| Massage is the most popular complementary | | | | A Reiki session can be easily integrated into your |
| therapy. Instinctively, we just know that the | | | | massage treatment. Your massage and Reiki |
| therapeutic massage touch is good for us. A | | | | practitioner can provide your regular massage, |
| massage helps your blood and lymph circulation, | | | | then cover you snugly with towelling and add a |
| helps keep you supple, helps keep your sinuses | | | | half-hour Reiki session at the end. Or the session |
| clear, and has many effective benefits. | | | | can start with massage, have a break and allow |
| And there is something really nice about the | | | | the Reiki to flow, and finish with massage as usual. |
| caring touch of your massage therapist. It feels | | | | Sometimes with physical ailments, your |
| good to be stroked, kneaded, and pampered. | | | | practitioner may choose to have breaks in the |
| Naturally, a massage affectionado is keen to | | | | massage for Reiki when encountering an old injury |
| enjoy their regular massage, as you should. | | | | for that extra energetic oomph. Some |
| Sometimes, we want more than a massage and | | | | practitioners start with a 10-minute Reiki to centre |
| still want the personal touch and the physical | | | | and relax you then carry on with the massage as |
| massage benefits. Perhaps we are a bit low | | | | usual. |
| physically or emotionally, feel out of sorts, need | | | | To get the real deal and the best benefit from |
| clearer thinking, or just need some extra TLC. | | | | the Reiki, ensure that your practitioner literally |
| This is when it is great to have a massage | | | | stops the massage strokes whilst applying Reiki. If |
| therapist who also practises Reiki. | | | | you need to pay more for this or have less time |
| Reiki is what in complementary therapy is called | | | | for the actual massage, that is OK. Avoid the |
| an energy. Energy healing involves your body's | | | | Reiki-flowing-during-the-massage idea. Whilst it is |
| electromagnetism and so helps balance your mind | | | | more powerful than a massage on its own, it is a |
| and body's energetic flow. Often referred to as | | | | false economy. You get more for your money |
| hands-on healing, it usually involves the channelling | | | | when the Reiki is allowed to flow on its own for a |
| of healing through the healer's hands. Reiki can be | | | | while. The best way to find out what you get is |
| felt as hot, cold, tingly, sometimes like a breeze | | | | to ask first. |
| or a wave, and may be felt near the healer's | | | | Like having a massage, a massage with Reiki is a |
| hands or at a different location. Reiki goes to | | | | personal experience. It differs from person to |
| where it is most needed, which may or may not | | | | person and from session to session. You may find |
| be where you expect healing to occur. As with | | | | the results so enjoyable, you make it a regular |
| massage, occasionally there is a healing reaction or | | | | treat. And if you are only going to treat yourself |
| an emotional release, although this soon passes. | | | | once this month, a massage with Reiki is highly |
| Reiki is very gentle and suitable for everyone. | | | | recommended. |