Reiki / Therapeutic Touch with Nicolette Neuford, RMT, MO

Reiki is a holistic Japanese technique that promotes balance to the body’s innate life force or “qi/chi/ki/prana”.

Level 1 is a light hands on technique that massage therapists can use to treat soft tissue and joints and also check for blockages of energy flow within the tissue. This blocked energy flow can be in the meridians or energy centres of the body.  It pairs nicely with relaxation massage, somatoemotional release, cranial sacral, acupressure and any of the stillpoint techniques. 

The technique was developed by Mikao Usui. It is not related to religion but based on a universal energy within ourselves and that which we can access around us. For some this would be considered spiritual for others science; we all are varying degrees of energy. A rock or bone although very dense has energy within its cells. This dense energy is what we can see and it is just slow moving versus the energy that we cannot see such as air.

Think of wifi - we cannot see it but a modem can access it and channel the wifi energy to the device. Too much energy can make the device over heat and too little will not get signal, both are a state of imbalance and the body works the same way. 

Therapeutic Touch - Level 1 is based on the same basic concept as Reiki. However it does not involve a “universal energy channel mindset” but the energy within all of us. This energy can be accessed through the hands on therapy with the goals of creating homeostasis (balance) within the body. It was developed in the 1970s by nurses that observed the power of healing when patients were touched, held or massaged. 

The power of the human touch has always been known and energy can now be measured with various machines. In Nicolette's acupuncture training, she has a device that can measure the meridian points to assess your body’s state of balance. 

Level 1 reiki and Therapeutic Touch are covered as part of the massage therapy benefits, as it is hands on with soft tissue and joint related.

Reiki and TT provided during your session is within the massage therapy treatment. It is not a treatment in itself.

With your request and consent they can be added to your treatment at any time at no extra charge.

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