What to Expect for your First Appointment
In-Person
What Happens in a Session?
A typical session starts by getting comfortable with a bolster or pillow on the massage table, fully clothed, without shoes or glasses. Relaxing music, an eye pillow, and a blanket are available to help you feel comfortable. Before we begin, please feel free to share any thoughts or concerns you may have with me.
During the session, I will work above your body or lightly place my hands on you, moving down the body with the flow of energy. You’re welcome to let me know if there’s a specific area you’d like me to focus on, or if you’d prefer not to be touched at any point. You can talk, nap, meditate, remain silent, or give feedback at any time.
After the session, I’ll hold space with you to process anything that came up during the healing and provide guidance to support your continued well-being.
What Should I Expect to Feel? Working Signs?
You’re invited to approach your Reiki experience with an open mind, allowing yourself to notice and honor whatever arises. Everyone’s experience, both physically and mentally, is unique, and there’s no right or wrong way to feel during a session. Some common working signs experienced by those receiving Reiki include changes in temperature, muscle relaxation, tingling, vibration, & visualizations.
How to Find the Practice
Walk to the elevator on the first floor and take it to the third floor, OR walk from the elevator past the bathroom and toward Seekonk Street through the first set of doors, and take a right into the stairwell. Once you approach Suite #303, please feel free to open the door and relax in the waiting room until your scheduled appointment time.
Parking
Free two-hour street parking spaces are available along Seekonk Street + Waterman Street, as well as a parking lot located on Waterman Street. Available parking spaces for the Waterman Street lot include #2, 17, and 31.
Location
Bliss Place - 245 Waterman St. Providence, RI 02906 Suite #303
Distance Healing
What Happens in a Session?
I’ll start our session with a short meditation so you can get comfortable and centered, even from wherever you are. Then, you can relax in a comfortable position for 30–60 minutes while I work remotely on energy centers that feel blocked or on areas we’ve discussed.
Distance Reiki is great for releasing past traumas and bringing in positive energy for the future—it works beyond time and space. You might feel warmth, relaxation, or a sense of energy shifting and clearing.
When the session is done, you’ll have a few minutes to slowly ground back in your body. I’ll then hold space to talk through anything that came up and share guidance to support your continued healing.
After the Session
How Should I Take Care of Myself?
Please get plenty of sleep, rest, drink extra water, and eat light for 1-2 days after receiving a Reiki treatment. Reiki is a form of self-care, so building upon this healing practice with other types of self-care, such as taking a walk, spending time in nature, listening to music, and practicing breathing exercises, are different ways to enhance and prolong the effects of stress reduction, reconnection, and rebalancing. Journaling about any physical effects of the experience, as well as mental effects such as colors, visualizations, dreams, or shifts in energy levels or mental health symptoms, provides valuable information for future sessions and helps document progress and energetic shifts.
Processing Signs 24-48 Hours Afterward
Detoxification symptoms, also known as healing reactions, may occur within 1-2 days of treatment and include: feeling fatigued, cold or flu-like symptoms, sneezing, coughing, or rumbling in the stomach. Water, rest, and a clean diet, as listed above, are ways to move energy and promote healing following energetic releases and shifts.