| The therapeutic effects of music have been a well | | | | the sound and promote the associative and cognitive |
| known fact throughout ages. The Bard's famous | | | | powers of the brain to release latent joyous and |
| words were, "If music be the food of love, play on" | | | | creative energies, loosen up, soothe tiredness and |
| and these immortal words ring true for what is Reiki | | | | induce a feeling of wellbeing and peace. Music is also |
| if not love? A Reiki healer does much more than | | | | commonly used to soothe and stimulate the chakras |
| merely transferring energy, a Reiki healer transfers | | | | and the sounds are used to heal pre-existing energy |
| living energy that is healing, loving and compassionate | | | | patterns that are residing within the chakras that |
| to someone in need. Music has been used throughout | | | | vibrate on a certain frequency and are different for |
| centuries for meditation and ritualistic purposes and | | | | each chakra. Using Reiki music for healing chakras |
| music finds its expression in chants, devotional songs, | | | | through specially tuned frequencies that vibrate on a |
| hymns and invocations throughout various cultures | | | | certain frequencies could work wonders for balancing |
| and traditions. In the Vedic traditions, the sound of | | | | any imbalances in the chakras. Reiki music is specially |
| ‘Aum' was said to be the primordial sound of the | | | | made with high and low tones made to alternate |
| Universe and an invitation to the Gods. It was the | | | | constantly that triggers a stimulus which aids in the |
| only sound that existed before everything else did | | | | therapy. Similarly all the symbols of Reiki are also said |
| and is the only sound in the vast emptiness of space, | | | | to vibrate on a certain frequency which can be |
| within and without us. Even in the western world, no | | | | reached out to by the different notes of the music |
| pantheon would be complete without a God | | | | specially prepared for this purpose. |
| dedicated for music and it is interesting to note that | | | | Reiki music has been found to be greatly effective |
| the Gods corresponding to music were also | | | | for practicing GIM or Guided Imagery Meditation in |
| associated with healing and also light, for example: | | | | which certain musical notes are used to attune the |
| Lugh from the Celtic pantheon and Apollo from the | | | | mind on a certain frequency which encourages the |
| Greek pantheon. This goes to say that music can | | | | emotional flow and this further results in the self |
| bring about healing and also light, this light is the | | | | merging with the Higher Self being carried by the |
| Divine light channeled by Reiki. | | | | music and this healing music is slow, repetitive, and is |
| Music therapy when combined with Reiki can be a | | | | like a gently chanted soothing mantra. In the medical |
| powerful healing mechanism. While Reiki can be an | | | | world of psychology it is called the Helen Bonny |
| attunement to divine energies, music can create the | | | | method of GIM. |
| correct atmosphere and increase the vibrational | | | | In modern times there are various choices in |
| effect of the received energies in order to greatly | | | | new-age music you can find easily. Music is a respite |
| amplify the healing effects. Sound reaches the ear | | | | from our hectic lives and serves to soothe us and |
| and as the ear receives the different frequencies of | | | | calm our inner senses and restore balance and |
| the sound, they stimulate the a nerve that runs right | | | | harmony. If you seek some solace pick up a piece of |
| through the middle of the brain that is again | | | | Reiki music today. |
| distributed throughout all the neural cells that process | | | | |