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What is Reiki? Reiki, (pronounced ray-key), in the Japanese Character system, is a combination of two separate words. Rei meaning universal and Ki meaning life force energy. Together their meaning is roughly Universal Life Energy or Universal life force energy. Life force energy is resides in everything you see around you, yourself included. All animals, plants, humans, have a life force energy. The ancient discipline of Qigong is the practice of gathering up this energy and directing it into parts of the body. When a person dies, this life force energy departs the body. As an exercise to feel this energy, rub your hands briskly together for one minute. Now, pull your hands apart about 1-3 inches from each other. Bring the hands in together and pull apart a few inches. Do this for a few minutes to feel the energy. That is your life force energy. You can also place your hands, palms facing you above your head. Have the fingers of both hands facing each other and keep them about 1/2 to 1 inch apart. It is also helpful if the ceiling behind your hands is white. Now, allow your eyes to go out of focus and just lazily stare at the tips of your middle fingers and then allow your eyes to view the space between your twomiddle fingers. In time, you will be able to see a haze appear around your fingers. This haze will be translucent or opal in appearance. This is your life force energy. With practice, you will also see a second layer form. This layer is have a jagged edge and be blue in color. This is a layer of your aura. When working with Reiki energies we can significantly alter and modify the layers of energy that surround each and every one of us. Reiki works on ALL levels for healing, both insideour bodies dealing with physical, emotional and mental healing, as well as, outside of our bodies dealing with the many layers of our aura (our first defense against disease and illness).