What is the Difference Between Reiki and Chakra healing?

In today's world alternative healing methods have become popular lately as many people are beginning to want to take charge of their health and wellness issues. Two of the more popular forms of alternate healing are called Reiki and Chakra.
Take a look at the salient features and the differences between these two healing techniques:

Salient Features of Reiki:

Reiki is said to have started in Tibet many thousands of years ago. Seers from the Orient studied energy and had developed a specific system of symbols and sounds that promoted universal energies for healing. Many healing systems across several different cultures have come from this one root system. However, it seems the original source was lost and forgotten.

 People who practice Reiki, in order to harmonize and heal, channel energy into a specific pattern. However, unlike many other healing methods that are based up the human energy field, this form was used to restore balance and order to someone whose energy had become unbalanced.
Reiki teaches that energy brings many basic results: it can bring deep relaxation, detoxify the system, destroy energy blocks, and provide a new vitality received from the healing, universal life force energy. It also can help improve and increase the frequency of vibrations of the body.
Like in spiritual healing, Reiki therapy uses the laying on of hands. There is quite a difference between the two, however. In spiritual healing, someone who possesses a strong field of energy will place their hands directly over area of the recipients' body. This helps to release energy from one body and into another. The healer is considered to be the one who releases energy.
Reiki differs as the person needing healing draws the needed energy from the healer. Reiki is designed so the person what needs the healing takes a part, an active part, in their healing process. This allows the person to identify their needs and proceed towards fulfilling those needs by drawing and taking the energy they needs.

Chakra Healing and Chakras

Chakras are the energy centers to which spiritual energy begins to flow into the body. People who are practicing Chakra healing will develop awareness by releasing the blocks to increase the flow of energy directly into these energy centers.
Chakra is taken from Sanskrit and means wheel of energy. There are thought to be seven main chakras in the body. These energy centers are what keep our body balanced and able to keep our energy level high. When a charka is blocked by negative events or thinking, Chakra healing is used to help remove the blockage so the life force energy will return to normal.
Developing awareness and increasing the flow of energy through these centers by releasing the blockages are the keys to chakra. There are four main practices that chakra healers use to help establish the proper energy flow.
Meditation is one of the best ways to help develop a sense of awareness where your personal energy is concerned. When you become more aware, you will be able to release the blockages and restore the flow of your own energy. Aura meditation is the key element used in chakra healing.
Psychic readings that focus on chakra and aura readings are used to help you learn more about your chakras and auras. There are many different types of these readings, but in order to learn more about your energy system, you need to find a psychic who specializes in clairvoyant aura readings.
Most of the chakra energy problems are due to your emotional blockages. If you are unable to feel or allow yourself to feel emotional truth, you block the flow of energy. This in turn will block your chakras. Releasing these blocks will help create a positive energy flow again.

Aura and Chakra Healing

Auras are used in chakra healing to help you increase your energy flow by helping you release the block and negative energies. Energy channels, chakras, and aura are all closely related. You will want to learn about this energy system as a whole.