The following testimonial comes from my friend Laurie, who I sent Distance Reiki to several times last week to see if it would help with her knee pain and swelling. Laurie experienced dramatic relief from her symptoms and wanted to share her story with others.

My experience with Dana has been and continues to be amazing. I have a torn meniscus in my right knee. I have had a cortisone shot, steroid medication as well has pain medication. None of these things have given me any relief. I had never had Reiki before and decided I would let Dana give me Distance Reiki since I live in Florida. I was at the point that I would try anything. I was so amazed with the results after our first session. After a couple of sessions I was feeling great. So much so that I could get up and do all my normal activities PAIN FREE – something I hadn’t been able to do for months!

What was really moving for me about our Reiki experience was how much I realized I was able to discern about what was going on with Laurie during our Distance Reiki sessions. I have done some Distance Reiki work in the past but felt sort of like I was sending Reiki into space – I couldn’t get a strong sense of connection to the person I was working with. I trusted that Reiki was working because my experience showed me that it does even when I can’t always sense it very strongly, but I still didn’t have a lot of confidence to offer it very often.

However, as Laurie told me what was going on with her knee, I felt very strongly that I should try sending her Reiki. She did not have health insurance and her doctor was recommending surgery if her symptoms did not improve with the treatments that were prescribed. She was very open the idea of receiving Reiki, as she was in a lot of pain and none of the treatments had given her much relief.

As I began channeling Reiki to Laurie, I could visualize and connect energetically with her quite easily. It was almost as if she was in the room with me! I did an energetic scan of her body and sensed quite clearly that in addition to her knee, she was carrying a lot of tension in her shoulders and upper back. So, I focused on sending Reiki to her upper back and knee. After our initial session, I described what I had noticed and Laurie confirmed she often has a lot of pain and tightness in her upper back.

I asked Laurie if she had noticed anything different during the session and she reported that she felt warmth in her knee and at one point, actually felt as if someone/something was physically manipulating it! The next day, she said her knee felt better than it had in weeks. Encouraged by this, we set up time a couple of days later to do another session. The following day, she reported she was actually able to get around and do some housework, which she had not been able to do in quite some time! I also sent her a Reiki-infused 7 day rainbow candle to continue to facilitate healing after our Distance Reiki sessions.

I know that Reiki is amazing, but it always excites and fills me with gratitude each time I facilitate a Reiki session and someone has such a profound healing experience. One of the things that was so key here for Laurie was how open she was to the healing process – it makes such a difference in how effective Reiki can be. As I always remind my clients, the healing begins with YOU!

What I also appreciated about working with Laurie was how it made me realize how much my discernment (chiryo or, inner guidance) has developed from facilitating in-person Reiki sessions (over 200 since practicing Reiki professionally over 18 months ago!) I was able to feel present with Laurie even though she is several hundred miles away. It was a gift to me to gain more confidence in my ability to facilitate Distance Reiki sessions – and will allow me to offer additional Reiki healing opportunities to people who need it.

My love and gratitude to Laurie, who wanted very much to share her healing story here.

May the healing and light of Reiki be with all of you!