Reiki in Sports

Not so long ago, the earth’s shape was questioned. The common belief was that the earth was flat, but over time, and with great courage, this belief was proven wrong, and the rest is history. Could this be happening today too? Could we be playing a part in a gigantic evolutionary shift of consciousness to which our children’s children’s children…will read about us and say, “can you believe they ever thought that way!” Aren’t we amazed that those “others” ever thought the earth was flat?

Many of us who “do” reiki experience incredible results in our personal lives and in those we treat. We’re jumping up and down shouting “the earth is round!” But we live primarily in a world full of individuals who insist that the earth is flat, i.e. naysayers of a new viewpoint, that we are energy not just matter.

I was at my first football game, EVER, last week, and a RHAM player got hurt. I was told that this was his second injury in two weeks. I was inspired by this boy, and decided right then, that I would make it my life’s mission to make reiki so commonly accepted that all athletes, no matter what their age, will have reiki available to them before, during or after a game if they so choose. Why? Because it works!

If we are energetically strong, our bodies are well nourished, flexible, limber, and can respond to the stress and strain of the game, and of life. Sometimes we have energy blocks in the body often caused by emotional stress, old injuries, or trauma, which will cut off the energy flow. If there is a block in the energy system that part of the body is mal nourished energetically and injury is more likely. This is similar to squeezing a plastic straw while trying to sip up juice. You have to work hard to get a tiny bit of juice through the pinch of the straw, right? The body responds the same way.

Over the years I’ve had the privilege of working with many young athletes who’ve been injured. Many of them getting right back into the game after ten minutes or more of reiki. I’ve worked with kids who’ve had repeat injuries and after receiving reiki their lives were quite different and they were energetically strong.

One rainy, cold, dark, and windy evening I had a middle-age couple show up in my Mansfield office. The husband was dragged to my introduction to reiki by his wife and not happy about it, very skeptical to boot. I placed my hands on his shoulders for a few minutes and he states, “boy my knees are all tingly” and I responded “that’s usually an indication of an injury. Have you injured your knees?” He explained, “I played football in high school and had a few surgeries on both my knees.” I believe the reiki energy was healing his scar tissue. Imagine what his life would have been like if he had reiki available to him right after his surgery, or better yet, right after his initial injury.


Reiki isn’t a household word, yet. If you were curious about reiki, I would recommend you attend an introduction to reiki rather than just reading about it. Many of us began skeptical. I was and Charles Way, the Director of Player Development for the NY Giants, was doubtful, but we didn’t allow our uncertainty to get in the way of experiencing gains in our lives. At an introduction you’d have the opportunity to experience what reiki feels like, ask questions, and then decide for yourself, yea, or nay.