What does a typical Shamanic Reiki Session Look Like
Plan an afternoon, evening or weekend when nothing heavy is scheduled. Although the healing shouldn't take more than an hour total, it is important that the person needing the healing  have plenty of time beforehand to prepare so he/she can be rested and alert; afterwards, it's advised the client/patient have plenty of time for him/herself for quiet reflection. Its best if there is someone to drive the client  to and from the session, as it can lead to a feeling of "spacyness," or "not being there." Eat only a light lunch and no dinner before the session; and, of course, no alcohol or other mind-altering drugs.

 Pre Healing Interview: To start a shamanic reiki-healing journey, the healer and the client must have the opportunity to discuss the healing process prior to the start.  In the shamanic view, everything that exists is alive and has spirit and we are joined with the earth and all life via our interconnectedness.  The client should be aware of this  interconnectedness and understand that the healer and the client are active partners in the healing process. The client will be asked to raise their awareness of circumstances and things that might be otherwise overlooked as being a possible sign that may be of significance during their healing journey. 

Sacred Space: In both shamanic and reiki practices it is necessary to hold sacred space.   A healing mesa (Table) is set up by both the healer and the client. The preparation for the mesa is outlined  when the session was scheduled.  The mesa will contain items of spiritual significance to both the healer and the client. Healing Items from the mesa can be used during the healing ceremony as diagnostic or treatment tools. Below are some items for the mesa table:  

Feathers are used to fan the “fire” of earth’s energies and symbolize our ability to soar through the universe. 
Drums and rattles can be used to sense areas of dense energy and can also be used to smooth out energy or break up blockages. 
Crystal and stones can be used to “suck” up blockages, store energy, and transmute unwanted intrusions. 
Water is used to reawaken inner knowledge and a medium for neutralizing polarized energy. 
The reiki and sacred geometry symbols become part of the shamanic reiki healer’s energetic tool basket and can be used at any time to unlock stored universal energy and magnify and direct it to specific areas.
Client’s Special Crystal and stones
Client’s Sacred items: rosary, metals, talisman, religious pictures
Client’s Photos of ancestors, angels or guides
Client’s Medicine Bag

Healing Process: Once entering the treatment area, the client should lie down on the floor or massage table in a comfortable manner on his/her back. A guided meditation may be read or soft music may be played, depending on what's needed. When it's time to begin, a rattle will be shaken to clear the energy in the room and each of the six directions (east, north, west, south, up, and down) will be honored. The good spirits of the universe will be invited to attend.

Rattling will continue until the shaman feels connected enough (a light trance) to begin to journey. Then, either a drumming tape or a drummer will take over, beating a steady cadence (about 180 times minute) conducive to bringing on the altered state of consciousness needed for the shaman to journey.

During the session, the healer channels reiki for several minutes until the client becomes relaxed and comforted by the energy.  The reiki energy prepares the client for their shamanic healing journey.   A journey is like a light trance state where the client uses active imagination and intuition to access shamanic realms. Drums, rattles, music, smudge, and sounds of nature can be used by the healer to induce deeper relaxation, raise the veil between the worlds, and send the client off on their healing journey.  

During the journey the healer  holds space and time and allows Reiki Universal Energy to channel through to the client.  The client is safe and protected by the continuous cycles of Reiki’s universal love and any healing and helper guides, angels, ancestors, or power animals the client may meet or call upon.   The client is empowered to access information and energies that can reawaken and restore harmony to the emotional, mental, spiritual, etheric, karmic, and physical bodies.  Channeled reiki will connect energetically to every realm of emotion, mind, body, and spirit as well on the astral, planetary, earthly, and bodily levels making an extremely potent multidimensional healing process.  

The Shamanic Reiki session is an interactive session.

The session involves both the patient and the healer. The healer leads  the patient through a guided meditation which begins with the patient visualizing that she/he  is floating up from their body to the ceiling and then turning around and viewing her body in a crystalline form. Either through sensing or visualization the healer and client find any negative energy  that may be causing physical, emotional or spiritual problems. The client’s  expanded consciousness allows the client to be able to sense emptiness, areas of blockages, dense energy, or unwanted energetic intrusions in their body.  Together, the client and the practitioner can clear these obstacles to health and harmony. 

Once the negative energy  is located, the healer helps the patient neutralize the energy. For example, if it is rough, the healer asks the patient to imagine that it is becoming smoother; if it is cold, the healer  prompts the patient to make it a little warmer, and so on.

The healing  continues until the energy has been totally neutralized.  At this point, the Reiki healer proceeds to slowly remove the negative energy . The healer  uses  her/his  hands to move the energy up to the client's right shoulder and down the  arm until it reaches the hand.  The healer then places a special rock or crystal into the client's hand so that the negative energy is absorbed.

After the client indicates that the negative energy has been fully absorbed into the rock or crystal, the healer removes the stone and drops it into a bowl of sea salt water, which clears away all remaining energy. The unwanted negative energy is treated with kindness and sent back into the vortex that transforms and makes all energy available for the greatest good. 

When removed, the negative energy is replaced with the bright light of Reiki Universal Life Force Energy.  The Reiki session continues with the healer sending more Reiki into the place where the obstruction once was, balancing the client's 7 main chakras using stones and giving a general Reiki healing to close the session.

The session closes by asking the client to visualize a beautiful yellow or white light coming up from the earth and entering her solar plexus, moving throughout her entire body and totally cleansing her of all negativity, illness and releasing blocked energy.

The shaman will then rattle around the client’s body, sealing in  the healing power .

A singing bowl will be played to help bring the seeker into harmony with the missing part and to ground both the shaman and the seeker into ordinary reality. The client will be grounded by the closing ceremony of expressing gratitude to the four directions and all other parts of nature used in the healing

The Shaman and client  will share what he/she saw while journeying and may draw symbols or objects seen that may be useful to the healing process.

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 Its best if the client  quietly relaxes afterwards to integrate the renewed aspect of his/her being. Having a missing power object or soul part can be a powerful experience. Or, the seeker may feel "nothing." But, the effects should be felt in the next few days with greater vitality. It's important that the seeker allow room in his/her life for this new aspect of personhood, following intuition and being open to new feelings and viewpoints. A great healing takes place. Sometimes, repressed or painful memories will surface. Don't try to either stuff them back down or dwell on them; both tactics will only hamper the process of self-growth. They should be acknowledged and released so that they can be healed. The most pronounced effects often are felt during the week to 10 days after retrieval has taken place.

   Feelings after shamanic healing will vary from person to person because shamanic healing affects the energy field of the person. Some people feel that they are more grounded in their body and feel more solid. Some people feel lighter and a more joyful way of living returns to them. For some a deep emptiness is no longer there.  At times memories of the past traumas might be triggered bringing up a variety of feelings that must be worked through in further sessions.   And for some people there is a subtle peacefulness that settles into their being as a shift in consciousness reconnects inner spirit with Universal Spirit.  As we become "inspirited" we seek our true path .

Please Note:
We never recommend people not to have medical procedures, or seek appropriate diagnosis and treatment from a qualified allopathic healthcare provider. Nor do we give medical advice, we are not qualified to do so. If you are ill--please go see a doctor!
We believe that complementary medicine is, literally, a complement to conventional treatment. No integrative or alternative medicine practitioner can predict with accuracy that conditions will subside or benefit from treatment.