Reiki for Trauma Release: How Reiki Supports Profound Transformation
The Body Keeps the Score
Every experience—good or bad—leaves an imprint in our energy field.¹ Some moments uplift us, while others, like loss or shame, can create blocks that weigh us down. These blocks can manifest as anything from anxiety and physical pain to self-sabotage, placing a heavy strain on our nervous system and making it hard to feel as free and fully present in life as we’d like. My own cycles of trauma are what led me to practice Reiki in the first place. 🙋🏻♀️
How Reiki Supports Healing
Like acupuncture, Reiki helps restore the natural flow of energy throughout the body, but without the needles. (Yay!) Practitioners use their hands to channel healing energy, dissolving blockages—whether physical, emotional, or energetic—and rebalancing the body's systems. I like to think of Reiki as a powerful tool for an energetic factory reset—guiding us back to the whole, healed selves we were when we entered this world. This gentle yet powerful practice has been shown to reduce stress, enhance emotional resilience, and support overall well-being, to name just a few benefits.²
Healing Beyond Time & Space
Additionally, Reiki isn’t limited by time or space.³ Energy from the past can shape our present, but we can also send healing energy back to those moments! 🪐 (More on that in a future blog post—hope you enjoy quantum physics!) Reiki energy can be sent directly to those events to help you clear and process unresolved energy, allowing you to move forward with greater freedom, clarity, and a deeper connection to yourself.
Rewriting Your Story
Letting go of past trauma creates space for a new and more empowered version of yourself. This is why my tagline has always been "Next level wellness to realign with your higher self." Reiki can be an incredible tool to help realign you with your most healed self so you can feel more grounded, more whole, and simply... be. 🕊️
Sources
Van der Kolk, Bessel A. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Viking, 2014.
Dyer, Natalie L., et al. "Evaluation of a Distance Reiki Program for Frontline Healthcare Workers’ Health-Related Quality of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health, vol. 2, 2023, p. 27536130231187368.
Goulielmakis, E., et al. "Coherence in Molecular Nitrogen." Nature Physics, vol. 2, no. 11, 2006, pp. 748–752, https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys118.