How Many Sessions Does it Take?

That depends completely on the situation. If there are minor health conditions, it could take as few as one session. But in the case of major conditions or re-occurring situations (stress induced headaches, for example, or a chronic condition), it can take more. The best way to think of it is this: The longer it took to create the situation (or the longer you've had it), the longer it may take to heal it. There is also receptivity to take into account. The more open and receptive you are to the healing, the less your energy will try to block it. This can be a natural defense for many people and is nothing to feel bad about whatsoever, just to be aware of. 

Not to be forgotten is the sometimes touchy subject of other health care in relation to your condition. While Reiki has been known to be a miraculous healing method, it is always safest to incorporate it into your health care regiment, which could also include traditional medicine or therapy of some type. Since I am not a medical doctor, I cannot and will not give medical advice. However, I am always open for self-care and energetic care discussions. 

Can Reiki Help You?

The short answer is yes. 

The longer answer is: Reiki can help anyone in need of healing, whether you need energetic healing, emotional, spiritual, or physical. Reiki starts at the energetic body and heals it, which in turn helps heal all other aspects of our being, including physical. 

It is a natural Japanese healing modality that seeks out problems in our energetic body and heals those areas. When our energetic bodies are healed, it heals our emotional and spiritual layers, and that allows our physical body to focus on healing instead of just surviving. Reiki also promotes deep relaxation and removes stress while it replenishes our energy. In slowing us down and revitalizing us, it tells our body that now is the time to heal. 

Though it is definitely a healing modality of Eastern origin, the West is noticing it’s value as well. St. Charles hospital of Bend, Oregon has had a Reiki program in place for over a decade. Practitioners volunteer to administer Reiki to those undergoing cancer treatments. Even hospitals have begun to acknowledge that Reiki is a wonderful naturopathic addition to any healing journey. 

About Reiki

What is it?

Reiki: Universal Life Force Energy. 

  

In a nutshell, Reiki is healing with energy. To break open the nutshell: Reiki is a non-invasive, deeply relaxing, restorative modality of energy healing that works to heal all layers of the body (physical, energetic, emotional, wisdom, and spirit). Universal life energy (spirit energy, or divine energy), flows through the practitioner and into the recipient. 

This energy moves through the recipient, healing their energy, helping it flow and move unhindered. Restoring this flow and vitality helps to heal the physical and emotional body as well as the energetic. Just as tension can create emotional and even physical health issues, Reiki can heal them.

What does a session with me entail?

You rest on a massage table, or a yoga mat, fully clothed, with an eye pillow over your eyes, listening to relaxing music. I walk you through a short, soothing breathwork to help you relax and settle into your body. I then place my hands (or hover above, based on your comfort level. All hand positions are respectfully non-invasive.) on several different energy points throughout your body, spending several minutes on each position. Reiki flows through me and into you, going intuitively to the areas where it is needed most. 

What does it feel like?

That's different for everyone. Some say my hands are warm or hot, and they can feel the energy flowing from me into them. Some feel tingling as the energy moves through their body, others feel twinges as it frees up stuck energy. A deep sense of calm is most often felt. Some don't feel any sensation. But regardless of what you feel, Reiki is doing it's work in your body, because the need for healing is like a hole in a dam--the energy flows right to it.