There’s a technique that I share with some reiki clients called ‘anchoring’ that I think is a good idea to share with you here too!
It comes from Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, and a proper explanation can be found here in this article:
NLP Techniques: Basic Anchoring in 5 Simple Steps
But here’s my summary:
Anchoring is a technique to ‘anchor’ a feeling to a physical gesture. I propose either pressing your hand on your chest or squeezing a finger with your hand.
Do this and close your eyes and take in a deep breath. Then feel a positive state of being.
Sometimes, after a treatment, I’ll ask clients to really feel the positive feelings of the treatment, say, of relaxation and calm, or feeling light.
Just really sit in that feeling. Feel it.
And then, at another time, you do the gesture, close your eyes, take in a deep breath, and bring back this feeling that you anchored.
So, it could be particularly useful if you’re in a period of stress or anxiety. Or if you’re thinking negative thoughts or worrying about something that has happened or what will happen.
You can anchor any positive feeling, not just from a reiki treatment, so the feeling after a nice walk or after a good meditation.
The idea here is that you are shifting your energy from a negative (or neutral) one to a positive energy, one that is inside of you. It’s not someone else that has brought you this calm and it’s not beyond your ability, because it’s inside of you.
Try it out if you think it might help you!