Methods for Sending Reiki or Energy Healing Over Any Distance

When studying Reiki and other healing modalities, the practitioner learns that besides hands-on treatments, it is actually possible to send healing energy via any distance. This does not require a phone, internet, or even deep meditation. The simple act of intent causes the energy to respond. Intent is very powerful, and it is the directive that the energy will follow.

How is distance energy healing done? In Reiki practice, when a practitioner is at level two or higher, he has learned a distance symbol. Drawing the distance symbol in the air, on paper, on hands, or simply saying the name of the distance symbol three times activates the intent to send distance Reiki. Next, the energy healer says or thinks the full name and location of the recipient for the energy. This tells the energy to whom it is being channeled. Again, it is the intent of the practitioner that is directing the energy to the specific person.

The method that the energy healer uses next could be a number of different things. One method is to hold the hands in the air, imagine the body shape of the recipient (or just a generic body shape), and "scan" down the "body," tuning in to any tingles, heat, cold, or magnetic sensations that would indicate that a particular body part or chakra is in need of Reiki. The practitioner will hold his hands at each of the places indicated until the feeling subsides, and then proceed to the next part of the body. If the person has a particular health or emotional issue, the practitioner can ask to be shown that part of the body or chakra, and channel the energy directly to that by intending it to go there.

Another method is to do a similar process using a teddy bear or doll as a "surrogate" for the recipient. The knee of the practitioner is also sometimes used, with the kneecap as "head", and the rest of the body from the kneecap to the thigh.

Sometimes, the practitioner may simply hold her hands over a picture or the person's name written on a piece of paper, and channel energy in a general way to the person, without scanning. The practitioner can intend the energy go to a specific part or issue and then use the paper or picture to channel the energy to the person.

Another method is to imagine the recipient very small, small enough to fit inside two hands held together, and then cup the hands around the small version of the recipient and send the energy to the whole person.

In Kundalini Reiki, the practitioner simply states the intention to send Kundalini Reiki to the recipient, and holds his hands together, feeling the energy start and then stop after 5-7 minutes. The recipient receives energy for as long as he or she needs it, to each place and issue requiring healing. The recipient may feel the energy for up to an hour, although the sender only felt it for 5-7 minutes.

It is even possible to post-date the sending, for example, to intend that the recipient receive the energy at 9:30 p.m. tonight in her time zone, although the practitioner is sending it at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. Energy is not bound by time. A person may send energy to the future to give one strength and confidence from anything from a doctor's appointment to a job interview. Energy may be sent to the past to heal a traumatic event. The healing will weaken the residual strength of the event in its emotional hold over the person's present. For example, a person still holding on to hurt or anger that sends healing to the event that caused it can release these negative emotions easier once the healing has been channeled to the event. Energy may also be sent to heal past life traumas that are affecting a person via unexplained phobias or emotional baggage.

Someone new to distance healing, or feeling curious or doubtful about its validity should try receiving a distance energy healing from a Reiki or energy healing practitioner. Setting a time to receive the healing treatment, the recipient can relax and "tune-in" to their body's sensations, and feel the experience of the energy treating their needed areas and bringing on relaxation and positive feelings.

The most fascinating thing about distance energy channeling is that it works. Intention is the key to the success of the practice.