…short treatments are just as marvelous

Sometimes I observe people at work or in coffee shops, and they unknowingly display actions with hidden notes of stress.  They don’t tell me they’re stressed; but I can hear them breathe long and deep or the direction they walk is swift and uninterrupted.  These actions don’t always signify stress, but for a friend of mine they did.

I mentioned to my friend that she looked busy; and she responded by listing off the things that needed to get done.  She then divulged to me that sometimes she suffered anxiety attacks when things got that overwhelming.  As soon as my friend mentioned this to me, I realized that I had to offer a Reiki treatment.

I’ve treated my friend before, so I didn’t spend time introducing Reiki as a form of stress relief.  But I did have to guide her with this decision.  She was already overwhelmed, so I knew it would be difficult for her to agree to adding another commitment to her full day.  So, my approach was to let my friend have control of the length of treatment.  I informed her that the Reiki treatment could be any amount of time.  Further, I encouraged the idea that she owed herself some personal down time.  My friend took me up on my offer for 20 minutes.

At the beginning of the treatment, I promised to watch the clock for the length she agreed to.  This way, I decreased any additional anxiety that would come from worrying the treatment would run over.  By doing so, my friend devoted this time to herself by just relaxing.

And for me, 20 minutes gave me a limited amount of Reiki hand positions to choose from.  I decided to first focus on the feet to ground and balance.  Secondly, I focused on the head to slow the spinning wheel.  Lastly, I placed one hand on the solar plexus and one hand on the heart for control and love.  And as promised, I closed up the session after 20 minutes passed.

Although the treatment was brief, my friend gave me immeasurable feedback that validated the healing of her Reiki treatment.  Those short Reiki treatments are just as marvelous as hour-long treatments!

Since you interact with so many people each day, give yourself time to interact with yourself.  You deserve some self-time to breathe, to quiet, to calm down.  ~Christine

…I master anatomy and physiology

I highly recommend learning about anatomy and physiology.  Learning about receiver’s problem areas and symptoms will help you provide a better treatment to the receiver in hopes of a faster recovery.

Before I begin Reiki treatments, I ask if there are specific areas that physically ache or are giving the receiver pain.  When they tell you physical areas or organs, such as lower back, deciding your locations is easy.  However, the receiver may tell you symptoms or an event that they are struggling with such as; troubles sleeping or trying to quit drinking.

Urinary System Organs

Taking the above examples, if a receiver mentioned troubles sleeping, I would work on their head region because the pineal gland and hypothalamus located in the brain are major organs connected with sleep.  Those would be two locations where my time would be dedicated to.  The locations for quitting drinking; I would dedicate my time to treat the liver, kidneys, and other organs of the urinary system because they are the main organs connected with water balance and clearing toxins from your body.

Please research more about the human body and common diseases that affect normal health.  It will benefit yourself and those that you treat.

~Christine

…I relieved MS pain

I have been treating others with Reiki for over three years, and I recently had the blessed opportunity to treat a woman with Multiple Sclerosis (MS.)   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001747/

For those who do not fully understand what MS is; it is a disease of the nervous system.  The myelin sheath is damaged, and the conduction of messages from the brain to the organs in your body are effected.  Here’s an example, think of an electrical extension cord.  You know the plastic that covers the actual wiring?….well, the plastic covering is the myelin sheath and the actual wires are exposed.  If the wires are exposed, then misfirings can occur, and the message that is sent may or may not get to the destination.

The MS treatment was split between myself and one other practitioner.  At the beginning of this treatment, I began at the feet to ground the receiver.  However after less than one minute, I could feel and see the receiver begin to breath deeply, but hesitatingly doing so.  I could see the reciever’s face cringe up because either the individual was holding back emotions and didn’t want to let it go in front of strangers or because it was too painful.  Either way, the receiver let it go.

At this very moment, I knew that I needed to move closer to the receiver’s solar plexus, because this is where control issues reside.  I wanted to help the receiver feel comfortable during the Reiki treatment.  I moved from the feet to the solar plexus and got a message that I needed to use my Power symbol (received as a Second degree practitioner.)  So, I quickly drew a symbol over the receiver’s body.  All of a sudden, I felt an enormous feeling of energy.  This was so intense that I actually teared up- it was so powerfully emotional.

I had never felt energy as emotional or intense as I did that day.  I am so grateful that I was able to provide healing and stress relief to a person suffering from such an ailing disease.

Thank you……

~Christine

…I relieved pinched nerves

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Last weekend I had the opportunity to treat someone who had several physical symptoms of discomfort; insomnia, liver problems, and pinched nerves.  For those who are practitioners, before you begin a session with a client be sure to ask if there are particular locations of pain or discomfort.  Although Reiki provides energy to various auric levels, many people (especially those who are new to Reiki) focus on the physical level because that is the level in which we feel discomfort.

With this client, I began to ground at the feet.  After about five minutes, I moved to the area the client mentioned had discomfort- the liver.  Placing my hands on the client, I could feel my hands tingle.  To me, this meant that energy was not balanced in the liver.  This is understandable because the liver is connected to sleep problems when you consider traditional chinese medicine.

I stayed in this position for the rest of the session, except for the last minute of the treatment where I moved back to the feet to ground the client again.

Afterward, the client forgot to mention that there were also pinched nerve problems.  When the client realized this and re-assessed the nerve pain, the pain was not there anymore.  Thank you, Reiki.  And by the way, I’m sure there was a full night sleep, too.

~Christine

…I too experience stress

My work week was only four days long, but that meant that there was more work to do with less days to do it in.   Moreover, a project that was recently discovered and took somewhat high priority needed to be finished.  This meant that I came in early, worked more hours, and without lunch.  I did this not because my employer made me, but because that is the type of worker I am.  I am Vata dosha ( http://www.chopra.com/ayurveda), which means that I like to be busy and work on projects for hours on end without stopping.  And although this type of work is great because it is prompt with quality and perfection, it means that I become imbalanced because I skip lunches, drink too much coffee, do not drink enough water, and do not take breaks.  I am aware of this imbalance all the while I work, so I don’t hit the extreme—although to some, this is their extreme.

The stress that my body experienced I did to myself, but fortunately I am a Reiki Master.  I came home Friday night knowing that I wanted to relax- watch a movie, dress in comfy clothes; but first…..give myself Reiki.

Temporal lobes position - Image from smithcenter.org

Occipital lobe position - Image from smithcenter.org

For quick treatments, I focus on three main hand positions; head, heart, and solar plexus.  For this quick session, my head was going round and round with work, so 3/4 of the time was focused on several positions on my head.  Both my left and right hands were placed in position 1, above my eyes, but after a few minutes the busyness did not lessen.

So I moved my hands to position 2, above my temporal lobes (temples).  (See pictures for placement.)  At this position, I felt so much pressure release from my head, and it felt like my body was sinking into the couch I was lying on.

After the pressure became less, I moved my hands to cover my ears; then lastly, position 3, over my occipital lobe (base of the skull.)  (See pictures for placement.)

I didn’t have enough time to give myself a full treatment, but even 20 minutes of Reiki left me feeling floaty and light.  I felt more relaxed than a movie, glass of wine, or massage would have given me.  Look into finding a way to give yourself Reiki.  ~Thank you, Reiki, Sally & Mikao Usui