7 Tips for Integrating and Detoxing After an Energy Healing Session: Reiki Session Integration Tips

Treat your body like the temple it is by fueling it with nutrient-rich foods. Think vibrant fruits and veggies (which also contain loads of water as an added bonus), nourishing grains, and lean proteins. Bonus points for veggies that grow below-ground (these are energetically grounding...and who doesn't want an excuse to eat potatoes). And if the detox does indeed have you down, opt for foods that are easy to digest, like soups and smoothies, to give your body a break while still providing essential nutrients.

Have you ever heard of a Mudra? The word itself is Sanskrit and can be translated as meaning "gesture" or "seal", I like to explain it by describing it as "hand yoga". You may recognise the hand poses from ancient religious artwork, often depicting revered individuals such as the Hindu Gods, Buddha and Jesus holding their hands in a variety of recognisable poses and looking lovingly peaceful. It might confuse you to know, then, that these hand poses are actively prescribed by Eastern Medicine practitioners to this day, for issues ranging from circulatory and reproductive health to inflammation and depression, with a substantial population of patients who swear by these methods.

When you dig into why that would be, you start to glean the depth of quantum knowledge our ancient cultures must have possessed. The rationale behind their function has to do with the body's internal energy circuits (the same ones we will have been stimulating during your reiki session). The idea is that by closing and opening a variety of different circuits (by connecting, folding down and raising different combinations of the fingers), you can stimulate different aspects of your energy system and supplement them with external energies as needed. Crazy right?

As you can imagine, a number of Mudras then exist to support the different functions your body might be needing support with during an energetic detox, I have included 3 below. I would suggest holding each pose for 5-10 minutes while comfortably seated.

Get thy feet in the grass, feet in hands in the dirt, or even just flop on the ground in

your backyard. It doesn't matter how you do it, you just need to connect your field with that of the planet's (the catch: no material blocking your field's interaction with outside's...cough rubber shoes). Bare is best, but that's what makes hands and feet perfect.

This one often sounds too simple almost overseen as a result, but emerging scientific evidence on the practice of grounding is confirming what has been shared in the integrative health community for a while now: grounding has immediate and dramatic effects on a plethora of biological markers (linked studies).

Again, this is another one that is beneficial all the time rather than just when integrating from an energetic healing session. But if your body is having to excrete a large amount of toxins, this simple act is a profound act of support your body is likely to thank you for.

As the main function of energy healing involves releasing the trapped energy that has been the root cause of issues and patterns in our lives, your reiki session likely highlighted a few blocks or even patterns in your life. These patterns are likely present in a number of ways, ranging from tying into limiting beliefs, fueling a "role" you may unconsciously play in your relationships (ie putting your needs last to avoid "unsafe" feelings like rejection), or even just explaining the charge behind some of your significant triggers.

Being conscious and aware of the themes that come up in your interactions in the days following the reiki session (particularly when they relate to themes that came up during your session) is useful for understanding more about the pattern you are wanting to release (ie "actually it's when I feel guilty that I end up putting my needs last, but that comes from how my sister used to guilt me like in the trapped emotion we released").

Also, practicing paying attention to the pattern in "real-time" also creates the space for you to notice it happening and eventually choose a new, more healthy response to the trigger (this is the end-goal we are aiming for, and should be substantially easier to achieve because we have "released the emotional charge" of the pattern).

Added bonus: practicing "Gene Keyers" can request GK chapter recommendations to read if relevant (these can sometimes shed light on patterns we have worked on with shocking accuracy, partly because of their connection with astrology)