December 2005
Reiki Stories

Reiki and Coma
I was needed at the bedside of a dear friend. My friend had had a stroke four days earlier and wasn’t expected to live. I was being asked to come perhaps to say good-bye or to help. I m not sure which it was but I didn’t stop to think about it. I asked which hospital she was in and left immediately. I only stopped for a moment to pick up what I call my Chakra scarf because it has the colors of the Chakras.

I had taken Reiki one and two, had practiced on friends, and a few paying clients. However, no one taught me what to do in the Intensive Care Unit. When I arrived with my Chakra scarf around my neck I was really surprised that the nurses knew what I was going to do. I was amazed, and humbled at the respect that Reiki was given in this hospital. There I stood at the foot of my friend’s bed asking for guidance as to how to proceed.

First I put white light into the room asked my guides to come in to assist and for guidance. I used the power symbol to set the tone in the room, the healing symbol to begin the process of healing my friend’s body where I was drawn and began to work on specific areas with Reiki energy. Her blood pressure, heart monitor and other measures were actually changing as I worked. I moved my hands in the direction of the stroke so that energy would move in her body where it had been paralyzed.

For four days I went to the hospital and did the same process. I used the symbols, my guides and moved the energy as much as I was guided to do. On the fourth day I felt guided to use the distance symbol and ask if I could make contact with my friend in my mind. I felt that I was speaking with her mentally and asked Jessie, you’ve had a stroke, is it your time or can you come back? She responded, I don t know where I am, to which I replied again mentally, Jessie, listen to the sound of my voice and follow it and find your way back. It felt like she was in a maze and was finding her way through it to come back. The next thing I knew I opened my eyes and saw a fluttering of her eyes. I could hardly believe it. Later that day she came out of the coma. Joanne Aaronson

Reiki Heals Asthma
I have helped many people. One story is of a 16 year-old girl that had been told she had asthma. She couldn't take deep breaths. After one session, while working on her lungs she admitted to feeling a pop in the lung. She was able to take deep breaths thereafter. She can now do some running. A month later she came to me for menstrual cramps. Usually she has terrible cramps. After a 30- minute session she stated she had no cramps at all the entire week. Blessings, Rev. Lisa

Troubled Youth and Reiki
We are a part of the Midwestern Reiki Coalition and home base is in Grove, Oklahoma. This summer I met a troubled young girl who was in her first trimester of pregnancy. After she became a Reiki I practitioner she instantly changed her outlook on life. She went from making D-grades in school to A+. She went from wanting to give up the baby to keeping it and working part-time on top of her schoolwork. We even got reports she has been doing Reiki on troubled teens like she had been. She now plans to be a Reiki master and counselor to help young people. She took to the Reiki energies so fast. It is so wonderful how the energies always know what to do and where to go. Sending lots of love light and laughter to all who read this, want it, or need it. Melinda McFarland

The car spun around three times, missing three other cars, after the impact from a Ford Expedition. The traffic was very heavy at this intersection as people were traveling for the holiday. Following the accident, I was in a hospital emergency room for six and one-half hours. I had two friends who did Reiki the entire time. One did hands-on and one sent Reiki from a distance.

The first x-rays said my sternum was broken. This is a very painful break as it takes a long time to heal and there’s not much to be done. The sternum protects the heart and lungs, and attaches the ribs so usually every breath or movement is painful. We needed to do a CT Scan of the heart and lungs because the sternum was fractured. It took another 4-5 hours to accomplish the CT Scan. Reiki was being done the entire time.

The results of the CT Scan showed that it was not broken. However, when I showed the first x-ray to chiropractors and other physicians they all could see the fracture. I have all documentation with dictations of the tests, as well as the x-rays that I will use in the book I am writing. I am now two and one-half weeks out, and back to work, driving, only missed two days from work and the Thanksgiving holiday.

Another co-worker broke her sternum in an auto accident about nine months ago. Was in bed for two weeks and had three months slow recovery. Thank you God, and I wish we could place Reiki practitioners in every ER in the country. Of course that would save money wouldn't it? Janny Adkins

Reiki Heals Burns
My 19-month-old daughter grabbed hold of my piping hot tea and poured it all over her mouth, hands, arms and chest. She screamed from the pain and shock and stood frozen to the spot. My first instinct was to do Reiki. I didn't even have to do my usual invocation because it simply poured through me to her. I remembered that I could use my aromatherapy skills in combination with the Reiki. I found that as I worked the Reiki flowed all the time. It had not stopped until about an hour after the incident. The result is amazing. There is only a little red mark and swelling. We were very lucky as there is no soreness in the area and there will be no scar. I smile in love and gratitude for being a Reiki channel. Marcelle

I was Healed As I Treated Another
I was on my way home to meet with a woman that was coming to me for her second Reiki session. A half-hour before she came I fell outside in the most stupid way and hurt my elbow badly. My mother was visiting me and is a doctor looked at the wound and said that I had to reschedule my client and go to the hospital immediately because the hole was all the way to the bone in a way that it could not close by itself. Even though I could hardly move my hand something inside me told me that I should keep my appointment in spite of my mother’s advice. The minute my client lay down I could feel a tingling in my arm and without it even hurting me a bit I went on.

After twenty minutes I started to feel a very strange and strong tingling in my hand that seemed to be moving towards my elbow from many directions inside myself then a very strong feeling that my hand was white, very white. This went on for 10 minutes and then it was gone. The client felt as good as ‘ten horses’ (in her own words) and went happily home after we had a long talk.

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