Reiki is a gentle Japanese healing modality that clears energetic blockages and supports the body’s natural ability to heal. The practitioner places their hands lightly on or just above the body, channeling universal life force energy through their body, to yours.

Iris’ Reiki sessions work on the chakra system, and are supported by Reiki symbols, crystal placement, and clairsentient abilities to guide the flow of energy. This process supports emotional release, spiritual insight, and nervous system regulation.

Reiki originated in Japan in the early 1900s and was founded by Mikao Usui. The word Reiki is often translated as “spiritual life force energy” – Rei meaning “universal” or “spiritual,” and Ki meaning “life force energy,” similar to “Qi” in Traditional Chinese Medicine or “Prana” in yogic systems.

Usui was a spiritual seeker who studied ancient Buddhist texts, martial arts, and Shinto practices. After a 21-day meditation and fasting retreat on Mount Kurama, he experienced a powerful energetic awakening – said to be the moment the Reiki system was born. He went on to develop a healing system that integrated meditation, hands-on healing, attunements, and spiritual precepts known as the Five Reiki Principles (Gokai).

Usui's system was later passed down and adapted by Chujiro Hayashi and Hawayo Takata, who helped bring Reiki to the West.

Every Reiki session is unique. You may experience warmth, tingling, waves of emotion, or deep stillness. Some clients see colours or images. Others feel nothing at all or are relaxed enough to fall asleep.

Did you know you can also receive Distance Reiki? In these sessions you can create space to pause and notice any sensations, insights and emotional shifts or you can go about your day as usual. The healing will meet you where you are.

Reiki is for anyone seeking more balance, support, or insight – especially during times of stress, change, burnout, grief, or emotional overwhelm. It’s also a beautiful practice for deepening self-awareness, activating creativity, subconsciously programming intentions, or returning to the body when feeling ungrounded. 

Clairsentient means “clear feeling.” This intuitive ability allows Iris to sense energy, emotions, and physical sensations by tuning into subtle shifts in the body’s energy field, detecting blockages or areas of imbalance.

This gift supports her and other clairsentient practitioners to guide healing where it’s needed most, often sensing emotional or physical pain before it is consciously expressed. 

Iris works most strongly with clairsentience, and is also occasionally supported by clairvoyance (clear seeing) and clairaudience (clear hearing). These intuitive gifts allow her to receive visual or auditory messages that bring further insight to your healing process.

Chakras are energy centres in the body that relate to different aspects of our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. The chakra system comes from ancient yogic philosophy and has been integrated into Reiki and other healing systems.

There are seven main chakras, each associated with a specific area of the body and a layer of consciousness – from our grounding and survival instincts at the root, to our intuitive insight and spiritual connection at the crown.

While chakras originate from yogic teachings, similar energy systems are recognised in Traditional Chinese Medicine (meridians) and other Indigenous and Eastern traditions. In Reiki, we work with these centres to restore harmony, clear stagnant energy, and bring awareness to where we may be holding tension or emotion.

You can book Reiki any time you feel called – whether you’re needing rest, processing something emotional, seeking clarity, or simply craving time to reconnect with yourself. It’s supportive both in moments of transition and in regular maintenance of your energetic wellbeing. Trust your body and intuition – if something nudges you to book, it’s probably time.