The flow of healing : Reiki & beyond

“Healing is the return of the memory to wholeness.”

Deepak Chopra

Trauma can shape our inner landscape, it often whispers or shouts through the body, forming layers of restless, unhealed, unattended to emotions that dam our inner flow. We can begin to release those layers — slowly, kindly, and with intention with reiki energy healing.

What is Reiki?

Reiki, to me, is the universal life energy that flows through and connects all living things. The word comes from Japan — Rei meaning “universal,” and Ki meaning “life force.” Yet its essence echoes through many wisdom traditions: Qi, Prana, Mana, Spiritus — all names for the same subtle current that animates existence itself.

As a Reiki practitioner, I act as a conduit for this energy, using the hands to help clear blockages, restore balance, and invite deep relaxation into both the physical and spiritual body. The intention is simple: to support the natural flow of energy within you.

When that energy flows freely, we often feel peace, clarity, and connection. When it becomes blocked — by stress, trauma, or emotional strain — we may feel dis-ease or imbalance. I often imagine these blockages as small dams in the river of our being. Sometimes they form quietly, built from unspoken fears or emotions left unattended. But just as water knows how to find its way back to the sea, our energy also longs to move — to flow, to heal, to return home.

How Energy Blocks Form? (and How We Can Release Them?)

I often describe the nature of energy blockages through a simple metaphor.
Imagine someone sitting quietly when suddenly they have a vision — say, of their perfect home. The image is bright and full of color. Then they put it on paper, adding lines, details, and stories. As they give it more form, it becomes more real — until one day, it’s built in the physical world and becomes a solid reality.

Emotions and trauma can work the same way. They begin as light impressions, almost ethereal. But as we feed them with worry, fear, or pain, they gain weight — becoming dense, heavy, and fixed within us. Over time, they can act like a dam, interrupting the natural current of our energy.

Reiki helps soften those places. Through intention and gentle touch, the energy begins to flow again, washing through old stories and emotional residue — not to erase them, but to bring them back into movement, back into life.

The Chakra System & Emotional Imprints

The chakra system, originating from ancient yogic teachings, maps the energetic body through seven main centres — from the base of the spine to the crown of the head — with the aura forming an eighth field around us. Each chakra is like a spinning wheel of energy, influencing emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of our lives.

When our chakras are open and balanced, energy moves easily through the system. When one is blocked or overactive, we might feel stuck, disconnected, or overly sensitive. Yet with awareness, breath, and energetic work, we can restore harmony.

Here’s a simple overview of the chakras and their emotional landscapes:

Element.          Chakra.         Governs.                 Blocked By.         Healed Through

Earth.                Root         Survival, stability,          Fear              Grounding, security, 

 Water.             Sacral     Pleasure, creativity,         Guilt.              Forgiveness, joyful 

Fire.          Solar Plexus.   Willpower, confidence.  Shame.        Self-esteem, courage, 

Air.                  Heart.        Love, compassion.          Grief           Forgiveness, empathy, 

Sound.        Throat.        Truth, communication.     Lies.         Authentic expression, 

Light.          Third Eye         Insight, intuition.       Illusion.        Clarity, inner vision, 

Thought.     Crown           Spiritual connection.   Attachment.   Faith, surrender, 

Each emotion paints a picture within us. Some are light, passing through easily; others stay longer, asking to be seen. When we ignore or resist them, they gather weight — forming emotional dams that can eventually manifest as imbalance or dis-ease.

Healing begins when we meet these inner landscapes with curiosity instead of judgment — when we breathe into the stuck places and allow energy to move again.

Reiki for Trauma Recovery

Trauma changes how we inhabit our bodies. It can scatter our sense of safety, fragment our attention, or dim our natural vitality. Often, the body remembers what the mind tries to forget.

In my experience, Reiki offers a way to reconnect — not by revisiting the story of what happened, but by softly tending to the energy that still holds it. Trauma is not something to be forced open; it is something to be met with presence. Reiki creates a space where that presence can begin to grow again.

When Reiki flows, it doesn’t push or pull. It listens. It follows the quiet pathways where the body is ready to receive, easing tension where energy has been held too tightly. Many people describe feeling warmth, light, or an unexpected calm — as if something inside them remembers how to rest.

Each session unfolds in its own rhythm. Sometimes the work is subtle — a softening of the breath, a loosening of the chest. Other times, emotions rise and release like waves. The process is always guided by the wisdom of the body itself.

Reiki can be a gentle companion to other healing practices — therapy, somatic work, meditation, movement. It does not replace them; it supports them. In the shared field of safety and intention, the nervous system begins to trust again, to find its own flow, to remember that healing is possible.

“The body knows the way home. All we have to do is listen.”

Closing Reflection

Healing is not a straight line. It is a flow — one that sometimes pauses, sometimes swells, always inviting us to listen more deeply. Reiki is simply one way of tuning into that rhythm — of remembering that the life force moving through us has always known how to heal, how to return to balance, how to find its way home we just have to give it space to do it.