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Hello Everyone,
I want to find out how people are "incorporating" Reiki in their sleep. When I go to sleep, I put one hand on my heart chakra and the other on my solar plexus chakra and invoke any one of the symbols and fall asleep. Most of the times, the next thing I remember is its morning and and Im completely rested. But, of late, I fell out of this practice and when I try to do it again, I feel a heavy sensation in my chest and Im not able to sleep. This happened last night also.
I guess what I want to know is, does any one have an explanation to this and secondly, how are people using reiki while falling asleep.

Many thanks in advance,
--Anil

Namaste, Anil
I am afraid I dont have an explanation for you. I personally do a full reiki self-treatment at night, but start with the hand positions on the feet etc so that I finish with the heart and fall asleep there. I always wash my hands as soon as I get up in the morning to cleanse any residual effects from my night-long treatment. Perhaps if you do several full treatments covering all the chakras it would 'settle' things and then you could go back to concentrating just on your heart? Hope this helps.
Eaglestar

Anil,

Namaste:-}}

Did you have immediate effects of falling asleep when you first began this practice?

If not, then perhaps you just need to get back into it regularly in order to regain the desired results - ordesire it less and just let it happen. :-}}

Perhaps, too, you simply need to be a little more Mindful at first again.

Reiki all around,

all blessings,

Firekeeper

Hi Anil~

I usually do a healing on my 3rd eye right before I fall asleep. I was having some pretty trippy dreams for a while, and this seems to help me have calmer dreams. :c)

Peace~

Dallas

Dear Anil,

Each night I intend to do a full treatment on myself, starting at my head, but usually fall asleep whith my hands resting on my chest. Before Reiki I would have frightful dreams and restless nights - now I sleep like a baby.

Namaste,

Freya

Anil
I've practiced your method for years and your doing
quite very well actually. The hand over your heart does it feel numb? The hand over you solar plexus does it feel nothing ? The heavy feeling your sensing is deeper relaxation. If the hand over your heart is numb your removing negative pent up feeling from your heart. Generally: the first reaction to what your doing is
to stop doing what you were doing. Few people are able to get that relaxed and it seems forgein to us.
Continue doing what your doing, except this time only breath with you diaphram, (belly breath). As you do this, try not to breath with your chest. Don't get frightened, it may feel as if your not breahting at all, and it may also feel as if your chest has shrunk to the size of a grapefruit. Every thing is alright!! What also may happen, is you may feel your not in your body any longer. Stay cool and let it happen.
T2

Hi,
Thank you everyone for their responses. It sure was helpful. Im glad to note that Im not experiencing that heavy feeling in the chest anymore. I can really feel the warmth of my hands. Thanks t2 for your insight. I would welcome more experiences people have with Reiki during sleep.

Thanks,
--Anil

Anil
Continue placing your hands on your chest and solar plexus, but don't forget you have other chakras to balance also? If you gently and slowly lift your hands off your body they'll feel like they're floating. this sensation is exactly like what you feel when healing someone else is it not. That floating feeling in your hands ??
Namaste
T2