Written by Purnima Chaudhari, an International Reiki Master Teacher and the Founder of New Earth Reiki.

Everything is energy.

When we treat symptoms solely at the surface level, without addressing the underlying energetic imbalances in the subtle (energetic) body, it’s basically like we’re addressing the surface while neglecting the root cause. And the same goes for living our most aligned authentic lives. We can do this much more powerfully when we know how to connect with our energetics.

The subtle body, also known as the energetic body, is the energetic blueprint that most influences humans on the physical, mental, and emotional levels. Things like stress, trauma, injuries, burdens, ancestral energies, emotional energies, and even collective energies can all create obstructions in our flow of energy, which leads to symptoms that are often labelled as anxiety, stress, or diseases.

As omniscient Source energy, Reiki has the ability to restore balance and harmony to our subtle body. By restoring the flow of our life force energy, Reiki can shift the energetic imbalances that manifest as physical or emotional symptoms and, in this way, it can restore both our health, as well as our state of true inner alignment. Alignment is essentially that state when we feel most clear, at peace, and connected with our authentic selves.

It’s no surprise that the popularity of Reiki, and energy medicine in general, is rapidly growing. Today, Reiki is considered one of the leading Energy Medicine approaches, and is well respected in the medical and scientific communities as a complementary healing modality that’s often used alongside other medical and healing practices. The Center
for Reiki Research
showcases many studies demonstrating the ways that Reiki is being used to support healing.

As a Reiki Master Teacher, I have studied many different healing modalities and worn many different practitioner hats over the past three decades and Reiki is without a doubt my absolute favourite. It has become more than a professional or self-healing practice for me: Reiki has become a way of life that supports me in everything from healing, to spiritual growth, to business guidance.

In around 2010, a personal health crisis led me to Reiki. After trying many other modalities to support my health, I was amazed at how beautifully my body responded to Reiki and how it supported my healing. I was hooked. After receiving attunements, I started practicing Reiki professionally and continue to be blown away at the results it provides for my clients and community.

Because Reiki is Universal Life Force energy of highest consciousness, this Divine Source energy knows us more intimately than we know ourselves. When Reiki flows through us, it brings those high vibrations within our being, essentially healing, harmonising, and empowering us. In this way, working with our energy is the easiest way to raise our vibration and connect with our highest alignment.

But what exactly does it mean to raise our vibration? And what is the benefit of it? When we experience low-vibration emotions like sadness, anger, grief, or jealousy, it creates discomfort, unrest, powerlessness, and limitation in our being. These emotions are a part of our human experience, but we don’t have to get stuck in these lower vibrations. The inherent qualities of Reiki are peace, joy, compassion, and love. Reiki helps us transmute the lower emotions and effortlessly lifts our vibration to a higher level of consciousness, unblocking the chakras, and optimising our well-being by bringing ease, lightness, and alignment to our body and being.

Three years ago, I faced the most difficult time in my life. Within 10 days, I suddenly lost two of the most important people in my life – my husband and my mother. I was in a state of profound shock and devastation. Through this despair, Reiki became my saving grace. It was like a soothing balm on my grieving heart, and it helped me build resilience to navigate the most difficult time of my life so far. Beyond its healing effects, the energy of Reiki actually guided me through some very pivotal decisions that I had to make at that time, including the decision to make an international move away from my home in Canada, to the Island of Hawaii. Reiki has literally empowered me to manifest my highest potential.

Through the years of my Reiki practice, I have been able to clear blocks created by fears, and to clear conditioning around money, abundance, and self-doubt. And in my career as a Reiki facilitator, Reiki Master and International Teacher, Reiki has helped me hone my gifts, and serve thousands of people around the world.

This is why I’m here: To inspire others to invite Reiki to become a way of living and being. I turn Reiki on when I shower, cleansing myself energetically. I cook with Reiki-charged hands and the food is infused with this divine energy. I even cleanse my space with it! Everything I consume gets cleansed and charged with Reiki. As I continue to explore the magical and empowering aspects of Reiki, I continue to discover new ways to apply its principles in various aspects of my life.

Practicing Reiki for daily alignment has heightened my sense of intuition and spiritual awareness. It has empowered me to live a life in alignment and I am deeply grateful for it.

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If you’re curious to learn more about Reiki, we highly recommend Purnima’s Reiki 1 & II course, which is both a highly educational and very healing experience. Purnima also offers Quantum Reiki sessions and Reiki for Animals. Learn more about her offers, and connect with Purnima here.