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Website Address: http://www.reiki.org/. November
2002
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I often receive questions concerning Reiki and pregnancy and one of the main questions is if it is safe to treat a pregnant woman. There are many myths and misconceptions about Reiki and the idea that Reiki should not be given to pregnant women is one of them. So, the answer is YES, Reiki is safe for pregnant women! In fact, Reiki works well in helping with all stages of pregnancy including conception and child birth. Reiki provides emotional as well as physical support and works not only on the mother, but also on the child. Remember, Reiki cannot cause harm and always works to reduce stress and improve health regardless of the condition. However, it is important to make sure that one's own personal energy does not become involved with the treatment. To ensure this, say a prayer before giving a treatment asking that your own ego and personal energy will be set to the side and that only pure Reiki energy will flow through you. Also pray on behalf of the mother and child that they will be nurtured and deeply healed by Reiki. This will help the treatment work in a more powerful way. Treatments before conception can focus on creating a balanced, loving and harmonious relationship between the parents and toward the future child which likely will be present in spirit. In addition to giving a general treatment, also treat the heart, solar plexus and hips. (Be careful not to touch the genital area or the breasts. Treat these areas only in the aura and only with permission). At this stage, treat the husband also if possible as it is important that loving, nurturing and healthy emotional feelings be strengthened between the parents. If the parents are willing, it would be very helpful if they took Reiki training so they can treat themselves and each other also. In the same way that Reiki treatments are safe for pregnant woman, so is the training and attunement. Before the attunement, simply say a prayer acknowledging the fact that the student is pregnant and that the baby is present. If the parents have Reiki, suggest that they give each other treatments everyday! During pregnancy, in addition to a general treatment, treat the mothers back focusing on the areas of greatest stress and also treat the stomach area which will treat the baby as well. During child birth, treat the stomach and lower back, or simply give Reiki to the mother's shoulders or where ever you are guided. Reiki master Mari Hall wrote an interesting article on this subject describing how she worked with an infertile couple, used Reiki to help them conceive, then gave treatments during pregnancy and during the birthing process. Her article, Reiki and Fertility appears in the winter edition of the hard copy Reiki News magazine.
This is an excerpt from a full length article that will appear
in the winter edition of the hard copy Reiki
News magazine. James Oschman is one of the leading authorities on the scientific understanding of hands-on healing. His extensive background as a scientist and his experience and understanding of holistic healing place him in a unique position to bridge the gap between the academic/medical world and the healing community. His book, Energy Medicine, and his soon-to-be-released new book, Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance, are remarkable in the way they easily convey a scientific basis for hands-on healing. His work makes it easy for doctors and scientists to understand and accept Reiki, which is valuable for anyone wanting to place Reiki in hospitals or to work in a clinical or scientific setting. His fascinating ideas and insights give a new perspective on how Reiki works which inspires us to make better use of our skills. WLR: Has the human energy field (HEF) been demonstrated to exist and can you tell us about the studies that are the most scientifically valid? What instruments have been used and how have measurements been made? JLO: In a few decades scientists went from a conviction that there is no such thing as an energy field around the human body to a certainty that such fields exist and are medically important. Now doctors are making treatment decisions on the basis of these biofield measurements. Since living tissues are conductors of electricity, the well-established laws of physics require that the currents set up by the heart and other muscles, and the brain and peripheral nerves, will produce fields in the space around the body. These are called biomagnetic fields. The biomagnetic field of the heart was first measured in Syracuse, New York, in 1963, using two coils, each with two million turns of wire. At about the same time these measurements were being made, a discovery took place in Cambridge, England that revolutionized biomagnetic field measurements and led to a Nobel Prize for Brian Josephson a decade later. Josephson's discovery led to the development of a very sensitive magnetometer called a SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device). These magnetometers are now used in medical research labs worldwide to study the human energy field. It is important to appreciate that the standard methods of recording electrical fields with electrodes on the skin surface (as in the electrocardiogram and electroencephalogram) provide much less information than the corresponding biomagnetic measurements. The reason for this is that the electrical resistances of the various tissues vary by a factor of about thirty. Bioelectric fields generated within