It was dark and cold the night I got lost on my way home. Since I was navigating a South African SIM card in a foreign country, I had no data activated.

I couldn’t use my transport app, I couldn’t text my friend for help, or use Google Maps to find my way back home. I knew that without connecting my phone, chances are, I might have to sleep in a 7-Eleven for the night or until someone could help me.

Unless… the 7-Eleven had Wi-Fi…

Wi-Fi is everywhere.

When you walk into any building, whether it’s a restaurant, a small bookstore, a big company, or a hotel, you can be pretty sure there is Wi-Fi available. You don’t necessarily see it, but you know it is there.

That ever-present energy source on earth that sustains our lives. Frequencies that help us from basic conversations to streaming and storing information and memories. It drives businesses and the world’s economy. All of us use Wi-Fi daily, if not hourly.

An area can have great Wi-Fi, with the strongest connection, and the best speed, but without the password to access it, that Wi-fi and, quite frankly, your device, are useless to you.

You only need the password.

That night, I walked into a 7-Eleven asking for Wi-Fi. With a smile, the cashier took my phone and entered the password for me, because, of course, it was in Korean, not English, and suddenly my phone was flooded with messages, my Google maps started telling me where to go, and I could feel myself sigh with relief.

The password gave me access to information, direction, and, honestly, hope!

Reiki is your body and soul’s “Wi-Fi”.

Rei = universal, life
Ki = energy, force

Healing energy (Reiki) is all around you. Ready to support you whenever you need it. It’s not something that you need to create. It is already there. Wherever you go. Just like Wi-Fi, it can sustain you.

It can offer direction, support healing, and help you find your way back to yourself.

You simply need the password.

In its simplest form, a Reiki session gives you the password.

Of course, this is a very rudimentary way of trying to explain the fullness of Reiki. However, I find that most people get this foundational analogy.

During a Usui Reiki session, the practitioner places sacred symbols on your energy body; they enter the password, if you will. This password opens up the energy channels in your body, allowing energy flow. It gives you access to the life force, the ‘Wi-Fi’ of the soul.

Why is this important?

Just like your blood needs proper flow, your energy needs to have proper flow.  Without proper flow, your health can start to suffer both physically and mentally.

When energy flow is blocked, we tend to feel stuck or lost. We feel like there is an invisible force blocking us from living a full life. We may be lethargic, struggling to creatively solve life’s challenges, feel disconnected from ourselves and others, and may even start showing physical symptoms of illness or disease (dis-ease).

Stagnant energy is like stagnant water. It quickly turns murky and toxic.

What causes the energy channels to block? 

First of all, know this: There is nothing wrong with you if some energy channels/ chakras are blocked.

It’s natural for any channel on earth (canals, rivers), in a building (drain pipes, water pipes), in your body (colon, veins), to need regular cleaning out to maintain proper flow.

There are various reasons why our energy channels, just like our arteries and veins, may get blocked.

From the types of food you consume, the information you absorb, to the way you move or don’t move your body,  traumatic events, repetitive, harmful thought patterns, and unprocessed emotional experiences.  Often, something like an operation or injury can also cause some knots to form in the energy channels.

Since we are here to live life with intention, just like a shower, you may need regular Energy cleanses to help with proper flow.

How will you know your energy is stuck?

Here are some examples of signs that signal energy blocks:

– Emotional overwhelm

– Stress, high anxiety, or burnout

– Grief or struggling to adjust to life transitions

– A sense of being “stuck”

– Low energy or restlessness

– A longing to reconnect with yourself

– The feeling that something is wrong, but you’re not sure what.

– Feeling like you’re pushing against a wall with no progress, emotionally or physically.

What to do?

Find a Reiki Practitioner, like LIO, who can offer your body, energy and soul the password to assist in proper flow again. Your practitioner will add “the password”, ensure that any blocks are cleared and balance out the flow in a way that your unique frequency needs. All of this while you lie down, close your eyes and relax.

Once I got the password that night from the cashier, my nervous system calmed down, I could easily navigate my way with the maps, and I suddenly walked back in the dark with much more ease and confidence. 

A soothing Reiki session may do all of that for you.

LIO offers Reiki Sessions, and if you would like to experience it for yourself:

 1 session (Hour to an Hour and a half) – R700

First Session – R540 (for LIO yoga students only)