Reiki energy is passed from a practitioner to a receiver usually through the palms of the hands being placed on specific points throughout the head and body. In particular, the eight main chakras (energy centres) are treated and balanced so that energy may flow without interruption. The basic head and body flow treatment consists of a Reiki placing their hands on approximately 20 – 30 positions in total from head to feet.
A Reiki session is the most relaxing time you will ever have.
Consequently, a prerequisite of a session is quietness without ANY interruptions so that TOTAL relaxation can be achieved. With this in mind, it is important that you feel completely at ease with your Reiki therapist. There is no need to remove any clothing other than bulky coats and shoes, and rest assured that a practitioner’s hands are never inappropriately placed. I also encourage a companion to sit in, (quietly) on a client’s first session if they wish. They receive a free relaxation treat and may well benefit from feeling the Reiki vibrations, which will emanate around the room.
What to Expect.
Reiki treatments are usually given on a comfortable treatment couch, accompanied with various types of music or guided meditations according to the client’s needs. A basic body flow treatment feels like warm sunshine, which flows through you, surrounds you and even comforts you during emotional times
Reiki is a Holistic (whole) Therapy, treating not just the symptom,
but all of a person’s Body, Mind and Emotions.
Most people will experience a feeling of heat and an inner comfort coming from a Reiki’s hands. This is the Ki energy and healing life force passing through the therapist to the recipient, who without conscious thought will direct the vibrations to wherever they are most wanted. As the energy is totally natural it can do no harm, it only goes to where it’s needed, and that includes the past, present and even into the future!
When treating ailments.
I will give extra Reiki to specific areas, i.e. sciatic nerve, arthritic joints, migraine etc., using the Japanese Techniques of Dr Usui which may include massage and acupressure etc.
See the Usui Techniques page.
The recommended treatment programme for long term, chronic conditions is for a session to be given once or twice a week for the first few weeks, and every 2 or 4 weeks thereafter.
Everyone, therapists included, should have a Reiki TREATment every week or two.
What to expect after a session.
Reiki stimulates the body’s self-healing system and the renewed flow of energy flushes out trapped waste products and toxins. This is known as the Healing Process or De-toxing and it is recommended that you drink lots of water for 4/5 days to dilute and wash away the unwanted “rubbish” to avoid feeling sluggish. This also includes emotional “junk” and it’s not un-usual for a client to experience an emotional release (tears) during the session. This should be treated as a good, positive sign, as it shows that healing is taking place.
Sadly, I have been told sometimes that a person’s first experience of a treatment taken elsewhere wasn’t “nice” because of the healing process, and that the therapist had been too shy or lacked the confidence to explain about the process. Consequently the client didn’t go back which is such a shame, because that’s just what they needed to do as “healing” had started but wasn’t continued with.
You too can train to be a Reiki Healer, for more information contact Ray
(see the contact page)
The effects of Reiki are accumulative.
The benefits of Reiki given on a regular basis is accumulative, that is to say that the healing energy builds up, one on top of the other as it were. This is why chronic illness should be treated at least once a week for several weeks, then reducing the frequency as the symptoms subside.
To understand what I mean when I say that Reiki is accumulative, picture this:
Imagine two glass tumblers, one is depleted and almost empty (the client), the other one is full (the Universal Life Force). Then siphon one to the other and the full glass whooshes into the other until they reach a level balance.
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A week later the client has another treatment, this time their glass isn’t quite as empty as before, although (depending on circumstances), they will have used up some of the Chi. So this time the energy flows in more gently
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A week later, they have another treatment, this time their glass has even more Chi in it and so the Life Force trickles in. Just like a car’s flat battery would need a fast charge, where-as if it just needed a top up, that’s known as a “trickle” charge.
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Subsequently, and then with regular Reiki sessions, the glass (your battery),
is topped up with the Golden Rainbows of Reiki Rays
It’s also interesting to be aware that the client only draws in what they can handle in one go, that’s why the treatment ends when that one glass of Life Force has balanced the other. It is why Reiki can do no harm, the client only releases whatever emotional rubbish and negative energy that they’re ready and able to.
The body and mind “know” what to do, for example, say you need to boost your vitamin C intake. What happens? Yes, you take extra vitamin C but the body excretes the excess at first, you will see it in the urine. You have to build it up slowly, Reiki is like that.You have to have regular doses.
Another interesting point is that both the receiver and the therapist will notice that the vibrations change over a period of treatments, usually being quite tingly, twittery and “alive” during the first 2/3 treatments, then subsequently becoming more flowing, gentle and relaxed. It’s difficult to describe, again the glass tumbler picture explains why this happens.
You really have to experience Reiki to know what it feels like.
Usually, most clients feel very calm and relaxed after a treatment and this often carries over to the next few days. A typical result I hear from school teachers as an example, is that after 4/5 treatments they say things like “the kids don’t irritate me any more” or “I can’t believe how co-operative the class has become” Similar things happen in stressful house-holds.
Mobile Service. I offer a mobile service in and around the Leigh area for those that cannot come to me. It is important however that an undisturbed, quiet environment is available. It is best to have someone on hand to see to the doorbell and telephone etc.
Is your glass half full, or half empty?
Contact Ray for a top up!
