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The International Center For Reiki Training Reiki Online Newsletter!
Website Address: http://www.reiki.org/. November
2004
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Reiki and the Healing Crisis Healing
Defined Healing is therefore defined within a much broader framework than simply addressing a physical or psychological symptom or attempting to cure a disease. In fact, healing is truly a way of life when held in this context, and is an ongoing process that never stops presenting you with opportunities for growth and transformation. Although many people have reported spontaneous healing of their health conditions or imbalances, deep healing of the total person often involves a process that takes place over time and is not always a tidy, linear process. Rather, healing tends to follow a pattern that spirals and re-cycles over and over again, peeling away the layers of each concern until the healing is complete. This is because the original issue or symptom is most often related to more than one aspect of a person's life, and very likely involves shifting the patterning found in all levels of the energy field. (See my article titled "Reiki and the Human Energy System" in the Winter 2002 edition of this magazine for a more detailed description of the different levels of the human energy system.) Reiki and other energy healing modalities work with and positively affect the human energy system, and are noninvasive hands-on healing approaches that gently support healing at all levels. The universal healing energy of Reiki harmonizes your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies by grounding the essential life force within your energy system, which expands your capacity to carry more light and love. This activates your innate healing resources, supporting the healing of acute and chronic disease as well as anxiety, fatigue, depression, stress, addictions, and other symptoms of imbalance. Other reported benefits include deep relaxation, stress reduction, clearing of addictive patterns, emotional stability, and better self-esteem. The
Purification Process The flow of Reiki energy through the physical and subtle bodies encourages the gradual release of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual "toxins" that have made their way into the cellular memory and built up in the energy system over time. Toxic buildup is the result of past experiences such as injuries, illnesses, and traumatic events as well as poor health habits and pollutants in this and other lifetimes. Much of the release experience is relatively gentle, does not take a great deal of time to work through your system, and passes almost without notice. Sometimes, however, the manifestations of the cleansing process are more noticeable and uncomfortable and may take several hours, days, or even weeks or months to work their way through the energy system. The cleansing experience may also be heightened following a Reiki attunement or a series of treatments, because both can greatly accelerate the clearing and healing process. This is sometimes called a "healing crisis," which is defined as a time during the release process when old symptoms temporarily resurface, moving you from the chronic stage back through the acute phase of the problem while on the way to true healing. As toxins are released from all levels of your being, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: flu-like symptoms, fever, headache, sore throat, coughing, aching joints and muscles, tingling sensations, nausea, constipation, and diarrhea. Temporary changes may also take place in your sleep habits such as needing to sleep more often and longer or being wide awake when you normally sleep. Deeply held emotions that have been repressed from earlier experiences such as grief, fear, depression, sadness, anger, and frustration may surface for no obvious reason. There may also be times when suppressed memories or other recollections surface in order to allow the body and spirit to heal. You may also feel empty and alone. Old and current behavior patterns found in the mental body may become magnified. You may also experience judgmental, blaming, victimizing, and abusive thoughts. As the spiritual body is purified, your beliefs about life, religion, relationships, how the world operates, and your self-identity may be shaken and will need to be questioned and revised. As uncomfortable
emotions and thought patterns from your shadow self come into your Welcome your new understanding of those old limiting beliefs that no longer serve you and have the courage to let them go. As the well-known expression says, "Let go and let God." Form a new spiritual foundation based on true wisdom, inspiration, and understanding. Read uplifting books and spend time with like-minded people. Meditate and look within for your own answers. Do breathing exercises to bring the life force into your body. Chant sacred sounds. Remember to call on your spirit guides and angels, the ascended masters, and the Source for assistance, while staying grounded and connected to Mother Earth. All of the uncomfortable experiences that accompany a healing crisis are commonplace and are not usually cause for worry or concern. They naturally result from the process of bringing the flow of Reiki into the energy system. They are nature's way of purifying body, mind, emotions, and the soul, making way for higher levels of consciousness to be grounded in the body. Rather than being symptoms of illness, they can be viewed as signs of true healing in progress. It is also important to note that the symptoms of a healing crisis are not caused by Reiki, rather, the Reiki energy helps to bringing awareness and healing to those imbalances that are already active within you. However, if you have any severe or continuing physical or emotional
reactions, or other complications after receiving a Reiki treatment or attunement,
it is recommended that you visit your regular healthcare provider right away.
