Compassionate Dragon Healing: Reiki Etiquette

When giving Reiki, it is good to keep in mind that you are in service to the person receiving it. Likewise, if you are receiving Reiki you are in service to the one who is giving it. It is both an honour and a privilege, an exercise in humility, an adventure in healing and a glimpse of your own and another's sacred spirit.

Check your Ego at the door. Don't worry it will still be there when you come out!

Give Reiki with love in your heart and humility in your soul.

Respect the recipient's choice to use Reiki as he/she chooses, or not at all.

Always introduce yourself - whether practitioner or client.

Always ask permission if you are the practitioner and always make sure you have given permission if you are the client.

Review hand positions with anyone not familiar with Reiki.

Always wash your hands before a treatment and keep your breath fresh.

While Reiki should be given with only a light touch, some people prefer a heavier pressure. Make sure that the pressure is comfortable if you are the client. Try to keep the hand pressure constant if you are the practitioner.

When giving Reiki, try not to fidget or move around while your hands are on the client. This can be most annoying if you are the client. If you are the client, though, feel free to move around as much as you like.

Some people like soft music in the background, or incense burning to enhance the atmosphere. Just as often, silence is preferred. It probably need not be said that Ozzie Osborne would be an unlikely choice for music. But then, never say never.

Clients have the absolute right to speak up if they feel uncomfortable for any reason

It is best to refrain from resting your arms or head on the client's body.

Always keep at least one hand on the client's body until the treatment is completely over. This maintains the connection so the Qi may continue to flow. Breaking contact breaks the Qi flow.

It is usually a good idea to close your eyes and try to connect with yourself deep within, either your body, your breathing, an emotion, whether you are the client or the practitioner.

If you are the practitioner, try to keep your focus on the client, especially when you are in the Heart region. A teacher once advised that when in the heart position it serves healing best to 'fall in love' with your client.

Try to connect with the Love that is in your own Heart.

If you must open your eyes and look around the room to see who just walked in, try not to disturb your client and ask yourself why you are distracted.

Keep whispering to a minimum while treatments are going on.

Be considerate of your client by being a regular client yourself. Only then, will you be able to appreciate how sensitive you become to every small movement and sound. unless, of course, like many, you have fallen into a profoundly deep sleep.

When the treatment is over it is a good idea to stay with your client and help them off the table and if necessary help them to a chair to sit for a few minutes.

A Reiki treatment can be a very profound and moving experience, causing some slight disorientation getting off the table. If you are the client, you might want to allow yourself to be helped. For many this is an important lesson in receiving.

Reiki is a very special and sacred experience and the tendency is to reverent silence. But you are not in Church, so it is not wrong to laugh, be joyful, and have fun. Probably, though, you might want to wait until you are outside the treatment room before you start whooping it up.

Everyone approaches Reiki in their own way, so always be considerate, have gratitude, share your experience if you wish, or not if you don't, and honour each journey as you would wish your journey to be honoured.

Peace.

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