Distant Healing Sessions: Are They Worth It?

Hey Love,

Have you been hesitant to try distance or online spiritual healing sessions? You are not alone, I too once didn’t believe online sessions could be as “powerful” or meaningful from a distance. Let me tell you as a client and as a practitioner why that has all changed!

In this love letter, I’ll tell you from personal and professional experience what I’ve experienced and why distance sessions may or may not be for you. Let’s break it down.

Distance Healing Sessions: from a client’s perspective

Hypnosis:

I’ve experienced online hypnosis sessions & trainings several times over my career. The results are equally as beneficial, whether I am sitting in his office or sitting in my own, over the computer. Closing my eyes and listening to the hypnotist’s voice, the outcome is just as effective as going in person. In person or online hypnosis both engage in conversation, visualization, closing your eyes and deeply relaxing. In person, you may encamps more of a vibe depending on the hypnotist’s set up. Your own home may also be more of the vibe you’d like to experience the session in, so it is up to you. Online hypnosis involves 0 travel time, which is a great way to get a hypnotherapy session into your busy schedule.

Energy Healing Sessions:

Energy work or spiritual healing sessions online from the client’s perspective are similar as far as the vibe of the place. Some places may offer you a dreamy atmosphere, essential oils, etc to get you in the mood. Others may not, so it is up to you. Again, you may set your own vibe for online sessions, starting out with incense, a candle, or sage to start.

I’m a little embarrassed to say, I’ve only experienced an online healing session from a client’s perspective recently. My first distant shamanic healing session was with Anna Segura, from Illuminating Stories and it was more than I could’ve imagined! I knew hypnosis could hold its own in any location. I also know Reiki energy work is powerful through distance Reiki even online, but I wasn’t sure how a shamanic healing sessin would play out from a client’s POV.

To my amazement, I was transported there within my own space. I could hear the music and feel her presence quite literally. I felt her fingers of the base of my neck and the energy within my chakras and my body move. The session was more than just a shamanic healing session because it allowed me to fully experience a client’s perspective. Anna’s session left me inspired and most importantly, it strengthened my knowing in the work I do as being more powerful online than logic had me believe.

Distance Healing Sessions: from a practitioner’s perspective

I’ve always enjoyed setting the scene for a session. Before a client would enter my space, I’d turn on a table warmer, the music, and light the candles. Once a client arrived, they’d be offered a selection of hot herbal teas, choose an essential oil, and begin customizing the in person experience. As far as Reiki or energy work in general, I wanted to touch and hold certain acupressure points and physically feel the energy. The concept of a distant session was not something I was interested in offering for many years.

Then 3,000 miles away, a friend asked for a distance Reiki session. I sat with my resistance knowing that many healers offer distance healing sessions and I decided to give it a try. This session completely changed my mind on distance healing work! Making sure a client is comfortable (lighting, fragrances, noises, etc), however small, is a bit of a distraction during an in person session. Without that worry, I relaxed quicker and deeper to receive intuitive information at a much faster and more in-depth rate. I was able to intuitively know chakra information within seconds, when normally I would physically scan the body 2x’s with my hands (taking about 10 mins). All of the energy I was afraid I might not feel at a distance, I felt physically within my own body. My entire perspective changed about distant energy work from that point forward.

As for hypnosis, I was never worried about a distant or virtual session being “less than” because a client closes their eyes both in person and distantly. The same work is done and many hypnotists have been offering phone and virtual hypnosis sessions for decades.

Final Thoughts

Recently I have been going ALL IN and surrendering more and more during my own meditations and sessions. In doing this, I let go of the critical mind, the judgment, the doubts, the questioning. We can question and wander off in doubts during our spiritual work or we can decide to go all in. I hold the intention of, “what if”. What if this is True. What if I choose to Trust. What if I stay Connected. What if I let go of resistance and dive in.

While I see people wanting to question and analyze it all, I’m choosing to surrender. We could spend the rest of our lives discrediting all of the “coincidences”, alignments, and manifestations. Questioning has its place and time, but at this point I know when Spirit speaks and when my ego speaks. I know that having faith and surrendering brings magic into my life.

The Universe is conspiring in your favor and maybe it is time to stop blocking the magic with over analyzations. See where curiosity, instead of judgment, takes you and how joyful the journey becomes. Maybe this will inspire you to book a virtual healing session with the practitioner who is across the globe from you or play with the concept of what if. What do you think about online healing? Let us know your final thoughts in the comments below.

Namasté,

Shona