What to Expect at Your First Reiki Session
Reiki Healing and Distance Reiki Healing for Relaxation and Anxiety Relief
Reiki healing is a gentle and natural way to support relaxation, emotional balance, and anxiety relief. Whether you visit me in Modesto for an in-person Reiki healing session or receive Distance Reiki healing from anywhere in the world, my focus is to create a calm and grounded environment where your system can settle, release tension, and restore balance.
Reiki healing is accessible, comfortable, and suitable for anyone seeking a more profound sense of peace or support during stressful or transitional times.
Before Your Session
Wear comfortable clothing
Loose, comfortable clothing helps your body relax. You remain fully clothed for the entire Reiki healing session.
Set an intention if you would like
Some clients focus on stress relief, emotional balance, clarity, or anxiety reduction. Others arrive open to whatever support Reiki offers. Both work beautifully.
No preparation required
Reiki does not require meditation experience or prior knowledge. Reiki healing works naturally with anyone willing to receive.
During Your Session
Relax and receive Reiki healing
You will lie on a massage table or sit in a supportive chair. I work with light touch or hands held just above the body. The session is quiet, comfortable, and designed to support deep relaxation and relief from stress or anxiety.
How Reiki feels
Clients often notice warmth, tingling, gentle waves of energy, or a sense of peace. Some fall asleep. Others experience emotional release or insight. Every session feels a little different, and there is no right or wrong way to experience Reiki healing.
A session tailored to you
Your Reiki session is individualized. I may incorporate traditional Reiki, guided meditation Reiki, binaural sound, or deeper consciousness work if appropriate. You can choose a simple relaxation session or a more meditative healing experience.
After Your Session
Take time to ground
Many people feel lighter, calmer, or more centered after Reiki healing. Some feel quietly energized. Drink water and return to your day slowly.
Optional reflection
If your session includes meditation or deeper insight work, I offer space afterward to note impressions or sensations. This supports integration of the experience.
Reiki continues to work
It is common to notice ongoing shifts in the days following your session. Clients often report improved sleep, reduced anxiety, emotional clarity, or increased resilience.
In-Person Reiki Healing and Distance Reiki Healing
In-person Reiki healing
Sessions take place in my quiet and peaceful home practice in Modesto. Many people choose in-person sessions when they want hands-on work and a dedicated healing space that promotes deep relaxation and anxiety relief.
Distance Reiki healing
Distance Reiki healing allows you to receive the same benefits from home. Reiki energy is not limited by physical location. Clients describe the same warmth, calm, and emotional release as in-person sessions. Many find Distance Reiki even easier because they can relax fully in their own environment.
“‘Look for the cause and remove it, then you can remove the effects.””
““Reiki Master April comes to the rescue again. Going out of my mind with after-surgery pain, having taken the complete combination of physician prescribed morphine, oxycodone, and Tylenol together could do nothing to stifle the intense mind-boggling pain week-after surgery that sprang up. Why do I forget April is at hand for any life cure? A late-night email begging her assistance brought such relief, I felt a new person within the hour. I thank you, and my husband thanks you. Perhaps you can offer regular Reiki remote health visits; a monthly scanning and setting to rights of any physical ailments that plague us. So used to feeling not-up-to-par at times, we forget that we can be Reikied back to good health. So worth it. Thank you for sharing your gift.” ”
““Today my gratitude is for you for being my Reiki teacher, April. I gave Reiki to my 92 year old mother-in-law. She is in hospice care and is bed ridden. It was magical and I actually got goosebumps during the experience. She said “Oh, your hands are so hot!” I also rubbed essential oils on her as I rubbed her neck and feet and put black tourmaline and amethyst on her neck. She fell asleep with a smile on her lips. Thank you for teaching me to heal others.””
“Reiki is a great tool for anyone looking for a modality that moves energy through places one would only hope to imagine. During Reiki classes, multiple times was I amazed at the power of and consciousness that goes into the work. This practice, I believe, has the power to change the world.
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