By Gisele Domingues As interest in original healing techniques grows, many people are exploring energy-based therapies like Pranic Healing and Reiki. While both practices involve channeling energy to promote healing and balance, they have distinct origins, techniques, and philosophies. Let’s dive into the key differences between Pranic Healing and Reiki to help you determine which practice might best suit your needs.
What is Reiki?
Usui Reiki is a Japanese healing art revealed to Dr. Mikao Usui during a 21-day fasting and prayer retreat on Mount Kurama in the 1920s. The term “Reiki” combines two Japanese words: "Rei," meaning "universal," and "Ki," meaning "life energy." This practice involves channeling universal life energy to promote healing. Practitioners use gentle touch or hand placement to transfer energy to the recipient, aiming to balance their energy and facilitate physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
What is Pranic Healing?
Pranic Healing, developed by Master Choa Kok Sui, is rooted in External Medical Qigong (the oldest therapeutic modality of Traditional Chinese Medicine), the chakra system from India, and Tibetan traditions. It emphasizes the manipulation of "prana," or vital energy, to cleanse and balance the body’s energy field. Unlike Reiki, Pranic Healing is a non-touch practice, allowing practitioners to work at a distance to address energy imbalances.
In the 1980s, Master Choa Kok Sui conducted extensive research and experimentation with healers, clairvoyants, and doctors to refine and develop Pranic Healing as a systematic, scientific modality of energy healing that anyone could learn and practice effectively.
Major Differences Between Pranic Healing and Reiki
1. Cultural Origins
Reiki has its origins in Japan, while Pranic Healing combines teachings from External Qigong in China, as well as Indian and Filipino traditions.
Founded in 1920, Reiki is more popular and has a larger number of practitioners. Meanwhile, Pranic Healing is gradually gaining recognition and attracting more practitioners over time.
2. Touch vs. Non-Touch
Reiki is primarily an in-person and touch modality. While practitioners may also use non-touch techniques, the traditional practice often involves gentle touch or hand placement on or near the recipient’s body to facilitate the flow of healing energy.
In contrast, Pranic Healing is a non-touch modality in which the practitioner can apply healing both in person and at a distance. Practitioners utilize focused, non-contact techniques to systematically scan, diagnose, cleanse dirty or negative energy, cut negative cords, and energize with fresh life force energy.
3. Chakra Systems
Reiki primarily addresses 7 chakras, while Pranic Healing works with a more extensive system of 11 chakras, along with many sub-chakras or secondary chakras (all related to the meridians in the body). These secondary chakras play important roles in the overall energy system and can be addressed during healing sessions to promote holistic well-being.
4. Energetic Hygiene
In Reiki, energetic hygiene and contamination are not typically addressed, whereas in Pranic Healing, they are essential considerations.
5. Specific Techniques
Reiki does not typically involve cleansing or sweeping; instead, it focuses on channeling energy by placing hands on specific parts of the body, acting as a conduit for divine energy to flow into the client. Some Reiki teachers encourage students to "listen to their intuition" and follow their instincts during sessions. While there is a basic form of scanning—where practitioners sweep their hands over the person's aura—there is limited training on identifying congestion, depletion, or activation. Cleansing techniques in Reiki are often minimal, consisting mainly of light sweeping afterward.
In contrast, Pranic Healing employs specific techniques for cleansing and energizing, with a strong emphasis on removing negative energy from the energy body before introducing fresh life force energy. This practice includes deeper chakra cleanses and cutting negative cords when necessary, making it a more systematic approach to energy healing compared to Reiki's focus on gentle touch and intention.
6. Prana technique
Reiki practitioners channel white light or violet energy. When they use symbols, they program the violet prana to perform specific commands.
In Pranic Healing, practitioners refer to white prana, the energy drawn from the air, earth, and sun. Advanced practitioners of Pranic Healing learned how to use certain colored pranas. These pranas or energies are also derived from the energies of air, earth, and sun, but they are more potent and serve specific functions. These colored pranas, including various shades of green, orange, yellow, blue, and violet, generally, these colors are applied gently to ensure balanced treatment for the patient.
Pranic Psychotherapy practitioners utilize prana known as electric violet, as well as golden prana derived from divine energy. This approach can enhance the therapeutic process and target emotional and psychological issues more effectively.
Conclusion
Both founders were spiritual pioneers who dedicated their lives to discovering innovative ways to heal the body, mind, and emotions using life force energy. Pranic Healing and Reiki offer valuable approaches to energy healing, each with its unique techniques and philosophies. Understanding these differences can empower you to make informed decisions about your healing journey. Regardless of the path you choose, remember that both practices are complementary and should not replace conventional medical treatments.
Embrace the opportunity to explore these transformative modalities and discover the healing potential they offer!
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