Reiki Energy Healing with Anu

Sessions (in-person and remote/distance sessions) begin with approximately fifteen minutes of getting acquainted, getting settled, and discussion about intentions for the session. During the session, transformative energies flow to, in, around, and through the client. Soft music is played, which often deepens and enhances the client’s experience. Some sessions may also include some form of sound healing, which can include singing, toning, and chanting, and/or singing bowls, bells, drumming, ukulele. To close the session, there is usually an approximately fifteen-minute period of integration and discussion, which may include answering the client's questions and/or Anu sharing any impressions he received during the session.

What one experiences during a session varies somewhat from person to person. However, at the least, recipients usually experience feelings of deep relaxation. In addition, many feel a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and surrounds them. As the energy encourages one to let go of tension, anxiety, fear or other negative feelings, a state of peace and well-being can be experienced. Some drift off to sleep or report floating outside of their bodies or have visions and other mystical experiences. At the end of the treatment, one usually feels refreshed with a more positive, balanced outlook.

The client remains fully clothed, usually laying on a comfortable treatment table or bed under a sheet or blanket. Treatments can also be given while the client is seated. Anu uses light touch, placing his hands on the client’s body in a series of hand positions (if requested, he can use a hover technique over the body instead of light touch, although sustaining the hover technique for long periods can be exhausting for the practitioner). The locations where the energy is directed can include the head and shoulders, the torso, legs, and feet (of course, private areas of the body are never touched). Other, more specific locations may be used based on the client’s needs. Each position is held for around five to fifteen minutes depending on how much energy may be called for in each area.

For a Zoom session, the client ideally will lay down somewhere comfortable and quiet where there are no distractions (phones turned off, no potential for the interference of pets or others in the household, etc.). Clients may remain awake during the session, or sometimes doze off into a light sleep. During the session, Anu works as he is guided, which usually puts him into a deep, altered state where he can see or sense the client's needs (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual) and facilitate energetic transmission for and to the areas which need attention.

Remote/distances sessions, done over Zoom with the client and practitioner in separate locations, can be very effective. In fact, some of Anu's most effective and insightful sessions have been done from a distance. Ultimately, all points in space and time are connected. The study of “quantum entanglement” in the field of quantum physics has demonstrated how entangled particles remain connected so that actions performed on one affect the other, even when separated at great distances; in energetic healing practices, the exchange of energy (and sometimes information) from practitioner to remote client happens within the same framework. It’s a beautiful mystery!

Energy healing in general, is a powerful, natural system that unlocks the flow of vital energy, restoring and balancing the energetic systems in all living things. For wellness. For healing. For stress-reduction. For personal transformation. For facilitating an openness to receiving insight and guidance. For opening oneself to one’s innate spiritual-multidimensional nature. And for many other purposes. Energy healing and Reiki can only do good, and in order to appreciate and begin to understand them, they must be experienced.

The word Reiki comes from the Japanese word Rei, which means “universal life,” and Ki, which means “energy" or "life force." It is believed that a person’s “ki” (life force energy) should be strong and free-flowing. When ki (also “qi” or “chi”) is strong and free, a person’s body and mind are in a positive state of health. When the energy becomes weak or blocked, it can lead to symptoms of physical or emotional imbalance.

The concept of an energetic life force is found in most of the ancient cultures of the world. In India, it is called prana; in China, chi; in Japan, ki; for Native Americans, the Great Spirit. For all these cultures and others as well, the concept of life force is or was central to their forms of medicine and healing.

Although Reiki energy is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma or specific doctrine of beliefs. Reiki can work regardless of whether the recipient believes in it or not, although one can refuse to receive Reiki and therefore not receive its benefit. Some people are skeptical, but if they are open-minded enough to consider the possibility that they may be helped in this way, they can still receive benefit.

Reiki is not “channeling,” “mind control,” or hypnosis. Reiki does not involve “E.S.P.” or psychic phenomena. It is not a form of psychic healing or psychic surgery, and it is not a massage technique. It is not based on imagination, wishful thinking, or visualization, and is not dependent on a certain state of mind. It is not necessary to be in a meditative state of mind to receive (or give) Reiki, although, often, the practitioner and/or the client feel as though they are in a slightly altered state or simply a more relaxed state.

Reiki does not interfere with medical treatments; Reiki can only bring benefit. Reiki is not just for when one is ill, and it is not simply to reduce pain or symptoms. Reiki brings the body and the being in sync with wellness at all levels. Everyone and anyone can learn, use, and benefit from regular use of Reiki.

In all energy healing modalities, the practitioner, in this case Anu, is not the "healer." Rather, the practitioner becomes a conduit for healing energy to flow to you, through you, and from you, igniting, enhancing, and empowering your own natural systems for healing and wellness.

Of course, as in any modality of care (“alternative” or not), there are no guarantees that you will receive the exact results you are desiring for your session. Results are different for every client, and are affected by an array of influences, including your openness and readiness for transformation, healing, and/or balance, your own expectations, your beliefs, as well as your ability to receive and perceive the effects of energetic healing. It is more accurate to say energetic healing balances than to say it cures.

Many people who are open to energetic healing are able to receive profound benefits. Some people are skeptical, but if they are open-minded enough to consider the possibility that they can be helped in this way, they can still be helped. However, a person can refuse energy work and not receive its benefit. Some people unknowingly cling to an illness or imbalance and/or are unable to let it go for a variety of reasons having to do with their life path and lessons, the influence of other people and other factors in their lives, etc. Ultimately, life always gives us exactly what we need for our own evolution.

Complementary healing arts, such as Reiki and energy healing, do not require licensing by the State of California. Anu practices Reiki in compliance with California SB-577.