Healing Crisis?

[Holistic Star]

First off - sorry if I've posted this in the wrong forum. I couldn't see one that was definitely for talking about healing. This seemed the closest as it is affecting my emotions.


I was wondering if anyone had ever been through a healing crisis after having a healing session. I had my first session of Reiki last Thursday and for the last week I have been all over the place emotionally! Several people have commented that I am acting out of character and I feel strange and restless. It feels that the gentle nudges that the universe was sending me (and I was quietly ignoring) have uped the ante and are now full blown earthquakes that I have to pay attention to.

I rang the lady who gave me the session tonight and we spoke and she reassured me that what I was feeling sometimes happened to others and we agreed that I probably need more reiki rather than less and have agreed to do another session or two.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

[elainevdw]

Hi there! In the last two months, I've gotten certified for Reiki I and II. After my very first Reiki treatment, which I took maybe two weeks prior to Reiki I, I was in a really weird, uncomfortable mood for the next day, but then the day after that, I felt better than I had for months! I was in an amazingly great mood, and it lasted for the rest of that week. Similarly, after my Reiki I certification, I had the odd experience of old emotional wounds that I rarely think about randomly surfacing and nagging me until I was able to come to terms with them.

I think it's just part of your personal commitment to heal, which got jump-started by the Reiki energy you received in your treatment. I've been reading books on energy healing by Barbara Brennan, whose premise is that energy preexists matter, and that it's ultimately stagnant personal energy caused by emotional and spiritual distress that causes physical illness.

If that is the case, I think that Reiki travels through your energy field on its way to your physical body, and works in conjunction with the energy field primarily and the phsyical body after that to initiate healing. So now that you have Reiki lingering in your energy field, it's going through and sweeping up various bits of emotional and spiritual baggage, which has to surface and be dealt with before it can dissipate.

It's similar to a physical detox, where you feel worse before you feel better, except it's centered in your emotional energy. More Reiki treatments will probably help a lot, but maybe taking some time alone to meditate, feel the emotions surface, and consciously let go of them will help as well. It sounds like this treatment could be the catalyst to a wonderful period of emotional and spiritual development for you.

In any case, do keep in touch with your Reiki practitioner, or get in touch with another energy worker for some extra support.

I hope that helps a little bit, and if I can answer any other questions about Reiki for you, I'll try! Just keep in mind that I'm rather new at this. In fact, if you'd like, I can attempt to send you some more Reiki long-distance to help you out. PM me about it, if you'd like, and I'll do my darndest!

[Holistic Star]

Thanks Elaine,

Your post has reassured me that having more Reiki will help rather than cause problems. I can understand why some people would shy away from something that caused disruption, but it feels right to me to have more rather than stop.
I feel somewhat better today and much more decisive. I already have my next session booked in, so thank you for your kind offer, but for the moment I think it would be beneficial not to overload my system too much.

I've been thinking about what I need to do and need to change and have made a deal that I will be more observant to the little signs instead of needing to be pushed before I make a change.

Thanks again for your words

[Andrew Brunelle]

One time I had a reiki session and my urine was red, so it's probably nothing too out of the ordinary. And I'm not joking. I thought it was blood, but it was more a light red than a dark one and my reiki practitioner told me that it was part of my personal healing process, and then she hung up the phone quickly. To make a long story short, I opted for fasting as a more optimal way of healing myself. It may not work for you, but it certainly works for me if I can keep it up for weeks at a time, but if I keep it up too long, I may have to call a doctor...4 hours seems to be the limit.

[elainevdw]

Wow, Andrew, that's kinda freaky!

Holistic Star, I'm glad I could ease your anxiety a little bit, and I'm also glad that you're already feeling better. I've read about some really weird reactions to Reiki on the Web... like Andrew's story. Sheesh! I guess it's another one of those "trust your intuition" things.