When the Unthinkable Happens: How Reiki Can Gently Support Families After a Plane Crash
There are no words strong enough to contain the shock, heartbreak, and trauma that come after a tragedy like the Air India plane crash. The grief is not just deep, it’s overwhelming. It’s the kind that leaves you in pieces, trying to breathe while the world feels like it’s stopped.
When families are faced with such sudden and devastating loss, healing isn’t about “moving on.” It’s about surviving one moment at a time. And in those fragile moments, Reiki offers something rare: gentle, non-verbal support that reaches places words cannot.
What Reiki Can Offer in Times of Deep Trauma
Reiki is a form of energy healing that works quietly and respectfully. It doesn’t ask you to talk, to be strong, or to understand what you’re feeling. It simply meets you where you are, emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually.
1. Calms the Nervous System
Shock and grief live in the body. Reiki helps soothe the nervous system easing the tightness in the chest, the sleeplessness, and the adrenaline that trauma can lock into place.
2. Offers Gentle Emotional Support
When words are too much, Reiki allows space for your emotions, whether it’s numbness, tears, rage, or confusion, to simply exist and begin to move. It’s not about “fixing” you. It’s about holding you.
3. Supports Those Left Behind
Survivors may carry guilt, fear, or a shattered sense of safety. Reiki gently helps restore inner connection and grounding, so the body and soul can begin to feel safe again.
4. Spiritual Comfort
For some, Reiki sessions offer moments of peace or quiet connection, whether to their own heart, their loved ones in spirit, or something greater. There’s no expectation, only space.
Reiki Is Not a Cure: It’s a Companion
Reiki won’t ease the pain of what’s happened. But it can walk alongside you, quietly, gently offering small moments of stillness, warmth, and care when everything else feels too much.
Whether you are a grieving family member, or someone offering support from afar, Reiki is here as a non-invasive, trauma-informed practice that honours the depth of what you’re going through.
Spica Healing: Trauma-Sensitive Energy Support
At Spica Healing, I offer Reiki sessions (in-person or distant) for those navigating grief, trauma, or deep loss. Sessions are always offered with permission, presence, and gentle care with no touch required and no pressure to speak.
If you're seeking quiet support during this time, I’m here.
With deepest compassion,
Charmaine
Spica Healing