| Many people starting out in Reiki may wonder | | | | actually has some benefits, as it allows you to |
| how long to keep their hands in one place before | | | | focus on the Reiki instead of considering when it |
| moving to the next. There is really no set time | | | | is time to move your hands. |
| that I have heard of, and most of the time I | | | | So, what is the ideal amount of time? I like to |
| prefer to just go with the feeling and move when | | | | decide how long I want to spend for the overall |
| I feel I should move. Sometimes this will be 10 | | | | session. A typical Reiki session consists of 12 hand |
| minutes and sometime it will be just a few | | | | positions. If you take three minutes for each |
| seconds. I try to let my intuition guide me in such | | | | position, then you will have a 36 minute session. If |
| things. | | | | you take five minutes for each position, then you |
| Sometimes I feel anxious or impatient though, and | | | | will have a 60 minute session. Those are probably |
| find it would be helpful to have a timer. Sure, | | | | the most common time frames for a typical Reiki |
| ideally I would center and relax myself. | | | | session. |
| Sometimes I am self healing and part of the | | | | When timing Reiki session, you have a couple of |
| reason for the Reiki session is to help center | | | | options. I have seen some Reiki timers out there |
| myself, so there is a bit of a paradox there. | | | | that you can set for different intervals. My |
| I also found it helpful when I was first starting out | | | | preferred method however is to use a music CD |
| to time my hand placements. It helped me to | | | | that is geared towards Reiki. Some Reiki Music |
| practice "feeling." I could spend the time just | | | | albums include a small bell, chime, or tone when it |
| feeling the energy and vibration without worrying | | | | is time to change positions. Others will have |
| about deciding when to move to the next hand | | | | tracks of a certain length and you change |
| placement. | | | | positions when the track changes. I like using Reiki |
| The amount of time can vary, and each session | | | | Music CDs (or MP3s) because in addition to timing |
| could be different from the last. Even so, there is | | | | the hand positions they provide a peaceful musical |
| no harm in timing your hand placements. There is | | | | backdrop to relax and provide healing. |
| no reason to be ashamed of this practice, and it | | | | |