Do you feel energy with your hands?

I heard many times, that even if you do not feel anything Reiki energy flows anyway. It works whether you feel it or not. It could be true, but if your palm chakras are activated at the time of Reiki attunement further learning process is way easier. The skills of recognizing energy using your hands can be learn, like everything else. The learning process is slow and gradual, as you continue to practice giving Reiki treatments first to yourself than to others. You may not be in tune with your body as much as others, who tell fantastic stories about feeling different sensation and can experience some imagery, hear some voices or kinesthetic feelings. We all are wired differently. All you can do is at least to attempt to find your own way.

Ability to sense the flow provides you with feedback and allows to experiment with different methods, develop efficiency in sending reiki energy. It may help you to deal with blockages, allow you to sense them. Many perception techniques will relay on intuition of the healer, on results of scanning, moving hands over the body without touching the person receiving treatment, to detect dis-eases and imbalances. Can you do it? Do you want to?


Personally I tend to not apply any pressure to the body when giving Reiki. I prefer to place my hands away from the body most of the time. Sometimes however, my hands feel as if they are actually sinking deeply into the body. Sensation of sinking or magnetic pulling may indicate that etheric hands extend themselves deeper into the tissues. The palms of your hands are the outlets of Reiki energy. It is common to feel sensations related to energy flow first on your hand. It could be pulsation,  cold or hot hands,  pins-or-needles tingling, hot flashes, goose bumps, chills, throbbing, electric static charge etc. There is no right or wrong way. The fact that you or person receiving reiki feels is just verification that Reiki energy is being welcomed.

Every person’s attunement experience is unique and you may not develop hot hands right after. It does not at all indicate that nothing has happened and that your attunement was a failure! You may need to work little more to find out what works for your and what is your own way of sensing Reiki.

According to my experience there is a room for improvement when it comes to ability to feel energy. It was confirmed by talking to many practitioner attending Reiki Shares in the Salt Cave. During Reiki Class there is usually not enough time to cover every aspect of learning how to give reiki. I decided to offer an opportunity of continuous learning for all willing to explore Reiki in supportive environment and try few exercises and practical tips about this aspect of how energy medicine works.

Here is typical outline of new Workshop:

• Initial meditation - usually grounding, related to feet or general relaxation
• manual experiments, activities & exercises related to energy medicine
• few meditations related to the main topic
• brief reiki session for everyone including the topic areas or methods
• conclusion - share of experience, Q&A

 Check FB page, or meetup reiki group for dates and more info. I have plans to expand and offer other topics related to Reiki. I will appreciate feedback about what are main obstacles on the way to become better reiki practitioner.

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What to expect

Learn how to relax and ground yourself as preparation for giving or receiving Reiki. We will start with short relaxation and grounding meditation. Relaxation is a skill that have to be learned. You practice often and it become better every day. There is many different methods of relaxation. No one will work for everyone. It is important to few try out different strategies. We will explore few to see which one is meet your needs. There is no right or wrong way to relax. You may find what works for you, what is your preferred method of grounding and getting ready for healing.
Learn simple methods & exercises developing your ability to feel reiki energy flow. We will start with warm up routine for your hands, than follow with few exercises as preparation for better, effective reiki session.
Learn effective reiki tips for self help. Special attention will be paid to those related to main topic. You will also receive brief reiki session. As a conclusion we all will have a chance to share personal experience observed during both meditations and reiki activities.