Reiki For Beginners: How to Relax, Reduce Stress, and Increase your Energy through the Power of Reiki Trying to find out how to use Reiki to relax, reduce stress and increase their energy. Oddly enough, improvement in your energy levels is actually a side effect of using Reiki. Since Reiki helps you relax and reduce stress, it will automatically increase your natural energy levels. The use of Reiki turns off or tones down your body's response to stressors because it takes a large amount of energy to maintain that fight or flight response. If your body is always in a state of agitation, you...