S102: The Science Behind Reiki for Anxiety, Chronic Pain & Stress

Your nervous system doesn't know the difference between a tiger chasing you and your WiFi buffering before a Zoom call. And that's kind of the whole problem.In this episode, I break down the science of your nervous system, sympathetic versus parasympathetic, fight-flight-freeze, and why so many of us are stuck in survival mode without even realizing it. I also touch on the history of Reiki, how it traveled from Japan to the West during World War II, and why that timeline matters more than most teachers let on.Plus, a placebo-controlled rat study that proves Reiki is doing something real in the body. Yes, really.In this episode:The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system explainedWhy chronic stress causes chronic pain, anxiety, and burnoutHow Reiki shifts you out of fight-flight-freeze and into rest, restore, and healThe 90-second stress response window and why what you do in it mattersThe rat study that skeptics need to hear aboutStudies Mentioned:🔮 Reiki improves heart rate homeostasis in laboratory rats https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18435597/🔮 Download the free companion workbook: https://mollydonlan.com/sor-workbook🔮 Ready to learn Reiki for yourself? Join the waitlist for Reiki 1: The Science of Self-Healing training:https://mollydonlan.com/reikiwait