low the energies to flow more readily into their bodies.

A typical session takes about an hour, though I have worked on people for ten minutes and seen dramatic healings occur almost spontaneously. My hands seem to know their own correct path, a tremendous heat is generated and transfers to the patient.

On one rare occasion, a friend had blackened her eye in a bad fall, her cheek was bruised and swollen. When I placed my han

When I mention to people that I am a Reiki practitioner, that I might be able to help ease their pain or suffering, I usually get a quizzical look, followed by “you’re a WHAT?”

Reiki, pronounced ray – key, is an old form of healing that works with a person’s own abilities to heal themselves. As a practitioner of this art, I work in accordance with the person’s own willingness and permission. In effect, they must allow, as well as accept, these healing energies.

I have come to realize that a substantial part of my role is in educating people about what it is I do, about their own part in their healing, and a great deal of patience to stand aside and let the work do its own good in any given patient.

Each patient brings their own set of suffering, pain and issues to the table, and the Reiki energies work on these issues in due time, according to the tolerance level and needs of the patient. Reiki works on all levels of the human condition: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

As a practitioner, I start from the top of their head and work down, but I do not know where the energy will have the most effect. I have placed my hands on a woman’s shoulders for several minutes and afterward she told me that a many years long standing pain in her knee suddenly disappeared. She felt the energies moving through her body to that point in her leg. I did not know of that particular pain.

I have worked on so many different people and with each person, a new transformation takes place. One thing that every person shares is going into the “spacey zone” as I like to refer to it; they are so relaxed as to either drift off to sleep or go into a deep meditative state. Both are good places for a patient as they can allow the energies to flow more readily into their bodies.

A typical session takes about an hour, though I have worked on people for ten minutes and seen dramatic healings occur almost spontaneously. My hands seem to know their own correct path, a tremendous heat is generated and transfers to the patient.

On one rare occasion, a friend had blackened her eye in a bad fall, her cheek was bruised and swollen. When I placed my hand

accept, these healing energies.

I have come to realize that a substantial part of my role is in educating people about what it is I do, about their own part in their healing, and a great deal of patience to stand aside and let the work do its own good in any given patient.

Each patient brings their own set of suffering, pain and issues to the table, and the Reiki energies work on these issues in due time, according to the tolerance level and needs of the patient. Reiki works on all levels of the human condition: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

As a practitioner, I start from the top of their head and work down, but I do not know where the energy will have the most effect. I have placed my hands on a woman’s shoulders for several minutes and afterward she told me that a many years long standing pain in her knee suddenly disappeared. She felt the energies moving through her body to that point in her leg. I did not know of that particular pain.

I have worked on so many different people and with each person, a new transformation takes place. One thing that every person shares is going into the “spacey zone” as I like to refer to it; they are so relaxed as to either drift off to sleep or go into a deep meditative state. Both are good places for a patient as they can allow the energies to flow more readily into their bodies.

A typical session takes about an hour, though I have worked on people for ten minutes and seen dramatic healings occur almost spontaneously. My hands seem to know their own correct path, a tremendous heat is generated and transfers to the patient.

On one rare occasion, a friend had blackened her eye in a bad fall, her cheek was bruised and swollen. When I placed my han

rance level and needs of the patient. Reiki works on all levels of the human condition: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

As a practitioner, I start from the top of their head and work down, but I do not know where the energy will have the most effect. I have placed my hands on a woman’s shoulders for several minutes and afterward she told me that a many years long standing pain in her knee suddenly disappeared. She felt the energies moving through her body to that point in her leg. I did not know of that particular pain.

I have worked on so many different people and with each person, a new transformation takes place. One thing that every person shares is going into the “spacey zone” as I like to refer to it; they are so relaxed as to either drift off to sleep or go into a deep meditative state. Both are good places for a patient as they can allow the energies to flow more readily into their bodies.

A typical session takes about an hour, though I have worked on people for ten minutes and seen dramatic healings occur almost spontaneously. My hands seem to know their own correct path, a tremendous heat is generated and transfers to the patient.

On one rare occasion, a friend had blackened her eye in a bad fall, her cheek was bruised and swollen. When I placed my han

the energies moving through her body to that point in her leg. I did not know of that particular pain.

I have worked on so many different people and with each person, a new transformation takes place. One thing that every person shares is going into the “spacey zone” as I like to refer to it; they are so relaxed as to either drift off to sleep or go into a deep meditative state. Both are good places for a patient as they can allow the energies to flow more readily into their bodies.

A typical session takes about an hour, though I have worked on people for ten minutes and seen dramatic healings occur almost spontaneously. My hands seem to know their own correct path, a tremendous heat is generated and transfers to the patient.

On one rare occasion, a friend had blackened her eye in a bad fall, her cheek was bruised and swollen. When I placed my han

low the energies to flow more readily into their bodies.

A typical session takes about an hour, though I have worked on people for ten minutes and seen dramatic healings occur almost spontaneously. My hands seem to know their own correct path, a tremendous heat is generated and transfers to the patient.

On one rare occasion, a friend had blackened her eye in a bad fall, her cheek was bruised and swollen. When I placed my hands on her face, they turned cold on her skin. I was completely unaware of this, as they felt a normal temperature to me, but apparently cold was the needed cure for her injury.

Often, a physical pain throbs quite strongly under my touch, and as the energy works into it, the throbbing slows and dissipates. It’s as if a raging little gremlin trapped in the cells loses its hold and breaks down.

While more serious diseases of the body will take a number of sessions to address, even one session will leave the patient with a feeling of lightness, a freeing of the hold on the body. The energies continue to work within the patient’s body for several days after a healing, giving a needed respite to a body battling the dis-ease.

Physical pain in a body is a direction to the person to focus upon particular thought patterns that develop within their minds, transferring into the body their incorrect thinking. Reiki can redirect, realign and reestablish and more healthy line of thought.

While I have seen some dramatic effects through the use of this kind of healing, I would always encourage a person to use this alongside of their standard medical approach. Reiki is the perfect accompaniment to all other forms of healing, and will in no way, interfere with any other practice.

If someone could lay their hands on you for an hour, leaving you with a blissful, calm feeling and a little freer of pain than before you entered, wouldn’t you want to give it a try?