Reiki healing

[bindeweede]

More from my Isis booklet.

"Reiki treatments are simple and gentle healing techniques. We have beautiful safe spaces here at Isis Crystals in which treatments are caried out. Reiki healing energy can help to heal many physical injuries and symptoms as well as emotional traumas and wobbles. It has a profound effect on your physical health and well being. Reiki works to bring about a balance within the whole person. Here at Isis Crystals, treatments are in the hands or our experienced Reiki Therapists. The sessions last for about an hour and cost just £30/35."

Isn't this just as fraudulent as Psychic Surgery"?

[DrS]

Yes, I'd say so, and potentially as dangerous for people who are seriously ill. It seems to me to be like non-evasive [sic] surgery without the sleight of hand.

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

Reiki is so mainstream now it is unbelievable.

Go to any spa and you'll find it on the list of 'treatments'.

Probably the easiest 30 minutes of any 'therapist' at one of these establishments.

[Fiona]

I agree, FSOTM. The local council here runs health type promotions and a lot of this type of thing is now included - rieki and aromatherapy and stuff. It is absolutely shocking

[bindeweede]

I just can't believe people accept stuff like this.

REIKI

oReiki (pronounced Ray-key) is a Japanese word meaning Universal Life Energy, an energy which is all around us.

Natural Healing

Reiki is the name given to a system of natural healing which evolved in Japan from the experience and dedication of Dr Mikao Usui (d. 1926). Fired by a burning question, Dr Usui was inspired to develop this healing system from ancient teachings after many years of study, research and meditation. He spent the rest of his life practising and teaching Reiki. Today Reiki continues to be taught by Reiki Masters who have trained in the tradition passed down from Master to student.

There is no belief system attached to Reiki so anyone can receive or learn to give a Reiki treatment, the only prerequisite is the desire to be healed.
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A Reiki Treatment



The method of receiving a Reiki treatment from a practitioner is a very simple process. The recipient simply lies on a couch and relaxes. If they are unable to lie down the treatment can be given in a sitting position, the main thing is for the recipient to be as comfortable as possible. There is no need to remove any clothing as Reiki will pass through anything, even plaster casts. The practitioner gently places their hands non-intrusively in a sequence of positions which cover the whole body. The whole person is treated rather than specific symptoms. A full treatment usually takes 1 to 1½ hours with each position held for several minutes.

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Which conditions can Reiki help?

It is possible to heal at any level of being: physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. Acute injuries can be helped to heal very quickly but more chronic illness takes longer. In some cases such as terminal illness, there is not enough time for the progress of the disease to be reversed. However, in such cases there is usually great benefit and enhancement of the quality of life giving a sense of peace and acceptance during the time remaining.

Reiki healing can be given anywhere at any time as no special equipment is needed. The practitioner is a channel which the energy is drawn through by the need or imbalance in the recipient. Neither person has to use any effort of will or concentration during this process.

As running water smoothes the jagged edges of a rock until it is small enough to roll away, Reiki flows to the areas of need, soothing pain and supporting the body's natural ability to heal itself. Reiki restores balance in one's life.

Reiki supports all forms of treatment both orthodox and complementary.

For more information about the Usui System of Reiki, Usui Shiki Ryoho go to: Definition of Usui System


From - http://www.reikiassociation.org.uk/3.html

[Julia]

Thirty quid for an hour's work? If only I wasn't burdened with a conscience I'd consider going in for a career as a Reiki practitioner. I wonder how many hours it takes to become qualified?

[bindeweede]

Thirty quid for an hour's work? If only I wasn't burdened with a conscience I'd consider going in for a career as a Reiki practitioner. I wonder how many hours it takes to become qualified?

If only you were in St Albans. Feb 23 and 24 Reiki Level 1. 10am -5pm.
" Take your first steps along your new Reiki path. Whether it is for self healing, healing others, personal or spiritual development or just out of interest. £110".

Level 2 March 15 & 16. £150.

BUT, "Angelic Reiki" levels 1 & 2 - £252, but that includes a crystal and a certificate.

I'll PM you the phone number if you are interested.

www.angelicreiki.org

[Blue Wode]

Isn't this just as fraudulent as Psychic Surgery"?

It would seem so…

There is no evidence that clinical Reiki's effects are due to anything other than suggestion, or that they are superior to massage or any other healing ritual.

National Council Against Health Fraud
http://www.ncahf.org/articles/o-r/reiki.html

…If the healing fails, however, it is because the patient is resisting the healing energy.

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Reiki was popularized by Mikao Usui (1865-1926). After fasting and meditating for several weeks, he began hallucinating and hearing voices giving him "the keys to healing."

http://skepdic.com/reiki.html

Surprisingly, the UK Reiki Regulatory Working Group’s energies seem to be a little out of balance at the moment. Last month it formally withdrew from the Federal Working Group (FWG) set up by the Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health (PFIH) following exclusion from its September and October meetings. Apparently the Reiki group had a number of concerns about the regulatory structure being proposed by the FWG, all of which it highlighted in a letter sent the PFIH and the FWG (copying in the Queen). See the right-hand column in this link:
http://www.reikiregulation.org.uk/

One of its concerns was:

We believe the Regulator should have an overriding duty to regulate the practitioners, but not the practices or therapies themselves, e.g. such as the teaching of Reiki in its many diverse forms

Now why would that be?