Reiki is a Japanese technique for flowing universal life force energy to reduce stress, relieve, revitalize, and rejuvenate. ‘Rei’ means spiritual wisdom and ‘Ki’ means life force energy. Emotions and energy get stuck in our bodies, as explained by Bessel van der Kolk in The Body Keeps the Score. When energy gets trapped, it can cause mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual ailments. Reiki can flow and release this stuck energy, easing tension in the body, allowing the body’s natural healing abilities to work better; it is an excellent companion to any medical or other treatments and therapies.

In this session, I flow for 35 minutes, then email a report of what I felt either written or a voice note. You can be working or sleeping, or set up a relaxing session of self-care and rest with calming music, dim lights, lying down with a blanket and pillow and really let yourself feel it.