There are several ways that Reiki and energy healing can assist with our physical wellness. Over the last month we've been talking about awareness of our physical body, identifying our physical needs, and how our stress can be stored in our bodies (and possibly manifesting as physical ailments). The practice of Reiki and energy work in general can help with healing our physical body in many ways. First, Reiki will activate the Parasympathetic Nervous System, helping our bodies to enter into the "Rest and Digest" mode where our body can do its own healing. Secondly, Reiki goes to a deeper level, helping our bodies to release the blockages from our energy centers, so that our life force energy can flow smoothly through our body.
First, thinking of the parasympathetic nervous system. Our body has what's called the vagus nerve which is the main nerve of our body and innervates all of the organs of our body. I find it extremely interesting that it runs parallel to the chakra system, the energy centers of our body. They are actually placed along the midline of our body, just as the biggest nerve is, and each of the chakras, is associated with the various organs of our body as well. So there's acknowledgement, that there is association between those physical and emotional and energetic parts of our body, working together in unison. Reiki will activate the parasympathetic nervous system by stimulating the vagus nerve will activate the parasympathetic nervous system, our rest and digest mode.
Unfortunately, especially in our day and age, we're in the fight or flight mode for the majority of our lives, where the sympathetic nervous system is engaged. We are in stress mode, in fear mode, where our bodies are working on overdrive. So our heart rate is up and our body is working hard. For our healing and our restoring to happen we need to be in the rest and digest mode, where the parasympathetic nervous system is activated. So the first way that Reiki helps with your body's healing is it helps to tap into your body's own healing capabilities. We've known for many, many years about our body's amazing ability to self heal. We need to give our body that opportunity to slow down in order for it to utilize its self healing abilities. Allow our body to get into that mode and allow for the restoring and healing to happen.
The second way that Reiki can also benefit our physical wellness is on a deeper level. Reiki will always go where you need it the most. It will always be for your highest good. So, it will sometimes goes to a deeper level. As we talked about previously, we all may have stored stress in our body. That's where Reiki can come into play. It can help to release some of the stored energy and help the energy to flow through our system, like it should, without any blockages or impediment.
So with those two pieces working together Reiki can assist your physical wellness.