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Ready for Reiki?
Boost Your Health and Energy Levels
By Lisa A. Goldstein
"After grounding themselves and preparing to channel Reiki energy, the practitioner works around the body, placing their hands in various hand positions – first on the head, over the eyes, ears, throat, heart, stomach, etc., working down the body to the feet," Bartlett says. "Everyone does it a little bit differently, though some schools of Reiki are more strict than others in terms of how exact the hand positions have to be and in what order. In general, the practitioner channels energy into the client's body and aura, resting for several minutes in each spot until they feel it is time to move on.
A Reiki session usually lasts from 40 minutes to an hour. At the end, the practitioner lets the client rest for a few minutes until they are ready to sit up and then may talk to them about their experience."
Bartlett equates this treatment to going to a chiropractor, massage therapist or acupuncturist, and there's not really an average number of visits. It all depends on why the client is receiving treatments. It can also be used as preventive care to re-energize the body, she says. Fees vary, but usually are between $40 and $75 an hour. It usually is not covered by insurance.
When asked what Reiki feels like for the practitioner, Bartlett says she usually feels a sensation in her palms – sometimes like heat, or a pricking or tingling feeling. Sometimes she doesn't feel any sensation during a healing, but trusts the client is receiving what he or she needs.
Bartlett uses Reiki every day because it's not difficult, it feels good and has tangible, positive results, she says Milam also uses Reiki on herself and on her family. She claims it helped rid her of MS-like symptoms, helped her two children with special needs make tremendous progress in their health and academic abilities and assisted her mother in experiencing very little blood loss, having no ill effects from anesthesia and needing no pain medication after major orthopedic surgery.