I want to talk about Reiki plainly, because most of what's been written about it isn't.
Reiki is hands-on energy work — or hands-off, depending on the person — where a practitioner acts as a conduit for something that wants to move. It's not magic. It's not a cure. It's not going to fix your life in one session. But it can create space for your body to do what it already knows how to do, which is move toward balance when given the chance.
I came to Reiki through my own healing — being hospitalized with Crohn's, I first received Reiki from a volunteer at the hospital. It was the only time I was there that I experienced true peace and ease in a very difficult time of my life. Not instead of medical care. Alongside it. What I have found is that the body holds things — grief, old stress, things that haven't been processed — and that sometimes the body needs permission and presence before it can let go.
That's what a Reiki session is. Permission and presence.
What it actually looks like: you're clothed, you're seated or lying down, it's quiet. I place my hands lightly on or just above different areas of the body and follow what I notice. Some people feel warmth or tingling. Some feel nothing and then sleep for twelve hours. Some cry without knowing why. All of it is right.
I work remotely too — distance Reiki is real and effective, and I know that sounds like something you'd be skeptical of. I was too, until I experienced it. Energy doesn't require proximity. It just requires intention.
I'll be opening bookings for remote sessions soon. If you want to be the first to know, join the list.