I remember when I was a student my teacher explained that we had to
be careful NOT to take on other people's stuff when giving
treatments. It has been My experience that YES you CAN take on
others people's stuff when giving treatments if you are not
careful. Therefore I ALWAYS teach my students to remember and love
from a distance, even with their hands on the other person, and to
keep their shields up. I usually visualize the Reiki going into the
other person, and their pain/illness is coming out of them into my
forearms and OUT my elbows, being transmuted by my spirit guides
into an energy the mother earth can and will use. My husband also
feels the pain or whatever in whatever part of his body for
information about how to best help the person. Sometimes it gets SO
overwhelming he has to put physical distance between himself and the
person. And after giving a few treatments in a day, I notice I am
completely exhausted, and require some time to rest and re-energize.
I "know " that Reiki doesn't take anything from me, and have not
been able to understand but figure it may be that I become so
relaxed when giving Reiki that I too, need the rest the same as my
patient does.
This is simply my experience and hopefully may be of help and or
insight to someone else.
Carol