How Reiki Works

Simply put, Reiki uses the natural energy that flows in each of us to bring your system the balance it needs. Whether it’s physical tension that needs releasing, anxiety or stress, an active mind, Reiki brings balance. Everyone has a different experience with Reiki because the energy serves what each person needs in that moment.

In a Reiki session, you lie down fully clothed, eyes open or closed, your choice. I follow your energy and move my hands around various parts of your body with hands on the body or hovering just above, your choice. You will likely feel heat from my hands and likely get more and more relaxed as the session proceeds. Many folks fall asleep or end the session feeling deeply relaxed.

General benefits of Reiki include reduction in pain and stress, improved sleep, improved digestion. People can feel more motivated, less depressed.

Other benefits include moving through your day with a steadier mood, an expanded self-awareness, increased productivity, and a more profound sense of engagement with the world.

What an Individual Healing Session Looks Like

Individual healing sessions can be any combination of mindful movement, guided meditation, chakra healing, crystal healing and reiki, depending on what you need in the moment.

Each week, we begin with a check in. You tell me your successes and challenges around using the self-care tool I’ve shared with you the week before. You also tell me your noticings: a difficult conversation that felt a bit easier than it would have in the past, a boundary you set with someone, an afternoon you took to just nap.

I listen carefully and reflect back all the changes you’re bringing into your life because this work is subtle and happens deep down. It’s not like working out and seeing muscles build before your eyes. Spiritual muscles are different. So each week, we celebrate each step, big and small, together. We tweak things to make them work for you. Nothing is forced. Our humanity is welcome.

Since most folks arrive to their weekly session stressed, frazzled, overworked, having combatted Bay Area traffic or public transportation, we do some breath-guided movement to come out of our head and into our body. This also helps folks reconnect to their bodies as many of us feel very disembodied, living more in our heads than in our bodies.

I lead you through guided meditation (this could include breath awareness, gratitude, chakras, visualizations, whatever is called for in the moment). Finally, I set you up in a restorative posture (again depending on what you need that day). Restorative postures bring deep release of muscles and emotional blockages.

At the same time, I place crystals on your person, and do reiki on you to clear out any physical or energetic toxins and bring balance to your system.

You leave the session feeling deeply relaxed and charged up for the rest of your week.