WHAT DOES REIKI FEEL LIKE?
The physical sensations that accompany Reiki vary from person to person. Some of the most common descriptions of what people feel include a feeling of heat or warmth from the practitioner’s hands. Other descriptions include a vibration, tingling, or pins & needles like when your leg is falling asleep. You do not need to feel Reiki to know it’s working, and the most common experience of Reiki is that of deep relaxation. Experienced Reiki practitioners often develop sensitivity which aids them in their use of Reiki. It’s different for everyone, and any physical sensations are just a by-product of the energy, not the energy itself.
During a Reiki treatment, the healer and the healee can usually feel different sensations in the hands of the practitioner. This is usually felt as a warmth, tingling, pins and needles, throbbing, cold, vibrational buzzing, numbness or even an electrical type feeling. Sometimes, there is no noticeable feeling at all, and the sensations can vary between treatments. It has been noted that with people who are very sick, the sensations are even stronger. This has also been true during distance sessions.
