My First Reiki Experience:

This week, I went to go and see a dear friend of mine who performs reiki healing. During this time of my illness and my treatment I am willing to try anything and go into things with a very open mind indeed.

I had never had hands on reiki before – but Kalie had performed distance reiki on me a few months back. And the results of that were quite amazing.

For the distant session I was required to lie down and home and relax and, allow myself to switch off and remain calm and quiet. With Kalie her sending me healing vibes I guess you could call it. Kalie was able to tap into symptoms that I was suffering with that I had not previously told her about. She felt the sickness I was getting, the nausea that was constantly there and also the very specific location of pain I was experiencing on a day to day basis. When the reiki was being performed I could literally sense the healing being sent to me. My sickness that night was totally removed. It was in fact the first time in about 3 months that I had not been sick. This all in all was an astonishing result and to be honest, not one that I was expecting at all.

Based on this and my own need to do all I can to help my own medical condition I agreed to see Kalie one to one for some hands on healing. This, I was very much looking forward to indeed.

Before the session begins, Kalie asks what it was I wanted to get out of the session and what I mainly wanted to achieve – for me it was about relaxation and being able to deal with the pain. If my pain levels were indeed reduced at all that would be a bonus. So, I don’t feel I went into it expecting huge things.

Kalie wanted to focus on my head area and then feel where she was drawn to heal. It is a hand’s on process – and I was fine with this. I do not have an aversion to being touched at all. And if it was to get the results that I experienced last time – then I was definitely game.

The session began with my lying on the treatment bed. Very comfortable I must say! Curtain drawn, soothing music played and incense burnt – the entire scene was set and I was in the correct frame of mind to begin.

The key here is to relax yourself and to let your mind become open – and this is what I did and I am grateful for it – as the experience was second to none.

As Kalie’s hands were placed on my head I could feel the warmth coming through from them. Warmth, that rippled through my body and settled in certain areas. From this point I was totally relaxed and totally engaged in the experience.

Without someone experiencing it for themselves it somewhat hard to describe… but I will try. I felt as if my entire mind was being cleansed. As if my mind was being massaged, washed and totally cleansed. From here my mind was so open that I began to visualise many things. These stemmed from bright colours of yellow, orange and green hues to shapes. Mainly I saw circles, and three dimensional diamonds spinning on an axis. I also envisioned scenes that I have never experienced myself and yet these images were coming to the forefront of my mind. Snap shot images of an elderly woman, a family on the beach – but not seeing the faces just literally the feet running around having fun. The images were serene and relaxing. Every image I saw flowed through from one into another quite naturally and smoothly. My mind almost eager with anticipation as to what I was going to experience next. I put this experience down to the healing and the cleansing that Kalie was able to send through into me.

At times I could sense myself naturally pulling away from the trance like state I was experiencing – and I was alerted to this by my breathing. The moment I became aware of my breathing I had to relax myself again and draw myself back into the healing state.

The heat that I felt from Kalie’s hands was felt in my own hands even though they were not the subject of attention. It was an incredible feeling. The warmth radiated through my head in a soothing way in into my back which is one of my main areas of pain.

When Kalie focused on my stomach area – which is another of my areas mainly affected with the pain – I could sense her drawing the badness and the pain out of my body. It was almost as if she was having a tug of war with my body. My body wanting so much to hold on to the badness and then Kalie literally at the other end of the rope pulling it away. As things progressed I could feel almost a ball in my abdomen that gradually got smaller and smaller as Kalie pulled more out of my body.

At the end of session I felt really enlightened and invigorated from the experience. The main effect that I clearly felt was on my mind – it literally had been washed and dried and was in a new state from whence it started. I felt a renewed focus and a new ability to see things with clarity that over the time I have been dealing with my illness has gotten clouded.

Kalie debriefs after the session and explains things that she felt about me and what feelings and emotions she was able to pick up on… of which were spot on. Feelings that I keep hidden from the populace and yet she was able to see through this and get right to my core and understand me. She is able to give great advice on how to heal yourself from an emotional aspect and how at times you need to focus on yourself. This for me is an aspect I always fall down on… I help others before I help myself. Frome here on in I will ensure that I take the time out for myself and work on my inner self.

The entire time that I was with Kalie and in her presence I did not experience a single hot flush – which considering with my treatment they occur every 10 minutes was a huge difference. What will stay with me long term is the focus that I now have and what I can do to help myself with my illness and how my emotions play a bit part to my coping and dealing. Also the fact that I am able to have such a positive and spiritual experience has shown me that there are avenues out there away from medication to aid in my recovery and help me to deal on a day to day basis.

Reiki with Kalie is now a process that I will continue with – even past my recovery……