I get asked this more than anything else, usually in a slightly apologetic tone, as though it is a rude question. It is not a rude question. It is the correct question, and the honest answer is: yes, and I still suggest at least one session in person where that is practical.
The reason for the caveat is not the one most people assume, so it is worth explaining properly.
Why the distance is not the obstacle
The instinct behind the question is that healing work must involve hands, and therefore removing the hands removes the work.
But in my practice direct touch is usually unnecessary even when we are in the same room. Where hands-on techniques are used — and they are, for particular cases — they are specific, deliberate, and done with the client fully clothed. They are a minority of what happens in a session.
Most of what I do is assessment and correction at an energetic level. Take the touch out of that and you have removed very little of the mechanism. This is especially true of Yuen Method work, which is built around testing and narrowing rather than contact, and of Pranic Healing, which works with the energy body rather than the physical one.
So what does in-person actually add?
Human things, mostly, and they matter more than the technical question does.
People describe themselves differently face to face. Over video, people summarize. They have prepared what they are going to say and they deliver it. In a room, things arrive sideways — a pause before an answer, a sentence that starts and gets abandoned, a thing mentioned on the way out that turns out to be the actual point. That material is diagnostic, and video flattens it.
The first session carries the most weight. The two-hour Discovery Session is where the assessment across all five levels happens and where the plan is built. It is the session where I most want everything available to me, which is why that is the one I suggest doing in person if you are going to do any.
Some people simply prefer it, and that preference is not a technicality. Someone who feels met is easier to work with than someone who feels processed.
Where remote is straightforwardly the right call
- Around a surgery. You often cannot travel before or after a procedure, and that is exactly when the work is time-sensitive.
- Distance. Most of my clients do not live in the Wood River Valley.
- Consistency. Work that needs to happen on a rhythm should not be hostage to travel.
- Continuation. The most common pattern in my practice is one in-person session in Sun Valley to open, then video from there.
What a video session actually requires
Very little, which surprises people who are expecting to prepare.
- A quiet space where you will not be interrupted for the length of the session.
- A device with a working camera, positioned so I can see you rather than your ceiling.
- Comfortable clothes. You stay fully dressed.
- Somewhere to sit or lie down.
- Nothing else. No candles, no preparation, no particular state of mind.
Sessions are scheduled inside my contact hours, Monday to Friday 11am–5pm Mountain Time. If you are in another time zone, say so when you write in and we will find something inside that window.
The honest limitation
The one thing video genuinely costs me is the sideways material — the things people tell you without meaning to. I can work without it. I work better with it.
That is the whole of the caveat, and it is why the recommendation is a preference rather than a requirement. If one in-person session is not practical for you, say so and we will work remotely from the start. A number of my longest client relationships have been entirely over video.
If you are outside Idaho and wondering whether this is worth starting, it is.
Rodney works with four to six clients at a time and reads every inquiry personally. He replies within 48 hours when he believes he can help. Request a session, or read what a Discovery Session involves.
This work supports the body’s own healing process. It is complementary to medical care, not a replacement for it. Rodney does not diagnose, treat or cure disease, and does not advise anyone to stop or change treatment prescribed by their physician. See the full disclaimer.
Last reviewed September 16, 2026 by Rodney Blount.