How your session unfolds
How remote Reiki works
This page describes the whole thing, start to finish: what a remote Reiki session is, how the booking works, what arrives in your inbox, how to prepare, and what you may notice.
First, the plain version
What a remote Reiki session actually is
Reiki is usually described as a hands-on practice: you lie on a table, and the practitioner works beside you. A remote session is the same practice, offered across distance instead.
You will see it called distance Reiki, distant Reiki, online Reiki, or virtual Reiki. Those are all names for the same thing.
In Norbert's understanding, Reiki is a conscious spiritual energy of pure love. During your scheduled session, Norbert channels and sends Reiki to you. This energy is understood to flow toward the parts of you and your experience where it is most needed.
In practice, it means this: you reserve the time you choose. During your scheduled session, Norbert remains engaged with your session, channeling and sending Reiki to you throughout the full period you reserved. You spend that time however you like, wherever you are.
Reiki is spiritual, but receiving it does not require membership in a church, denomination, or religion. No particular belief is required. What matters is that receiving Reiki is your own free-will choice and that you are open to the experience.
Receiving Reiki is a free-will choice. The person receiving the session should know about it, want to receive, and be open to the experience. Reiki is not imposed on another person without their willing agreement.
How your session unfolds
Six simple steps from booking to receiving
- Choose your session length Any whole number of hours from one to eight: $89, $178, $267, $356, $445, $534, $623, $712. Every length uses the same $89 hourly rate. A first 1-hour session is $67.
- Choose your time The calendar shows the next 90 days, and offers only the dates that can hold the full length you chose. Every time is displayed in the timezone your browser reports, and you can change it yourself if your device detects the timezone incorrectly. The earliest time you can choose is two hours from now.
- Share what you would like Reiki support with Your name and email are required for the booking. You may also share what you would like Norbert to hold during your session, such as your energy, health, emotions, rest, clarity, a situation in your life, or another personal intention. Share only what feels comfortable, or leave this space blank. You may name a general health or well-being intention, but please do not include diagnoses, medical records, medication lists, or detailed treatment information. Payment is handled securely by Stripe, and your booking is confirmed once it succeeds.
- Prepare for your session An email arrives with your session time in your own timezone, preparation guidance, and a calendar file. The calendar file is a standard .ics attachment, with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Outlook links alongside it.
- Receive Reiki At the time you chose, settle in wherever you are while Norbert channels and sends Reiki to you throughout the period you reserved.
- Give yourself a little time afterward Drink some water, notice how you feel, and ease gently back into the rest of your day. A short email then confirms that your session took place.
At the time you booked
Your session reaches you wherever you are
No phone or video call is required. Your session begins at the scheduled time, and you receive it wherever you are.
Everything you need arrives by email, before and after. At the time itself, your only task is to be somewhere you can settle.
- Be resting at home, traveling as a passenger, or quietly continuing your day.
- Your phone can be on silent, face down, or in another room.
- You can be awake, resting, or asleep.
Norbert continues channeling and sending Reiki to you throughout the period you reserved, whether or not you are aware of it at the time.
Before your session
Preparing for your session
Before your session, drink some water and choose a place where you can sit or lie down comfortably. Let your hands rest naturally and keep your arms and legs uncrossed.
In Norbert's Reiki practice, the left and right sides of the body are understood as carrying different energetic polarities. Keeping the arms and legs uncrossed supports a freer energetic flow.
These preparations may help you become more settled and aware of the experience. They do not determine whether Reiki reaches you. Norbert continues channeling and sending Reiki throughout the time you reserved.
Your confirmation email includes this guidance too, so you do not need to remember it now.
- A glass of water before you begin, and another afterward.
- Somewhere you can settle without being interrupted.
- Your phone on silent, if you would rather not be reached.
- Loose, comfortable clothing. You stay fully dressed.
- A blanket within reach, since some people feel cooler when they are still for a while.
- Arms and legs uncrossed, hands resting naturally.
During your session
The time is yours to spend as you wish
You may close your eyes, rest quietly, meditate, listen to gentle music, or simply continue with a calm activity. Whatever you choose, Norbert continues channeling and sending Reiki to you throughout the period you reserved.
- Close your eyes and rest quietly.
- Sit or lie down somewhere comfortable.
- Meditate, if that is already part of your life.
- Listen to gentle music.
- Sleep. Many people do.
- Carry on with something calm: reading, resting, a slow walk, a bath.
Afterward, drink some water and give yourself a little time before returning to a busy schedule.
During your session
Nothing is required of you
You may rest, sleep, or continue a quiet activity. Reiki is sent throughout the reserved time whether or not you notice anything at the time.
You will not be asked afterward what you felt, and there is no report to fill in. See what people may notice during a session in the FAQ.
Afterwards
What happens once the session ends
You receive a completion confirmation by email. It is short, and it confirms that your session took place at the time you reserved. That is the end of the arrangement.
Whenever you would like another session, you are welcome to book one.
Times and timezones
You always see your own clock
Every time on the booking page, in your confirmation, in your reminder, and in your calendar file is shown in your own timezone. It is detected automatically from your browser, and there is a control to change it if the detection is wrong, which happens with some VPNs and some work laptops. Check it before you pay.
The underlying schedule is the same every day of the week: 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM US Central Time. Every session begins and ends inside that window. Whether that lands in your morning, your evening, or the small hours depends on where you are.
Bookings open up to 90 days ahead, and the earliest start you can choose is two hours from now.
Your inbox
What you receive by email
Everything you need arrives by email, and none of it is a newsletter.
Booking confirmation
Sent once payment succeeds. It states your session length, the date and start time in your own timezone, and what you paid.
Preparation instructions
Included with your confirmation. The same practical, optional suggestions set out above, so you have them to hand without returning to this page.
Calendar file
A standard .ics attachment that works with any calendar app, plus one-click links for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Outlook. Your own calendar can then remind you however you have it set up.
Reminder, then completion confirmation
A reminder arrives before your session, and a short completion confirmation arrives after it. Neither asks anything of you.
Your email address is used for your booking and nothing else. See the privacy policy for the detail.
Changing or cancelling
Every confirmation email carries a private link for managing that booking. Cancel 24 hours or more before the start and you are eligible for a refund of what you paid, minus the actual nonrecoverable payment-processing cost. The amount paid, that cost and the refund are shown to you before you confirm, and confirming sends that refund to your payment provider. Where the exact fee cannot be established it is reviewed by hand rather than estimated. Inside 24 hours there is no cash refund but one free change of time, and four hours before the start the online controls close. If Norbert cancels, you choose between a full refund of everything you paid, including any tip, or a free reschedule. The cancellation policy sets out every case.
Ready when you are
For questions about what you may notice, booking for an animal, time zones, or payment, visit the FAQ.