Why do you see colours during Reiki, even with your eyes closed?

One of the questions I get asked all the time at Mintaka Reiki in Sandbach is: “Why did I see colours when I closed my eyes?”

It’s a very common experience to “see” colours when having a Reiki Treatment – and it’s a truly beautiful experience.

It can feel a bit like having a lava lamp unfolding inside your mind!

And the range of colours people see covers the entire spectrum; so one moment it can be like having a kaleidoscope of colour, or you might just predominantly experience one colour. Some see the colours like fireworks, others say it's more like a cosmic light show.

Reiki colours can be like fireworks inside your mind

But of course, given that you “see” the colours while your eyes are closed, you don’t really see them the way you see other things when your eyes are open. It’s more like you “experience” the colours, or you “sense” them.

So, what does it all mean?

Well, in Reiki, we often work with chakras, our energy centres, which are each associated with their own colour. So it could be that the predominant colour you see during Reiki is connected to one of your chakras, and it’s entirely possible that’s the area of your body that’s in need of healing.

But that’s not always the case.

You see, Reiki works on so many different levels – so it can often be working on more than one thing at a time.

For anyone who doesn’t know, Reiki is a safe, natural, and simple healing technique, which many people turn to as a way of helping with a physical problem, such as pain, or insomnia, or infertility. But Reiki isn’t just about physical healing; it also delves deep into emotional and spiritual wellness – which is where it can help you with worry, stress, and anxiety.

So, while I can explain to my client which colour belongs to which chakra, there could still be additional healing going on at another level, which isn’t connected to that colour.

But really, the actual colour isn’t that important.

What’s important is the fact that the energy in your body is now re-balanced and flowing freely, due to the Reiki Treatment you’re undergoing, and you’re simply experiencing that energy movement via the colours.

You could say it’s your “proof” that your Reiki is working, that Reiki healing is actually happening!

But not everyone sees colour during their treatment.

Indeed, there’s a whole array of other experiences you might feel while having a Reiki Treatment – from heat, to shivers, tingling, floating… the list is endless really, because everyone experiences things unique to themselves.

And no two Reiki Treatments are ever the same.

But what is always the same, is the knowing that always Reiki works for your greatest and highest good – so you receive exactly what you need, just when you need it.

And although the experiences you have during your 45-minute Reiki Treatment in The Cabin are often incredible, it’s what happens afterwards, once you leave The Cabin, that is truly amazing.

Because that’s when Reiki really starts to integrate itself into your life; it changes things, it helps you feel lighter, it helps you to heal.

So, if you’ve not experienced Reiki for yourself yet, why not give it a try? Perhaps you’ll “see” the colours, too. Or perhaps your experience will be even more incredible…

Until next week,

Much love,

Denise.