my experience with Reiki

hopeless · 04-09-2005, 03:22 PM

I'd been asked about my experience with reiki, so I thought that I would post it here in case anyone else was wondering....

The reason I first decided to try it was because I was going through some major emotional trauma. I found a practitioner and made an appointment. The appointment was just over an hour long. All I had to do, was lay on my back on a table. (sort of like a massage table) Just closed my eyes...and that was it. I could feel warmth, and some tingling. A few times I drifted off to sleep, or twitched (very normal for reiki). After the session, I felt so amazing. I was calm, and refreshed. I mind was clear and I could think reasonably. I was able to sleep well that night for the first time in over a week. I knew that I wanted to learn how to use reiki.

My second session was with a different practitioner. It was very similar, but a bit more tingly. I ended up registering for her level 1 class also.

My level 1 class, I really didn't feel like I would be able to give reiki. Part of the class was giving someone else a full session, and then giving feedback after. So, we were able to know what the other person felt...what it was like for them. It was great.... We were also taught how to give ourselves a reiki session.

My second class, we were taught how to do distance reiki. We also learned the symbols for other energies used during reiki, and when to use them. We used the different energies on each other and described how it felt to give and recieve those energies. (I was so surprised how different they felt!)

Reiki has been very calming for me. Either by being able to give it to someone else, or myself. Reiki can also be used on animals as well. (my friend gives his cat reiki, and his cat LOVES it!)

It's still a little early...so I hope I've made sense! Feel free to ask questions if you have any...

bronny1980 · 07-26-2005, 12:21 PM

oh wow....been thinking of giving reiki a try...sounds so intruiging....I would love to see what effect it would have on me...So I suppose u'd definately reccomend it....

Jess83 · 07-28-2005, 12:06 PM

Bronny -i had written out a HUGE reply to ur post the day that the site was having problems and it wouldnt post!!!grrrrr! LOL!

Anyway, I am a reiki practitioner (qualified in reiki 1 and reiki 2).
My experience was similar to hopeless's experience. I did a reiki workshop in my college course in november to get attuned to reiki 1 and i went back in feb to do reiki2.
Reiki is known as a universal life force energy. It is a healing energy derived from a divine source.. The practitioner acts as a medium for the energy to flow through and it exits through the palms of their hands. You do not have to be religious or from any particular religion to give or receive reiki -its universal! Anyone and anything can receive reiki if they wish to. (I give it to my cat too -she just turns into a floppy furball she gets SO relaxed!)
I have only been diagnosed a few weeks with pcos so i cant say if it has made a differnece in that yet but i do know that it is definetly 'working' on it! my periods were a bit irregular (not TOO bad -they would either be early or late by a week or so) and i was often on the pill. Ive been self treating every day for the past few months and today is cd28 for me and BAM, AF just arrived! (im not on any meds).
Reiki ALWAYS heals (if you are willing to receive it) on one level or another. (and we have so many levels!) Mentally/physically/emotionally -it always goes to where you need it.

So what does reiki do? Apart from it being one of the most relaxing things ive experienced, Reiki de-stresses you, it helps clear your mind, it detoxifies and helps your body/mind/spirit heal.
http://www.holistic-online.com/Reiki/hol_Reiki_home.htm (this link will prob explain it better -ive prob left loads out)

A lot of people get turned off reiki because of the detox effects. When i got my first session, i got a sore throat straight away -this was my body beggining to get rid of toxins and bad energy.
a lot of the time a particular symptom will get worse before getting better with reiki, then once you get all the 'bad' stuff out of your system you feel so much better.
This detoxification can happen on other levels too. If you have been through an emotional time and have not dealt with it properly, reiki can resurface this. A lot of people have turned away from reiki because of this but i think, IMO, that further treatments are needed to clear out the negative feelings and replace it with good energy. KWIM??!! You gotta go through the bad to get to the good. Afterwards, you are left with a deeper sense of calm.
In one of the reiki sessions, We were all lying there, receiving reiki from our partners -all quiet and relaxed with the peaceful music on and the candles burning !when suddenly the girl recieving reiki beside me just started erupting with laughter! out of nowhere! full-on belly shaking laughter, tears rolling down her face! she started us all off! afterwards we were giving feedback on our treatments and she said she had NO idea why she had started laughing - she just needed to!she was very surprised but the reiki master (the lady who attuned us to reiki) told us it was a common reaction to the energy and that it was good!
In my experience, apart from getting the sore throat, i had been depressed for years. After doing being attuned to reiki 2 (its more powerful than reiki 1 due to the use of symbols) i actually had a worsening of my depression for a few weeks and to be honest i didnt even think of linking the two. I kept giving myself reiki and soon enough the depression lifted and gradually got better! Im feeling better than i have in 5 years. If i had been diagnosed with pcos and told of the infertility issues(or subfertility i prefer to call it!) this time last year, i would not have been able to deal with it. Having a baby has been one of my dreams since i was at least 19. Im not saying i wasnt devestated when i was told, i was, but i was able to handle it! And its been about 6 weeks now since the diagnosis and i just have an overall positive outlook on it all

And i have no doubt that treating myself with reiki everyday has everything to do with this.

