Why You May Be Picking up Pain from Another

As a Reiki Practitioner you have probably noticed that your life changes in amazing ways once you learn the healing art of Reiki. Often times people and animals become attracted to you like never before and you notice synchronicity occurring in your day to day life.

Because Reiki Practitioners are so sensitive to energy fields and are at a higher vibrational level than before learning Reiki, it is a reality that darker energies can be attracted to you as well. Here is an easy way to think of this. Think of a how a moth is attracted to a white light. The bigger the light the more moths that are attracted to it. It is very easy to feel drained, feel pain from another person and to easily absorb all of these lower energies coming at you.It is not uncommon for Empaths to be attracted to the healing art of Reiki or to notice that once you enter the Reiki world you develop Empath characteristics. Empaths are highly intuitive people who can feel others energy. Something that is not mentioned a lot is how being a healer can have some darker elements that are important to acknowledge and protect yourself from.

You can pick up others’ emotions mentally or physically. Basically you feel whatever another is feeling!Empath Characteristics:

• Openly feel what is outside of you.
• Easily feel drained and are emotionally drained by crowds.
• Highly sensitive to books, movies, and t.v. shows. You may feel that you relate to these fictional characters as if they are real people and grieve for them, feel sadness, etc…
• Excellent listener: Complete strangers will often tell you very personal things.
• Spiritually attuned.
• You notice that you are highly sensitive and that the moon has a stronger pulling on your emotions that before.
• Highly compassionate.
• Read people’s feelings without trying.

If you are an Empath it is not uncommon to feel pain from another during a Reiki session. You may notice that you feel whatever is wrong with your client. While this can be helpful to guide you with giving them the best Reiki session possible it can be unhealthy for you as the practitioner. When a client comes to me with a broken heart I can immediately tell because I feel the sensation of my own heart being stabbed and then I feel my heart being dropped. Protecting yourself is crucial. If you allow yourself to be completely drained and be overwhelmed with all of the lower energies needing healing from your client you will not only NOT be able to help your client heal but you will be damaging yourself as well.

Easy way to protect yourself:

Before each Reiki session with a client I spend about 10-15 min doing my own guided meditation until the client arrives. I turn relaxing music on, light a candle and imagine myself being surrounded by a white bubble of light. This white bubble of light is there to protect me during the healing session. It does not allow any lower vibrations to cross over to me and is like a shield. I imagine that this shield will be with me for the entire session with the client. I put all of the Reiki symbols around this bubble and just sit in the space of protection until it is time to start with the client. This helps me to stay in the zone during a session with a client and not worry about what type of energy I will be sensing and helping to heal. Afterwards, I ground myself and wash my hands.

Wishing you all love and light.