Is Reiki safe during pregnancy?
Answered by Vanessa Chugani · Updated August 2026
Reiki during pregnancy involves no manipulation, pressure or oils: hands rest lightly on or near the body, fully clothed. Sessions are adapted for each trimester, including how you are positioned. It offers rest, not medical treatment, and works alongside your prenatal care rather than replacing it. Available in Canggu or by distance.
Reiki does not involve massage, pressure or manipulation, so there is nothing in the technique itself that works against a pregnancy. Hands rest lightly on or just above the body while you stay fully clothed throughout. Many women choose pregnancy as exactly the moment to start, when rest is hard to come by and the body is asking for more of it than usual.
What a pregnancy session looks like
You are never asked to lie flat on your back for the whole hour, particularly once the second trimester begins. Side lying with pillows under the belly and knees is usual, and the pace of the session follows whatever keeps that comfortable. Nothing is pressed or adjusted. If a position stops working halfway through, you say so and it changes.
Distance sessions work well in pregnancy too, especially in the third trimester when travelling anywhere feels like an effort, or if you are not in Bali at all. The format is the same: you lie down somewhere comfortable at home at the agreed time, and the session runs exactly as an in-person one would, just without the drive.
Why the trimester matters
A first trimester session tends to be quiet: early pregnancy brings its own tiredness and a mind that will not stop running through dates and symptoms. Second trimester sessions usually settle faster, once the worst of the nausea has passed. Third trimester sessions are shaped around comfort and positioning first, and around whatever is keeping sleep away as the birth gets closer. Pregnancy Reiki is booked with this in mind each time, not treated as one fixed format for nine months.
What it helps with
Pregnancy asks a lot of the nervous system: the waiting and the appointments, and a body changing faster than the mind keeps up with. Sleep in particular tends to come up: it gets harder to get comfortable, and harder still to stop thinking once the room is quiet. An hour where nothing is required of you and no one is asking anything of your body is rare by the third trimester, and that rest is the whole point of the session.
Reiki here is rest and support. It is not a treatment for any pregnancy complication, it does not diagnose anything, and it is not a substitute for care from your midwife or doctor. Keep your usual prenatal appointments and mention to whoever is caring for you that you are also having Reiki sessions, the same as you would with any complementary practice during pregnancy.
It suits women who want somewhere to put the noise of pregnancy down for an hour, in person or from wherever they are. Pregnancy sessions run at the same rates as regular one to one sessions: EUR 188 in Canggu, EUR 138 by distance. Get in touch to arrange a time that fits your stage of pregnancy.
Related questions
Can I have Reiki in every trimester of pregnancy?
Yes, sessions happen in each trimester and are adapted every time, especially around positioning. Early on, sessions tend to be quiet and settling. Later, especially in the third trimester, they are shaped mostly around comfort as the birth gets closer. Available in person in Canggu or by distance, at the same session rates.
Will I need to lie flat on my back?
No. Side lying with pillows under the belly and knees is the usual position, particularly from the second trimester onward, and it can be changed at any point in the session if it stops feeling comfortable. Nothing is pressed or adjusted at any stage.
Does Reiki replace my prenatal care?
No. Reiki here is rest and support, not a treatment for any pregnancy complication and not a substitute for check ups with your midwife or doctor. Keep your usual prenatal appointments and simply mention that you are also having Reiki sessions.