rekii one - dissilusioned
Hi there, i had my reiki one attunement 10 days ago and i'm struggling to keep up with my self treatment. Instead of twice a day i can only manage once and i've missed one day.
I don't really feel much when i'm doing it apart from slight tingling in my hands and feet and when i did it to my husband he said he could feel heat.
I'm not sure what i should be feeling and doing and whether i'm doing anything wrong - do i need to keep my eyes closed? how long should i stay in each position?
I feel like i've so many questions as i've come across so many others who have had amazing reiki experiences and nothing seems to have changed for me at all.[&o]
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The tingling and heat is definitely energy being channelled...
I myself didn't feel much during the Reiki I attunement. People talked about colours and someone mentioned they saw a vision of a japanese naval officer (one guess...). That all sounds great but all I felt was the master's hot palms which the cynic would explain away as having been from touching other attendees. However from treating others, they have given me enough interesting feedback for me to know something must have happened.
As for specific technique, I tend to keep my eyes open (I fall asleep far too easily with my eyes shut!) (I actually fell asleep in my attunement :D ), and spend 3-5 minutes on each hand position.
Hope this helps.
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Hi Venice
Your journey is unique to you, all of your answers are to be found within yourself and you will determine what you will feel and how you will feel it.
Energy channelling works by intention (Intention is thought into action) so if you wish to sense the energy better you need to set your intention to either become more sensitive to the energies or and to turn up the flow of the energies until you can sense it better with the sensitivity you now have.
The more you use the energies the better you become at channelling them but please do not become a slave to routine as it is not helpful, it is far better to channel meaningfully occasionally than to sit there all day doing it just because someone has told you to.
Like everything else in life you have to grow into energy channelling and there is no quick fix to turn you into an expert if there is such a thing ;-)
Just do what feels right for you and go with the flow and you will go far :-)
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Hi Helen,
I can completely understand what your saying, I was thinking about posting here to ask when self healing do others feel anything. I do feel it in my hands & what I'm tending to do is just play with it (I'm not sure if thats an OK thing to do but it's what is coming natuaral to me!!!) first I find it good in the bath at night with candles lit also , I have a chunk of clear quartz on the side of the bath & I have found that intending Reiki on it whilst holding my hands over it I can feel it very strong, also for a quick treatment I put both hands on the top of my head (I saw that in a book) for a quick boost! I have found it really hard to hold hand postitions for long & also hard to find time full stop, I've been disapoint as when I have had treatment of someone else or in the attument I see colours, trees & alsorts but when self treating I don't see anything.
I have treated my husband once & felt cold on his throat & I asked him if his throat was sore & he said no but the next day his throat WAS hurting so now he's calling me a witch!!!![:'(]!(lol) He also said he felt nothing during the treatment so that hasn't given me any confidence in treating him again!!!
I think it's very easy to feel dissilusiond with it as it's something you can't see & when it comes to feeling you can (well I do) start to think if it's just physcosamitic (spelling!!) but keep practicing & don't give up....have you got your CD yet???
Best wishes
Love Amy xx;)
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dear venice
you are doing just great
whenever you feel like doing it for joy it is not a chore dear heart
easy does it early days
enJOY
patience
give it love
the more you do the more you will experience and the higher your vibration will ascend and when you heal you, you are healing the rest of humanity in universal consiousness.
just for today do not worry
Love beyond measure
Reiki hugs
kim xx
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Hi Venice, Some wondeful advice and I echo everything that's been said already.
Be gentle with yourself, it's early days yet and what you are doing is becoming more sensitive to the energies. Keep on practising and don't worry that you're not picking up much, it will happen when the time is right.
Also, don't worry about clients not feeling anything, I have treated people in the past that haven't felt a thing, yet I know that they received healing at whatever level they required it, just because you can't feel anything, doesn't mean it isn't taking place, so just relax with the energies and trust that healing is occuring.
