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I've been hearing a version of the same thing from clients lately. They come off the table feeling clear, open, lighter — and then a few hours later, they text me something like: "I don't know what happened but I went home and slept for three hours." First of all — good. That is exactly right. Second — let me explain why, because understanding what your body is actually doing after a deep Reiki session changes everything. It turns something that might feel like a side effect into something...

If you've ever Googled "what does Reiki feel like," you've probably landed on a lot of words like peaceful and relaxing and energetically balanced. Which — sure. But also, that tells you almost nothing about what actually happens when you lie down on that table. So let me tell you what I wish someone had told me. The real version. MY FIRST SESSION My first true hands-on Reiki experience came in 2018. I had started going to therapy, and after about 40 minutes of talking through what I was...

There's an automatic recording that runs in the background of my mind — a low hum that says you could look better — and it's been there so long I sometimes forget it's not the truth. It's just noise. Persistent, exhausting, lying noise.