hi beth, your post made me think about somethings, event hough i have been doing REiki for so many years now i have only ever had 3 full reiki sessions that other people have done for me,

what do you actually experience during the approx hour session you have x

I had a few sessions of Reiki a few years ago and they changed my life vastly by increasing my confidence and decreasing my anxiety.
I would highly recommend it to all anxiety sufferers.

Well Alison, as you will already know, each session is different.

I have had a mixture, but I will try to let you know what progressively is happening to me.

1st ~ I relaxed fairly quickly (I was hyper) ... lol ... I saw black and white lights coming and going (I thought it was the sun coming and going ~ but it wasnt. I kept hearing the words "relax" "calm" .. that kind of thing.

2nd and 3rd ~ (hyper again) were much the same ~ reassuring positive self talk, to myself, about myself. Telling me I loved myself, I was a lovely person ... lots of things like that ~ that I feel so NEGATIVE about in myself. It was changing my thought pattern to think POSITIVE about myself. My father spoke to me on this occassion ~ telling me he loved me.... I already knew that :):)

4th ~ Much the same, constant reassurance about myself, but by this time, I was coping with life better, had more confidence in myself and was telling myself I was a good person, thinking more nice thoughts about myself, and was much more happy and relaxed.
The next 3 days my body ached from all the little pains I have, like period pains, pains in my shoulders and neck, very bad headaches, backache .... ALL AT ONCE. I telephone my Reiki Master, and we both agreed it was the Reiki ~ she said it was clearing "blockages".

Not to bore you too much, I always felt good after she had finished, and "renewed" ~ it was bringing me to do more positive thinking ~ and not self hatred. My father spoke to my again, with reassurance, and one of the times I felt I was floating ~ apparently this was because I was so relaxed !!!!

On my 8th session, my back had been really sore ~ old war wounds from having 2 cesarians ~ she worked on that shakra and I could hardly get off the couch. I felt as if I was having labour pains for the next 2 days, then it eased off bit by bit, and has been fine since .... it is a constant backache which is usually worst the week before my period ~ but so far so good.

You'll be sorry you asked now Alison ... hehehe :)

Anyhow >>>>>> my last session, I was told I would have a "transition" happen??? I had to look it up in the dictionary ~ it means to move from one place or thing to another.
I truly feel that, what it has done for me in the past 2 weeks since I was there, is make me think "about myself" ..... I dont do this ..... you mentioned the word "martyr" ... Well I was told by both my Psychologist and Psychiatrist I was showing strong signs, but I thought it meant "you felt sorry for yourself" ..... until I saw a film one night .... and saw "myself" in the film ~ owning up for something I didnt do, to protect someone I hardly knew ... then I understood what a martyr was.

Pheeeeeeeew ....... hope you got some info from that which helps you know what others experience.

My son got me a book on Reiki for my birthday, yesterday. It will probably take me ages to read it, but its there for when I am ready.

Huuuuuuuuugs AngelEyezz xxxx

hello everyone i am new here, i am also interested in Reiki.