REIKI
with Adam Stansbury
Reiki is the energy that flows through all living things and works on all levels – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
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How Reiki Can Help You
- Deeply Relaxing
- Energising and Invigorating
- Relieve Physical Issues
- Improve Mental Clarity
- Strengthen Your Intuition
- Release Emotional Blockages
- Enhance Your Creativity
- Deepen Spiritual Connection
- Let Go of Old Habits
“A practise that relieves not only the external, physical sufferings, but the internal sufferings and obscuration of humankind.” - Dr Usui
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a form of alternative medicine, also known as energy healing.
The practitioner directs Reiki energy using their hands along with intentions and symbols to areas of the body, sometimes hovering above in the energy field or through direct physical contact in specific areas, depending on the style of healing the session requires.
This encourages the life force energy to flow freely again that may have become blocked due to physical, mental, emotional and or spiritual trauma.
The term Reiki is a Japanese word used to describe a system of healing originally known as Usui Shiki Ryoho, or The Usui Way, so titled by its founder Dr Mikao Usui who was born August 15th 1865 – died March 9th 1926.
Reiki has been known to bring relief to a range of physical symptoms when other more conventional methods have failed, and because Reiki works on the many levels of a person, the healing can be accompanied by insights as the why the symptoms were created in the first place.
It is important to recognise the role of Reiki and other complimentary healing practises that could play a more active role in our modern health care systems and could work alongside them without threatening what already exists.
Other similar practises such as ‘Qigong’ energy healing are recognised and recommended to patients in China alongside modern medicine.
To best understand the name Reiki, we can split it into two parts: Rei and Ki.
The first syllable Rei is Japanese for God, Creator or Spirit. Everything is Rei, all you see, smell, taste, touch, feel and hear. Rei is creation and simultaneously you know within your heart that you are part of it.
The second syllable Ki is Japanese for Energy or Power. The vital energy that fuels creation, Life Force Energy. Ki powers the motion of the universe. It is also known in other traditions as prana or chi.
Therefore, we could indirectly translate it to mean Universal Energy.
Who Am I?
My name is Adam Stansbury, I’ve been a Reiki Master since 2021 and have been attuned to Reiki since 2015.
Through Reiki I help both men and women to reconnect with the flow of life force energy in and around them, so that they can move forward again with their lives, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
I had been on a very outward physical journey for many years as a personal trainer when my journey began to turn inward in 2014, when I was exposed to self-awareness, and a deeper spiritual life purpose through plant medicine.
When Reiki came into my life, I realised that the physical side of reality I had been so focussed on for years was just one part of a bigger puzzle.
Reiki kept coming into my life in one way or another, firstly through a close friend of mine who had just begun her own journey and had become attuned to Reiki. The concept resonated with me deeply, and I felt an innate understanding for it.
I then met my first Reiki Master at a spiritual retreat in the UK who I bonded with and who I ended up completing my Reiki level 1 and 2 with back in 2015.
Reiki then left my life for a couple of years until 2019, and I decided it was now time to realign myself with it and to reattune myself to Level 2 Reiki with a new master.
It made poetic sense to me that I would retrain with my friend who had first introduced me to Reiki several years before and who was now a Reiki Master.
I then moved to Ibiza in 2020 and completed my Reiki Masters at the beginning of 2021 with her.
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Because there is life force energy in abundance that flows through and around all living things but so many of us have lost the ability to tap into that natural energy source and have become energetically blocked through various life struggles and through the challenges of modern living.
Reiki enables me to help others reconnect with the flow of life force energy in and around them, so that they can move forward again with their lives and to bring awareness back to the awe and wonder that is all around us.
I have a deep level of compassion for the challenges we must face in the journey through life, having experienced them myself physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
I have suffered life threatening illness and surgery, trained hard and dieted for bodybuilding shows, worked with 100’s of clients, experienced deep heart break through divorce and relationships, navigated an emotional breakdown, persevered through periods of depression and I have been on a deep spiritual journey with plant medicine and psychedelics since 2014 that has so far taken me from the UK to the Peruvian Amazon, onto Ibiza, then back to the Amazon in Colombia and now back to the UK.
I have also written two books, created courses, and appeared on many podcasts discussing the journey of life.
I have a certificate in Humanistic Counselling and am currently on a 3-year course to become a qualified Hypnotherapist, Counsellor, and Psychotherapist with the plan to become a qualified Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapist.
It is the fascination and curiosity from reflecting on my own life which has fuelled my passion and interest in human behaviour and this journey through life that we all go on.
It is this passion that informs all my work and how I show up in the world.
I approach my sessions with love, compassion, and non-judgement for everyone coming to me and gratitude that others have entrusted me to help them this way.
For the energy to flow freely through me to you it’s important that I maintain a pure and open mind and body with which to channel it.
It is always such an honour to give Reiki to others, to be in their energetic space and to watch the transformations they go through.
Think of our body as a hose pipe and the flow of energy as water travelling through it.