I would recommend you try a few sessions of reiki if you are interested in it. If you like it and are interested in keeping it a part of your life, I would also HIGHLY recommend getting attuned so that you can treat yourself anywhere at anytime!All you do is put your hands on yourself. (I do it at night when i cant sleep or if im stresed out -i conk after a few minutes!)
Its a great gift to have and im so greatful that i have it.

I hope this post was helpful and feel free to pm me if you have any questions!

bronny1980 · 07-28-2005, 01:52 PM

Oh wow, thanks for that info......I'm so gonna book a session now...sounds like it would be a real interesting thing to learn. But how does one actually learn to give off that energy...to me it seems like i'll never be able to learn it...But anywayz, i'm gonna book a session for maybe sometime in next week and then i'll let u know what I experienced...thanks again!!!

Sparkle · 07-28-2005, 03:46 PM

It's so strange that I am reading this post. Today in work I was talking to someone who is currently off work sick. She was telling me that she went to get Reiki and had been before but this time she apparently had a fantastic experience like nothing she had before.

Just listen to her (and you guys) has made me want to try it for myself and I am going to look into just now. I would love to experience it.

Jess83 · 07-28-2005, 04:08 PM

Bronny - i thought the same thing when i was going to get attuned. i thought "but how can i do it? how do i know if its working? do i have to really concentrate hard when giving it?" etc etc!!
You arent doing anything really..you are just acting as a medium by holding your palms towards/over someone. It's not 'your' energy really..it comes from a divine source. It just flows through you (so yes, YOU get a treatment while GIVING it to someone! both people benefit in a treatment) Once you are attuned, it will ALWAYS work..so dont worry that you wont be 'able' to do it. Even if the person doesnt feel something initially, know that the reiki is working on one level or another that they might not be aware of

When i give it, i feel a tingling sensation in the middle of my palms (as if something is flicking my palms), sometimes i feel heat or cold over areas. Also, the reiki wil guide you during the treatment. It shows you were to go, just follow your intuition. Areas that need healing are shown to me through tingling on my palms or any area of heat/cold. When i feel this ,i know to stay on that area a bit longer.
Its also very non-invasive treatment -you leave your clothes on. You just usually lie up on a massage table on your back and the practitioner starts off either laying their hands on your head or directly over your head and they work down placing their hands on/over different areas e.g. throat, heart,lungs, tummy, liver ,reproductive area etc. (dont worry they dont PLACE their hands there except maybe over your ovaries seeing as thats probably what you want treated the most) and down towards your knees and your feet/toes. Some practitioners turn you over onto your tummy and do the back of the body, i choose not to disturb the client and the reiki is more than powerful to get all around the body.
When receiving it, it just feels like a warm ray of sunshine down on my face and its fantasticly (!) relaxing. ..i feel like im wrapped up in a warm buzzy glow !!(sorry but its hard to explain!)

Girls, keep me posted if you do get a treatment

PollySis · 07-30-2005, 07:57 PM

Hi there

I'm also a Reiki practitioner, Usui II and Celtic Reiki Master and member of the druid College of Healing. If anyone feels they could benefit from some distance Reiki, just PM me and I'd be happy to send Reiki to you, wherever you are. I believe it's a gift and should be shared freely and who better to send healing to, than my new cysters?

To the other practitioners here, have any of you attuned to more than one system? If so, which do you find over-rides the other, when you're Reiki-ing? I'd also be curious to discuss on PM which symbols other practioners find to be most effective - and in what order - and whether (and how) you use it for your own weight loss? As I said, that might be more appropriate to do on PM, in respect to the spirit of Reiki.

I have only just started my own weight loss campaign and am curious to try various things Reiki-wise, on myself, but wondering what other practitioners have tried?

bronny1980 · 08-01-2005, 05:51 AM

Hello again...little duck - thanks again for all that info...I'm going to make a booking for my first reiki session this week...Do u think that I should book for half an hour or for a full hour session? I dont know what to expect so I dont know how long I should do it for...Pollysis - I'll be willing to try the distance reiki thing...but how would that wrk?