After your Session

 Sometimes, receiving or giving Reiki will bring up emotions for clearing - I recall my teacher Alalyse inviting us to try to observe those feelings, and not react to them. 

Years ago, a friend found she sometimes felt open and vulnerable after giving or receiving Reiki - if you experience this, consider adding some practices for integration. 

Spiral of life

After the session

  • When ready, open your eyes and notice three things in the room. Ground yourself, and imagine mama Gaia welcoming any released energy as compost. 
  • Place one hand on the top of your head and the other on your belly. Imagine your energies being 'sealed up' as you prepare to leave the healing space. 
  • Sweep your hands from just above your head, over the back of your neck, down your sides, and flick your fingers, imagining anything extra being released into the earth. Repeat at least three times.
  • Bless and drink a glass of water, inviting the energy to integrate into your body, and anything released to leave your field. 
  • Perhaps go outside and take a walk or ground with a tree! Again, notice several things in your surroundings.
  • If you find yourself sensitive to pain/ emotions in others you're not treating or connected to, invite guidance on how to best respond. 'Is this mine? Is a response needed/ appropriate?' If not, invite it to be cleared from your field!
When you're home
  • Drink another glass of water, imagining it filled with rainbows. Invite the colors you need to fill you. Take a pinch of sea salt first, to allow your cells to better receive the water. 
  • Write/ draw any insights in your Reiki Journal. Breathe and release any uncomfortable emotions. 
  • Drink extra water, and invite any additional healing and insights.
  • Check to see if you need the support of flower essences.
  • You may be drawn to do some movement to reinforce the clearing, 'Dancing' your aura egg, as if you were in a beautiful soap bubble at arm's width, all around you is a simple, fun option.
  • Take a bath with Epsom salts (plus essential oils and flower essences, as you wish) to support your refreshed field and boundaries.

For the next several days, take time in the morning to ground yourself, imagining roots from your belly/ Dan tien and from the center of each foot going into the center of the earth. You may want to sweep your field again, as you did after the session. 

Define your aura bubble, perhaps adding a rose in front, behind and in both sides; and invite your guides to help clarify and refine your energy.  

One friend mentioned that she imagined putting on light bracelets and anklets when she was doing addiction counselling, and had several clients she perceived as 'emotional vampires.' The first time she did that, a couple of them quickly turned to face her, asking what she'd just done! Smile ... 

This can be a helpful image if you need to go somewhere soon after receiving a session!

Just for today, be Grateful

You may be drawn to do a land tuning to support your energy, and/or to smudge and bless your house - keep listening! And thank your guides for the insights! 

In the evening, take a few minutes to sit on the edge  of your bed, and collect your energy from around you. Bring your hands to your Dan tien, and breathe into your belly. Invite your Reiki guides tip heal and bless you as you sleep. 

What are your favorite self-care practices  following a session?

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