Reiki vs. Kundalini Activation: Understanding the Difference
Bianca Timotheo
Reiki vs. Kundalini Activation: Understanding the Difference
As someone trained as a Reiki Master in Usui, Karuna® and Holy Fire® Reiki, and as a facilitator and trainer of Kundalini Activation, I’m often asked: How do these modalities compare? The answer: they’re both life-changing, but in very different ways.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a gentle, loving energy healing practice that supports the body and mind in returning to balance. In a Reiki session, I channel a universal, intelligent energy that goes exactly where it’s needed most or is intentionally guided for many purposes:
- Emotional or physical healing
- Stress reduction and relaxation
- Chakra balancing
- Support through life transitions or trauma
- Nervous system regulation
Reiki feels soft and supportive. It’s a frequency that people often describe as calming, soothing, or nourishing.
What is Kundalini Activation?
Kundalini Activation is an entirely different experience that awakens the most powerful force for transformation within you: your own Kundalini energy.
This practice is about spiritual growth and consciousness expansion—not just healing. During a session, I hold the frequency and field of Kundalini energy, acting like a tuning fork that allows your energy to rise and move as it’s ready.
Kundalini Activation is often experienced as:
- Deep release of stagnant energy and anything inauthentic in your life
- Powerful emotional breakthroughs
- Spontaneous movements that purify your energy body
- Shifts in perception, awareness, and intuition
- A sense of coming home to your true self
What Are the Key Differences?
Purpose:
- Reiki is primarily a tool for healing and restoring harmony.
- Kundalini Activation is a catalyst for awakening, growth, and radical transformation.
Energy:
- Reiki works with a kind, gentle frequency that can be directed.
- Kundalini Activation triggers your own innate potential—intense, powerful, and utterly unique to each person.
Experience:
- Reiki is often calming, quiet, and deeply restorative.
- Kundalini Activation can be gentle or wild, subtle or dramatic, with a wide range of sensations and expressions.
Which One Is Right for You?
There’s no hierarchy here—both are beautiful, valid and actually very complementary. Reiki is perfect if you’re seeking deep healing, stress relief, or energetic support through life’s changes. Kundalini Activation is ideal if you’re longing for profound transformation, spiritual growth, and the activation of your full potential.
I work with both in my personal practice. Kundalini Activation helps me expand and Reiki helps me to ground and integrate.
Ready to Experience Both?
At Self-Retreat, I offer both Reiki and Kundalini Activation sessions—in London and online. You’re invited to discover which energy your body and soul need most right now.
Book your Kundalini Activation session here
