Question:
I heard that some Reiki people charge for distance healing which has really surprised me. I offer distance healing to anyone I come across who has a need be it health/spiritual/ emotional/ general and I send them Reiki regularly usually at the end of the day before I go to sleep, sometimes when i am sitting in traffic jams! Its such an easy thing to do
I'm a live and let live sort of person and I fully understand the need to charge for face to face treatments etc but i do feel strongly that this is one way we can all make sure that those who want Reiki can get it whether they can afford it or not and that Reiki people should send distance to people for free as a way of thanking the universe for this amazing gift.
What do you think?
Hi Soar[/align][/align]It all depends on how you do remote energy work.[/align][/align]If you do the short "I set my intention for such and such to receive x-amount of energy over x-amount of time" which only takes about 30 second or so then yes I agree with you it should be free.[/align][/align]If on the other hand you are giving remote energy treatments involving the same scanning and channelling techniques which you use in hands on, then it take the same amount of time and effort that a hands on one does and has exactly the same effect, so I personally do not seewhy this should not be charged for as you are doing the same thing.[/align]
Paul. I guess it come down to trust. I myself have been promised distance healing, and when I met the person-who-promised weeks later it was clear that she hadn't sent me any (she'd forgotten/couldn't be bothered - I'm not sure which). I have trust issues, so I'd personally not pay for distance healing, because I like to see what I am paying for.
Not everyone can set aside an hour for a distance healing session. And I'd be worried that that hour was interrupted by phonecall, door-bells, children, pets, cups of coffee. I had over-the-phone counselling weekly for a couple of months and these things often disrupted our sessions, yet oddly I'd not be given back the time these distractions took (i.e. the 5/10mins would not be added to the end of our session). Which I ended up resenting, because I felt she wasn't committed to my treatment. But I digress.
Anyway, I'm sure you get the picture!
Ava x
Footnote. On a positive note: I have been sent distance healing, unbeknownst to me (until they told me later), which was a complete joy and delight - and I would have loved to have given some payment for it. But payment was refused. So I sent some lovely stealth Reiki back!
I agree with Paul, it depends what sort of distant healing you are doing. Some reiki practitioners do a full reiki treatment using something like a teddy bear to stand in for the distant client. This is still a treatment and is taking the practitioners time, so why shouldn't they charge for it.
Ava, obviously it's important to be able to trust the person who you have requested healing from and if they're not doing what they have promised and they have also charged then this is wrong.
As for the telephone councelling and you being distracted, I have to be honest and say that it is not the practitioners issue that these things happen. If they also have other appointments to attend to then you can't expect themextend your session just for these reasons. However saying that, I believe most practitioners will leave gaps between appointments to allow for over-running and I personally would ensure that the session is completed properly rather than cut it short (within reason of course).
Love and Reiki Hugs
[Sorry Soar - but I am going to go completely off-topic here.]
Giles
"As for the telephone councelling and you being distracted, I have to be honest and say that it is not the practitioners issue that these things happen."
I'm not sure it is fair to suggest that I should just accept whatever else comes up for her during that hour. And I don't feel that answering the door, letting the cat in, making another coffee etc shows respect to me the paying client, nor commitment to the therapy session. Yes, of course I am going to be distracted if she's feeding the cat. It'll take me time to bring the conversation back after an interruption - because I'm not going to contnue talking about abuse-issues whilst she scoops out the catfood. Or maybe I should? Bugger. Perhaps that's my problem. I think I see your point: it's not the therapist's fault if I let what she is doing distract me. Bugger. I'll have to think about that.
Ava
What they said, regarding distance healing. I use Alfie the koala cos he's the biggest bear I have (sitting at 10 inches tall). He enjoys it, too. :D
Re phone-based counselling, your counsellor should be 100% committed to speaking to you otherwise you end up feeling how you do now, which ruins the relationship.
Soar,
I do free distant healing but I charge for it also. For the free healing I do that at least once a week to a list of people & just do it the normal way. As for charging for it, I do it for an hour at a time & one person at a time. I carry it out the treatment as if the person is actuallylaying there infront of meas I feel that I can connect with the person more this way leaving the treatment more effective (e.g. I can pick up on certain areas which I can't if it's just to a name on a list).
As it takes an hour of my time each session, I do charge for it & the clients always know that there is free healing available too, but they seem to prefer an hourly long, one on one, dh treatment.
