what to do in the 24 hours after a session

The work doesn't stop when you leave the table.

One of the things I try to say before people walk out the door is this: the session is one hour, but the settling keeps going. The hour on the table is the beginning of something, not the whole thing. What you do - and don't do - in the hours that follow can make a real difference in how the work lands.

This isn't a long list, and none of it is complicated. But it's worth knowing.

drink more water than usual

This is the first thing, and the most practical. Your body has been doing work - even if it looked like lying still. Drink water through the rest of the day, more than you normally would. Not gallons, not in a performance, just consistently. A lot of people notice they feel a little foggy or heavy if they skip this. The water helps.

move slowly if you can

Most people come off the table feeling softer and a little slower than usual - a pleasant version of that post-nap heaviness where the edges of things feel less sharp. If you can, honor that. Don't schedule a hard conversation, a demanding meeting, or a long drive in heavy traffic for right after. Give yourself an easy transition back into the day.

This is especially true if the session stirred something emotionally. Some people cry on the table. Some people cry in the car on the way home. Some people feel a kind of spacious quiet that they don't want to immediately fill. Let yourself be in that for a while.

don't be surprised by what surfaces

This is the part people don't always expect. Sometimes things come up in the day or two after a session that weren't obviously present during it: a dream that lingers, a wave of something that needed to move, unexpected clarity on a decision, a memory, an emotion that had been sitting under the surface. The body processes at its own pace, and sometimes the session gives it permission to finish something it had set aside.

None of that means something went wrong. It usually means something is working.

be gentle with yourself

Avoid the things that tend to dull or override your nervous system for the rest of the day if you can: heavy drinking, intense exercise, overstimulating environments, numbing out in front of screens until 2am. None of these are forbidden, and this isn't a prescription. It's more that people often tell me they got less from a session when they didn't give themselves any space to receive it.

Some things that tend to help: a walk outside, a quiet meal, a bath, going to bed early. Journaling if that's something you do - the material is often fresher and more legible after a session than it is at other times.

one note on what's normal

Occasionally people feel tired - genuinely tired - in the hours after a session, or mildly achy, or a little more emotional than usual. This is common enough that it has a name in the energy healing world: a healing response or processing response. It's temporary, usually passes within a day, and is generally a sign that the body is doing something with what it received.

If you feel significantly worse for more than a day or two, let me know - that's not typical, and it's worth talking through.

the short version

Drink water. Move gently. Don't overschedule the afternoon. Let things surface if they're going to. Sleep when you can.

Energy healing doesn't end when you leave the table. The work you did in the session ripples forward. Give it a little room to do that.