What Is Reiki and What Can You Expect in Your First Session?
- Lee-Anne Willats
- Jun 10
- 6 min read
Updated: Jun 11
A gentle guide for first-time clients.
If you have been feeling emotionally heavy, energetically drained, disconnected from yourself, or simply in need of deep rest, Reiki may be the gentle reset your body, mind and spirit have been asking for.
At Elemental Healing, Reiki is offered as a calm, nurturing space where you can pause, soften, and reconnect with your own energy. You don't need to understand energy healing perfectly before booking a session. You only need to arrive with an open heart, a willingness to receive, and a desire to feel more balanced within yourself.
What Is Reiki?
Reiki is a gentle form of energy healing that works with the body's natural energetic field. The word Reiki is often translated as "universal life force energy" - the subtle healing energy that flows through all living things.
During a Reiki session, the practitioner acts as a channel for this universal energy, allowing it to flow to the areas where your system may need support, clearing, calming or rebalancing.
Reiki is not forceful. It does not push, pull or demand. It works softly and intuitively, supporting the body's own natural ability to return to balance.
Many clients come for Reiki when they are feeling:
Emotionally overwhelmed
Spiritually disconnected
Energetically heavy
Anxious, stressed or overstimulated
Blocked or stuck in repeating patterns
Tired from giving too much to others
In need of clarity, peace or grounding
Reiki is a beautiful support for anyone moving through a life transition, emotional release, grief, burnout, spiritual awakening, or simply a season where they need to feel held.
What Happens During a Reiki Session?
Your first session at Elemental Healing is designed to feel safe, calm and deeply supportive.
Before we begin, we may have a gentle conversation about how you are feeling, what has been coming up for you emotionally, and what you are hoping to receive from the session. You do not need to have all the answers. Sometimes the reason you are drawn to Reiki is simply because your energy knows it needs support before your mind can fully explain it.
You will then lie down comfortably, fully clothed, while soft music, calming energy and a peaceful environment helps your nervous system begin to settle.
Depending on the session, I may work intuitively with your chakras, aura, emotional energy, grounding, energetic cords, or areas of heaviness in the body. Reiki may be done with hands gently placed near or above the body, allowing the energy to flow where it is needed.
You only role is to rest, breathe and receive.
What Might You Feel During Reiki?
Every person experiences Reiki differently. There is no right or wrong way to receive energy healing.
You may feel warmth, tingling, gentle waves of energy, emotional release, deep relaxation, or a sense of heaviness leaving the body. Some clients see colours, images, memories or symbolic impressions. Others simply fall into a peaceful, meditative state.
You may experience:
A feeling of lightness
Deep relaxation
Emotional release
A sense of being grounded
More clarity around a situation
A peaceful or meditative state
Gentle tiredness after the session
A renewed connection to yourself
The energy moves in the way your system is ready to receive.
Why Your First Session Matters
Your first Reiki Session is an opening.
At Elemental Healing, the first session allows us to gently "open the field" - to begin understanding your energetic landscape, where you may be holding heaviness, where you energy feels strong, and where your system may be asking for support.
This session is not about rushing to fix everything at once. It is about creating a safe foundation for healing.
Many people arrive with one concern, such as stress, anxiety, emotional heaviness or feeling blocked, but during the session deeper layers may gently reveal themselves. This can include old emotional patterns, energetic cords, chakra imbalances, grief, exhaustion, suppressed expression, or disconnection from self.
The first session gives your energy permission to be seen, heard and supported.
Reiki and the Chakras
The chakras are energy centres within the body. Each one is connected to different emotional, physical and spiritual themes.
For example, the root chakra is connected to safety, grounding and stability. The heart chakra is connected to love, compassion and emotional openness. The throat chakra is connected to truth, expression and communication.
When life feels overwhelming, the chakras can become blocked, overactive, underactive or disconnected. Reiki can help bring these energy centres back into greater harmony.
You do not need to know which chakra is blocked before coming for Reiki. During the session, the energy often reveals what needs attention.
What Happens After a Reiki Session?
After your session, you may feel peaceful, emotional, sleepy, lighter or more reflective. This is completely normal.
Energy healing can continue to integrate after the appointment, which is why gentle aftercare is important.
After your Reiki session, try to:
Drink water
Rest if your body asks for it
Avoid rushing straight into stressful situations
Journal any thoughts, feelings or dreams that come up
Take a warm bath or shower
Spend time in quiet reflection
Be gentle with your emotions
Sometimes old feelings rise to the surface after Reiki. This does not mean the session "didn't work." It often means your system is releasing what it has been holding.
Healing is not always about feeling instantly perfect. Sometimes it begins with feeling safe enough to let go.
Is Reiki Right for You?
Reiki may be supportive if you feel drawn to emotional, energetic or spiritual healing.
It is especially helpful if you feel:
Like you are carrying energy that does not belong to you
Emotionally drained after being around certain people
Disconnected from your intuition
Heavy in your body or heart
Unable to move forward
Overwhelmed by stress or life changes
In need of a sacred pause
Ready to reconnect with your own energy
Reiki is gentle enough for first-time clients and deep enough for those who are already on a spiritual or healing journey.
What Makes Elemental Healing Different?
Elemental Healing is not a clinical or rushed experience. It is a soft, sacred and intuitive space created for women who need to feel held, understood and energetically supported.
Each session is guided by what your energy presents of the day. This may include Reiki, chakra balancing, aura cleansing, intuitive impressions, emotional release, grounding, or ritual-based support.
The intention is always the same: to help you return to yourself.
To your breath.
To your body.
To your intuition.
To your own inner light.
How to Book Your First Reiki Session
If you feel called to begin, your first Reiki session is a beautiful place to start.
You do not need to arrive perfectly calm, spiritually experienced or emotionally clear. You can arrive exactly as you are.
Your energy already knows the way home.
At Elemental Healing, your first session gently opens the field, allowing us to begin the process of clearing, calming and reconnecting your energy with compassion and care.
If your heart feels ready, you are welcome to book your first session and begin your healing journey.
Book your session at Elemental Healing and allow yourself to receive the calm, clarity and energetic support you deserve.
Copyright & Disclaimer
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This blog article, including all written content, wording, concepts and imagery created for Elemental Healing, is the intellectual property of Elemental Healing and may not be copied, reproduced, republished, distributed or used for commercial purposes without written permission.
The information shared in this article is intended for general educational, spiritual and wellbeing purposes only. Reiki and energy healing are complementary holistic practices and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical, psychological or mental health condition.
Reiki should not be used as a replacement for medical care, counselling, therapy, prescribed medication or professional healthcare advice. Always consult a qualified medical or mental health professional regarding any health concerns, symptoms, diagnoses or treatment plans.
Every Reiki experience is unique, and individual results may vary. Elemental Healing offers a supportive space for relaxation, energetic balance, emotional ease and spiritual self-connection, but no specific outcome or result can be guaranteed.
By reading this article or booking a Reiki session, you acknowledge that you are responsible for your own wellbeing and personal choices.
