What is Crystal Reiki?
Crystal Reiki is a unique method of holistic healing which combines the powerful energies of Reiki together with the therapeutic and healing properties of crystals. This technique amplifies healing in a powerful way.

Let me explain the benefits and how these two powerful healing modalities can work together...
Reiki energy is channeled from the Universal Life-Force, through the practitioner’s hands to the client.
This energy transference goes to the deepest level; the ‘higher self’ or ‘soul self’ of the person receiving the healing. This brings about healing to an aspect of the body to where it is most needed.

Reiki also works to cleanse the aura of negativity and impurities. Why is this so important? Because we want to attract positive people and situations into our life, rather than negative ones. Over time, our aura becomes "dirty", this is due to various negative factors in our environment (emotional, mental and physical). When this happens, we attract negative energy, instead of positive energy because ‘like attracts like’. Illness and disease is first registered in the energy field (the aura) before it manifests in the physical body so it makes sense to ensure our aura is clean at all times. Prevention is always better than cure!

Traditional Usui Reiki
The Japanese word Reiki is usually translated as ‘Universal Life-Force Energy’. Reiki is a safe, gentle, non-intrusive ‘hands on healing’ technique, which uses spiritual energy, transferred from practitioner to client, to treat physical ailments without using pressure, manipulation or massage. However, it is much more than a physical therapy. It is a holistic system for balancing, healing and harmonizing all aspects of the person on all levels; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. It can also be used to encourage personal growth and spiritual awareness.

It is believed that the technique is thousands of years old, originally came from the Mu people (short for Lemurians – from the time of Atlantis and Lemuria), passed to Tibetan Buddhist monks and rediscovered by a Japanese Buddhist priest, Mikao Usui (1865- 1926), who, after many years of study, discovered a way of accessing and using this healing energy, and of passing this ability on to other people.

Rei – Spiritual Wisdom
The word “Rei” is translated as the ‘wisdom and knowledge of all the Universe’ or ‘atmosphere of the Divine’.
It means the Higher Intelligence that guides the creation and functioning of the Universe; the wisdom that comes from God (or the Source, the Creator, the Universe or All That Is), which is all knowing, and which understands the need and the cause of all problems and difficulties, and how to heal them.

Ki – the Life Force
Ki or Chi in Chinese, Prana in Sanskrit, Mana in Hawaiian, is the vital Life-Force energy that flows through all living things. It has been identified by all cultures and consequently has a variety of names. Ki surrounds and animates all life and is the primary source of our thoughts, emotions and spiritual existence.

Martial artists use Ki in physical and mental development. Shamans, past and present, have used the same energy for spiritual development and awareness as well as healing and manifestation. All healers, regardless
of discipline, employ Ki. It is the non-physical energy that can be accumulated by the body, and guided by
the will.

Therapeutic Crystals and how they work
Crystals have been used for tens of thousands of years, dating back to Lemuria and Atlantis. Crystals work through vibration; rebalancing the energy field that surrounds and interpenetrates the physical body; thus activating and balancing the chakras. This is vital for our well-being as each chakra interacts with the physical body through two major vehicles, the endocrine system and the nervous system.

Each crystal has its own unique vibration or energy frequency, which interacts with our body to bring about the necessary changes needed for healing. This may come in the form of a change in a core belief or perception, or a release of a repressed emotion held in the subconscious mind.

For any form of healing to occur we need to understand the cause of what makes us ill and what our body is trying to communicate to us. Any pain or discomfort which is brought into our experience is the loudest message our body can give us; to draw our attention to the fact that something is not right, in other words there is some dis-ease in the body. Crystals work to balance and harmonize all parts of our psyche and once we make this connection, we are able to make the necessary change so that the illness can be released, and harmony restored.

While conventional medicine concentrates more on the cure and ways to suppress the symptoms by use of drugs and medications, holistic therapies such as Crystal Reiki, work more on the cause; by releasing negativity and suppressed emotions from the energy field before they manifest into the physical body.

As healing is a uniquely personal process, a crystal layout is chosen to suit a person’s individual needs.
When the crystals are placed on the body they will interact with the energy field, bringing relief and insight into the cause of the illness or imbalance in the body.

Whether you want to release an emotion, let go of outdated beliefs, enhance a particular attribute, need extra energy, relieve stress and anxiety, detoxify your body, enhance your intuition and psychic abilities or heal emotional wounds; crystals can help you achieve all of this and more!