Question:
I was treating a client recently. She comes in weekly and alternates between reiki, massage and reflexology. Nothing out of the ordinary happened until I reached the base chakra. My client was "out" as she always is from beginning to end of the treatment (she absolutely loves Reiki!) when all of a sudden, she opened her eyes and said that she felt like she had been put into a freezer. This was backed up by her shivering and teeth chattering! I wrapped her up but it took a good ten minutes for her to warm up properly. I know that reiki can result in changes in body temperature but this seemed very dramatic. Any advice as to what to do if this re-occurs and what I should be telling the client?
Ambermoon 2,
I wanted to let you know that during Reiki treatments, I have experienced the exact same as you have described your client feeling. When this happens to me it feels like my body is very very cold, and I also feel 'out' of my body. I usually feel like I can no longer feel my body, and I am floating away somewhere.
The first few times I experienced this it was like a cold rush of energy, or like cold pins and needles rush through my body. I asked my Reiki Practitioner about this and she said it was the energy working on me. However, being inquisitive, I researched on the web. I cannot remember the website, but it said that when in a deep deep state of relaxtion the body temp decreases. I can remember feeling as if I was actually standing outside on a winters day, but the room was quite warm. I put it down to the deep relaxation - because I find it easier as time has gone on, to completely relax quickly during Reiki. This doesn't happen to me all the time, but now my Reiki Practitioner covers me in an extra blanket. Hope this helps a little, just to let you know that I have no worries at all about feeling this intense cold, and just accept it as part of my Reiki experience.
I am not sure of what advice you can offer to your client, but I find an extra blanket over me allows me to come back up to normal temp after reiki has been finished on me.
Love Mhairi xxx
Hi Ambermoon
I have also experienced this with some clients,and have discussed with other Reiki Masters and researched on this.There seems to be two schools of thought on this one is that extreme cold feeling within yourself or client points to a very old injury,others say that subconsciously the client is either not ready or unwilling to let go of their issue,this can result in shivering,when this happens i close down immediately,and symbols to Hara Line to recentre chakras.
Love Light.and Peace Ajnamoon
Yes, I agree it is definitely a deep energy movement, possibly old memory etc. I have experienced it fairly frequently during sessions on myself. It is a bit like going into shock. I never felt particularly in danger or afraid, however because my practitioner treated it as something easily within her experience. I would sometimes ask to hold her hand for a few minutes if I felt overwhelmed or fearful. So, from my experience I might consider just being there ready to be comforting if the client requests. Otherwise a large hold [shoulder and knee, for instance] just to support the process might has seemed right. For me, again, I always had some rather intense integration days after one of these session.
I was interested in ajnamoon's comments about the Hara Line. Recently I had a melt down when I felt my body was coming apart cellularly. This was in response to the replay of an old trauma. My healer gave me the choice to "come into Hara" , [I guess the alternative was to die or be dragged off by the white coats!"] This I did with the traditional hand positions in a sitting position and I gradualy reassembled. So I was wondering if this could be used on a client as ajnamoon has described. And I would like to know how she goes about it.
Sonya
Fantastic ambermoon 2
Just shows its all working how it needs to.
Hi Amber Moon
This is a really interesting question! I have seen it happen with both clients as well as people I am attuning to Master Level, (one last weekend)
I think there are a number of explanations not just the one, but perhaps in one way or another they all revolve around or are related to the root chakra.
I have found that people who have experienced a deep trauma in their lives, e.g. car accident, or emotional trauma even, may have this reaction. In the case of severe shock, I believe people actually 'come out of the body' but this is a survival mechanism, so its useful, at least at the time. If this is the case then quite frequently I feel 'shock waves' in my hands, so its important to come away from the site of trauma and maybe concentrate your energy around this point as opposed to directly on it, which will gently help the energy flow once again, rather than try to push on through, which will be too invasive for your client. It is as if your hands are actually being repelled from that spot, so go along with that sensation. Make sure your client is warm, wrap her in an extra blanket if necessary. The root chakra is an interesting centre, since most of us have issues one way or another about being here as a result of our life experience.
I also think there is a difference between deep relaxation achieved in a Reiki treatment, and that client's emotional withdrawal from the session whilst still being laid out on the couch. I see this more as a defence mechanism. It is this second situation when we are more likely to 'lose our ground' or root chakra. Although its normal to fall asleep especially when you receive Reiki for the first time, if this becomes the norm over several sessions then something else is happening. Your client could be hypersensitive to touch, and therefore it may be more appropriate for you to heal into the aura without touch initially. My belief is that whilsts we hope to create a sense of peace, calm relaxation we are also encouraging to client to be more proactive in her own healing process, rather than a dependency. We are hoping to effect some form of positive change.
