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IN THIS CHAPTER

Describing the body’s energy

Considering your body’s aura, meridians, and chakras

Finding out how to detect subtle energy

This chapter is about energy: the energy of Reiki and the energy of your own body. The Japanese word Reiki means spiritual energy or universal life-force energy. Reiki works by activating and harmonizing your body’s own energy. Modern science is catching up with ancient traditions in seeing the human body as a wondrous interweaving of energy.

This chapter offers a road map of some of the ways to describe and find the energy systems in the body. It also discusses the nature of Reiki energy healing.

You do not need to know about these descriptions of energy in the body to give a Reiki treatment. These systems aren’t technically part of Reiki (though Mikao Usui and Chujiro Hayashi were probably aware of meridians and may have included them in their teachings). I include this information here because many in Western Reiki find it useful when performing Reiki treatments.