There is an strong element of trust on their part (for me to actually do it!) but I keep them updated on it & they usually tell me of sensations/experiences they had during it so they themeselves know I'm doing what I said I'd do.
Love & Light,
SS
I'm a live and let live sort of person and I fully understand the need to charge for face to face treatments etc but i do feel strongly that this is one way we can all make sure that those who want Reiki can get it whether they can afford it or not and that Reiki people should send distance to people for free as a way of thanking the universe for this amazing gift.
What do you think?
Answers:
Hi Soar[/align][/align]It all depends on how you do remote energy work.[/align][/align]If you do the short "I set my intention for such and such to receive x-amount of energy over x-amount of time" which only takes about 30 second or so then yes I agree with you it should be free.[/align][/align]If on the other hand you are giving remote energy treatments involving the same scanning and channelling techniques which you use in hands on, then it take the same amount of time and effort that a hands on one does and has exactly the same effect, so I personally do not seewhy this should not be charged for as you are doing the same thing.[/align]
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Paul. I guess it come down to trust. I myself have been promised distance healing, and when I met the person-who-promised weeks later it was clear that she hadn't sent me any (she'd forgotten/couldn't be bothered - I'm not sure which). I have trust issues, so I'd personally not pay for distance healing, because I like to see what I am paying for.
Not everyone can set aside an hour for a distance healing session. And I'd be worried that that hour was interrupted by phonecall, door-bells, children, pets, cups of coffee. I had over-the-phone counselling weekly for a couple of months and these things often disrupted our sessions, yet oddly I'd not be given back the time these distractions took (i.e. the 5/10mins would not be added to the end of our session). Which I ended up resenting, because I felt she wasn't committed to my treatment. But I digress.
Anyway, I'm sure you get the picture!
Ava x
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Footnote. On a positive note: I have been sent distance healing, unbeknownst to me (until they told me later), which was a complete joy and delight - and I would have loved to have given some payment for it. But payment was refused. So I sent some lovely stealth Reiki back!
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I agree with Paul, it depends what sort of distant healing you are doing. Some reiki practitioners do a full reiki treatment using something like a teddy bear to stand in for the distant client. This is still a treatment and is taking the practitioners time, so why shouldn't they charge for it.
Ava, obviously it's important to be able to trust the person who you have requested healing from and if they're not doing what they have promised and they have also charged then this is wrong.
As for the telephone councelling and you being distracted, I have to be honest and say that it is not the practitioners issue that these things happen. If they also have other appointments to attend to then you can't expect themextend your session just for these reasons. However saying that, I believe most practitioners will leave gaps between appointments to allow for over-running and I personally would ensure that the session is completed properly rather than cut it short (within reason of course).
Love and Reiki Hugs
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[Sorry Soar - but I am going to go completely off-topic here.]
Giles
"As for the telephone councelling and you being distracted, I have to be honest and say that it is not the practitioners issue that these things happen."
I'm not sure it is fair to suggest that I should just accept whatever else comes up for her during that hour. And I don't feel that answering the door, letting the cat in, making another coffee etc shows respect to me the paying client, nor commitment to the therapy session. Yes, of course I am going to be distracted if she's feeding the cat. It'll take me time to bring the conversation back after an interruption - because I'm not going to contnue talking about abuse-issues whilst she scoops out the catfood. Or maybe I should? Bugger. Perhaps that's my problem. I think I see your point: it's not the therapist's fault if I let what she is doing distract me. Bugger. I'll have to think about that.
Ava
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What they said, regarding distance healing. I use Alfie the koala cos he's the biggest bear I have (sitting at 10 inches tall). He enjoys it, too. :D
Re phone-based counselling, your counsellor should be 100% committed to speaking to you otherwise you end up feeling how you do now, which ruins the relationship.
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Soar,
I do free distant healing but I charge for it also. For the free healing I do that at least once a week to a list of people & just do it the normal way. As for charging for it, I do it for an hour at a time & one person at a time. I carry it out the treatment as if the person is actuallylaying there infront of meas I feel that I can connect with the person more this way leaving the treatment more effective (e.g. I can pick up on certain areas which I can't if it's just to a name on a list).
As it takes an hour of my time each session, I do charge for it & the clients always know that there is free healing available too, but they seem to prefer an hourly long, one on one, dh treatment.
There is an strong element of trust on their part (for me to actually do it!) but I keep them updated on it & they usually tell me of sensations/experiences they had during it so they themeselves know I'm doing what I said I'd do.
Love & Light,
SS
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