Post-Reiki Self-Care Guide
Nurture your energy. Honor your healing. Return to your center.
Rest and Reflect
Give your energy the space it needs to settle and integrate.
Your Reiki session activated healing on many levels—physical, emotional, mental, and energetic. Just like a garden needs quiet after the rain, your system needs stillness to absorb the nourishment.
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Lighten your schedule, if possible, for the rest of the day.
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Disconnect from overstimulation—phones, screens, loud environments.
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Journal your experience: What did you feel? What images, emotions, or sensations came up?
🌀 Healing isn’t linear—it’s a spiral. Let yourself revisit, release, and rise.
Hydrate and Nourish
Support your body’s natural detox and renewal.
Reiki often activates your body’s self-cleansing mechanisms. Drinking water helps move that energy physically and energetically.
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Drink extra water for the next 24–48 hours.
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Skip alcohol and minimize caffeine—they can interrupt the flow of release.
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Favor high-vibration foods like leafy greens, fruits, whole grains, and healthy fats.
🫶 Eat with love. Drink with intention. Let your food be part of your healing.
Ground and Reconnect
Feel your feet. Be in your body. Anchor your spirit.
You might feel light, floaty, or even a little disconnected after a Reiki session—that’s totally normal. Grounding brings you back into balance.
Try one or more of these:
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Walk barefoot on grass or sand
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Eat grounding foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, or oats
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Visualize roots growing from your feet into the earth
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Take a slow, mindful breath and gently tap your chest or heart space
🌳 Come home to your body. The Earth is always here to hold you.
Honor Your Emotions
Let whatever arises… arise. And let it pass.
Reiki can stir emotions that have been resting beneath the surface. Don’t resist them—witness them with compassion.
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If you cry, let it be cleansing.
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If you laugh, let it be freeing.
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If you're unsure, let it be curious.
You’re not “falling apart”—you’re allowing pieces of old energy to dissolve so new light can enter.
✨ Gentleness is the balm for emotional release. Let it all be okay.
Soothe Yourself with Sacred Ritual
Let your body and spirit receive softness.
Choose what brings you peace and joy. These moments aren’t “extras”—they are the healing.
Ideas for nurturing:
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A warm bath with Epsom salts or essential oils
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Cozy tea time by candlelight
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A walk in nature with no destination
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Uplifting music or silence, whichever your soul needs
🌙 Self-care is soul care. Listen closely. You already know what you need.
Keep the Reiki Flow Going
Healing is a journey, not a one-time event.
You’ve opened the door—now you get to decide how often you want to walk through it.
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Practice self-Reiki if you’re attuned
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Use breathwork, meditation, or intention-setting to maintain your energetic clarity
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Consider a regular Reiki schedule—weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly—to deepen your progress
🕊 Energy maintenance is self-love in motion.
Stay connected to your journey...
Reiki is just the beginning. You’re stepping into a new way of being.
Whether you felt a major breakthrough or gentle peace, every shift matters.
Trust your path.
Reach out to me if:
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You’re feeling overwhelmed emotionally
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You have questions about your experience
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You want to share what came up
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You’re ready to book another session or dive deeper
🌟 I’m here to support you every step of the way. Your journey is sacred.
💖 With Love from Song of Your Soul™
Thank you for allowing me to be part of your healing.
May you continue to grow, release, receive, and remember the radiant light that you are.
– Jen Haggerty, Reiki Master | Intuitive Healer