Which Is Better: Reiki or Access Bars? (A Healer’s Honest Perspective)

The Modern Need for Energy Healing

In a fast-paced world, burnout, anxiety and emotional heaviness have become common. More people are turning to energy healing therapies as a way to recharge from within.

Two popular options are Reiki and Access Bars. Both promise calmness, clarity and emotional release, but they work in different ways.

Let’s break it down simply and honestly.

What Is Reiki Healing?

Reiki is a gentle Japanese healing practice that channels universal life force energy through a practitioner’s hands.

Think of it as a spiritual battery recharge. When your energy feels scattered or low, Reiki helps realign it, bringing balance to your mind, body, and spirit.

Common benefits people notice include:

1. Reduced stress and anxiety

2. Better sleep and emotional stability

3. Faster physical healing

4. A sense of inner peace

During a Reiki session, you lie down, close your eyes and receive. There’s no need for touch - just calm energy flow and release.

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What Is Access Bars Healing?

Access Bars is part of Access Consciousness, a system that helps you let go of limiting beliefs and emotional blockages. 

It involves gently touching 32 points on the head. Each point is connected to thoughts, emotions, or areas of life such as money, joy, creativity and relationships.

When these “bars” are activated, it’s like hitting the delete button on old mental clutter.

You might feel:

1. Lightness and clarity

2. Relief from overthinking

3. Emotional reset

4. More openness to new possibilities

People often describe it as effortless meditation - you just receive and let go.

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Reiki vs Access Bars - Key Differences

Aspect	Reiki	Access Bars
Origin	Japan	USA (Access Consciousness method)
Focus	Universal energy flow through the body	Clearing mental and emotional blocks
Touch / Technique	Hands lightly placed on or above the body	Light touch on 32 points of the head
Goal / Outcome	Energy balance, relaxation, emotional grounding	Mental clarity, emotional release, clearing limiting beliefs
Experience	Deep calm, warmth, subtle energy sensations	Feeling of spaciousness, lightness, mental relief
Best For	Emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue, spiritual disconnection	Overthinking, mental clutter, stuck behavioral patterns

Both methods are non-invasive and can be used by anyone - even skeptics often feel a shift.

Which One Is Right for You?

Choose Reiki if you’re feeling emotionally drained, physically tired, or spiritually disconnected. Reiki restores your natural energy flow and helps you feel grounded again.

Choose Access Bars if your mind feels cluttered, you overthink, or feel stuck in patterns. Access Bars clears your subconscious blocks and creates mental space for change.

Some clients even combine both - using Reiki for energetic balance and Access Bars for mental clarity.

My Personal Take as a Healer

In my practice, I’ve seen people walk in carrying anxiety, exhaustion and confusion, then walk out feeling lighter after just one session.

It’s not magic. It’s energy doing what it’s meant to do: flow.

Both Reiki and Access Bars are simply two ways of expressing the same truth - your body knows how to heal when given permission.

If you’re unsure where to start, listen to your body. It often gives quiet signals before it becomes a loud call for change.

Start with what feels right - the warmth of Reiki or the calm of Access Bars. Whichever you choose, you’re saying yes to healing, presence and peace.