Folks,

I am new to Reiki and all I read was nice and positive, and then decided to attune myself. Now I have Reiki III attunement and experiencing it.
To be honest sometimes I feel like a bird feather, other time don't feel anything. I love the idea that Reiki cannot damage, no side effects, great healing properties, readily available to anyone who wants it of course.

However, I came across with a web site "lipstickmystic.com" and it was talking about how Reiki damaged his and her health, etc. Actual link
http://www.lipstickmystic.com/articles/why_reiki_is_dangerous_reiki_is_bad.html

And this article is really really bad, kind of cursing and discouraging Reiki all the way.

HAS ANYONE ON THE BOARD EXPERIENCED SUCH THING ABOUT REIKI?

CAN YOU SHARE YOUR OPINIONS?

Blessings & Hugs    
T_T

Interesting website but personally I have only experience the positive effects of reiki (both giving and receiving) so cannot comment on it.

What I've heard is that with any system that works with energies, there could be some "side effects" at first. But that is only part of the clearing process.
When an energy works at so many levels, physically, mentally and emotionally, many issues are brought to the surface. But then they are ready to be released... I suppose that can be frightening for some.

When I had my reiki induction (to level one) I was very sick the next 2 days, kept vomiting, shivering, headache, felt dreadful. But it was a side effect. My body was reattuning itself to the vibrations required to give reiki. It's like when you detox your body - the bad stuff has to come out and this makes you feel ill, even though the detox isn't harming you, quite the opposite in fact. We are able to block reiki if we don't want it but I don't think you can call it a "bad" energy. If a reiki practitioner had bad intentions, I really don't think the reiki would flow out of them, since it is about love, light and healing.

Hi, I am a Reiki master myself and can honestly say that I have never experienced any negative influences from a reiki treatment.  Yes, often times a patient does detox, and that can feel pretty uncomfortable at the time, but to me it is a wonderful confirmation that energies are shifting and that the treatment is having a result!
How can helping someone heal themselves be negative energy??   The more severe one detoxes, the more severe were their problems in the first place.  Once the patients energies have aligned themselves to their natural healthy state, a wonderful feeling of well being begins to transform the body into a healthy, happy state of mind.

Bare with it!!  It is certainly worth the effort in the long run!

Light and love

Brenda