As we go through our daily lives with all the ups and downs, the lining of this hose pipe can begin to lose integrity, holes may appear leaking our energy out into the external world or it may become blocked through events, experiences and trauma and kinks may begin to form.
These holes, blockages and kinks in our ‘hose pipe’ prevent life force energy from flowing freely through us to all parts of our being.
Life force energy is the infinite source of creation that contains all the wisdom and information that our body’s need to function optimally and vibrantly.
Reiki helps to heal the lining and clear the ‘hose pipe’, reconnecting us with the powerful energetic field that exists all around us and that is the vital fuel for life as a human being.
Reiki sounds a bit like a ‘Snake Oil’ with its claims of healing everything under the sun but really Reiki is just releasing blockages and bringing balance back into the body, it’s this state of inner balance that allows us to live optimally as human beings.
It’s a co-collaborative process between client and practitioner. It is the combination of the healing power of belief from the client that creates an open and receptive channel for the practitioner to intuitively direct universal energy through.
An energy that by the way we all have access to and that informs all manifestations in our reality.
There is an intelligence to the energy, and it will generally flow and find it’s way to the parts of the body that need it the most.
Reiki unblocks energy centres, releases stored emotions and stagnant beliefs in the body that maybe holding you back. It allows life force energy to flow fully once again.
Clearing the body, mind and spirit of these restrictions allows us to connect with our own innate wisdom, power, and ability to heal.
I am based in East Garston, nr Hungerford, Berkshire UK, so I am available for In Person sessions locally within a 20-mile radius or globally through Distant healing sessions, both of which can be booked online.
*I can and will travel further but additional travel costs will apply.
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I also provide sessions from a therapy room at Buick Mackane in Newbury and the studio at YogaWolf Studio in Marlborough.
In Person or Distant Reiki?
A Reiki Practitioner is attuned to the Reiki energy giving them the ability to work with the energy for the benefit of improving their health and the health of others.
Traditionally sessions are performed in person with the practitioner and client in direct contact, this does provide the most powerful and transformative impact from Reiki but due to the nature of energy and the interconnected field that connects all things, we are also able to connect with the energy of a person who is not in the same physical location as us.
During the level 2 Reiki attuning a Practitioner is given specific symbols to use during sessions to aid with the healing process, to increase energy, help with emotional blockages, to bring peace and to perform distant healing.
Distant Healing can be used for past, future, and present healings as well as on those who are absent, enabling the practitioner to send life force energy to someone in a different physical location.
In Person Reiki
I offer a personal mobile service where I can travel to you in the comfort of your own home with my massage table, within a 20 mile radius and I also provide treatments from a therapy room at Buick Mackane in Newbury and the studio at YogaWolf Studio in Marlborough.
I offer a mobile service where I travel to you in the comfort of your own home with my massage table.
I also provide sessions from a therapy room at Buick Mackane in Newbury and the studio at YogaWolf Studio in Marlborough.
The benefit of a home treatment is that you can stay in the comfort of your own home after the session, giving yourself time, peace, and space to integrate the experience.
I am currently located in East Garston nr Hungerford in Berkshire UK, and I am willing to travel for a maximum of 30 minutes to see a client. Beyond that additional travel time will need to be added in 30-minute increments.
When making the booking via my website you will be asked to fill in a form with your personal details and medical questionnaire. Payment will be taken upon completion of booking.
There is the option of block bookings of 5-10 sessions which we will discuss and arrange together after this initial session.
You’ll find that the session begins the moment you book it. The intention and commitment from this initial part of the process brings awareness to your current state and what you may like to have worked on or let go of during the session.
Each session lasts approximately 1hour and 15 minutes broken down as follows:
Pre-session share (15 mins)
This is an important pre-session discussion that will highlight the specific areas to work on and will bring any thoughts and emotions to the surface, so that they can be transmuted and released during the session.
The Reiki session (45 mins)
You will be lying on a massage table with a blanket and an eye pillow so that you fall into deeply relaxing and healing ‘theta’ state.
Depending on the needs of the client and what we are looking to achieve during the session, will depend on the direction I take, this is a very intuitive part of the process.
How I direct the session is very much dependant on where the initial issue resides. A more physical ailment will receive a more hands on approach to that area, whereas a more energetic or emotional problem will receive a more hands off approach, focussing on the different layers of energetic bodies and the intention behind the reiki energy that is being sent.
Generally, though I will always start and end the session at the feet, holding them to open up the connection to start and in closing the connection to finish and ground.
Post-session share (15 mins)
Once you have come round and back to earth, I will encourage you to drink some water and then if you feel open to it, a brief share of your experience, what you felt, what came up for you and I can also share anything I felt.
This can be very beneficial to the healing process and help with the integration of the energy and release that you have had.
I will then leave you in the comfort of your own home and will check in with you the following day by text message or email.
Ensure that there is space in your home so that I can open my massage table and have space to move around it, approximately 6ft in length and 3ft wide.
Make sure the space is warm and comfortable for you and wear some comfortable lose fitting clothing.
