Whether you are an existing or aspiring Reiki healer, this is one of a series of articles to help you along the way. First of all, let me congratulate you for walking this path. Reiki is a beautiful energy and way of life, and it is wonderful to help people heal, grow and develop. Well done for coming this far and for caring!

The question we are answering today goes something like this: “I had a Reiki client last week. This client was suffering from physical pain and some stress. Today the client gave me feedback on Reiki, saying that he did not feel any different. and noticed nothing The client reported good days and bad days and wanted to attribute the good days to Reiki, but as a rational and perfectly reasonable person, of course I didn’t want to jump to conclusions The client had also reported during the healing having thoughts buzzing in his head, as is normal for that client, in other words, there was no deep relaxation, unlike most of my other experiences giving Reiki to people.Sometimes I’m not sure what to say in these cases when people they do not have any apparent benefit during the session or afterwards.

To better answer this question, let’s borrow from NLP, or Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Frames of reference, also known simply as frames, provide a context for our thoughts and actions. It provides a frame of reference for what we experience. This is like the way a picture frame puts a border around what we can see in an image. We then feel the experience within the confines of the frame. Our frame of reference regarding any particular subject has the power to limit what we think is possible or can open our eyes to many possibilities. For example, coming to a Reiki session with the belief that deep relaxation is more likely to occur or the expectation of feeling warmth can limit what the client experiences. Changing that framework to be more permissive can help us to wait and thus realize limitless possibilities. An important frame is a pre-frame. This acts as a framework within which our expectation of what is going to happen sits. When we make that framework broad with unlimited possibilities, the client can expect the unlimited to happen. After all, Reiki connects us to the abundant and limitless realm.

So, having prepared the answer to this most frequently asked question, here is what I usually say before a client agrees to a Reiki session. I always say at the beginning that although there are amazing exceptions, Reiki does not usually feel, for example, like a pain reliever that begins to act in our bloodstream within 15 minutes, and Reiki goes where it is most needed, not where we expect it to go. necessarily. The client may experience Reiki as heat, cold, a wave sensation, a tingling sensation, an electrical or vibrating sensation, experiencing various thoughts, perhaps temporarily uncomfortable emotions, or pleasant relaxation; or the client may simply not feel anything at all, which happens often and is perfectly normal. Which of these reactions or non-reactions will be the customer’s reaction is fine. Reiki works in the background, whether we are immediately aware of it or not. The best thing for us is to have a course of, say, 6 sessions, so that we can be lucky enough for Reiki to do its job. Sometimes people need more, but let’s think about a course of 6 for now.

When I started giving sessions, I composed something like the paragraph above and printed it out to read to the client before agreeing to do Reiki. This helped me remember what to say, to provide as limitless a framework of possibilities as possible, as well as to provide the best possible service by having a full course of sessions. Perhaps you can rewrite the paragraph in your own words, print or memorize it, and be ready for the bountiful healing possibilities of the next client!