Before a session: It is Ideal to be Open and Receptive to the Healing Energies about to come your way.  If you are requesting Healing on behalf of a Loved one who may be unconscious (due to coma), do not worry, their Soul, on a deep level, will know how to receive it and what to expect, even though they themselves will not consciously understand or remember it when they are awake.  

After a session: It is recommended that you be gentle on yourself.  Drink water to Help assimilate the Reiki Energy and listen to your body as to what it needs, it will tell you (eg; fatigue for rest or sleep, hunger for food - make sure it is healthy nutritious food.  Feeling pain?  Slow down, take some pain medication). Please also be sure to take your normal medication and treatment as advised by your Registered Medical or Mental Health Professional.

For those who are on life support: For before, during and after Reiki is sent - It Is Very Important that life support NOT be turned off.  This gives Reiki a chance to get in there and Help.  Keep life support on until signs of improvement can be seen and you have been given the all clear from Doctors that your Loved One can sustain their own life without the need for life support machines. 

For those who are at end stage cancer and not on life support: It Is Very Important that you have the right amount of best pain relief possible, including any antibiotics for infection, to help make Recipient as comfortable as possible, while Reiki is in there Helping out.