Love and light
Rosi X
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Hello Venice,
I totally agree with the others. I know it is nice to have some reassurance that it is working. Try not to worry about and it will happen naturally. :D
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Hi Venice,
It seems that the more you need it, the more happens; and the more sorted you already are, the less happens. And also remember that Reiki does what is needed; that may or may not be what is desired! What I'm trying to say is, just trust the energy and go with the flow :)
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Hi Suzanne ,
I like this idea very much.
Artemis
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Hi.
It isn't really something that happens overnight to be honest. It could take you ages to feel confident/comfortable giving healing.
As for keeping eyes closed. I have been taught to work with eyes open for many reasons. I am happier with this as prior to this with eyes closed I would (a) fall asleep! (b) lose my balance (c) not be aware of reactions of the client. So I recommend eyes OPEN!;)
With regard to Amelia's comment on feeling cold over the throat. This doesn't mean that somebody will get or have a sore throat. We are far more than a physical body and it can be something being picked up in any of the layers of the aura that you are experiencing. You may feel heat or cold or other things and only time and experience will allow you to work this out for yourself. There are no fixed rules.
Often sensations around the throat chakra can mean that something needs to be expressed verbally.
Hope that helps.
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Hi Candie
Totally agree with this, it does not have to be literally a physical problem, more a "symbolic" one, as with other parts of the body. What the healer picks up around eg the ears might be "what are you not hearing/listening to?", rather than earache.
As for open or closed eyes, I think that is something that each person needs to decide for themselves which feels more comfortable. There is no right or wrong with either.
Holistic
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Dear Venice,
As has been said, there are some very good observations on the feelings assocuiated with Reiki.
Everyone is different and will experience the flowing of the energy in their own way. It takes some people several months before they get even a tingle.
I give myself Reiki whenever I think I need it and always last thing at night to get me off to sleep (never fails).
Please find your own way to give yourself Reiki. It doesn't matter how many times a day or how long you have available or whether you keep your eyes open or closed. Please try to find the time to give yourself Reiki at least once a day in a way and place that are the most comfortable for you.
Above all - Please do not worry, work dilligently at your Reiki practise, Respect yourself and others, try not to get angry (disillusioned) and be grateful for what you CAN feel.
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thanks for all your replies and messages of support - i'm still self healing and can't say i feel any more - maybe i'm just too impatient.
I just feel very isolated- as though i've been left to practice on my own and see what happens without knowing what to expect.
I'm not hoping to 'see' things, or find out who my guides are, i just can't help feeling that i should have had a little more information about what to do after the attunement and every thing i read in books and on here seems to contradict itself - its all very confusing!
[&:]
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Hiyas Venice,
What a great loads of replies you have to your posts . Cannot add much to all the great advice .As Paul says try to keep up the self healing a t least once a day , it does help really.You have only just been attuned and your path has just begun on this road . I know how i felt at this time - i was constantly looking for confirmation that the attunement had worked. The tingling feeling feelings in you hands and feet are a good sign , but as others have said we are all different there is no hard and fast rule to say you should feel this or that . Just try to imagine surrounding yourself and channeling the love and light that your higher self truly is . As you open more to this loving energy you may find you experience more sensations but if you do not as Paul is fond of saying and rightly so - Do not worry , Reiki only works for the good . Try not to pressurise yourself too much about missing a day of self healing , just explore and try to feel it when you do it next time , just let it come and try not to think ooh i should feel this or that. You are feeling what you need to at this time. As for the questions you say you have loads, well ask away here that is what the forum is for, we all here to help each other xxx. Above all, enjoy the road you have just started Venice .
One other thing i did at this time you are at Venice was keepa notepad close by and when i treated myself each day i noted anything i felt or what i saw , colours , tingling etc . I also noted how i was in my own life such as how i felt emotionally etc. I did not think much at the time but when i looked back after a couple of weeks i could really see a change in how i felt about myself. I was more content and centred . These too are signs , So look inwards and outwards.
And above all Enjoy Venice
Love and Light to You
Corum
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Hello Amy, Venice,
Not seeing nay big fireworks colours, etc. is not the same as feeling "nothing". Maybe you are having just as much information when doing self-treatments, but the information is much more subtle.
