Distance Reiki

Since I took Reiki at Womongathering this year I've made it a point in practicing not only self Reiki, but distance Reiki as well. One thing that I noticed when I'm doing distance Reiki is that the energy connection is so strong that I can actually feel the person's pain. When I sent distance Reiki to Sharon for her elbow, I got such bad pain in my elbow and then my hand cramped up and I couldn't move it. I continued sending the Reiki until it was gone. After I was done I called her to tell her what had happened. She kind of giggled and said, I am so sorry. The weird thing is now I know when she needs it the most. I woke up the other night around 2 in the morning with really bad pain in my elbow. So, I gave Reiki to myself and sent it to her as well. When I spoke with her she told me that she really didn't sleep that well that night because she was having pain. My response was, yeah, I know. I think I really need to learn how to balance out all this energy. Maybe that's why I'm so tired.