September 2008
Reiki Stories

Emotional Healing
One of the most fascinating experiences I have had while providing a Reiki treatment occurred when my client began to release intense emotions which had been withheld for many years. In her personal life, my client was extremely unhappy in her marriage. She felt trapped into her marriage years ago, and still feels trapped because of her religious beliefs which do not include divorce as an option. During treatment, I offered a guided meditation to help my client relax, and used a therapeutic grade essential oil of Release for helping her to "let go" of pent-up feelings at the cellular level. Almost immediately, she began crying and progressed to heavy sobbing. In this state she proceeded to go deeply into her subconscious and release years of hidden resentments and frustrations. Physically, she began thrashing about, and at one point, I wondered if I could contain her form on the table! As the treatment progressed and I gently guided her with Reiki into her heart center, her upheavals and heaviness subsided. As the session ended and she sat up on the table, my client expressed deep gratitude for such a deep release, and she said she felt like she had "lost ten pounds." To both of our surprise, when she got up from the Reiki table, my client's pants were loose. Not just a bit, mind you. . . she had to change the buckle by several notches just to keep up her pants. She called me later on that evening to thank me once again and said that after she left my center, all day long she felt a tremendous freedom and lightness as she once knew as a child. What bliss! I must say that to witness such an immediate and drastic physical difference from an emotional release from Reiki was, indeed, a special experience for me as an energy practitioner. Linda Backes

Reiki and Colon Surgery
A few weeks ago a friend of mine underwent surgery for colon cancer. Right up to the point of the surgery, the doctors were going to perform a procedure that would leave her with a colostomy. The night before the surgery, she gave herself Reiki (being a 1st degree), and said prayers. On the next day, they were able to try an experimental procedure that made it possible for them to simply excise the tumorous portion of the colon. Needless to say, she is grateful for the help from her Reiki guides! Deborah Alborel

lReiki Heals Foot Pain
I had a woman come to me wanting me to prove to her that reiki really does work. She only told me she had pain in the bottom of her one foot for years and the doctor said the only way to fix it would be to operate on her foot which terrified her. I worked on her starting out doing a full treatment until I got to her ankle. I felt I needed to stay there for the rest of the treatment and never touched the bottom of her foot were she said the pain was. When the treatment was done she mentioned this fact but I told her the treatment was over and that I felt that the pain was from her ankle. That’s when she told me that she broke her ankle while walking home from school in the winter when she was eight yrs old; she was now in her thirties. That was the last treatment she had as it has been 8 yrs and as of today she has never had pain in that foot, she is totally amazed and tells everyone how Reiki helped her. Merna

I'm walking again thanks to Reiki
On July 27th, I seriously sprained an ankle and even managed to chip a bone in it. Some kind, unknown person drove me to the hospital as I was passing in and out of consciousness because of the pain. By the time we arrived at the hospital, the ankle had swollen to the size of a large softball and the bruising had begun. While waiting to be seen by a doctor, I did Reiki on the ankle. I was in the waiting room for more than an hour. After reviewing the x-rays the doctor told me that I had torn all five ligaments damaged the cartilage and chipped a bone. She told me that I would be on crutches for a minimum of two weeks or longer and then would require a cane for a month or so after that. I continued to do Reiki on the ankle two to three times a day and was walking on the foot within two days of the injury. By then the swelling had completely subsided, and the bruising, which was extensive, lasted only a week. I never did need the crutches or the cane, and now only a month later, am not experiencing any pain in the ankle. It's almost as if it never happened. Penny Lighthall

Ankle Healed
Some years back, I went with friends to participate in a vocal workshop up in LA that had us sharing a delicious, intimate space with Deva Premal & Miten. Voices were lifted; hearts were opened. The energy was most sweet. We had an "intermission", during which I noticed that a lady next to me had a cane and a heavily-bandaged ankle. I started to direct Reiki and, remembering my manners, stopped and asked if I could offer her a few minutes. She had never been in contact with anyone who was a practitioner, but showed interest and allowed me to work on her. After the workshop was done, I warmly embraced those dear troubadours and prepared to leave with my friends, when I saw the lady approaching me - the cane under her arm and walking with ease. She thanked me with all her heart, as the sprain in her ankle had stopped being a bother. Hari Om. Tim Shullberg

Headache and Neck Pain
I have been channeling energy for almost two years before I received my Reiki attunement a few weeks ago. I had some amazing things happen while working with the energy the first few times out. I was working on a friend, who had some pretty bad headaches, and I had placed one hand behind her occipitals, then the other one on her forehead or third eye, after about 5 minutes or so her head started moving along with my hands. I was caught off guard with this wonder but I continued to channel the energy that was flowing. She was just amazed at the change in her headache, and so was I. The second incident I was working on my father who stated he had a pinched nerve in his neck. I started massaging his neck and doing some ROM, then I was prompted to put my finger along each side of his neck, and then from there my Reiki guides and the Divine came in to channel the energy. My hands and his neck started moving in different directions, then after about 10 minutes he was like oh, oh.... What happened, he had felt a couple of pops in his neck and felt relief. Jen

Reiki Healed Poisoned Birds
This is one of my very early experiences with Reiki. It happened before I became a Master Teacher in 2001. I initially learnt Reiki to heal my old ex-racehorse (with great success). Where I kept my horses there was a huge barn next to the stables. The barn was leased to a man who built boats in it. Due to the sparrows and other birds flying in and pooping on the boats, this man laid out poison to kill the birds. One day visiting the horses I almost tripped over a tiny sparrow sitting there on the ground. It was not happy. It was lifting its wing and using its beak with some agitation under the wing area. Well I started beaming Reiki from a few feet away, and within 25 minutes the sparrow became more and more settled, started to hop around more and more, then finally it flew away! I was amazed. I had been mentally asking "does this Reiki REALLY work?” I felt this was a definite YES answer! Now this happened many many more times with the poisoned birds, they almost "lay in wait for me" or so it felt like. Sometimes they were unable to stand properly and would roll right over, and each would slowly recover, first by being able to stand, and then hop a little, then more and more, then getting to the point of flying away! (It never took longer than 25 minutes, sometimes less). I knew Reiki purified foods of chemical sprays, additives and the like - I often treat one plate of food with Reiki and leave a second plate of the same food untreated - the taste differences between the two are amazing. I presumed a similar thing was happening with the poison in the birds. P.S. I had always been very very scared of birds flying around due to an incident in my grandparents’ hen house as a child. (Even though I loved birds I could not bear them flying around me). Since the poisoned birds, I have got braver and braver, now I keep pet hens and a pet rooster, plus rescue fledgling birds who have fallen from their nests and hand feed them until they are old enough to fly away. This is a great blessing for me too. Paulette Carson

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