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            How Does Reiki Work? How to Know If You Need a Reiki Healing

            Published by Wendy Wisner on January 27, 2026
            A woman asks the question at Radiant You, "Do I Need Reiki?"

            A woman asks the question at Radiant You, "Do I Need Reiki?"

            When you’re in pain—physical pain, emotional pain, or deep exhaustion that won’t go away—Reiki can help calm a body stuck on high alert. Muscles tighten. Sleep suffers. Your nervous system never fully relaxes.

            Imagine your body taking a deep, full breath—then letting go.
            That’s Reiki.

            Reiki is an ancient Japanese healing practice that helps your body relax, reset, and heal itself. It works by gently channeling Universal Life Force Energy—the energy that sustains all life—through a Reiki Master and into your energy system.

            • The result is subtle but powerful.
            • Your nervous system calms.
            • Your thoughts slow down.
            • Your body finally gets the message that it’s safe to relax.

            And when stress melts away, healing can begin.

            What a Reiki Healing Can Feel Like

            “My Reiki session with Wendy Wisner was an incredible experience. Her energy is calm, kind, and nurturing presence put me at ease. I felt a deep sense of relaxation and release. I left feeling lighter, more balanced, and emotionally refreshed. If you’re looking for someone who genuinely cares and creates a safe, peaceful space for powerful healing, I highly recommend Wendy.” – LEE J

            The Science Behind How Reiki Works

            National Institutes of Health describes Reiki this way:

            “The Reiki Master channels energy…much like a garden hose is a channel for water. Free-flowing energy releases stress and tension to create deep relaxation that encourages the body’s natural healing mechanisms to reengage.”

            During a Reiki session, the Reiki Master may use light touch, hover their hands just above your body, or send Reiki from a distance. There’s no pressure or manipulation—only steady, soothing energy flowing exactly where your body needs it most.

            Distance doesn’t weaken Reiki—it works just as powerfully in person or remotely.

            Reiki activates the parasympathetic nervous system —the part responsible for rest, repair, and healing. As your nervous system shifts out of fight-or-flight, the body can release pain, calm anxiety, and restore balance.

            How Reiki Works in (Energy Healing Language)

            From an energy healing perspective, Reiki restores balance by clearing blocked energy within and around the body—deep withing the cells. It helps release congestion in the chakras, meridians, and energy centers where pain and emotional experiences are often stored.

            At the same time, Reiki unwinds tension in the body, quiets racing thoughts, and lifts emotional weight—all at once.

            Reiki doesn’t force change. It invites the body to soften, reorganize, and remember how to heal naturally.

            Why Reiki is Offered by Most Top Hospitals

            Although Reiki has ancient roots stretching thousands of years, it’s now widely embraced by modern medicine. Many top hospitals offer Reiki as a safe, non-invasive complementary therapy, including Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Their vulnerable post-surgery and cancer patients are the primary recipients because Reiki helps people heal faster.

            Hospitals use Reiki to support patients experiencing pain, anxiety, illness, surgery, and recovery. Nurses and volunteers often receive Reiki training through hospital programs and organizations like the American Nurses Association.

            Research shows Reiki can:

            • Decrease stress, anxiety, and depression
            • Improve sleep
            • Boost mood and emotional balance
            • Reduce pain
            • Increase energy and overall wellbeing

            How to Know If You Need a Reiki Healing

            Most people don’t seek Reiki because everything is going great. They seek Reiki because something hurts—or feels heavy, stuck, or overwhelming.

            Ask yourself:

            • Do you live with ongoing physical pain, tightness, or discomfort that doesn’t fully resolve?
            • Do you feel emotionally raw, overwhelmed, or worn down?
            • Are you stuck in fight-or-flight, unable to fully relax?
            • Do you struggle with sleep, racing thoughts, or constant tension?
            • Have you experienced grief, trauma, illness, surgery, or a major life change?
            • Do you feel disconnected from yourself or not quite like you used to?
            • Do you sense your body needs something gentler—but deeper—than talk or medication alone?

            If you answered yes to even one of these, Reiki may help.

            Reiki supports people in pain by calming the nervous system, easing physical discomfort, releasing emotional weight, and restoring energetic balance—without forcing change or reliving trauma.

            Many people come to Reiki after they’ve “tried everything else.” What they discover is that their body didn’t need more effort—it needed permission to rest and heal.

            Gentle, Safe, and Accessible to All

            Reiki is gentle enough for anyone. After receiving an attunement from a Reiki Master, people can safely practice Reiki on themselves or others. When energy flows freely, the body remembers how to heal.

            When energy flows freely, the body remembers how to heal.
            Reiki doesn’t force change—it invites it. Calm replaces chaos. Ease replaces tension. And healing unfolds naturally, from the inside out.

            How You Will Feel After Your Reiki Healing

            Many people leave a Reiki session feeling:

            • Deeply relaxed
            • Lighter in their body and emotions
            • Calmer and more grounded
            • Less pain or tightness
            • More rested and clear

            Some feel warmth or gentle sensations during the session. Others notice changes afterward—better sleep, easier breathing, or a renewed sense of balance.

            Ready to Experience Reiki for Yourself?

            If you’re living with pain, emotional overwhelm, or a nervous system that won’t slow down, you don’t have to carry it alone.

            ✨ Schedule your Reiki Healing today and give your body the chance to rest, reset, and heal—gently and naturally.

            About Wendy Wisner: Your Reiki Master & Intuitive Energy Healer

            Wendy Wisner is an Intuitive, Spiritual Healer, Jin Kei Do and Usui Reiki Master, and educator. She runs Radiant You, a holistic wellness center, that offers Reiki and other types of energy healing as well as Reiki Master, Intuitive Energy Healer, and Energy Clearing certification programs. Wendy blends energy healing with Divine insights to guide your release of limiting beliefs to heal your body and emotional wounds from trauma. With Wendy, you reignite your passion for life as you rediscover the radiant you within—healing your emotions and relationships.

            With expertise in Reiki, Chakra Healing, Intuitive Energy Healing, Sound Healing, Energy Clearing, Psychic Spiritual Readings, Dowsing, and Access Bars, Wendy empowers clients to heal themselves and others.

            Restore your belief that, “I’ve got this” with Wendy Wisner or Rodrigo Ortiz as your Reiki Master, Intuitive Energy Healer, or teacher to heal yourself and others. Rodrigo provides healing in English and Spanish. If you first language was Spanish, consider this to unlock those childhood traumas in the language they were created. Both Rodrigo Ortiz and Wendy Wisner are Reiki Masters in the Usui Shiri Hyoo and Reiki Jin Kei Do traditions.

            All services complement allopathic medical and psychological care provided by traditional healthcare practitioners.

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            All services complement allopathic medical and psychological care provided by traditional healthcare practitioners.

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