Advice for New Reiki Practitioners on Client Abbreviations

As a new Reiki practitioner, you may encounter some challenges. Of course, they are all part of the learning curve, as he learns how to flow with the energy and how to handle various situations. A request for advice that I often receive from new practitioners going through their work experience is the following.

The client receives the Reiki, and during the session feels some discomfort. The new Reiki practitioner would have already explained to the client what to expect before the session began, avoiding any fear of abreactions. Having said that, abreactions are rare, perhaps one in 10 Reiki sessions may include an abreaction. Sometimes, the client, in his first Reiki session, despite having received a detailed explanation of what can happen, is still afraid when he feels hot, cold, a wave sensation, an electric sensation, a sensation of vibration type, much less. an abreaction, such as tears, uncontrollable giggling, belching, yawning, sighing, or shaking. During the session, they may or may not convey any fear to the practitioner, and with the more experienced practitioner, this can be more easily detected. However, even then, even with the most experienced Reiki Master, on very rare occasions, the client maintains such a silent abreaction that it is overlooked. The new Reiki practitioner often worries about how to deal with a client situation where the client has an abreaction after the session, especially if the client thinks the Reiki caused the abreaction.

These are very common concerns of newly dedicated Reiki practitioners. And what follows is the advice that is usually given. First of all, it is good practice to ask people to commit to 6 sessions. And this extends to booking the next session immediately after the first one, when the client is still with you. Second, Reiki reaches where it is most needed. So if the client was or is still having what is called a healing crisis, this is normal. I give the metaphor of a box full of bad energy that has been opened in one session, but the client needs to return for more sessions before the box is emptied. So some of the energy disruption is gone (as evidenced by the client abreacting during the session, for example, and thus releasing), and tears, laughter, physical pain, belching are normal. yawning, tiredness anger, sadness, fear or any other feeling that arises to heal after the session. Of course, the new practitioner would have ended the session on a quiet note and the client would have left in peace, but then a healing reaction could have started again. It is as if a door has been opened and everything inside begins to disappear. Of course, it feels at the exit of it. So make it part of your practice to tell clients that they may have a healing crisis after one session, further tell them to commit to 6 sessions if possible, and that they may need a regular recharge afterwards. This can be once a week, once a fortnight, once a month, or whatever works for your time and budget. With experience, you’ll learn how much to emphasize the possibility of a healing reaction (often called a healing crisis), without scaring the client, of course. And you’ll learn how to tell them to just watch it and let it happen. It’s just a power interruption on your way out of the body, that’s all.

Remember that healing is for the highest good, not necessarily for relaxation or a specific result. Whatever is supposed to happen, we just trust it to happen.

Enjoy your healing practice and this wonderful Reiki energy.