Reiki in Canggu or ASMR Reiki on TikTok: which one suits you?
By Vanessa Chugani · Updated October 2026
If you want ten minutes of calming sound before bed, or you're curious but not ready to book anything, ASMR Reiki videos on TikTok are the free, obvious choice. If you're carrying real exhaustion, grief or anxiety and want a practitioner working with you specifically, book a Reiki session in Canggu.
Reiki and ASMR Reiki videos share a name but little else. A session is time with a trained practitioner, hands on or near the body, in a quiet room in Canggu, shaped around what's going on for you that day. A TikTok video is fixed: someone whispering, tapping or moving their hands near a camera, recorded once and watched by whoever scrolls to it next. Both can feel calming. Only one responds to you in the room. Picking between them comes down to what you need right now: a free wind-down you can use tonight on your phone, or sustained attention from a person who notices how you actually are, session after session.
| an in-person Reiki session | ASMR Reiki videos on TikTok | |
|---|---|---|
| What happens | A session with Vanessa: hands on or near the body, one to one, in a quiet room in Canggu. | A video: whispering, tapping or hand movements near a camera, the same clip for every viewer. |
| Who's actually there | A trained practitioner working with you specifically, adjusting to how you are that day. | No one is there. It's a recording that plays the same way for everyone who watches. |
| Cost | EUR 188 per session in Canggu, or EUR 138 for distance. Packages: EUR 388 for three, EUR 588 for five. | Free, or whatever the platform's algorithm happens to show you that day. |
| Where and when | In Canggu, by appointment, arranged around you. There's no fixed calendar. | Anywhere, anytime, on your phone, as many times in a row as you like. |
| What it helps with | A nervous system that's been running hot for a while: sleep that won't come, tension that won't let go, feeling alone with it. | A quick wind-down before bed, or a way to test whether energy work appeals to you at all. |
| Consistency | Packages build over weeks, with someone tracking how you're actually doing session to session. | Whatever's on your feed tonight. No continuity, no one adjusting to you. |
Which one suits you
ASMR Reiki videos suit someone who wants a free wind-down before bed, or who's curious about energy work but isn't ready to book a session or sit in a room with someone they don't know yet. If you're nowhere near Bali, or you just want ten minutes of whispering and slow hand movements while you fall asleep tonight, scrolling to one of these videos is the obvious answer, and there's no reason to spend money finding that out. A session in Canggu suits someone further along: you already know your sleep is off, or you're carrying grief, overwhelm or anxiety that hasn't eased on its own, and you want a practitioner paying attention to you specifically rather than a recording playing the same thing to everyone. That's what the sessions are for: a nervous system that's been running hot for a while, with someone there who notices how you actually are that day.
Related questions
Do ASMR Reiki videos actually do anything?
They're not Reiki in the sense Vanessa practises it: no attunement, no practitioner, no one responding to you. Some people find the whispering and slow hand movements genuinely calming to watch, the way any soft, repeated sound can be. Whether that counts as the same thing is a different question from whether a session helps a nervous system that's been running hot for a while.
Is a session in Canggu better than watching ASMR Reiki on TikTok?
What's better depends on what you need. A video is free and works well for a quick wind-down before bed. A session is for something that's gone on longer: exhaustion, grief or anxiety that hasn't lifted on its own, with a practitioner who adjusts to you rather than a recording playing the same way for everyone.
Can I use both?
Yes. There's no conflict between them. Plenty of people watch something calming on their phone before bed and still book a session for the exhaustion, grief or anxiety that a video alone hasn't shifted. One is a free habit, the other is time with a practitioner.