Distance Sessions can be a hard thing for some people to wrap their heads around, I know it was hard for me for a while at the beginning and I was open to energy work already ;) The way I look at this is that we all are energy and everything is energy vibrating at different rates. That is what we all learned in science class, energy cannot be created or destroyed and that everything is energy vibrating at a different speed. That is what makes some things solid, others liquid and the rest gas. By everything being energy we can affect energy with our intentions without having to be in the same immediate physical space. I really like this description below of what distance work is about. This can be done for Reiki or the Illumination and can be equally or sometimes an even better session than in person. See the bottom of this page for what to expect in a session.
Distant Healing and the Human Energy Field
by: Kathie Lipinski (taken from http://www.reiki.org/reikinews/distanthealing.htm)
(You can use the above link to read the article in its entirety.)
One of the basic teachings of healing with Reiki is that we are more than our physical bodies. We also have an energy body made up of our aura (energy fields), the chakras (energy centers) and the meridians (energy pathways.) Like our physical body that takes in food to nourish it and give it energy, our energy body does the same. The energy fields take energy in, the chakras break it down, and the meridians distribute it throughout the body.
Our body is comprised of energy vibrating at different speeds. Our physical body, our thoughts, emotions, and our spiritual center, all vibrate at a particular frequency or speed. These varying vibrations or pulsations create a field around them which are often referred to as our aura or energy field. The aura is an information center and a highly perceptual system that transmits and receives messages from the external and internal environment.
Each energy layer appears different and has its own individual function. Yet, they continuously interpenetrate each other as well as the physical body. These fields can be felt through touch. It is what we perceive or sense when we scan with our hands.
The Etheric Field is the first layer of our energy body and is ¼ to 2 inches from the body. It is the energy duplicate of the physical body.
The Emotional Field is where we experience feelings. It extends about 1 to 3 inches beyond the physical body. The Mental Field is associated with thoughts and mental processes. It can be sensed 3 to 8 inches from the body. The Spiritual Field is made up of four or more layers, which help us relate to our higher self and spiritual dimensions. It is activated when we meditate, pray or channel. It extends 6" to 2' beyond our physical body. These energy fields are also referred to as our four levels of being; or our physical, mental, emotional spiritual selves.
All of my distance session are done over the phone and for me it works best if you can use some kind of headset or have your phone on speaker. Set aside the full amount of allotted time where you will not be disturbed or distracted and find a comfortable place to lie down, then I will walk you through the same process that we use for a session in person.
Typically what an Illumination Session entails is first discussing what unwanted pattern you would like to work on clearing and the emotion that is associated with that pattern. Then I will rattle and bring your energy field over, assess where the energy from the unwanted pattern is trapped heaviest in your body and work on clearing that out of your field and checking in with you to see how strongly you are able to still to connect to that feeling. I will also scan to check for crystallized energies and perform a soul retrieval associated with that pattern. Then once you feel clear from that emotion and pattern, I will illuminate all of your chakras with Divine Light and send your energy field back to you. Finally we will anchor in the transformation of energy by a process called Mythic Mapping. Truthfully it sounds like a lot, and it can be, but your job is to just stay as connected to the emotions involved with the unwanted pattern as possible until you can’t connect with those emotions anymore and feel lighter and more clear.