What Is Reiki Energy Healing
Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive energy healing practice that supports the body’s ability to return to a state of balance. It involves working with the body’s subtle energy fields to reduce stress, promote relaxation, and support overall wellness. Reiki energy is often used as a complementary therapy alongside traditional medical, helping to calm the nervous system and foster an environment in which healing can occur more effectively.

How Reiki Helps
Reiki helps by addressing energetic imbalances that may contribute to physical discomfort or emotional strain. When the body is under stress—whether from illness, injury, anxiety, or trauma—it can become energetically unbalanced. Energy healing works to restore that balance, allowing the body to relax deeply, improve circulation, and engage its natural self-healing mechanisms. Many recipients report feeling calmer, more grounded, and more resilient after sessions.

What a Session Might Look Like
During a Reiki session, the practitioner may place their hands lightly on or just above different areas of the body, or offer the session remotely from a distance. The person receiving Reiki remains fully clothed or relaxed in a comfortable position. Sessions are quiet and calming, allowing the body to enter a relaxed state. Many clients notice subtle sensations such as warmth, tingling, or deep calmness during the session, while others may simply enjoy the peaceful atmosphere.

Reiki Practice Works Through Balance
At its core, Reiki promotes energetic balance—encouraging the body’s systems to function more harmoniously. When energy is flowing freely, the body is better equipped to maintain health, manage stress, and support recovery. The energy doesn’t target specific symptoms or conditions; instead, it addresses the whole system, helping to bring the physical and emotional body back into a more balanced, steady state.

The Parasympathetic Nervous System
One of the most valuable aspects of Reiki is its ability to activate the parasympathetic nervous system—the branch responsible for rest, digestion, and recovery. This system is often overshadowed by the body’s stress response (fight-or-flight mode). Reiki energy encourages a shift into this restorative state, where blood pressure lowers, heart rate stabilizes, and the body is able to relax and repair. This can have significant benefits for both physical and emotional health.

Why Balancing Is Important
Chronic stress and overstimulation can keep the body stuck in a heightened state of alert, limiting its ability to heal or recover. Reiki supports the rebalancing of the nervous system, making it easier to return to a baseline of calm and clarity. By helping to regulate this internal balance, Reiki energy may contribute to better sleep, improved immune response, emotional stability, and a greater capacity for healing. Regular Reiki sessions can be an important part of a well-rounded approach to wellness for both humans and animals.

Can Reiki Help You?
People often seek out Reiki when they’re dealing with physical discomfort, emotional stress, chronic conditions, or simply feeling out of balance. While Reiki energy is not a cure or a substitute for medical treatment, it is a valuable complementary therapy that can support your overall well-being by helping the body return to a state of calm and internal balance.

Most clients don’t just feel relaxed during a session—they leave with a sense of clarity, emotional lightness, and improved physical comfort. When practiced consistently, Reiki can support long-term improvements in overall health and quality of life.

Common benefits reported include:

• Deeper, more restful sleep
• Improved digestion and reduced gut discomfort
• Relief from anxiety and emotional overwhelm
• Reduction in pain and physical tension
• Faster recovery from illness, surgery, or injury
• Stabilized mood and greater emotional resilience
• Enhanced focus, clarity, and sense of meaning

What to expect during a session?

• We begin with an initial consultation to understand your intentions
• 40-45 minutes will be spent working on the body
• Remaining time will be spent sharing any insights
• Sessions are either via Zoom (or in person)

If you’re interested in working with me and for pricing Email me at healingreikipaws@gmail.com  BASED IN NYC