When I arrive, I will erect the massage table, prepare the space, and sit down with you for our 15-minute Pre-Session share to see how you’re feeling and so we can identify any specific areas that may need attention.
As with any healing modality the most critical part of the process is that you go into the session with the belief that it will work for you and your situation, without question.
This is even more important when opening yourself up for a distant healing session as we can’t rely on the power of physical touch or presence and so must therefore really lean into the energetic side of our connection.
This puts you into a completely receptive state of mind and body and will allow the Reiki to flow fully through you and give us the best chance of success.
This is a co-collaborative process, you’re state of mind, belief and openness to Reiki is just as important as my ability to deliver the energy to you.
This is a Team effort.
Emotion is energy in motion, but in this case, you may have emotional energy that has been blocked and stored. The healing power of Reiki is in that it will allow energy to flow freely once again through your body and in doing so bring these stored emotions to the surface.
So, if you are feeling a bit fragile emotionally and energetically for 24 hours this is quite normal, so just allow yourself the time and space to come back together.
Be kind to yourself, giving compassion and letting go of self-judgement if you feel not quite 100%, this too shall pass.
Rest, drink plenty of water and eat vibrant healthy food to help rebalance the vitality in your physical body.
Meditate and journal to help process and integrate the arising thoughts, emotions, and insights.
I will check in on you 24 hours after the session to see how you are doing via text or email depending on your preference.
Distant Reiki
Due to the interconnected nature of energy and all things, I am able to connect with your energy and provide healing from a different physical location.
During the booking of your session, you will fill in a form with your personal details and provide a clear photo of your face, along with your full name, and your birthplace and birth date, this allows me to fully connect my intention and energy flow with yours.
I will also be asked to express what is currently going on with you that you would like help releasing or working through.
I keep in touch with anyone I’ve given Reiki to and ask that you connect with me to give feedback, to share revelations and for any further support and guidance you may need.
You’ll find that the session begins the moment you book it. The intention and commitment from this initial part of the process brings awareness to your current state and what you may like to have worked on or let go of during the session.
Each session lasts approximately 1hour 15minutes which is broken down as follows:
Pre-session share (15 mins)
This is an important pre-session discussion on the phone that will highlight the specific areas to work on and will bring any thoughts and emotions to the surface, so that they can be transmuted and released during the session.
The Reiki session (45 mins)
All you need to do is get yourself into a comfy place, either lying down or sitting up, with your attention and focus on opening your heart and allowing yourself to receive the healing energy that I am intentionally sending.
Make sure the space is warm and comfortable for you and wear some comfortable lose fitting clothing.
Leave me to do the rest and I will send you a text message once I have finished the session.
Post-session share (15 mins)
Once you have come round and back to earth, I will encourage you to drink some water and then if you feel open to it, we can have a brief phone call for you to share your experience, what you felt, what came up for you and I can also share anything I felt.
This can be very beneficial to the healing process and help with the integration of the energy and release that you have had.
I will then check in with you the following day by text message or email.
At the time of the session all you need to do is focus on ‘Set’ and ‘Setting’.
In your mind ‘set’ the intentions that you are bringing into the session.
Create a calm, comfy and peaceful environment ‘setting’ in which you will not be disturbed for the duration of our session.
Use an eye mask if you have one and either lie down or sit up and focus on your breath to bring you into a receptive and meditative state, open your heart and allowing yourself to receive the healing energy that I am intentionally sending.
Make sure the space is warm and comfortable for you and wear some comfortable lose fitting clothing.
As with any healing modality the most critical part of the process is that you go into the session with the belief that it will work for you and your situation, without question.
This is even more important when opening yourself up for a distant healing session as we can’t rely on the power of physical touch or presence and so must therefore really lean into the energetic side of our connection.
This puts you into a completely receptive state of mind and body and will allow the Reiki to flow fully through you and give us the best chance of success.
This is a co-collaborative process, you’re state of mind, belief and openness to Reiki is just as important as my ability to deliver the energy to you.
This is a Team effort.
Emotion is energy in motion, but in this case, you may have emotional energy that has been blocked and stored. The healing power of Reiki is in that it will allow energy to flow freely once again through your body and in doing so bring these stored emotions to the surface.
So, if you are feeling a bit fragile emotionally and energetically for 24 hours this is quite normal, so just allow yourself the time and space to come back together.
Be kind to yourself, giving compassion and letting go of self-judgement if you feel not quite 100%, this too shall pass.
Rest, drink plenty of water and eat vibrant healthy food to help rebalance the vitality in your physical body.
Meditate and journal to help process and integrate the arising thoughts, emotions, and insights.
I will check in on you 24 hours after the session to see how you are doing via text or email depending on your preference.
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To Book…
- One session is £65
- Select a suitable day and time from the calendar, and fill in the forms.
- Payment will be taken at the end to confirm the booking.
- For In Person bookings select and input your location.
- For Distant bookings select phone call for location.
The Session…
- One session is 1hr 15 minutes in length.
- This includes a 15 minute conversation Pre and Post session, to share your current state and experience.
- The Reiki element is 45 minutes in length.