How Your Body Holds Emotions (and How Reiki Helps Release Them)

Have you ever noticed how your shoulders get super tight when you're stressed? Or how your stomach feels all weird when you're anxious? That’s not random — that’s your body holding on to emotions.

See, when we go through stuff, especially the heavy emotional stuff, and we don’t fully process it (which happens a lot, by the way), those emotions don’t just disappear. They get stored somewhere: in your muscles, your tissues, your nervous system. That’s why sometimes you feel heavy, drained, tense, or even disconnected from yourself, and you don’t really know why.

That’s where different healing tools can help.

Things like:

• Moving your body — even a simple walk, can move energy and dancing OFC

• Breathwork helps release tension and open up your system

• Crying — seriously, crying is a release

• And of course… Reiki.

Reiki is one of my favorite ways to support this because it’s so gentle. You don’t have to talk, you don’t have to "do" anything — you just receive. Reiki helps move that energy that’s been sitting there, stuck. Sometimes it’s stuff you didn’t even know you were still holding.

After sessions, people tell me all the time: “I feel lighter” or “I don’t know why, but I feel like I can breathe again” — and that’s exactly it. The energy moves, the body lets go, and you start feeling like yourself again.

At the end of the day, your body wants to heal. It’s always trying to bring you back into balance. Reiki simply provides a little support to allow it to do what it naturally knows how to do.

Ready to experience it for yourself?
If you’ve been feeling heavy, stuck, or like your body is holding on to way too much, this is exactly what Reiki can help with.
I offer both in-person and distant Reiki sessions, so no matter where you are, we can work together.
If you’re curious or have any questions, feel free to reach out — I’m always happy to chat and see if it’s a good fit for youStart your Journey