Junior practices healing art of reiki

Using a Japanese healing technique called reiki, junior Rosie Hunker is learning to heal herself with her own energy. Reiki is currently being adapted by doctors and hospitals to heal different kinds of conditions like cancer, headaches and the common cold.

According to Hunker, it sounded weird when she first started reiki, but then she learned all the benefits of reiki firsthand.

“People are skeptical because they haven’t heard about it,” Hunker said.

Hunker started reiki when she was in seventh grade because her brother, David Hunker, was learning it, and she became interested. Along with reiki, she uses crystals that each have their own energy. According to Hunker, crystals are similar to a doctor’s tools.

Hunker’s brother, David Hunker, says that reiki is not a religion, it is just a way of living.

Free reiki sessions are now being used in hospitals for cancer patients. Hospitals are starting to adapt but, according to Hunker, it will be a few decades before most people are no longer skeptical.

David Hunker volunteers at St. Vincent’s hospital and people were not as open to reiki when he first started volunteering, but now they are more accepting of the concept.

Although most reiki sessions are 45-90 minutes long, Hunker performs quick sessions on her friends.

She performed reiki on junior Adam Williams. According to Williams, he could really feel it and became relaxed and calm.

“You have to see it to believe it,” Williams said.

Hunker wants to go into the medical field and help people change their minds about alternative medicine.

“Don’t fear the unknown; embrace it,” Hunker said.

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