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Namaste.

I have noticed recently that my perceptions whilst sending distant Reiki seem to be changing and becoming deeper.

I sometimes sense a heat, coldness or pain in my own body and feel drawn to place my hands there for the recipient.

I have also noticed on one occasion, whilst sending Reiki to someone suffering from depression, a feeling of being pulled in towards them....this is not someone that I know personally. I resisted this and grounded myself, but just wondered if anyone else had experienced this sensation and what it means?

Many thanks

Love,Light and Blessings
Helen.

Helen,

Namaste.

Yes, one's sensitivty will increase as one "practices".

Yes, one can "diagnose" an area that is involved in 'need for healing' by that sort of sensing - though for best results it is usually better to be 'in person'.

One way I have done this during somewhat different, shamanic work is to lie next to the person touching at the shoulder, hip, and ankle. Doing the same without touching works similarly along the lines of distance work but one still has the "target" present.

One can become quickly aware of distressed areas based on the energy responses (correspondences) in one's own body. The instance I refer to was during a workshop in shamanic extraction techniques.

Depression sometimes is a matter of things missing - so it does not surprise me when someone tries to pull in energy to "fill" the void. I guess that might be what you sensed.

Hope this helps,

Reiki all around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Dear helen:

My distant perceptions are changing as well! Because I am somewhat physically empathetic, (and it is not always under my control!), I have been personally leary of using my own body to treat another. And so, I have been working of finding other avenues of perception.

When I send distantly, I "shrink" the recipient until s/he fits horizonntally in the palm of my left hand. Then I place my right hand over the left (without touching). I can feel the sensations (heat, cold, pull, tinglnig etc. in the area of my palm that corresponds to the effected body part. Sometimes too, I get a sense of what is wrong or what areas/chakras are involved. Frequently I just get a sense of very strong flow to a particular body part.

Once I can sense what body part needs the energy, I have sometimes been able to "zoom-in" on that body bart and just hold it (more or less full size) between the plams of my hands.

If the issue is primarily emotional, then I notice that the strength of the flow increases when I send the mental/emotional symbol.

Because I have been leary of sensing another's blockages/trauma/pain directly in my own body, I was delighted the other night at a reiki circle to sense reiki flowing in my body in the positions that I needed to move-to next on the client. When I did move to those positons, the sense of reiki flow in my body resumed more normal patterns.

Anyway - thanks for shaing how things are going. I learn so much from this sharing of experience! Many blessings, batwings

Firekeeper,

Namaste.

Many thanks for your reply.

The odd thing is, that I 'sense' far more when doing distant Reiki than when doing hands on. That said, I usually only get to treat the same people and don't have a lot of experience with lots of different people. At present, I seem to do more distant work than hands on. The sensations are different when doing hands on, in that all the sensation seems to be concentrated in my hands.

Love,Light and Blessings
Helen.

Hi Batwings,

Namaste.

Many thanks for sharing this, it's great to share experiences :)

I had an occasion the other day when I was sending to my husband's aunt who has really painful knees. As I sent the Reiki to her, I got a searing pain in my right knee which continued after I had finished sending. I had to ask the pain to leave , as I knew that it did not belong to me. I was grateful though that my perception has grown to the point where I am able to some extent to be 'guided' as to where the energy is needed, rather than just sending blindly so to speak.

Perhaps Spirit tries different ways to communicate where the energy is needed, until they find the best way for each of us as individuals.

Love,Light and Blessings
Helen.

Helen,

Namaste.

What we "sense" sometimes is impacted by what others "open" up to us (though not always entirely so).

Those with whom we are familiar and who trust us may "sense" more clearly than someone who is "being clsoed".

That your distance sense seems more acute right now may reflect the disparity in the practice - or perhaps with your own comfort level doing things at distance - allows you to be more open too right now. :-}}

Reiki all around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Firekeeper,

Namaste.

Yes, I hadn't thought of this, but I do feel more relaxed sending distantly, than doing hands on with people I don't know very well.

I usually feel nervous and awkward when treating siomeone for the first time, until the Reiki is in full flow and then it relaxes me and hopefully the recipient too :))

Love,Light and Blessings
Helen.

Hello Helen,
I think that sometmes the body before us gets distracting with talking and such.
I love to send distance because I can touch all areas that need healing without
worrying where it is I'm touching. Besides that I have a five year old and things are rarely
quiet at home until after he is gone or when he is at school. I"ve become much more
aware by sending healings distance. I've moved up into other layers of the aura and
have found the vibration of discord, even as far as the twelfth layer.

Love and Light
Susan