Your Sanctuary for Reiki Healing

Just bring yourself. At MoonWolf Holistics, everything is provided for your Reiki session.

A complete Reiki session is offered to a fully-clothed recipient who is lying on a treatment table or sitting comfortably supported in a chair. Reiki is offered through light, non-invasive touch or with the hands hovering above the body on a series of locations on the front and back of the body, including the head and feet. Your comfort is of the highest importance to us, so the placement of hands should never feel intrusive or inappropriate.

The experience of Reiki is subjective, changeable, and sometimes very subtle. People often experience heat in the practitioner's hands. Other common experiences are subtle pulsations where the practitioner's hands are placed or cascading waves of pulsations throughout the body.

Sometimes the experience of Reiki is dramatic, while for other people, the first session in particular may be uneventful, although they feel somehow better afterward. The most common experience is an almost immediate release of stress and a feeling of deep relaxation.

Reiki is cumulative and even people who don't notice much the first time usually have progressively deeper experiences if they continue. Besides the immediate experience of the Reiki, you may notice other changes that continue to unfold as the day goes on and up to 3 days or even a week later.

These are some of things our clients have said after a Reiki session:

• "I think I fell asleep."

• "Your hands felt like little heating pads, it was so soothing!!"

• "I feel more relaxed than even after a massage."

• "My headache is gone."

• "I feel very refreshed and seem to be thinking more clearly."

Feel free to daydream, enjoy the music, or simply observe your breath or the sensations of the therapy.

If you have music that you particularly enjoy and which is relaxing, bring it to your session and ask the practitioner to play it. You can also request silence if you prefer.

Let the practitioner know your physical needs before you start. For example, if you have trouble breathing and lying flat is uncomfortable, say so. Or mention if you have had surgery recently and don't want to be touched where the scar is. If you are pregnant or have digestive complaints, it may not be feasible to lie on your stomach.

Especially if you have any shyness about being touched, ask your practitioner to show you the hand placements before starting so you are very clear what to expect.

Although people typically leave a Reiki session feeling refreshed, sometimes they notice feeling more tired in the evening than usual. Drinking water and following your body's needs is very important.

It is always important to report any changes that occur and to notify the practitioner. This will allow your practitioner to reassess if additional treatment is right for you. This is not viewed as an adverse reaction, but rather as the body's natural healing response, something to be heeded.

Your practitioner may suggest a series of sessions. Four sessions is a traditional recommendation and gives you time to evaluate what benefits you are receiving. Discuss with your practitioner how best to space the sessions to suit your needs and your schedule.

In the presence of a serious health challenge, Reiki practitioners often recommend four sessions over four days.

Your initial evaluation and treatment will last approximately 90 minutes. Follow up treatments usually last about one hour.

All appointments will end at their scheduled ending time. Arriving late for your appointment will result in a shortening of the service.