After a session a client will sometimes declare: “Wow, Wow! I don’t have words for what I just experienced!” A few weeks later, I may encounter the same client and get this comment about the session: “That was nice.”
I puzzled over how “wow” became “that was nice” until I repeated the experience to two friends who are psychotherapists. When I asked them for their thoughts, both immediately responded, “Integration.” As a Reiki practitioner, “integration” is exactly the outcome I desire most.
Because my hands-on sessions last two hours, there is time and space for a great deal to happen energetically. The client may or may not be aware of what is happening, depending on how aware they are of their own energy. I had the delight earlier this week of a session with a client who “sees” energy in full color and could describe the changes she witnessed as they happened. “The energy on my right side was a dark, red-orange. While your hands were there the color changed and lightened, until, finally, it was white. That is when your hands moved from the position.”
Shifts such as this one take place routinely in a Reiki session. Awareness of this movement can produce the “Wow!” reaction. However, energy is still in flux following the session. Typically, energetic changes require several days or longer to stabilize and become integrated into the energetic patterns of the body. Once this integration takes place, memory of the session changes from “wow” to “nice” because the shifts are woven seamlessly into the client’s energy system on all levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. The client responds to situations, conditions, and life in general in a way that reflects the new energetic order.
“Wow!” Indeed. What a privilege it is to do this work!
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Marianne is a Seattle-Area Reiki Master Teacher and Practitioner. She is the author of Reiki: A Guide for the Practice of Levels I and II and a former editor, contributor, and columnist for Reiki News Magazine. See her current class schedule.