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Ambermoon 2,
I wanted to let you know that during Reiki treatments, I have experienced the exact same as you have described your client feeling. When this happens to me it feels like my body is very very cold, and I also feel 'out' of my body. I usually feel like I can no longer feel my body, and I am floating away somewhere.
The first few times I experienced this it was like a cold rush of energy, or like cold pins and needles rush through my body. I asked my Reiki Practitioner about this and she said it was the energy working on me. However, being inquisitive, I researched on the web. I cannot remember the website, but it said that when in a deep deep state of relaxtion the body temp decreases. I can remember feeling as if I was actually standing outside on a winters day, but the room was quite warm. I put it down to the deep relaxation - because I find it easier as time has gone on, to completely relax quickly during Reiki. This doesn't happen to me all the time, but now my Reiki Practitioner covers me in an extra blanket. Hope this helps a little, just to let you know that I have no worries at all about feeling this intense cold, and just accept it as part of my Reiki experience.
I am not sure of what advice you can offer to your client, but I find an extra blanket over me allows me to come back up to normal temp after reiki has been finished on me.
Love Mhairi xxx
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Hi Ambermoon
I have also experienced this with some clients,and have discussed with other Reiki Masters and researched on this.There seems to be two schools of thought on this one is that extreme cold feeling within yourself or client points to a very old injury,others say that subconsciously the client is either not ready or unwilling to let go of their issue,this can result in shivering,when this happens i close down immediately,and symbols to Hara Line to recentre chakras.
Love Light.and Peace Ajnamoon
Answers:
Yes, I agree it is definitely a deep energy movement, possibly old memory etc. I have experienced it fairly frequently during sessions on myself. It is a bit like going into shock. I never felt particularly in danger or afraid, however because my practitioner treated it as something easily within her experience. I would sometimes ask to hold her hand for a few minutes if I felt overwhelmed or fearful. So, from my experience I might consider just being there ready to be comforting if the client requests. Otherwise a large hold [shoulder and knee, for instance] just to support the process might has seemed right. For me, again, I always had some rather intense integration days after one of these session.
I was interested in ajnamoon's comments about the Hara Line. Recently I had a melt down when I felt my body was coming apart cellularly. This was in response to the replay of an old trauma. My healer gave me the choice to "come into Hara" , [I guess the alternative was to die or be dragged off by the white coats!"] This I did with the traditional hand positions in a sitting position and I gradualy reassembled. So I was wondering if this could be used on a client as ajnamoon has described. And I would like to know how she goes about it.
Sonya
Answers:
Fantastic ambermoon 2
Just shows its all working how it needs to.
Answers:
Hi Amber Moon
This is a really interesting question! I have seen it happen with both clients as well as people I am attuning to Master Level, (one last weekend)
I think there are a number of explanations not just the one, but perhaps in one way or another they all revolve around or are related to the root chakra.
I have found that people who have experienced a deep trauma in their lives, e.g. car accident, or emotional trauma even, may have this reaction. In the case of severe shock, I believe people actually 'come out of the body' but this is a survival mechanism, so its useful, at least at the time. If this is the case then quite frequently I feel 'shock waves' in my hands, so its important to come away from the site of trauma and maybe concentrate your energy around this point as opposed to directly on it, which will gently help the energy flow once again, rather than try to push on through, which will be too invasive for your client. It is as if your hands are actually being repelled from that spot, so go along with that sensation. Make sure your client is warm, wrap her in an extra blanket if necessary. The root chakra is an interesting centre, since most of us have issues one way or another about being here as a result of our life experience.
I also think there is a difference between deep relaxation achieved in a Reiki treatment, and that client's emotional withdrawal from the session whilst still being laid out on the couch. I see this more as a defence mechanism. It is this second situation when we are more likely to 'lose our ground' or root chakra. Although its normal to fall asleep especially when you receive Reiki for the first time, if this becomes the norm over several sessions then something else is happening. Your client could be hypersensitive to touch, and therefore it may be more appropriate for you to heal into the aura without touch initially. My belief is that whilsts we hope to create a sense of peace, calm relaxation we are also encouraging to client to be more proactive in her own healing process, rather than a dependency. We are hoping to effect some form of positive change.
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