What is the difference between Reiki and energy healing

The core difference is actually a different category - energy healing is the collective name for all healing methods that focus on adjusting the subtle energy field of the human body, while Reiki is an independent school in the energy healing system with a history of hundreds of years and very clear operational logic and entry barriers.

When I first came into contact with the energy field, I often confused the two. It wasn’t until I received several cases of confusing needs that I slowly clarified the boundaries. Let me tell you an interesting thing. Before, a visitor came to do Reiki for the first time. When he lay down, he asked me why I didn’t bang the begging bowl and if I had forgotten the crystals. This made me laugh. That was to apply other energy healing processes to Reiki. To use an analogy, energy healing is like all means of transportation with a power system. You can choose a car, an electric car, a truck or even a hot air balloon, as long as it is driven by power; Reiki is a family car that has unified production standards and requires specific qualifications to drive. It is not just for anyone. You can call for Reiki healing by shaking your hands. For orthodox Reiki, a teacher must be given the corresponding level of enlightenment in order to mobilize the corresponding Reiki frequency. There is basically no need for additional tools when operating. You just need to gently place your hands in the corresponding position on the visitor's body in a fixed order. The whole process is very quiet.

As for the boundary between the two, in fact, there have always been different voices in the circle. Some practitioners like me who follow traditional inheritance will feel that the boundary between the two is very clear. Even if practitioners who have not undergone formal enlightenment have similar techniques, they are not doing Reiki; but there are also many who do integrated healing. Seniors believe that essentially all energy healing mobilizes the life energy of the universe. The so-called differences in schools are just limitations that people set for themselves. Whether it is using aura symbols or crystal singing bowls, the logic of the final effect on the human body's energy field is the same, and there is no need to be so clear-cut.

It’s actually easy to tell if you experience it offline. If the healer rarely uses any additional tools during the whole process, just presses his hands lightly in a fixed position, and occasionally chants silently or draws symbols in the air, and the whole process is gentle and quiet, then it is basically an orthodox spiritual practice. Qi healing; if the other party puts amethyst crystals between your eyebrows, beats a singing bowl to help you release your emotions, or even performs body movements in time with the music to cleanse your aura, then regardless of whether the effect is good or not, it is integrated energy healing and does not belong to the category of Reiki. Of course, whether it is Reiki or other energy healing, it currently belongs to the category of complementary healing. The mainstream medical community does not yet have enough large-scale empirical evidence to support its pathological treatment effect. If you have a clear physical or psychological illness, you still have to find a regular hospital and psychiatrist first. You cannot use healing as a treatment.