Licensed Massage Therapist Renee Walsh, owner of Alchemy of Love and Truth, in Naples, is trained in Ensofic Reiki. A spiritual healing art with roots in Japan, rei means “universal life” and ki means “energy”. Not affiliated with any religious practice, reiki is a subtle and effective form of energy work using spiritually guided life force energy that flows through all living things. Mikao Usui developed the energy healing technique that promotes relaxation and reduces stress and anxiety through gentle touch in the early 1900s. Practitioners like Walsh use their hands to deliver energy to the body, improving the flow and balance of an individual’s energy to support healing.

According to the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), an interest in complementary health care since 1990 has led to reiki being accepted and practiced in more than 800 hospitals and clinics across the U.S. A meaningful and cost-effective way to improve patient care, reiki has been reported to cause patients to heal faster. ICRT also reports that a research study at Hartford Hospital, in Hartford, Connecticut, indicated that reiki improved patient sleep by 86 percent, reduced pain by 78 percent, reduced nausea by 80 percent as well as reducing anxiety during pregnancy by 94 percent.

Describing Ensofic Reiki, Walsh says, “In this modality, the breath of God is used to awaken the ‘I am’ presence within an individual, helping them to feel more connected to the oneness of all that is. This healing modality is a process of reorienting body, soul and spirit to each other for absolute alignment. First, by destroying imbalanced physical, mental and emotional patterns that prevent our highest potential. Second, by sealing our physical vessels (bodies) to contain this highest vibration. And third, by harmonizing our structures (mental, emotional and physical) so that we can create a full life resolved of conflict.

“In the last 20 years, I’ve studied esoteric and metaphysical principles which prepared and aligned me so well for an understanding of the important basis for being a clear channel for this work. This is a great modality for those lacking passion for life, desire and feeling, as if they are stuck in a rut or off track from their potential and purpose. It awakens the desire to love and manifest the limitless light here in the physical. Space is very specially prepared. A virtual temple is created as the world of spirit is called in,” says Walsh.

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