We Asked: What kind of energy work do you include in your sessions, and how does energy work enhance your sessions?

Here is what you told us...

In addition to manual massage-therapy techniques, I include reiki energy work in my massage sessions and have found it to be extremely valuable. In instances where a client requests deeper manual work into a specific muscle but cannot tolerate even a medium level of pressure, I switch to reiki, which has helped in many cases to alleviate the pain. In those cases, I can then proceed with manual massage techniques, which I would not have been able to use without reiki. I've also encountered clients that have felt so much relief from the energy that they have requested that I continue with reiki only for the entire massage session. Reiki is an unpredictable technique and does not always help as I'd like it to, but I will always give it a fair attempt since it also works at levels that are not obvious to me or to the client.
Howard Northrup
Satellite Beach, Florida

Both reiki and CranioSacral Therapy can be integrated into massage therapy at my clinic. My practitioners and I have seen the great benefits of integrating energy work into therapy sessions. Some clients, such as fibromyalgia sufferers, cannot handle many of the more aggressive hands-on techniques involved with massage. This is where energy work comes in, and adds both healing and balancing properties to many sessions. Clients often comment that they feel more relaxed and at peace during sessions that involve energy work.
Sarah Hammer
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Energy work plays a very important role in my massage therapy. I primarily use reiki to begin and end my massage session. Reiki is also my way of asking for guidance from "the supreme being" before I lay my hands on a client. Most recently I have included spinal touch, which is another technique that involves a lot of energy work, with my massage.
Nena C. Schwartz
New Port Richey, Florida

Just as there are many different modalities in massage, such as deep tissue, neuromuscular therapy, myofascial release, craniosacral, Swedish. There are several ways to perform or focus energy and vibration. I have had the pleasure of learning many of the different types of energy and vibration work and tend to incorporate them as needed. [In session] I feel the client and regulate my energy and vibration based off feedback from the client's energy and vibration. How is this a benefit in a session? [Developer of CranioSacral Therapy] John Upledger, D.O., once described CranioSacral Therapy as having an element of helping restore the vibrational balance to bones of the cranium. I feel that by being able to do the craniosacral work and utilize energy and vibration, the client receives a greater benefit. When doing myofascial release, the ability to generate hot energy aids in a more efficient release. Eric Dalton's muscle melting is greatly increased by the use of energy and vibration. The largest benefit I have found utilizing energy and vibration is the faith the client has in me. There is a presence established by which the energetic bodies recognize one another and decide who is safe and who is not.
Lou Klinker
Orlando, Florida