Artemis
I don't really feel much when i'm doing it apart from slight tingling in my hands and feet and when i did it to my husband he said he could feel heat.
I'm not sure what i should be feeling and doing and whether i'm doing anything wrong - do i need to keep my eyes closed? how long should i stay in each position?
I feel like i've so many questions as i've come across so many others who have had amazing reiki experiences and nothing seems to have changed for me at all.[&o]
Answers:
The tingling and heat is definitely energy being channelled...
I myself didn't feel much during the Reiki I attunement. People talked about colours and someone mentioned they saw a vision of a japanese naval officer (one guess...). That all sounds great but all I felt was the master's hot palms which the cynic would explain away as having been from touching other attendees. However from treating others, they have given me enough interesting feedback for me to know something must have happened.
As for specific technique, I tend to keep my eyes open (I fall asleep far too easily with my eyes shut!) (I actually fell asleep in my attunement :D ), and spend 3-5 minutes on each hand position.
Hope this helps.
Answers:
Hi Venice
Your journey is unique to you, all of your answers are to be found within yourself and you will determine what you will feel and how you will feel it.
Energy channelling works by intention (Intention is thought into action) so if you wish to sense the energy better you need to set your intention to either become more sensitive to the energies or and to turn up the flow of the energies until you can sense it better with the sensitivity you now have.
The more you use the energies the better you become at channelling them but please do not become a slave to routine as it is not helpful, it is far better to channel meaningfully occasionally than to sit there all day doing it just because someone has told you to.
Like everything else in life you have to grow into energy channelling and there is no quick fix to turn you into an expert if there is such a thing ;-)
Just do what feels right for you and go with the flow and you will go far :-)
Answers:
Hi Helen,
I can completely understand what your saying, I was thinking about posting here to ask when self healing do others feel anything. I do feel it in my hands & what I'm tending to do is just play with it (I'm not sure if thats an OK thing to do but it's what is coming natuaral to me!!!) first I find it good in the bath at night with candles lit also , I have a chunk of clear quartz on the side of the bath & I have found that intending Reiki on it whilst holding my hands over it I can feel it very strong, also for a quick treatment I put both hands on the top of my head (I saw that in a book) for a quick boost! I have found it really hard to hold hand postitions for long & also hard to find time full stop, I've been disapoint as when I have had treatment of someone else or in the attument I see colours, trees & alsorts but when self treating I don't see anything.
I have treated my husband once & felt cold on his throat & I asked him if his throat was sore & he said no but the next day his throat WAS hurting so now he's calling me a witch!!!![:'(]!(lol) He also said he felt nothing during the treatment so that hasn't given me any confidence in treating him again!!!
I think it's very easy to feel dissilusiond with it as it's something you can't see & when it comes to feeling you can (well I do) start to think if it's just physcosamitic (spelling!!) but keep practicing & don't give up....have you got your CD yet???
Best wishes
Love Amy xx;)
Answers:
dear venice
you are doing just great
whenever you feel like doing it for joy it is not a chore dear heart
easy does it early days
enJOY
patience
give it love
the more you do the more you will experience and the higher your vibration will ascend and when you heal you, you are healing the rest of humanity in universal consiousness.
just for today do not worry
Love beyond measure
Reiki hugs
kim xx
Answers:
Hi Venice, Some wondeful advice and I echo everything that's been said already.
Be gentle with yourself, it's early days yet and what you are doing is becoming more sensitive to the energies. Keep on practising and don't worry that you're not picking up much, it will happen when the time is right.
Also, don't worry about clients not feeling anything, I have treated people in the past that haven't felt a thing, yet I know that they received healing at whatever level they required it, just because you can't feel anything, doesn't mean it isn't taking place, so just relax with the energies and trust that healing is occuring.
Love and light
Rosi X
Answers:
Hello Venice,
I totally agree with the others. I know it is nice to have some reassurance that it is working. Try not to worry about and it will happen naturally. :D
Answers:
Hi Venice,
It seems that the more you need it, the more happens; and the more sorted you already are, the less happens. And also remember that Reiki does what is needed; that may or may not be what is desired! What I'm trying to say is, just trust the energy and go with the flow :)
Answers:
Hi Suzanne ,
I like this idea very much.
