🙌 Thinking that a successful Reiki Practice has to take a long time:
The results of your Reiki practice are cumulative, meaning the more often you practice the more you’ll see a change in your mood, physical pain, and mental health. When you lower the expectation from 30 minutes a day to 5 minutes a day, you’re more likely to find the time to commit to Reiki each day and that means you are able to experience these benefits long term!
🙌 Assuming you have to be “good” at Reiki to see results:
You are already good at Reiki, my friend. There’s no way to do Reiki wrong. Your experience with Reiki is unique to YOU and the more often you practice, the more you will be able to stay in the energy of curiosity, the more you will develop a deeper relationship to Reiki’s energy.
🙌 Not knowing how to implement everything you learned in training:
Reiki Training often feels like drinking from a fire hose-- there's a lot to remember and even more you'll inevitably forget. But the good news is, that as long as you’ve been through a Reiki attunement, you have this energy flowing through you and can start wherever you are. It doesn’t matter how long it’s been since your training or since you last practiced— you can start again TODAY and build that connection to Reiki!
🙌 You give up because you don’t feel anything when you try to do Reiki for yourself:
A lot of times we can get caught up in expectations with our practice: "I should be feeling heat, tingling, etc." But in reality, Reiki often shows up in more subtle ways. Maybe it’s feeling more at ease by the end of a practice, or having more space in your mind, less tension in your shoulders, etc. Sure, feeling heat and tingles is FUN, but those more subtle shifts are more aligned with your intention for practicing Reiki: to relieve stress, quiet your anxiety, connect with your intuition, or manage physical pain.