Sound bath, reiki

[ElenaO]

My yoga studio sometimes organizes sound bath events. I attended one tonight, where the teachers were also offering reiki (they didn't call it reiki per se, it was something about energy).  The event was 2 h long.
I haven't had reiki many times and often wonder how effective are these practices. Has anyone had any noticeable effects?

 

[wesyasz]

I've had a panic attack in the afternoon after my 2nd grade reiki attunment. Then a few more times after self-reiki practice there was something stirring up inside me. 2 people I know who tried reiki also got some serious life-changing effects. It's powerful even though I didn't believe in it when I did my 1st grade attunment. The reiki master who was leading the course said that reiki works on people even if they don't believe it and it gives you what you need, not what you want. You can try for a few times and write what your insights and finds are. 

[ElenaO]

Good to hear that. To be honest, I haven't noticed any changes at all. In fact, today I am tired and very pissed at everything, but that's probably because of me not having enough sleep. 

[LfcCharlie4]

I think there's a lot of great books on the subject. 

I've never experienced Reiki, but have had many Transmissions before and they helped me beyond words! 

[Rilles]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871310/

[Nahm]

@ElenaO How was the experience of the session itself?  Did you have an individual session, and was it reiki, energy medicine, and or sound bowls? 

[Raptorsin7]

@ElenaO I've had reiki twice and I think it's legit. I can tell the efficacy of different practices based on how much my third eye is stimulated. Psychidelics is number 1, but Reiki is up there with meditation, yoga, and float tanks. 

I also had a reiki session about a week before my awakening, so I think it was directly related.

[inFlow]

@ElenaO Reiki kinda helps a person to get grounded, especially when the person is in a lot of anxiety and worry. It helps to relax a person, also reiki energy heals.

I got a first initiation a while back, but I'm so lazy to give myself reiki everyday. But once I do it I feel it immediately, calmness/love flows through my body.

[ElenaO]

@inFlow Interesting. I had a very different experience. As I described I was very tired and pissed off the next day ( the event happened in the evening). I do not want to say it was related, it's just I am rarely that annoyed and angry at things. This wasn't probably anyhow related to reiki itself. Yet, I haven't felt any calmness or anything of that sort. I do feel that after meditation and breathwork, though.  

[ElenaO]

@Raptorsin7 Hm, I did not feel it's on the same level. Maybe I did not get enough of that energy transfer or movement. Not sure. 

[ElenaO]

@Nahm it was a group session. Actually one women started sobbing really loudly right next to me. Well, I guess she had some emotional release. But she was pretty aggressive also, she didn't let the teachers touch her etc. I do understand, but I felt disturbed and may be that also had an influence on the whole experience. 

There were 3 teachers, two offering reiki and another one performing the sounds. It was all right, but to be honest it was not any better than a yin yoga session. 

[Applegarden]

I have recieved transmissions, idk if it was reiki, however i have heard of the dangers of getting your spine touched or its bones relocated.

[ElenaO]

I was researching this somewhat and there seems to be controversial opinions on reiki. Some claim it's BS, some say it can complement traditional medicine. I did not experience any positive effects from it. But I may try another one-two sessions to give it another try.