Experiencing my first remote Reiki session

In 2022, due to the need to find new ways to unwind and recharge, I decided to try something different. I’d already started meditation, and getting out more into nature – these were good and whilst exploring these I became curious about Reiki. As if by magic, the planets aligned and I stumbled upon a practitioner who provided Remote Reiki – so I booked a session. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Maybe something vague relaxation or nothing at all? To add, I’d not heard about Reiki before. I paid the fee, it was all discussed on Messenger chat.

The instructions were straightforward: send a photo of myself to the practitioner, find a quiet spot, lie down comfortably, close my eyes, and empty my mind.

As the session began, a subtle tingling started throughout my whole body. It felt like very tiny pieces of snow gently falling through me. The sensation continued steadily for the full duration. At one point, I might have glimpsed faint purple hues or other colours behind my closed eyelids? Not entirely sure.

When the 20 minutes ended, the tingling changed, but stayed with me, in a good way. The practitioner recommended grounding myself by getting into nature, he said drink extra water to help process the energy. I was a little sleepy after the session, but sleepy-chilled not sleep-exhausted.

I read up on Reiki’s history as a Japanese energy healing practice, its principles of universal life force. This first Reiki session converted me from a non-believer to a believer. That experience sparked a sense of calling, I could ‘feel’ the energy and this now made a lot of sense – as a child I felt these tingles and could manipulate the energy around my body. It never occurred to me that not everyone could do this! I later found discovered that I was a ‘natural energy worker’ – precocious as this sounds it’s a label – and a lot of my life now made sense. I explored it further, eventually leading me to getting attuned in multiple modalities of Reiki practice – alongside my IT consulting work. I went from sceptic to advocate.

I do hope you found this post interesting, get in touch to book your Waterlooville Reiki session – also feel free to ask me anything should you wish for some spiritual direction.