Does Reiki Really Work?
Taking the time to receive a Reiki treatment allows us to relax and our bodies to heal.
Taking the time to receive a Reiki treatment allows us to relax and our bodies to heal.
You’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease or you have been advised to do an elimination diet by a nutritionist or dietician. What do you do?
To heal, the body needs be in a parasympathetic dominant state, which is our rest and digest mode. Reiki helps us switch to this mode, which facilitates the healing process.
A study in 2004 looked at whether Reiki could reduce insomnia and improve sleep patterns. It found that Reiki was a beneficial therapy for sleep problems since it decreased episodes of insomnia and improved sleep patterns. Reiki also had a positive effect on the parasympathetic nervous system, which is associated with relaxation.
A 2017 research paper concluded that ‘the addition of Reiki healing therapy to conventional treatment was associated with improvement in symptoms and quality of life in IBS”.