Energy Knows the Way: The Sacred Art of Distance Reiki

When I first learned of distance Reiki many years ago, I remember the questions I had. "But how can it work if we're not in the same room?" "Don’t you have to touch someone for healing to happen?"

We are conditioned to believe that healing must be local. Immediate. Tied to touch and proximity. And yet, energy has never been bound by geography. Not truly.

Reiki—universal life force energy—exists beyond the limits of time and space. It moves through intention. Through breath. Through the sacred channel of presence.

As a practitioner, I don’t send my own energy. I become a hollow bone, a channel. The Reiki flows through me and toward the person receiving, wherever they may be. Whether they're curled in bed in Boston or barefoot on a porch in New Mexico. Energy meets them where they are. Exactly as they are.

So how does distance Reiki work, really?

It begins with permission. That is the key that opens the door. When someone consents to receive, a sacred container is created. Intention meets trust, and energy begins to move.

The technique I use to offer distance Reiki is rooted in ancient symbols passed down through the lineage of Usui Reiki. These symbols serve as energetic keys, allowing me to bridge time and space. In essence, I tune into the energetic signature of the person receiving. Like dialing a soul-phone.

What follows is not a performance or projection, it’s a surrender. A listening. An attunement.

Sometimes I feel warmth move through my palms. Sometimes I see images or hear messages meant for the person receiving. Sometimes there is stillness, silence, or presence.

And always, something shifts.

What does it feel like to receive distance Reiki?

Every experience is unique. Some people feel tingling, heat, or a gentle pulsing sensation. Others feel waves of emotion rise and release. Some fall into a deep, meditative rest. Others feel nothing at all until later, when sleep deepens, or clarity arrives, or that pain they carried for weeks finally softens.

The beauty of distance Reiki is that it meets you in your own inner landscape. It does not force or fix. It flows. It remembers. It brings you back to yourself.

And what can it support?

Grief, anxiety, chronic pain, heartbreak, soul fatigue, insomnia, energetic stagnation, spiritual disconnection. The non-linear, layered mess of being human.

It’s not an instant fix. But it is a balm. A companion. A sacred whisper in the dark.

So many of us carry invisible weight. Unspoken sorrow. Tension buried so deep it becomes part of our posture. Distance Reiki doesn’t ask you to explain or justify your pain. It simply holds space for it. It says: Come as you are. You are already worthy of care.

And in a world that often demands we "push through," that is a quiet revolution.

How to receive distance Reiki

If you feel called, I offer two different ways to receive:

The first way is we choose a time where you can be still, or gently held by your day. You do not need to meditate or do anything special. You can rest, journal, stretch, sip tea, or sleep.

At the agreed time, I begin the session. I connect with your energy through intention. I listen. I flow. I stay in communion for the length of our session.

Afterward, I send you an email with any impressions, images, or messages that arose. You are free to share your experience if you wish. Or simply receive.

The second way is to schedule a time and have a virtual session over zoom just like we would do an in person session.

At the appointment time, we will meet on zoom and start by having a chat to set intentions. 

I will then lead you through a guided meditation to help relax you for the time we spend together. 

Next, I will connect with your energy through intention, listening for any messages from Spirit or observing any images I may see, or receive impressions that may need to be relayed. 

During the session, if lead, I may also use sound helpers such as singing bowls, tuning forks, etc to help facilitate in the healing that is occuring. 

Once the session is done, I will bring you back to the present and out of the meditative state.  

Finally, once we are back present in the space we can discuss anything I saw, heard, or impressions that arose as well as your experience if you wish to share.

Before either type of session I will do a mini oracle reading to help open the sacred space and I will use a proxy (stand in) board to place crystals on to help in the session.

Why does it work?

Because energy is not limited by logic. Because the heart knows what science is still trying to measure. Because healing is relational, and presence is powerful - even across oceans.

We remember our wholeness not through force, but through resonance.

If you feel the pull... if your spirit is tired, or tender, or tangled... know this:

You do not have to carry it all alone.

There is a sacred current, waiting to meet you. All it needs is your yes.