Artemis
Answers:
Hi.
It isn't really something that happens overnight to be honest. It could take you ages to feel confident/comfortable giving healing.
As for keeping eyes closed. I have been taught to work with eyes open for many reasons. I am happier with this as prior to this with eyes closed I would (a) fall asleep! (b) lose my balance (c) not be aware of reactions of the client. So I recommend eyes OPEN!;)
With regard to Amelia's comment on feeling cold over the throat. This doesn't mean that somebody will get or have a sore throat. We are far more than a physical body and it can be something being picked up in any of the layers of the aura that you are experiencing. You may feel heat or cold or other things and only time and experience will allow you to work this out for yourself. There are no fixed rules.
Often sensations around the throat chakra can mean that something needs to be expressed verbally.
Hope that helps.
Answers:
Hi Candie
Totally agree with this, it does not have to be literally a physical problem, more a "symbolic" one, as with other parts of the body. What the healer picks up around eg the ears might be "what are you not hearing/listening to?", rather than earache.
As for open or closed eyes, I think that is something that each person needs to decide for themselves which feels more comfortable. There is no right or wrong with either.
Holistic
Answers:
Dear Venice,
As has been said, there are some very good observations on the feelings assocuiated with Reiki.
Everyone is different and will experience the flowing of the energy in their own way. It takes some people several months before they get even a tingle.
I give myself Reiki whenever I think I need it and always last thing at night to get me off to sleep (never fails).
Please find your own way to give yourself Reiki. It doesn't matter how many times a day or how long you have available or whether you keep your eyes open or closed. Please try to find the time to give yourself Reiki at least once a day in a way and place that are the most comfortable for you.
Above all - Please do not worry, work dilligently at your Reiki practise, Respect yourself and others, try not to get angry (disillusioned) and be grateful for what you CAN feel.
Answers:
thanks for all your replies and messages of support - i'm still self healing and can't say i feel any more - maybe i'm just too impatient.
I just feel very isolated- as though i've been left to practice on my own and see what happens without knowing what to expect.
I'm not hoping to 'see' things, or find out who my guides are, i just can't help feeling that i should have had a little more information about what to do after the attunement and every thing i read in books and on here seems to contradict itself - its all very confusing!
[&:]
Answers:
Hiyas Venice,
What a great loads of replies you have to your posts . Cannot add much to all the great advice .As Paul says try to keep up the self healing a t least once a day , it does help really.You have only just been attuned and your path has just begun on this road . I know how i felt at this time - i was constantly looking for confirmation that the attunement had worked. The tingling feeling feelings in you hands and feet are a good sign , but as others have said we are all different there is no hard and fast rule to say you should feel this or that . Just try to imagine surrounding yourself and channeling the love and light that your higher self truly is . As you open more to this loving energy you may find you experience more sensations but if you do not as Paul is fond of saying and rightly so - Do not worry , Reiki only works for the good . Try not to pressurise yourself too much about missing a day of self healing , just explore and try to feel it when you do it next time , just let it come and try not to think ooh i should feel this or that. You are feeling what you need to at this time. As for the questions you say you have loads, well ask away here that is what the forum is for, we all here to help each other xxx. Above all, enjoy the road you have just started Venice .
One other thing i did at this time you are at Venice was keepa notepad close by and when i treated myself each day i noted anything i felt or what i saw , colours , tingling etc . I also noted how i was in my own life such as how i felt emotionally etc. I did not think much at the time but when i looked back after a couple of weeks i could really see a change in how i felt about myself. I was more content and centred . These too are signs , So look inwards and outwards.
And above all Enjoy Venice
Love and Light to You
Corum
Answers:
Hello Amy, Venice,
Not seeing nay big fireworks colours, etc. is not the same as feeling "nothing". Maybe you are having just as much information when doing self-treatments, but the information is much more subtle.
Artemis