Since energy can transcend distance, time or space, it can be sent to you, wherever you are! In that way, distance Reiki works the same as when you receive it in person, and it can take place in the comfort of your own home. This means that healing Reiki will be sent to you and you will receive the same benefit as if you were with the practitioner in person. You will receive the healing energy and it will go where directed and needed to help heal, body, mind, emotions and spirit.
What can you expect during a distance Reiki session?
Most people will find the session to be very calming, and will experience a sense of relaxation and peace – you may even fall asleep! You could experience warm/cool/tingling sensations throughout your body, you may possibly have an emotional response, or you might feel nothing at all… Any of these experiences are completely normal.
Even if you don’t feel anything, the therapeutic benefit of Reiki is still noticeable. Reiki often works on a subtle level yet has profound results which normally become apparent in the following days or weeks after your session.
How can someone in another room, another city or even another country experience healing from a Reiki therapist in a different place? But then again how can they not? Reiki is natural healing energy that works on every level, not just the physical level and this is where we have trouble understanding how a Reiki distance session works.
Within the framework of our physical world, everything has to be done in person. If you need a haircut, a massage, dental work, manicure or blood test, it cannot be done by distance. It has to be done in person. There has to be a physical connection made with your body and that is where Reiki is different.
Reiki is non-invasive and is used holistically to restore balance in mind, body and spirit while promoting the body's regenerative self-healing ability. Its healing energy connects us on an energetic and spiritual level where the healing work is conducted. To understand this, we must first realize that we are more than our physical bodies.
Our thoughts, emotions, feelings, ideas, perspectives and moral beliefs all exist within us but they are not part of our physical bodies. They are energies that can affect our physical bodies but they are not physical elements.
Our soul or our spirit also forms part of who we are and it is definitely not a physical element. Reiki energy connects with us through spiritual and energetic levels using the intention of the practitioner to send healing energy and the intention of the client to receive healing.
Distant Reiki sessions work because energy is not limited by distance, time or space. Distance is a physical limitation only. We accept other energy frequencies that we cannot see, such as electricity, radios, telephones and now cell phones and internet. It wasn’t so long ago wireless devices and telephones were seen as miracle devices. Initially, these devices were thought to be too unbelievable to be true, but now they are accepted as normal everyday services. In order for them to work, they have to be tuned in and distant Reiki works in the same way.
The Reiki practitioner acts as a conduit and tunes the healing energy to the person it is being sent to. It then flows through the energy currents that exist naturally. Just as distance is not an obstacle for mobile phones, radio signals or the World Wide Web, it is not an obstacle for Reiki. During a Reiki in-person session, the treatment may be performed with either hands on or off the body, or beaming Reiki from a distance. It is just as effective as a hands-on treatment or regardless of the distance involved.
Reiki has gained popularity over the years and is utilized in hospitals in palliative care and hospice centres as a way to relieve anxiety, ease grief and lessen pain. As more and more people are learning of the amazing benefits the demand grows. Distant Reiki sessions provide a wonderful, simple and effective alternative treatment.
