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Reiki FAQ's

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WHAT DOES REIKI FEEL LIKE?

During a Reiki treatment, the healer and the healee can usually feel different sensations in the hands of the practitioner. This is usually felt as a warmth, tingling, pins and needles, throbbing, cold, or even an electrical type feeling. Sometimes, there is no noticeable feeling at all, and the sensations can vary between treatments. I have noticed that with people who are very sick, the sensations are even stronger. This has also been true during distance sessions.

Is there an explanation for these differences? Actually, the Reiki itself has no sensate characteristics. What you are feeling during a treatment is the body's reaction to the Reiki flowing through it. Reiki emerges from the practitioner's hands and reacts to the tissues of the hands as it is passing through them. Then, as it flows into the body, it also reacts to the tissues of the person being treated. This is called polarization. This can change from day to day and from person to person. It also responds according to the individuals' sensitivities at the time of the treatment. Also, some people are simply more in touch with what their body is feeling than other people are.

Since Reiki is also treating the practitioner at the time of the healing session, both the practitioner and the healee experience different sensations and healing within their bodies, minds and spirits.

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HOW DOES REIKI KNOW WHERE TO GO?

One of the most unusual things about Reiki is that when an attuned practitioner is near a person who is sick, the Reiki turns itself on automatically. The practitioner will often know exactly where a person is sick in their body. This intuitive aspect of Reiki is fascinating. Even if the Reiki practitioner is asleep (or even in a coma) and their hands are placed on a person who needs healing, the Reiki energy will start to flow.

This example shows that Reiki is activated despite the practitioner, the healee, or the belief systems of either individual. This is also why Reiki is so simple to use! The practitioner doesn't have to know what is wrong with the healee to help them. The Reiki knows.

The energy flow does, however, appear to flow more powerfully when the Reiki practitioner deliberately places their hands on the client in a conscious, loving way. If the practitioner consciously desires to help the client and uses intent, and if the client consciously accepts the healing energy, the Reiki is more powerful and effective.

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