11/27/2021
Benefits of Reiki for Depressed Clients
Reiki can be beneficial to clients with depression in multiple ways. Some of the benefits of Reiki sessions for depressed clients include:
⢠Better sense of mental and physical balance. ā Reiki may help restore a personās overall sense of balance, both in the mind and the body. This may help to improve the personās mood and help him or her to overcome feelings of guilt and/or sadness.
⢠Reiki is relaxing. ā Depression is often accompanied by anxiety. However, Reiki can be relaxing, which may help to combat this anxiety. As the individualās anxiety is relieved, his or her depression may improve as well.
⢠Reiki puts the client back in control. ā Many people who are depressed feel like they are not in control of their own lives. When a client participates in a Reiki session, he or she is doing something proactive, thus restoring some of the feelings of control.
⢠Reiki allows the client to connect with another person. ā One of the most common symptoms of depression involves withdrawing from friends and family or feeling disconnected from others. Reiki provides depressed clients with the opportunity to connect with a caring, compassionate practitioner, which may improve symptoms.
⢠Reiki relieves stress. ā Stress can contribute to the development of depression. Reiki may help to relieve some of a clientās stress, which may, in turn, reduce the symptoms of depression.
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression affects approximately 280 million people around the world. In early 2020 due to the global pandemic, depression rates in US adults rose from 8.5% to a shocking 27.8%. Even worse, Boston University School of Public Health published new rese...