Reiki: Problem Solving at its Core

Whenever someone tells me about a problem with a friend, family member, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, aunt, uncle, parent, son or daughter, well, you get the picture, I think of Reiki. Often, the first thing out of my mouth is, "I want to give them Reiki!"

Why?

Reiki balances life energy rolling in and through you. And sometimes there is an imbalance of healthy flow.

During each Reiki session I give, I am inspired by the attention this miraculous and easily available resource provides in such a loving, easy way. It simply knows how to correct, remove and wisely balance.

Maybe it can't cure your boyfriend's incessant way of cutting off your statements with his own and perhaps it can't help your friend solve the most exhausting of divorce proceedings, but it can provide a correction energetically and that changes everything. And by folding Reiki into your healthy routine of nutrition and exercise, it can keep you mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually capable of being who you truly are at your core.

And that improves everything.

Once, I felt Reiki direct me to place my palms on a client's wrist, wondering why only to be told later by the client that she felt a rush of energy pulsate to another part of her body. My work as practitioner is like riding shotgun in a car since Reiki, a Japanese technique for stress reduction with healing properties, does all the work. (Trained by the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), reiki.org, I urge you to use this site to learn all you can about Reiki.)

My hardest and easiest chore is to ask my ego and personality to step aside and just like that I'm the vessel in this amazing process, enjoying the journey because every client's needs teach me intuitively to be aware of where Reiki directs me to go to help them.

So, let me give you a quick explanation of what happens when you come for a Reiki session. 

First, we will sit together and fill out a quick form, where I ask if you have any pains going on in your body, if you take any medications, and what you hope to achieve with this session? Sometimes it takes more than one session to balance a client, but each time, clients share with me amazing results.

Next, I explain how I will be using the palms of my hands as the conduit for life force energy and during the session, you should feel a glow and quite instantly relax and receive the energy. I also tell you to feel comfortable in any emotion that may emerge such as sadness, crying, insights as well as colors you may see in your third eye, visions, memories, etc. It is all healthy and good. And if you need for me to stop at any time, I will, continuing only when you are ready.

Then, I reveal I will be working on your seven chakras (energy centers) to make sure they are open. My indicator of any imbalance is a feeling of heat coming from that area and so I know to keep my palms over it until I feel the shift in temperature, indicating Reiki has stopped and to move on to another area. 

As a result, fully clothed and shoes off, I will ask you to lie down on the healing table in the Reiki room in my apartment. I will put on some calming music, and will invite you to relax and even fall asleep, although you will remain conscious. It's a great one hour rest! Then I begin with a body scan, my palms above your body, searching for areas signaling me to stop and allow Reiki to work.

I will ask your permission to place my palms on your body and will never under any circumstances touch any area near your sacral chakra closest to your genitals.

Finally, once, Reiki is finished, I close the session and gently touch your shoulder, offering you time to adjust before sitting up. You may feel like talking about your experience or not, it is completely up to you. Clients often text me later in the day, thanking me again and telling me how great they feel! That is the best part of my work!

And that's it. I have clients who return every ten days for a session, others who come once and that's it, and still others who routinely schedule a session once or twice a month.

However someone chooses to bring Reiki into his or her life, it is a helpful, loving way to provide not only you, your best friend, co-worker, cousin, grandparent, nanny, niece or spouse a simple, blissful, efficient way to live a whole and balanced life.