the body by tissues such as the heart and brain take the paths of least electrical resistance, so the patterns measured at the body surface are sort of smeared out and difficult to interpret. In contrast, the magnetic permeabilities of the various tissues are all about the same as in a vacuum. In essence, the tissues are transparent to magnetic fields. So the biomagnetic measurements are a lot more informative about what is happening inside the body than are the bioelectric measurements. This is an important point for energy therapists because a magnetic sense, if it exists, will provide much more information on what is going on within the body than will measurements of electrical fields from electrodes on the skin surface. And there is a good scientific basis for the existence of a magnetic sense in the human body. In fact, scientists from Milan, Italy have shown that tissues may exhibit the same Josephson effect that is the basis for the SQUID magnetometer. WLR: Is there a biological basis for some people being able to see or otherwise sense the HEF? JLO: There is an effect in physics that is also named for Michael Faraday and is called the Faraday Effect. Magnetic fields alter the polarization of light. Now, the eye is very sensitive to the polarization of light, and I believe some people have the ability to sense the energy field of the body by tuning into the way the field alters the polarization of light. Some people are born with a heightened sensitivity of this kind and others pick it up later in life. I think it is this kind of vision that enables some people to see the layering of the human energy field. Another mechanism that may be involved is the discovery by a number of scientists that the retina of the eye is a magnetic receptor as well as a light receptor. Some of the best research has been on honey bees. They use magnetic information for navigation. This research is quite sophisticated in that neurophysiologists have found specific nerves from the eye that send signals when a magnet is brought close to the eye. Whether the visual system can actually form a magnetic image of its environment is an interesting topic for further study. The two approaches give somewhat different kinds of information
about the human energy field. My goal is to see how these observations
can be fitted together to provide a more complete picture than
either approach can provide alone, and this is precisely what
is happening. WLR: The Reiki attunement is a unique part of Reiki training. A person does not have to train to gain the ability to give Reiki energy treatments. The ability is passed on to the student through an attunement process given by the teacher. The attunement seems to turn on the student's ability to channel Reiki and there is a noticeable difference in the strength of healing energy students have before and after the attunement. Is there anything in your understanding of biology or science that would provide an explanation for how this is possible? JLO: As with other aspects of energy medicine, it is possible to suggest hypotheses for testing. My suspicion is that what is being passed during the attunement process is a frequency or a set of frequencies that can be transferred from a teacher to a student via the energy field and that will always be remembered by the student. The memory process is probably similar to that involved in homeopathy, in which the electromagnetic signature of a substance is transferred to water. While some scientists have viewed the idea of memory in water with great suspicion, others are doing research to find out how it works. Some good hypotheses have been developed for this. The human body contains a water system that is a veritable antenna for fields in the environment, and it could well be this water system that picks up the frequencies and remembers them much as water can remember the signal from a homeopathic remedy. In the complete article Dr. Oschman answers many more interesting
questions about the scientific basis of Reiki and the human
energy field. To learn more about this, click
here.
Winter edition Honoring All Reiki Schools and Lineages The Reiki News Magazine Note that only small portions of the hard copy Reiki News magazine appear in the online newsletter. To find out how you can get all 35 pages of articles, click here. Welcome . One of the areas of interest
that often comes up in Reiki classes and in the emails I receive
involves the human energy system (HES). People want to know
what it is, why it is important, and most of all, what role
it plays in the practice of Reiki. Questions about this topic
come up a lot, but there doesn't seem to be much information
available. One reason is that the original hand positions taught
in the West involve placing the hands on the body and not in
the aura. This was fostered by Mrs. Takata, who didn't include
information in her classes about the chakras or the aura or
