Reiki - anyone tried it?

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Just wondered your thoughts if you had

Anyone charging money for it is a charlatan. It's absolute nonsense

I had a session once, and it made me feel incredibly relaxed afterwards.

Would I pay regularly? No, I'd just run a hot bath with some nice aromatherapy candles lit - way cheaper.

Mist say I tend to agree
I know someone advertise says that they do it over teams which is even more bizarre
Personally I think it is a scam

But no-one is conning, mis-selling or promising anything? What's the deception here?

What? Of course they are. Look up any random practitioner’s website, they all promise “healing”. One I just looked at says:

“Reiki can help any issues of body or mind, from minor cuts and bruises to common colds and the flu, infections, chronic illnesses and serious injuries”.

Utter bullshit.

I know a lot of spiritual people- I have mixed feelings of it. Look into the 'energy stealing'.

Yes I have had it; and it was amazing.

@trashcanjunkie this is fascinating. I can’t remember where but I read about how our subatomic matter interacts with the matter of everyone we meet and there’s a line of thinking that this could explain how we “know” when someone close to us is in distress or even on the other end of a ringing phone. We become connected. I love all that stuff!

You're right. There are many charlatans who make claims in any health or wellbeing product or service.

I guess it's up to the individual to do research for themselves and get recommendations before parting with any money.

Personally I have found Reiki to be nothing but a positive experience all round and would recommend anyone to at least try it if they are curious.

I’m trained in angelic reiki , it’s not for everyone and some people find it a bit woo. However there’s definitely something in it, when giving reiki I can feel a heat and tingling sensation through my arms/ hands. When receiving the treatment myself, I can see colours, like a swirling purple aura or something, also a feeling of being energetically charged. It’s actually really good when suffering with any kind of fatigue.

Weird how two people have described having what very much sound like migraines afterwards. Of that's the case then it's deffo not for me as I get enough of them without help.

I have always though reiki was up there mediums: utter bollocks. Iirc Nasty Nick from Big Brother claimed he was a reiki practitioner.

It is most definitely not fraud. How anybody can criticise it unless they have tried it.

Like any alternative therapies people have preferences and different experiences.

For the record I enjoy a hopi ear candle sesh too.

@Wibbly1008 they stick a candle in your ear and light it. No idea what it's supposed to do.

My mum does it. It's very relaxing but TBH I think it's the dim lights nice music quiet room lie down for half an hour thing.

I've never felt anything magical from it. It did used to make DS1 kick loads in my tummy though, but perhaps that was because I was lying down and had nothing else to focus on? DM did it for me in labour and all the midwives were amazed and said they'd rarely seen someone so calm, but I achieved the same level of calmness in labour with DS3 when DM was not there, so maybe it wasn't the Reiki I don't know. It doesn't do any harm, but I wouldn't set loads of store by it. It's on the fringe of some quite exploitative belief systems really.

I used to think it was utter bollocks.

Then I had cancer and a lot of trauma that goes with it. It's left me with massive anxiety.

Reiki is something I now use to control that and I find it very enjoyable. The light touch reiki is great.

For everyone saying it's shit have you tried it? Or just dismissing it?

@partystress , that’s really interesting! I had my dd after the reiki, following recurring miscarriages, any other times where I just wasn’t conceiving. At the time of the reiki session the intense heat I felt was over my womb area and I conceived within days of the session. I think it definitely helped. So … 2 reiki babies, any more?🙂

Yes I have tried it. It's bollocks. How can someone waving their hands over you do anything. People may feel relaxed but that's nothing to do with reiki

She doesn't wave hands over at mine, she holds parts of my body, it's really soothing and permission to relax. Then she gives me a head massage ❤️

@gluenotsoup I have two now too! Youngest is 19, so we’re going back a while. Odds were very definitely against us so I have wondered whether something unblocked somehow. Lovely to hear your story after what must have been a lot of heartache.

This ⬆️

Have you heard of radionics? I've just started reading an old book I found on it, the author keeps referring to quantum physics etc

I’ve done it 3 times. I do it when life gets too much.

I love the relaxation, the sensations, the advice at the end is usually spot on!

im a big fan, but I found a very very good practitioner

No I haven’t but I see a wormhole ahead of me 😝

This really piques my interest @Firecarrier @trashcanjunkie Energy is fascinating.

A wonderful by-product of some of my cases was psychic experiences. Absolutely fascinating.