Reiki-Sante (english)

Laying one’s hand or hands on someone to relieve pain is a reflex action as old as the hills. It is a gesture showing that attention is being given to the person who is suffering, that the part of the body affected is being protected, that warmth is being communicated. In terms of energy, the hand is the tool most spontaneously used to approach the area of the body which needs to be treated. From the open palm of the hand, the calming energy passes from the giver to the receiver.

During a reiki treatment, is it better to touch the person or not? This is sensitive issue.Some reiki practitioners prefer to be in physical contact with the person they are treating. It must also be said that since a complete treatment session lasts about an hour, muscular fatigue sets in after a while when one is holding one’s hands above the body.
personally, I would advise you to have as little physical contact as possible with the person you are treating, for several reasons.

• There is no need of physical contact. The latter makes people think of other practices such as massage and unless one has specifically offerred treatment including reiki and massage, physical contact does not make reiki treatment more efficient.
• Energy perception makes use of captors which are difficult to identify but which do not involve the sense of touch. Subtle feelings due to energy transfer may well be disturbed by touching the person.
• The skin reacts to contact, however gentle this may be, even through clothes. Professional therapists who rely on touch, such as physiotherapists and osteopaths, know this very well. This reaction hinders relaxtion and may produce resistance to treatment.
• For the person receiving reiki treatment it is important they feel they are respected. Being touched may be experienced as intrusive and keeping one’s hands at a distance may reassure the receiver. In the case of a long, complete treatment session, if the practitioner feels the need to lay his or her hands on the person, it is very important to request their permission. In any case, he or she should only touch the body through clothes and should never touch the person’s private parts. As a general rule, touching the head, the face and the abdomen should always be avoided.
• Finally, don’t forget that reiki energy does not pass exclusively through the hands. Certain techniques use the breath and the eyes.To conclude, I’ll just remind you of the the existence of remote treatment, but more of this in another « suggestion ».