A typical Reiki session lasts for approximately 40 minutes. The client being healed will arrive at the practioner's clinic, be welcomed, and for "first-timers" the therapist will take a brief history and discuss the treatment. The client will next be led into a healing room, where they will make themselves comfortable laying face-down on a relaxing therapy bed. If the client is unable to use a bed, then healing can also be performed with the client seated. No clothing items, other than shoes, are removed.

A relaxing atmosphere with ambient sounds and lighting helps the client to move into a more relaxed state, which encourages the healing process.

The healer will next ground and prepare themselves, and will move their way down the client's body starting at the head and working down towards the feet. While doing this they will gently lay their hands on the client in order to help the transferance of healing energies. The whole process is entirely painless, and clients find it thoroughly relaxing as well as healing.

At the "half-way" point, the healer will roll the client over onto their back, and repeat the process.

Reiki heals on both a physical and mental level and is ideal for the healing of emotional problems as well as physical ailments.

The therapist commences healing at the patient's head.

Half-way through the process, the therapist is focusing on the patient's midriff area.

Towards the end of the first stage, the therapist is working towards the feet.

By the end of the session, the client feels; relaxed, healed, and is an improved state both physically and mentally.