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The Healing Session
You will be asked to lay down on a massage table fully clothed except for your shoes. You may also be asked to remove or loosen your belt so that your breathing is not restricted in any way. It is best to wear loose-fitting garments on the day of your appointment. Wearing natural fabrics is best as well(cotton, wool, or linen). You may also be asked to remove any jewelry (rings, bracelets, pendants, etc.) prior to the session, so consider leaving these items at home. Reiki practitioners will often create a relaxing atmosphere for their Reiki sessions, in order to set a relaxing mood using dimmed lights, meditative music, scented candles, aromatherapy diffusers or all of the above. Some practitioners prefer to be in a place that is completely silent, without distraction of music of any kind, to conduct their Reiki sessions in. |
Healing Touch
During the Reiki healing session the practitioner will place his hands lightly on different parts of your body. Some Reiki practitioners will follow a predetermined sequence of hand placements, allowing their hands to rest on each body placement a few minutes or until they feel the energy shift before moving on to the next placement. Empathic practitioners will freely move their hands in no particular order to the areas where they "feel" Reiki is most needed. Some Reiki practitioners do not actually touch their clients. Instead, they will hover their lifted palms a few inches above the reclined body. Either way, Reiki energies flow where they are suppose to. |
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Phantom Hands
Because Reiki energies flow to where they are most needed there is a Reiki phenomenon called "phantom hands" that you may or may not experience. Phantom hands is the feeling that the Reiki practitioner's hands are touching one part of your body when they are actually somewhere else. For example, you may be able to see that the healer's hands are placed on your stomach, but it feels like they are also touching your legs. Or, you may feel as if several pairs of hands are on your body at the same time. |
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