Seven Reasons People Actually Book a Session

You will find plenty of articles listing the signs your energy is blocked. I am not going to write one, because I cannot diagnose anything and neither can they. What I can tell you is what people actually say when they write to me, which after years of reading those messages is a fairly short list.

1. "I am tired but I cannot sleep"

Easily the most common. Exhausted all day, wide awake at eleven. What a session does is give your body an hour with nothing to respond to. Most people sleep better that night. Whether that lasts depends on what is causing it, and if it does not shift, that is worth taking to a doctor rather than to me.

2. "I have not stopped since it happened"

A death, a diagnosis, a separation, a move. People keep functioning, sometimes impressively, and never put anything down. An hour where nothing is required of you is often the first time the thing gets any room. People sometimes cry on the table and cannot say why. That is common and it is fine.

3. "I feel fine, I just feel flat"

Nothing is wrong and nothing is good. This one comes up constantly and people usually apologise for it, as though they need a better reason to book. They do not.

4. "I am carrying it in my shoulders"

Worth being honest: if the problem is genuinely muscular, a massage will do more for you than I will, and it will cost less. Book that first. Come to me if the tension keeps coming back after the massage wears off.

5. "I want to try it and I feel silly saying that"

Curiosity is a perfectly good reason. You do not have to be in crisis and you do not have to believe anything. Several of my regular clients arrived sceptical and remain sceptical about the theory while continuing to book, which I have no problem with at all.

6. "Everything is fine and I still feel awful"

Often the hardest one, because there is no story to point at. Nothing to fix, nothing to explain, just a low grade wrongness. I cannot tell you what causes it. I can give you a quiet hour, and I would also gently say that if it persists, this is exactly the kind of thing worth raising with a doctor.

7. "I want to be able to do this myself"

Some people do not want a session, they want the practice. That is what Level 1 training is for: treating yourself, daily, for the rest of your life, without needing to book anyone.

What I will not tell you

That any of the above means your energy is blocked, that Reiki treats a medical condition, or that you should come to me instead of a doctor. If something worries you, get it looked at. Reiki is rest and support, and it sits alongside proper medical care rather than in place of it.

If any of the seven sounded familiar, write to me and tell me which one.