reiki>Treatment

During classical reiki treatment, the practitioner holds his hands either on or a few centimeters away from various parts of the receiver's body. For distance sessions, he/she uses a symbolic medium as intermediary. What occurs is a process of energy-transmission in which the practitioner serves as a relay. The receiver picks up the energy and unconsciously allots it to the zones most needing it at that time. As an analogy, we can imagine a supply of water to a dehydrated body which makes the appropriate use of it on its own initiative.

Meanwhile, the only thing the receiver has to do is relax.

Over and above from the global sense of relaxation apparently always felt, the receiver might, according to his/her sensitivity, perceive certain signs of the energy action. Examples of these are : variations in temperature, tensions and/or loosening, pins and needles, tingling, vibrations, return and/or relief of pain, a sense of increased heaviness or lighteness, of asymmetry, of expansion, the impression of being in a cocoon, of calm and reassurance, visions of colours, images, etc.