I have a co-worker who is a lovely girl. She is fun, helpful and always kind. But name a woo, any woo, and she likely buys into it hook, line and sinker. She is a fan of Sylvia Browne (gag) and believes wholeheartedly in ghosts, psychic powers, "The Secret" and much more.
It seems that she is now trying her hand at Reiki. Reiki is where you simply run your hands lightly over a person's body. This "re-establishes a normal energy flow of ki (life force energy) throughout the system which in turn can enhance and accelerate the body's innate healing ability." Okay. Basically it relaxes you. Of course it would, I feel pretty relaxed too when someone is lightly touching my body in a darkened room with soft music. Doesn't mean that there's anything happening to my ki or chi (whatever the heck that is) and I'm pretty sure anyone can relax someone else with a nice massage and you don't have to spend tons of money to become a registered practitioner to do that.
That is what my co-worker wants to do however and I don't think there is much that will deter her. She was practicing her newly found skills on a more skeptical co-worker and when he inadvertently twitched his thumb, she got very excited and claimed that it was working! His feelings weren't mutual.
None of the sites I've looked at contain any mention of any studies done or any scientific explanations for this invisible energy life force that can be transferred from one person to another. All the sites were filled to the brim with glowing testimonials and those are entirely what keeps this nonsense afloat. Where things get wacky is when they start talking about how this can be done over distances (huh?) and for only $185 you can learn how to do Reiki on your pet. Maybe you can get Fido to stop tearing up your slippers by fixing his chi.
It seems that she is now trying her hand at Reiki. Reiki is where you simply run your hands lightly over a person's body. This "re-establishes a normal energy flow of ki (life force energy) throughout the system which in turn can enhance and accelerate the body's innate healing ability." Okay. Basically it relaxes you. Of course it would, I feel pretty relaxed too when someone is lightly touching my body in a darkened room with soft music. Doesn't mean that there's anything happening to my ki or chi (whatever the heck that is) and I'm pretty sure anyone can relax someone else with a nice massage and you don't have to spend tons of money to become a registered practitioner to do that.
That is what my co-worker wants to do however and I don't think there is much that will deter her. She was practicing her newly found skills on a more skeptical co-worker and when he inadvertently twitched his thumb, she got very excited and claimed that it was working! His feelings weren't mutual.
None of the sites I've looked at contain any mention of any studies done or any scientific explanations for this invisible energy life force that can be transferred from one person to another. All the sites were filled to the brim with glowing testimonials and those are entirely what keeps this nonsense afloat. Where things get wacky is when they start talking about how this can be done over distances (huh?) and for only $185 you can learn how to do Reiki on your pet. Maybe you can get Fido to stop tearing up your slippers by fixing his chi.
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