What Happens in a Reiki Treatment Session?

Many people are hesitant about booking themselves in for their first ever Reiki Treatment Session. It's the first time, it's different, it's an alternative and complimentary therapy - it's the unknown. So . . . . . what happens?

To follow is an exact case study of a recent session I conducted - only the recipient's name has been changed - I'll call her Jane. Let's begin:

"Jane has completed and signed my New Client Intake Form, Explanation and Consent Form, and has read through the "Reiki - What's It All About" information sheet.

Jane is a happily married business-woman who has a small but growing bookkeeping business which she runs from home. She has 3 grown-up children and 2 grandchildren. She has a close and loving family.

Jane has indicated that she has been feeling run down and tired due to various business pressures that have built up over recent weeks of intense effort. She has seen her GP for a thorough check-up and has received an "all clear". Jane is starting work with a new business client in the coming week and so wishes to attend feeling more upbeat, energized and positive so as to be sure of giving a more favourable impression to her new client when they start work together.

I decided to first do an aura clearing to clear any negative energies from her energy field that may be slowing or blocking the flow of energy and so leading to her feeling of tiredness. This will be followed by a general all-over Reiki Session to uplift, re-power and re-balance her entire energy system. This would raise her level of well-being and confidence for the coming week's events especially as the Reiki Energy continues to flow for her over the next couple of days.

I had Jane stand in front of an off-white screen with the lighting subdued so that I could examine her aura. The aura was lovely, bright and clear being mostly a very pleasant yellow especially around the head and shoulder area. It was tinged with flashes of blue towards the outside - about 30cm from the body. I studied her entire body both frontally and side-on but was unable to see any dirty coloured areas in the aura or anything that was telling me "not good".

Before continuing I washed my hands in cold water to rid them of any residual negative energetic debris. I then had Jane lie on her back on the Reiki table and I performed an aura clearing using both hands alternately, sweeping any possible negative elements that may be present well away from both of us and shaking them loose at the end of each sweep. I performed about 10 such sweeps making sure to cover all areas, and, after asking her to roll over, repeated the same to her back.

After getting Jane to once more roll onto her back I began the Reiki session. I used my 100 count method of timing my hand placements. The hand placements used were: eyes, temples, top of head, throat, chest, solar plexus, abdomen, and groin. She then rolled onto her front and the hand placements I used on her back were: back of head, back of neck, top of shoulders, shoulder blades, middle back, lower back, tail bone, kidneys and side of hips. I then washed my hands under cold running water and watched all of her problems wash away and disappear never to be seen again.

This finished the session.

After Jane sat up and had a glass of water I enquired as to how she was feeling. She said she felt very, very relaxed and "great" and definitely had a more positive feeling or outlook for the coming week ahead than she had on arrival. She was now smiling and appeared much more calm and relaxed. I suggested we reschedule for a "booster" session a week from today. With the positive results gained from today's session, she was more than happy to do so."

I hope that helps to banish any fears you may have. Please note this case study was published with the full consent of "Jane" who was herself a first-timer. Also please note that for sensitive areas such as the throat and groin the "safe touch" method of hand placement is used - the hands of the practitioner hover about 6 cm above the area in question.