West Loop
Reiki + Massage Therapy
Reiki is a practice designed to reduce stress and anxiety while promoting overall healing. Originating in Japan, Reiki can also serve as a preventive therapy.
Energy can become blocked in the body due to physical injuries or emotional challenges, and over time, these blockages may contribute to illness. Reiki and other energy-based therapies work to restore the natural flow of energy, helping the body relax, reduce pain, support healing, and alleviate other symptoms of imbalance or illness.
The Benefits
Reiki promotes energetic harmony by helping release stress, tension, and emotional heaviness stored within the body. By balancing the chakra system and supporting the flow of life force energy, this offering can create a deeper sense of peace, alignment, and restoration over time.
Inner Clarity
Many people experience greater mental and emotional clarity as energetic noise quiets and awareness deepens during and after Reiki sessions.
Energetic Realignment
Reiki supports realignment of the body’s energy centers, helping restore harmony and a sense of internal coherence.
Grounding Support
Reiki can help clients feel more present and anchored, especially during periods of emotional or energetic overwhelm.
Emotional Release
Reiki can help create space for emotions to surface and move through, supporting release of stored emotional tension.
Sleep Support
By promoting relaxation, Reiki can help improve sleep quality and ease difficulty falling or staying asleep.
Stress Recovery
Reiki sessions allow the body and mind to rest deeply, supporting recovery from prolonged emotional or mental strain.
Your initial visit offers time to set intentions and share what’s bringing you in, whether it’s stress, overwhelm, or a desire for deeper alignment. Sessions are gentle and personalized, providing space to soften, reset, and reconnect inward.
Initial Appointment
Each Reiki session is designed to help the body shift into a calmer, more regulated state. Light energy support is combined with soothing sound elements such as chimes and singing bowls, offering a grounding sensory experience that encourages stillness, relaxation, and emotional reset.
The Experience
Because energetic balance is something that strengthens gradually, Reiki is often most impactful when experienced consistently. Ongoing care can support emotional regulation and a deeper sense of steadiness across life’s seasons.
Following a session, you may notice changes over the next day or two—greater openness, intuitive clarity, deeper rest, or emotional lightness. Moving gently afterward can help these energetic shifts settle more fully.
Continued Support & Aftercare
Gentle Alignment, Inner Calm
Each Reiki session offers a quiet opportunity to slow down, reset, and reconnect inward. Time is personalized to support calm, energetic balance, and a sense of restoration, with care that gently shifts based on where you are and what you need most in the moment.
The Science Behind Reiki
Reiki works with the body’s energy systems to promote relaxation and reduce stress and anxiety. Through gentle, focused touch, Reiki helps calm the nervous system and encourages a shift into a restorative state where the body can begin to heal and rebalance.
Energy can become stagnant due to physical injury, emotional stress, or prolonged tension. Reiki aims to support the smooth flow of energy throughout the body, helping release blockages that may contribute to discomfort, fatigue, or imbalance, and supporting the body’s natural healing processes.
Moon Rabbit’s Reiki sessions are thoughtfully combined with massage, offering a hands-on approach that supports both energetic and physical well-being. This integrated treatment can help reduce pain, improve emotional balance, and promote a sense of clarity, ease, and overall vitality.
Contact West Loop
Have a question about billing, insurance, scheduling, or just want to talk things through with a real person? Our friendly front desk team at the West Loop office is always happy to help - whether you need clarity, guidance, or a human on the other end of the line.
1111 W Madison St
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Mon - Fri: 7:30am - 8:00pm CST
Saturday: 10:00am - 4:00pm CST
Sunday: 10:00am - 4:00pm CST
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Frequently Asked Questions
During a session, you’ll lie comfortably on a massage table (fully clothed) while the practitioner places their hands gently on or just above specific energy centers of your body. You may feel warmth, tingling, or a gentle pulsing sensation as energy flows. Practitioners may also involve the use of various tools such as singing bowls or essential oils.
What should I expect during a Reiki session?
After a Reiki session, many people feel deeply relaxed, peaceful, and rejuvenated. Some experience a sense of lightness or emotional release. Because Reiki promotes detoxification, mild effects like increased thirst, fatigue, or vivid dreams can occur temporarily. These are signs your body is rebalancing and should resolve quickly.
What happens to your body after Reiki?
Reiki can support a wide range of physical, emotional, and spiritual concerns. It’s often used to reduce stress, anxiety, and fatigue; ease pain and tension; support recovery from illness or surgery; and promote emotional balance. Reiki is not a replacement for medical care, but it can be a powerful complementary therapy that enhances your overall sense of well-being.
What conditions can Reiki help with?
Preparation is simple. Wear comfortable clothing and arrive well-hydrated. Try to avoid caffeine or heavy meals right before your appointment so you can relax fully. Take a few deep breaths before your session and set an intention — whether it’s to reduce stress, find clarity, or simply receive healing energy.
How do I prepare for a Reiki session?
Unlike massage, Reiki does not involve muscle manipulation or pressure. Instead, it works on an energetic level, encouraging the body’s natural ability to heal itself. You remain fully clothed throughout the session, and the practitioner’s gentle hand placements aim to balance energy flow rather than target specific muscles or joints. However, Reiki and massage can be combined into a single session at Moon Rabbit.
How does Reiki differ from traditional massage?
Reiki is a gentle, energy-based healing technique that originated in Japan. It involves the practitioner placing their hands lightly on or just above the body to channel universal life energy, promoting balance and relaxation. Many people report feeling calmer, more grounded, and less stressed after a Reiki session. While scientific evidence is still developing, numerous studies and client experiences suggest Reiki can support overall well-being, reduce stress, and complement traditional medical treatments.
What is Reiki and does it really work?
Cancellation policies are as follows:
If you cancel with 24+ hours’ notice, you won’t be charged anything.
Cancel with 12–24 hours’ notice, and you’ll be charged 50% of the missed service.
Less than 12 hours’ notice—or a no-show—means we’ll need to charge you the full amount, whether you’re using insurance or paying privately.
Should you need to reschedule, you can easily do so via or app - or if your prefer to talk to a person, by calling either of our locations:
🌐 moonrabbitacupuncture.janeapp.com
📞 Lincoln Park – (312) 414–0058
📞 West Loop – (773) 234–1042
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