FAQ: Traditional Reiki & Quantum Reiki Soul-Psy Awakening Energy Treatments
Q. What is Quantum Reiki Soul-Psy Awakening?
A. Quantum Reiki Soul-Psy Awakening is a consciousness-based approach to energy healing that integrates Reiki energy, psychology-informed awareness, trauma-sensitive nervous system support and intuitive guidance.
It is designed for people who are deeply engaged with life, including professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, caregivers and creators, who want to expand their awareness without abandoning their responsibilities, ambitions or relationships.
The word quantum refers here to a shift in awareness, a moment when attention moves beyond habitual thinking into a deeper state of presence. In this state, the mind can become quieter, perception can widen and the body can settle into greater coherence.
The practice remains rooted in the traditional principles of Reiki: presence, consent, trust and non-judgement. Rather than forcing change or endlessly analysing problems, the work creates a supportive energetic field in which deeper healing, awareness and transformation can unfold.
Q. What is Traditional Reiki Energy Healing?
A. Reiki (pronounced Ray-key) is a Japanese system of energy healing developed by Mikao Usui in Japan in the early 20th century. The word Reiki is commonly understood through the Japanese words Rei, referring to universal or spiritual wisdom, and Ki, meaning life-force energy.
Traditional Reiki works with the energy field to support balance and the body's natural capacity for healing and restoration. When our energy is flowing freely, we may experience a greater sense of balance and wellbeing. When we are depleted, stressed or energetically blocked, this can be experienced physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually.
Bola's Traditional Reiki treatments draw from both the Japanese Usui Reiki Ryōhō and Western Usui Shiki Ryōhō traditions and may include energy-field clearing, chakra clearing and balancing and intuitive Reiki healing. Any guidance, impressions or messages intuitively received during the treatment are shared with you afterwards.
Traditional Reiki treatments are available face-to-face and by distance.
Q. How does Distance Reiki work?
A. Distance Reiki allows you to receive Reiki Energy Healing wherever you are. You do not need to be physically present with your practitioner or remain on Zoom during the treatment.
At the agreed time, find somewhere comfortable where you can sit or lie down undisturbed and simply become available to receive. Reiki is sent to you with the intention of supporting your highest good, working with your energy field wherever healing, clearing, balancing or restoration is most needed.
You may experience warmth, tingling, pulsing, energetic movement, emotional release, deep stillness, imagery, colours or profound relaxation. You may also fall asleep.
Sleep during or following Reiki can be a deeply receptive state. As the conscious mind quietens and resistance softens, deeper subconscious and energetic clearing may continue beyond what you are consciously aware of during the treatment.
Q. What is the science of Reiki?
A. Reiki has been the subject of a growing body of research exploring areas including relaxation, stress, anxiety, pain, sleep and autonomic nervous system responses.
Research has explored physiological measures such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin response and salivary biomarkers. Studies including Wardell and Engebretson (2001) reported reductions in anxiety and systolic blood pressure alongside changes in salivary immunoglobulin A following Reiki.
Research has also explored distance Reiki. A UK study involving NHS frontline healthcare professionals receiving distance Reiki reported statistically significant improvements across the measured outcomes of stress, anxiety, pain, wellbeing and sleep quality. Further larger and controlled studies continue to be important in developing the evidence base for Reiki within integrative healthcare.
Bola herself spent four years working as a Reiki Medic Practitioner, providing distance Reiki to NHS frontline healthcare professionals through the Reiki Medic-Care initiative.
Q. How do I prepare for a Quantum Reiki Soul-Psy treatment?
A. Quantum Reiki Soul-Psy sessions take place online via Zoom and you will receive your link beforehand.
Choose a private, comfortable space where you can remain undisturbed. You may lie down or sit in whatever position feels most relaxing, and you remain fully clothed throughout.
Depending on what arises within the session, Bola works with Reiki, crystals, sound, cymbals, intuitive movement and channelled Light Language as part of the healing experience.
Q. What can I expect during a Quantum Reiki Soul-Psy Energy Treatment?
A. Every treatment is individual. You may experience warmth, tingling, pulsing sensations, coolness, energetic movement or a feeling of floating or deep expansion. Some people experience colours, shapes, imagery, sounds or spontaneous movements within the body.
You may experience emotion, insight, profound stillness or simply become deeply relaxed and fall asleep.
There is no particular sensation you need to experience for Reiki to be received. Sometimes the deepest shifts are subtle and become apparent only afterwards as the healing continues to integrate.
Q. What happens after a Traditional Reiki or Quantum Reiki treatment?
A. After a Traditional Distance Reiki treatment, Bola will provide feedback on the treatment and share any intuitive guidance, impressions or messages that arose during the session.
During a Quantum Reiki Soul-Psy session, some feedback and guidance may be shared as the healing unfolds, with further feedback provided afterwards where appropriate.
Your own experience matters too, and you are welcome to share anything you noticed during or following your treatment.
Q. What should I do after my Reiki treatment?
A. Give yourself a little space afterwards before rushing back into your day. Rest if your body asks for rest, drink water, spend some quiet time in nature or simply notice what you are experiencing.
Reiki works across the energetic, emotional, mental, physical and spiritual dimensions of our experience. Sometimes the effects feel immediate. At other times, shifts continue to unfold over the hours or days following a treatment.
You do not need to analyse everything that happens. Allow yourself to receive and integrate the experience in the way that feels right for you.
Q. What is sometimes called a "healing crisis"?
A. Following deep energy work, some people describe a temporary period of adjustment or heightened awareness that is sometimes referred to within complementary therapy traditions as a healing crisis.
You may notice tiredness, emotional sensitivity, vivid dreams, a desire for additional sleep or simply a need for more quiet and space while the experience integrates.
If this occurs, give yourself permission to rest, hydrate and practise gentle self-care. Reiki is a complementary therapy, so new, persistent or concerning physical symptoms should not automatically be attributed to Reiki and should be discussed with an appropriate healthcare professional.
Q. Is Reiki linked to Buddhism?
A. Reiki originated in Japan through Mikao Usui, whose spiritual life was influenced by Buddhist teachings and other Japanese spiritual traditions. Reiki itself, however, is not a Buddhist practice and does not require adherence to Buddhism or any other religion.
People from many different spiritual and religious traditions receive and practise Reiki.
If your own relationship with the Divine is expressed through God, Universal Intelligence, Source or another sacred understanding, Reiki does not require you to abandon that relationship. You are invited to approach Reiki in a way that remains true to your own spiritual beliefs.
Q. Is Reiki a religion?
A. No. Reiki is not a religion and has no doctrine, creed or requirement that you adopt a particular system of belief.
People of different religions, spiritual traditions and those with no religious affiliation can receive Reiki. Reiki does not require you to change or relinquish your existing faith.
It is an energy healing practice that can sit alongside your own spiritual understanding and, for many people, becomes a deeply personal practice of presence, healing and connection.
Traditional Reiki Energy Healing and Quantum Reiki Soul-Psy Awakening are complementary approaches to wellbeing and are not substitutes for appropriate medical diagnosis, treatment or psychological care.