client got upset after reiki

Reiki works on all levels
Emotions also need work
Your frind has released something
And it will do her good to continue her treatment
And it will also help your understanding of what you are doing

It's all part of the learning curve. When practising Reiki on others you have to be prepared for the fact that they could have a response of some sort. You have to detach yourself from the outcome, but be supportive (not always easy, especially when it's someone close to you). Have you discussed any of this with your Reiki Teacher?

This is quite common. As already said above, Reiki works on all levels and something has been brought to the surface for her attention. This is not a 'bad' thing and no need for you to be worried, especially as she has said she wants to come back for more! We are just the channels for this wonderful energy. WE are not doing the healing, "detach from the outcome" which has also been said above.

Love and light

reikiangel

xxx

Please forgive me, I don't know much about Reiki but I am like this with Indian Head Massage, it is a very powerful treatment for me. It's all part of the "healing crisis" I bet she would love another treatment

Better the tears are flowing than causing a pool of stagnation within...Reiki will only doo good....and if she wants more Reiki....then allow it I say

thank you all for your help, i do have a support meeting in the next few weeks but i think i might give my teacher a call for advice on this as i do want to do another treatment but i am a bit unsure of the outcome and how to handle it, and hate to see some one getting upset.

thank you all for your help, i do have a support meeting in the next few weeks but i think i might give my teacher a call for advice on this as i do want to do another treatment but i am a bit unsure of the outcome and how to handle it, and hate to see some one getting upset.

I have had reiki treatments over many years and experienced many emotions.. sometimes i cried buckets.. at the time i felt crap but when the cloud lifted
I felt cleansed and more clear headed..it gave me strength.. and i always went back for more....x

I can only echo what others have said.
Healing is not just some means of removing issues and everything gets better. Often, before things can get better, they must get worse; ok, not necessarily worse, but they must manifest and be released, especially if a person is holding something in.

So, the friend is having relationship issues, and she was holding those in. Reiki helped to release that and she felt upset and cried, but at least she has started to let it out, and she's also talked to you about it, which is also healing in itself. Nothing will get healed if it is held in.

Thus, you've done nothing wrong and the Reiki was a successful treatment. You may want to explain that all to your friend and offer her more healing to help in the process.

All Love and Reiki Hugs

hello all,

quick update: i spoke to my tutor and she explained that my client went in to shock !!! that i had moved something big and that some times this can happen. and if she wants to get another reiki treatment well thats ok to do so, so i am happy that i know what to expect now and how to deal wit it too. thanks for all the help my friends...

Thanks megaone, it can be scary can't it making someone cry Let's hope she has another treatment and you will let us know how it went

It seems unlikely your client went into shock, Megaone - Reiki is ideal for bringing people *out* of shock, not putting them into it!

Reiki relaxes the system - some research shows that it directly affects the autonomic nervous system. When the system relaxes, as Energylz said, things come to the surface for release.

Your friend could probably do with some more Reiki, but what you have given her has certainly helped her. Try not to worry, continue to be a good friend and all will be well.

Fx

tears are just hte bodys physical way of getting the emotions out rather than keeping them couped up. I think its a good thing if she cried she was letting go some negativity.

paula
xxx

Thanks megaone, it can be scary can't it making someone cry

I remember making a fellow student cry on my Reiki I course (and I did the same to her on my Reiki II course too). The reiki flowed, she cried and she was actually grateful for being able to let it out.

All Love and Reiki Hugs

I remember making a fellow student cry on my Reiki I course (and I did the same to her on my Reiki II course too). The reiki flowed, she cried and she was actually grateful for being able to let it out.

All Love and Reiki Hugs

I don't doubt it for one min

This is a very interesting thread. I'm one of those people who nearly always cries when I receive Reiki. I hence have to be careful that I am in a strong place before I get a treatment. I'm quite vulnerable when the treatment is over, and have to be careful that I go straight home and spend the rest of the day alone.

Ava x

I've seen tears, laughter, boils, diarrhoea, fever, and every other kind of response to treatment. I had one patient jump off the table, roar with rage and throw a mobile phone against the wall, and then say 'I feel much better'. I don't do reiki, but in my view, when strain is resolved it usually has to leave the body somehow, and often does so visibly - through any available channel.

Often it isn't pretty, but it's a response that we're after. Patients who don't respond, can't respond, won't allow a response, are too busy etc are much harder to help, their problem is usually more serious.

Your client is not upset, and you have not upset her. She has experienced a form of catharsis, and you have created an environment where she has felt safe to let this happen. Hence she wants to return. Well done. That's all you need to do, anything else is rubbing it in. Don't expect necessarily for the same result next time, that layer has now been removed.

Lastly, if they ask for further input or insight on this, better to keep the tone practical. Better not to get drawn too much into worrying yourself about their situation, you can end up in a quagmire yourself. Be there, but not running after them. (In other words, empathise, but do not sympathise - empathy is a practical kind of support, at the end of the day they need to be functioning better, not wallowing, as their support you need to be on solid ground. Hope that makes sense.)

It seems unlikely your client went into shock, Megaone

I fully agree, dont like the way that had put across, for shock is a negative reaction.

i do want to do another treatment but i am a bit unsure of the outcome and how to handle it, and hate to see some one getting upset.

You have to get used to being unsure of outcomes with reiki. No one can predict a treatment. Even with the same client no two treatments are the same.

When people cry with reiki, or any therapy 9 times out of 10 they are tears caused by an emotional release. This is a massive positive sign.

This reaction is commonly known as the 'healing crisis'.

These two points are very important underpinning knowledge that all therapists should know. I'm hoping your Master planned to discuss these during reiki II.

This is why people should only treat close friends and family after reiki I. Its just practice so you get used to your energies.

HI Meg,

Tears are one the best ways to heal. This is why children naturally cry. Just like laughter therapy is so effective, crying is as well. It is important not to put any judgments on the
Feelings that come up. When I do session if there is an emotional release I encourage them to experience the feeling 100%. This will result in a beautiful healing on its own, add reiki and they will feel their heart like they have never before.

All Love
Patrick