Overview of a Reiki Session
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a simple system of hands-on healing but it can also be used as an effective path to spiritual enlightenment. It can have a profound effect on health and well–being. When a Reiki practitioner places their hands on a client, this activates the clients natural healing ability. Reiki is suitable for everyone, including the very young and the elderly. If you are recovering from surgery or are pregnant Reiki can be extremely beneficial. Also, if you are lucky enough to be in good health, Reiki is a great tonic and will help you to stay that way.
If we go back a mere ten years or so most people hadn’t heard of this wonderful healing force but now, thousands of people are enjoying the benefits of Reiki. Reiki is simple and non-intrusive and it works and the only way to truly know Reiki is to experience it so why not book a session and see for yourself!
What will happen at a session?
You will be asked to lay on your back on a massage table (fully clothed) and relax. There will be gentle relaxation music and the practitioner will begin the treatment. This will consist of placing their hands on the key Chakra points of your body for around five minutes each, beginning at the Crown Chakra (Top of your head) and ending with the Base Chakra (feet). After this you will turn over and the practitioner will repeat the process on your back. [The elderly or infirm who cannot get on a massage table can have a seated treatment] Often clients fall asleep, others just feel extremely peaceful. Many speak of seeing colours and some see images, one lady even said she could feel andn extra pair of hands on her back. It is common for people to feel extremes of warmth or coolness where the hands are placed and tingling in the limbs and extremities has been known to occur also. These things are no cause for concern, they are merely the physical manifestation of the energy rebalancing that Reiki facilitates within the body and no two people react the same. Indeed no two treatments are alike for any one person. This is a normal part of the healing process. After the treatment you will be encouraged to take your time sitting up and having a drink of water and will give any receive any feedback. It is not compulsory to share your thoughts or feelings - you share only what you want to share, if you want to do so.
Would Reiki help me?
If you are reading this and wondering if Reiki will work for you the answer is probably yes.
Who should not have Reiki?
Reiki practitioners do not require you to give a medical history however we must know if you are fitted with a medical Pacemaker or have Diabetes simply because Reiki has been known to affect the levels of Insulin and Reiki for people with a pacemaker is not advised as Reiki is an energy-based system of healing and would cause unpredictable results. For this reason most Reiki practitioners would reluctantly refuse to give healing to such clients for the client’s own good.
In addition it would be unwise to treat a person with extreme mental illness (without the prior consent of their Doctor).
A Reiki practitioner should never diagnose or tell a client to take any medication or stop taking their medication or advise any kind of change, we are not Doctors!
How much will a treatment cost?
It will typically cost anywhere around £35 - £50 per treatment, (As with all things, costs can vary greatly, with the top end fee's rising into the hundreds for celebrity practitioners) however it is usually advised that at the outset a client would have three treatments in rapid succesion.
How will I feel after Reiki?
That is a hard question to answer, Each person is different and reacts differently to each treatmentas we have already noted, but some reactions that have been fed back to me are that clients have slept very soundly when they have previously been unable to sleep. Others have been very happy and energetic. Two clients with M.S . have reported separately that they have had excessive amounts of energy and that friends know without being told when they have been for a session because they ‘glow’.
Everyone’s reaction is unique and incomparable but always beneficial.
Clients emotions also vary during and after a treatment, most feel relaxed, peacefull, happy but sometimes tearful (There will be tissues to hand) and occasionally tired.
Who would benifit from Reiki?
Anybody suffering from any of these symptoms and more.
Headache//Migraine
Knee Problems
Insomnia
M.E.
Sciatica
Stress/Anxiety
Fatigue
Gout
Leg Cramps
Eczema
Menstrual Problems
Asthma
Bronchitis
Depression
Constipation
Tinnitus
Thyroid Disorders
Digestive Problems
High Blood Pressure
Backache
Kidney Problems
Cancer Angina
Menopausal Symptoms
Respiritory Problems
Breaks*/Sprains
I.B.S.
*Check with Doctor first to ensure break is setting in correct place.
