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May 06, 2011, 09:27 PM
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So this might be the wrong place to ask this, I'm not sure.
So a few sessions ago(and a few times since then), T suggested Reiki to overcome alot of past stuff. She knows I have an EXTREMELY hard time talking, and she thinks it would be helpful since I wouldn't have to talk, but it is still healing. She says she has done it herself, and has seen 2 other clients improve with it. I'm not sure how I feel about it really. I don't even know much about it! Does anyone have any experience with it? |
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May 07, 2011, 08:20 AM
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Hi Doodle,
I started adding Reiki to my treatment some 10 years ago. It totally changed the course of my treatment drastically for the great! I now work with someone who has training as a therapist, massage therapist, and energy worker as well as a bunch of other things. It is amazing!!! There are so many things that I worked on (painfully) in therapy for years and years with no relief... with my massage T I will notice the memory but not so much that it is uncomfortable or upsetting and then it just goes away and I don't even have to talk about it. I would suggest giving it a try especially if your T knows someone that she could recommend you go to. I have level 1 "training" in Reiki if you want to ask questions. I can sometimes miss updates in threads so feel free to PM. You may also want to re-post this in the alternative healing section. You may get more replies there.
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May 07, 2011, 01:51 PM
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I had a friend who had Reiki therapy when he was dying. Each visit helped him feel more positive energy. His skin and color even looked better. Perhaps it would be worth trying if you think it might help you. If it doesn't help, then you don't need to keep doing it. Sometimes if a person thinks it will help, then it will.
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Jul 07, 2012, 11:48 PM
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i just started body work that include reiki. i am only 2 sessions in, but this gives me hope that it will help me heal.
thanks for this thread.
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Happiness cannot be found through great effort and willpower, but is already present, in open relaxation and letting go. Don't strain yourself, there is nothing to do or undo. Whatever momentarily arises in the body-mind Has no real importance at all, has little reality whatsoever. Don't believe in the reality of good and bad experiences; they are today's ephemeral weather, like rainbows in the sky. ~Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche~ 
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Jul 08, 2012, 02:50 AM
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I'm attuned to reiki 1 and 2 and can't recommend it enough.
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Jul 08, 2012, 03:19 AM
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I am trained in level one reiki and hope to do my level 2 soon! I just have a little warning for you this is based on my experience with reiki. Depending on what is wrong with you, physically or emotionally, sometimes things get worse before getting better! I suffer with depression and I hate only had three people work on me and afterwards I went into a long deep depression, it was very scary! It lasted for months at a time, all of the reiki practitioners saying this was normal but I don't want to experience this again as the thoughts and the pain that went with it were over helming! I won't let anyone do reiki on me again! I can do it to others but not on myself! I have seen very positive results on others though:-) it could be worth a try!
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Jul 08, 2012, 08:06 AM
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There haven't been that many scientific studies on Reiki but here's a good one:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20635803
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Jul 08, 2012, 08:53 AM
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thank you for the insights and link!!
at my 2nd session, i learned that resistance can exist not only in the mind, but in the body as well. I am looking forward to seeing what happens in this aspect of my journey. i believe i am more disconnected from my body/energy than i realized.
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Happiness cannot be found through great effort and willpower, but is already present, in open relaxation and letting go. Don't strain yourself, there is nothing to do or undo. Whatever momentarily arises in the body-mind Has no real importance at all, has little reality whatsoever. Don't believe in the reality of good and bad experiences; they are today's ephemeral weather, like rainbows in the sky. ~Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche~
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Jul 08, 2012, 08:42 PM
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I'm not sure how someone who massages your feet can help you from overcoming mental illness! Sounds a bit far fetched. I can see it helping you relax but thats about it.
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Jul 08, 2012, 09:59 PM
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That's reflexology, it's totally different to reiki!
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Jul 09, 2012, 06:31 AM
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Although I'm generally "Western" in my approach to health, I do think yoga has helped me better appreciate my body/mind connection. I'm very clumsy, and yoga has taught me some things to mitigate this. I also feel like a nicer person when I practice it. Oxytocin probably has something to do with it.
That said, reiki sounds a bit too "woo" to me. But if you get something out of it, that's all that matters. |
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