We now offer Reiki at Healthy Life Yoga!

Not sure what Reiki is? Here’s what you need to know…

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing.  Reiki (pronounced RAY-key) is a Japanese word meaning “Universal Life Force”.  This life force energy is the essence that circulated through and gives vitality to all living things.  This energy flows through the body, supporting its highest development and fulfillment.  Ancient cultures recognized life force energy to be in perfect balance when one experienced emotional stability, psychological equilibrium, and physiological health and well-being.  Reiki’s origins are found in the Tibetan sutras, and was rediscovered in the 1920’s by Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese monk-educator.

Reiki is the method for connecting this universal life force energy with the body’s own biological intelligence to foster self-healing.  If your life force is low or depleted, or there is a restriction in its flow, you become out of balance and more vulnerable to “dis-ease”.  This imbalance can manifest as illness, physical symptoms, negative behavior/attitude, or a feeling of mental or spiritual confusion/exhaustion.

Reiki is a powerful and effective method of energizing and promoting balance to heal at the source of the problem.  Reiki promotes natural healing and balance on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels.  A Reiki session may be felt in positive effects on a physical level, or result in an attitude shift, solutions to problems, clear insights, or other non physical ways.  The Reiki practitioner conducts the energy; the recipient’s innate intelligence absorbs what is needed to bring the body, mind, and spirit back to balance.  Reiki raises the energy field’s vibration levels and breaks away negative energy at the same time clearing, strengthening, healing, which allows the life force to flow in a natural and healthy way.

A Reiki session is conducted with the recipient fully clothed, usually on a massage table, and takes about an hour.  The practitioner lays her hands gently on or above the body and conducts the Reiki energy to the receiver in a series of positions over the head, torso, and legs.  A soothing warmth is most typically experienced, along with feelings of deep relaxation and peace.  Some people experience a meditative state or spiritual experience.

REIKI MAY:
– Relieve stress and tension, promote profound relaxation
– Boost the immune system
– Relieve physical symptoms
– Accelerate the body’s natural healing ability
– Balance the body’s flow of energy
– Calm and clear the mind
– Balance the emotions
– Increase energy and vitality
– Heighten intuition and creativity

Our Reiki Professional:

Donna Duffy became a Certified Massage Therapist and a Reiki I, then Reiki II Practitioner in 2001.  She went on to become a Certified Hypnotherapist and a Reiki Master-Teacher in 2004.  She became a Past-Life Regression Therapist in 2005, and became a RYT-200 in 2014.  Donna holds a B.S. degree in Holistic Health, currently has over 80 hours of Life Coach training, and has taken additional coursework/training in related areas such as Reflexology, Hospice, Acupressure, Cranio-Sacral, Medical Intuition, Aromatherapy, and Barre.

Reiki sessions and Massage Therapy at Healthy Life Yoga studio are available afternoons and some weekends in between the studio’s class times.

Reiki – hour session – $55

Massage – hour session – $70
– hour and a half – $100

For more information, please email us at info@healthylifeyoga.com or email Donna directly at donna_duffy@msn.com.