We will not be in direct contact during the session. So, set your phone on
flight mode and make sure that you can be undisturbed for the entire session. Use soft music or scents if that helps you relax. Keep a
journal nearby. After the session, you may want to write down any impressions, thoughts, emotions, sensations or insights that may have come up. Even if they seem insignificant in the moment, they may feel deeply purposeful days, weeks or months from now.
5-10 minutes before the session, either sit down with your spine long and at ease, or lie down comfortably. Close your eyes and scan your body, allowing any tension to release organically, without pushing it to relax. Breathe naturally, without restrain. Relaxation helps calm your nervous system, which increases internal awareness and helps you feel the effects of your session. Just remember that sensing anything particular is not necessary for the energy to do exactly what is needed. Letting go of expectations for what will happen will make the process easier for you.
From the start of our session, allow for 30-40 minutes to let the energy do its work. You don’t have to think about anything special. Just allow yourself to be nurtured. Relax into, and be aware of your experience as it is. If you find yourself distracted, simply return to the experience of your body and breath.
I will begin and end the session with a clear intention. Some people feel this, others do not. Trust your intuition to know when you’ve filled your cup – or have a timer set on 30-40 minutes if you’re unsure. Remember, this time is for you. You’re allowed to finish early, or to stay in the energy for longer if you feel like it. The energy I share is powerful and it can take time to absorb (think days, weeks, months!). The energy will be available for however long you request it simply by tuning in with conscious intention.
Read more: Shakti Reiki – How to prepare for energy healing Energy healing works directly with the energetic aspect of our being. Since this is a deeper and more fundamental aspect than the physical, any healing here will also ripple 'out' to, and support healing of the body.
You need not 'do' anything for energy healing to work. However, it does rely on your ability to receive the energy that is made available to you. For this, it is ideal if you can approach it like meditation – with full presence and without expectations or judgement.
We are complex beings, and everyone has different disposition, conditions, reactions to, and ability to perceive energy work. Therefore we cannot predict how a session will be experienced - even if you've had sessions before. Try to simply be present with your experience and allow any sensations to rise and pass as they need. Trust that you will be given exactly the energy that is beneficial to you at this time, and simply witness with loving awareness.
Some possible direct benefits from a session with me:
Feeling deeply relaxed, lighter and free
Experiencing being deeply loved, held and nourished
Feeling very grounded and connected to Earth and nature
Experiencing something new and beautiful within you
Becoming more integrated with a deeper connection with life
Feeling touched by something greater than yourself
Within a session, the most common experiences reported in session by my clients are: very deep relaxation (muscular, mental and/or energetic), a feeling of safety and profound peace, lightness / floating, tension and pain relief, tingling, pulsating sensations and warmth. There can be an embracing feeling of being unconditionally loved and held, as well as joy and happiness, heart opening and aliveness.
Other possible experiences might be temporary nausea or light-headedness, sensing energy movement, cold/draft, visions, or intuitively understanding difficult life situations or previously hidden processes; whether emotional, cognitive or spiritual.
There may be sensations of pain (physical, emotional and/or mental) intensifying before they release. All these experiences teach you, subtly and often mostly unconsciously over a period of time, to be present with and heal yourself with unconditional love, which in turn heals your relationship with yourself and the world.
More rarely there have been spiritual experiences of feeling a presence or inexplicably not alone, body dissolution, dissolving the every-day linear sense of time, or a general ability to acknowledge and hold contradicting aspects of oneself that previously had been creating internal discord and/or suppression.
