead of just Japanese kanji. In the Tibetan Reiki system, the Tibetan Dai Ko Mio is thought to unify the mind and body. It supposedly works with fire in the base chakra by lighting the sacred flame—the Kundalini energy. This energy pulls negative energy and disease from your body & mind.

The word Japanese word Reiki is formed from two words. Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy."
The most known Reiki is the Ushi Shiki Reiki Rhoho developed by Dr. Mikao Usui in the mid-1800s. Since then there have been variations, types, or modalities of the same principle of reiki. Holy Fire is a newer form of Reiki that is both powerful and gentle and provides purification, healing, empowerment and guidance.
According to Reiki.org students who study Holy Fire Reiki have experienced these qualities.

• Works continuously even when not thinking about it and spontaneously heals issues as they come up.
• Always respects free will.
• Heals deeply and quickly without distress.
• Heals relationships and interactions with others.
• Releases worry and replaces it with a sense of safety in a most pronounced way.
• Spontaneously provides guidance that is palatable for every level of life experience.
• Tends to develop all the personality traits that are healthy for a person to have such as love of self and others, kindness, patience, confidence, vitality, enthusiasm, optimism, trust, joy, peace and so forth.
• One of the more wonderful effects is a feeling of being loved. This is a deep and refined feeling that is very nurturing.
• Once received, it continues to develop itself to be more evolved and effective.

Patty Craig at Your Sanctuary for Healing in Gresham is a Holy Fire Karuna Reiki Master & Teacher. If you are interested in training or want to learn more about Holy Fire Karuna Reiki Contact Your Sanctuary For Healing to Schedule a Reiki Session or call us at (503) 492-5606.