Reiki is a Japanese healing technique that helps restore physical and emotional well-being and balance within the body. Here's a visual description that I like to use when explaining energy and how Reiki works: Think of your body and your 7 chakras as rotating balls of light. Your chakras are located at the crown of your head, third eye (between your eyebrows), throat, heart, solar plexus (above the belly button), sacral (below the belly button), and root (bottom of the spin