Learning Reiki

The five treatments I received helped me deal with the depression and made me interested in becoming a healer myself. So, later on that year I attended my first reiki course outside of Cambridge, in England.

I had never tried reiki healing prior to attending the course, however it proved to be quite similar to the healing I had grown used to.

In order to pass on healing energy the healer has to learn to bring the reiki energy into her body and out through the palms. Reiki energy exists all around us and enters the healer through the top of the head.

Some healers gently touch the receiver with their palms during the treatment while others leave their hands an-inch-or-two above the body. In my experience, physical touch deepens the healing.

Healing energy is a form of mental energy and both the healer and the receiver benefit from the healing session, since all the energy passes through the healer on its way to the receiver. Reiki energy is deeply relaxing and as a result many receivers fall asleep during the treatment. The average treatment lasts for about 30 minutes.

Personally, I find reiki particularly effective with emotional issues.