It is always important to remember that Reiki is a modality complementary to traditional
medical and psychological care. As a Reiki practitioner, be sure to stay within
the boundaries of your competencies and any licensing credentials that you may
have. More on this subject:
Honoring All Reiki Schools and Lineages Fall Issue Welcome . . . Here is a list of the articles in this issue
Realizations
on My Path to Recovery Teaching Reiki to Children, Part II
Reiki
with Children: A Nurse's Perspective Living with
the Reiki Principles, Part I: Just For Today
Reiki
in Hospitals: Emergency Reiki Reiki and the
Healing Process: Transformation at Its Very Best Reiki Stories This is an exciting and valuable issue that will supply you with entertainment as well as quality information and instruction. If you have any suggestions on how the magazine could be improved, I'd be very happy to hear them. The world is
a wonderful place, filled with continual changes which bring with them a never
ending supply of opportunities. May you grow in the ability to allow the wisdom
of Reiki to guide how you create your life. Contributors
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Back Issues Writers
Guidelines Advertising Reiki
Heals Strokes There's a lot more to this story. This
is the short version. I had given him the Reiki I attunement when he visited us
in the U.S. the previous year. I'm not really sure if he channeled Reiki for himself
or not, but I'm sure this had an effect as well in his amazing recovery. Reiki
and Infertility I gave her a full Reiki session one day after work, and in two weeks she was pregnant. She asked me to come to the hospital when she delivered. It was such an honor. Every time she had a contraction, I placed my hands on her belly. Little Erin was born, and they placed her in a warming bed. She was crying, and I went over and sent her some energy. She stopped crying immediately and got such a peaceful look on her face. Now the Mom has Reiki level one training and a second little girl. This
experience was one of the highlights of my Reiki practice. Mom's
Battle with Cancer As I watched and saw that the treatment was not totally eliminating the pain, I offered to do a Reiki session on her. She was a little hesitant at first. She knew I was into alternative stuff like this and believed in UFOs. But she agreed. After about three to four minutes of Reiki, she exclaimed, "Oh my God. What are you doing? It feels like you are sticking thousands of needles in my back." I asked her if she wanted me to stop, and she replied, "No," because the pain in her spinal column was going away. She then cried out to my Dad to come into the bedroom and see what I was doing. From that day on, she asked for a Reiki session whenever I visited. I ended up developing a Reiki session team that would send long-distance healing to her when we couldn't go to her. At one point a friend and I were doing a session on her and she pulled this friend close to her and whispered, "I use to think he was crazy, but now I know he is not!" Daryl Stangl
I was almost running to avoid my mother having to wait for me, and I was on my way to the cashier. I saw a couple that caught my attention because she was short with big, beautiful eyes and he was very tall and big. I continued walking on, but suddenly something told me to go back to see the couple again. They were in the same spot, and the woman was holding her hand to her chest and her eyes were bigger. The man was frozen. I approached them and asked the woman what happened, and almost in a whisper she told me that last week she had had open-heart surgery, and now she had tachycardia. She was in a panic! The only thing that occurred to me was to ask if she would allow me to help her because I knew a therapy. I got a chair and she sat down. I asked her if I could touch her; she said yes, and I put one of my hands on her chest and the other on her back. I just prayed
to God to be there with us and asked her in a whisper if she believed in God.
She said yes, and then I said, "God is with us in this very moment."
In a few minutes, she was in very good shape. It was my first experience in Reiki
and will leave an imprint in my heart. Since then I have followed my instincts.
Reiki Heals Lump in Breast Prior to Reiki, I had taken some tests, a mammogram and then a sonogram. The findings were a lump in my left breast, and they wanted me to go for an MRI. In the interim, my sister invited me up to a training class for Reiki that she was giving, which I graciously accepted as I was grasping at hope and my faith was all but a fading light on a burnt-out candle. I went and had an intensive three-day training in Reiki 1 and 2, and passed! She does put me through the grinder, you know, little sister and all! I came home glowing! I felt so complete and together! Nothing could drag me down! I went for
the MRI and continued the self-Reiki and MAP sessions that I was taught. Two weeks
after the MRI, I finally called for answers and was told that there were no unusual
tissues, no masses, and no lumps in either breast and that all was clean and negative!
Reiki
and Dentistry During my placement in the Department of Oral Surgery and Anesthesiology, I received many unexpected but fruitful outcomes with Reiki. One of the most fascinating was while I was extracting a lower third molar. I was heading for my department, and on the way I saw a middle-aged woman with a pitiful-looking face and her hand over her left cheek. After entering the room, one of the clerks introduced me to her. She was about 40 years old. She was a poor lady who made her living by washing clothes, and she had come from far away, from Dhaka, just for the treatment of her toothache. I examined her intraorally and found she had a badly broken and tender lower left third molar with much of the crown broken. I suggested an X-ray, but the local anesthesia did not work properly due to the acidic pH of pus. In this case, there was no complaint of pain and the badly broken tooth came out easily without any bone removal or tooth sectioning. I then curetted and irrigated the socket thoroughly
and gave her a cotton pack. She was still cooperative, calm, and satisfied overall.
Just then, the head of my department arrived, and even he was surprised to see
that such a tooth came out so easily. She left with blessings and gratitude. I
gave her few analgesics, but I could not give her antibiotics. If you have a Reiki Story you would like to share with others, please Click Here Our web site now offers
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