We’ve all heard some version of this before while stretching before yoga: “My energy’s totally off today;” “That guy’s chakras are all out of whack;” “you need to put a rose quartz on your heart chakra, it’s totally blocked.” 

Any version of the above is common enough; but what do chakras and energy have to do with one another? Are they even related? And what the fuck is a chakra, anyway?…

The word ‘energy’ is thrown around so casually these days—but what does it even mean? And how can you heal it?

With Reiki, an energy healing practice discovered in Japan in the late 1800s.

First, though, we must define Reiki (and pronounce it: Ray-Key). Medical News Today defines Reiki as:

“A form of complementary therapy relating to energy healing. Proponents say it works with the energy fields around the body and involves the transfer of universal energy from the practitioners’ palms to the client.”

Sound crazy? Not so fast…