how to treat them with Reiki. The same is true in This is puzzling as Reiki, being a subtle energy, works directly on and through the HES. The value of this cannot be overstated, as the HES forms the very basis of our health and creates the foundation of our consciousness. A good understanding of this important, but little-mentioned, aspect of Reiki healing can greatly enhance your use of Reiki. At the same time, it can also increase your comprehension of life itself. Included in this issue are a number of articles written by well-known Reiki authors, which we hope you will find to provide a very through description of the HES. Diane Shewmaker gives us an exceptionally clear overview of the HES and explains how to restore balance and harmony by treating the aura with Reiki. Walter Lübeck continues with his article on the chakras and includes information on healing stones and how to use them to treat the chakras, along with other interesting techniques. Penelope Quest shows us how to detect the aura and chakras with dowsing rods and with our hands, and even how to see them. Doing this provides us with a personal experience of the HES by allowing us to interact with it directly which is necessary if we are to use Reiki to heal it. Laurelle Shanti Gaia introduces us to the Soul Chakras, which adds greater depth to our understanding of the HES and additional healing possibilities. The interview with James Oschman, Ph.D. grounds our understanding of the HES in the world of science and provides new perspectives on healing and how Reiki works. This interview provides one of the most interesting explanations of healing and Reiki I have ever read. This information will be most helpful to anyone wanting to work with the medical community as it provides proof that Reiki exists and has value! Mari Hall shares her experience using Reiki to help an infertile couple conceive and give birth to a child. And finally, our Reiki Stories section gives inspiration and hope that Reiki can help us solve serious difficulties. If you already have a subscription, I invite you to take the time to read and study the material offered in the winter edition and to experiment with it. As we improve our use of Reiki, not only do we help others, we also make the world a better place to live. May you be blessed by the love and healing that flows through you to others. Peace and joy, The Reiki News Magazine To learn more about the Reiki
News Magazine and about the The winter edition
of the hard copy Reiki and Uterine Cancer On the day she was to check in to the hospital I saw a large black energy in the shape of a ball and surrounded by what appeared to be sparking energy lift from her abdomen and rise up into the air. It kept rising and disappeared through the ceiling of the room. I asked if anyone else had seen it and each of the others confirmed the same thing, including the patient. She duly went on to check in to the hospital, and when they examined her they could not feel the tumour; they sent her for a scan and it had gone. She told us with great humour that the doctors were arguing and quite flustered at the result. They eventually went on to do an exploratory operation but no tumour could be found. She had therapy for the few cancer cells they did find and is fit and healthy now. The woman believes she was healed by Satya Sai Baba and Reiki.
On the night before her last session she said she dreamed she
was in her car and it was teetering on the edge of a cliff.
Below her was blackness; in her rear-vision mirror she could
see a long road, and walking along this road was Sai Baba. He
came toward her car and stood looking at her. She cried out
to him to help her and he reached down and pulled her car off
the edge of the cliff and placed it back on the road. Penelope
(Penny) Hayward Reiki and Prostate Cancer Reiki and Heart Attacks As energy began to flow, a slightly different connection was made and I found that my heart was beating for his. That was new to me, but it added a lot of depth to Usui-Sensei's statement to "Always expect there to be oneness." The man was sitting up by the time the paramedics arrived. Less than a week later, a friend phoned. She had just called 911; her husband was having a heart attack. His heartbeat was entirely different: fluttery and erratic, a bit like static on the radio. Again the link was made allowing my heart to beat for his. He too was sitting up when the paramedics arrived. Similar scenes have happened over the years-similar, yet each
one entirely different. Panic attacks respond in a similar manner,
except that the victims' breathing and heart rate move into
synch with mine. There seems to be a definite increase in panic
attacks nowadays. W. Craig Reiki and Two-Story Fall Reiki, along with aromatherapy, massage, and yoga, continues
to be an important part of my recovery. Thanks to Heather, my
teachers, and the great Reiki masters for the great healing.
Amy Fierro Reiki Heals Bird Both of us were pleasantly surprised and happy, too. My son
now knows what Reiki can do, and often when he is tired or has
any pains due to play or whatever, or before going to sleep,
asks me to give him Reiki. This has left an impression which
he will remember throughout. I have so many live examples to
share but this should convince other first-timers to seek and
experience Reiki to have full conviction on the effectiveness
of Reiki in day-to-day life. Love and Light, T. S. Srinivasan,
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I know many of you have had interesting Reiki experiences where you or someone else was healed or received benefit from Reiki. We are interested in reading about this and so are our readers! Please send us your Reiki stories. Also, if you have written an article about Reiki you would like to share with others send it to us using the form below. By sending in your Reiki stories or articles, you give permission for them to be published in this newsletter or in other Center or Vision publications. You may find it easier to first compose your story article or comment, using a word processor and then highlight it, copy and paste it into the form below. Note that we cannot guarantee that everything sent in will be published. To Send your Reiki Story, Article or Comment © Copyright 2002 |
