Anyone practice Reiki?

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Permalink Reply by Michelle "Reiki" Chick on April 22, 2008 at 1:00am

Jodi,

Reiki is the best thing I have experienced by far. As for the emotional blocks I know what you mean. I am in the same place. I have hit a wall. I have started hypnotherapy. This is a good way to get to your sub-conscious and deal with the emotions or events that have happened that you have never dealt with. We tend to forgot about things on a conscious level but our sub-conscious always remembers. I've had days where the faucet was turned on and just kept crying. It was the best release............... I highly recommend it.

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Permalink Reply by ginger neko on April 22, 2008 at 1:35am

Jodi, you might try adding cranio-sacral release between Reiki sessions. As with Reiki, you might not feel anything "happening" during a cranio-sacral release, but something does happen that lets things go from within your head. Literally. It's a great complement to Reiki healing.

You might also try a different Reiki healer. I've found that there's a lot of difference in the energy of various healers (I used to belong to a group of Reiki healers who had monthly group healing sessions where we practiced on each other). Some Reiki masters are veritible forces of nature and their energy is phenomenal. Another thing you might look into is a healing with two practitioners working on you at once. The energy moves through you with much more power; sometimes it's like having lightning move through your body.

Ginger

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Permalink Reply by Jodi on April 22, 2008 at 9:37pm

As crazy as it sounds, I'm waiting for that faucet to turn on! I think it would help immensely! I noticed the last week, I've had crazy, real dreams as well where I'm actually working through situations in my sleep, like confronting people or telling people how sad my losses have been so I know my brain and body and heart are definitely working through things for sure. Every day is different and my coping skills are different daily. It's a cool thing though. Probably the best thing I've done for myself. It helps to know others are feeling the same things!

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Permalink Reply by Jerome on April 22, 2008 at 1:57am

I think you're on the right track all right. I've been a therapist most of my life and believe that it is possible to talk ourselves to death. Reiki energy cuts through the BS and helps release things that we don't understand. You mentioned that emotionally you're still afraid of releasing but don't want to fight it. Might you simply be fighting the release of your fear? Releasing always feels good. It always is good. Go for it!

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Permalink Reply by Jodi on April 22, 2008 at 9:39pm

I am sure I'm fighting the release of my fear. I think I've been doing that my whole life!
I learned very young to protect my feelings and build up walls (which worked for a while but it's time to dissolved them now) so, every instinct in my body (learned instinct) is to fight the change. I am getting there for sure. It's just going to take a while to adjust to the feelings that come with it. I feel a bit adrift when things are coming at me all at once, you know?

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer on April 22, 2008 at 2:01am

Those walls are totally normal. It could be that you are at the threshold and are re-experiencing the trauma and all that went with it. It could be that whatever it is isn't ready to be released and is letting you know it's not happy. It could also be that you need to build up some ego strength around it to be able to effectively handle ridding yourself of it so that you don't just fall apart. (not using ego in the sense that Eckhart Tolle uses it but in psychological terms) Your psyche might be just trying to regulate a bit. It's not always best to push through. Sometimes gentleness is necessary, too. and I'm not advocating for one or the other. Only you can tell what you need. I've come face to face with some pretty dark stuff and then had to step back for a long time before I could really make it through. There was other work that needed to be done in the meantime in areas that I could better handle. At other times I came right to it, felt it all and came out the other side.

There is so much more than talk therapy as you already know. I'm trained as a therapist though I stay home with my little one now, but if/when i do go back to seeing clients, it won't be just doing talk therapy. It can only get you so far and once you get there, it gets pretty boring. However, it can be really helpful to talk to someone who gets this stuff because they can help you move through it. Reiki is amazing. I love it and just last night I was telling myself that I wanted to learn Reiki so I could use it with my son. He has a hard time managing his energy. There are other things you can do if you want to continue down this road and need something other than Reiki. Rosen method works with body as well but instead of moving the energy, it focuses on an area to gain insight. It's hard to describe. When I had it done, she put her hands on an area of my back, extremely gentle, and I burst out into tears. It just cut through. When I did reiki, I went back to an experience but the energy was moving around. EMDR is awesome, too. As well as shamanic work, which is probably my favorite. There's a lot of great stuff out there and they all have their place.

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Permalink Reply by Jodi on April 22, 2008 at 9:45pm

I think you're totally right about the threshold! That's EXACTLY how I feel lately...i keep saying i'm 'on the cusp'. Sometimes it feels good, almost exciting, other times (like yesterday) it's uncomfortable and I don't know whether to cry or laugh. It's good though. I'm enjoying the feeling my feelings phase of life. It's just moderately overwhelming at times!

Today I've really taken your 'being gentle' with myself advice to heart and it's done me a lot of good. I think it's really important to remember why all of us (sick or not) are trying to heal our lives, to really start to LIVE our lives the best way possible for as long as possible and it's easy to forget when you're going through the steps of healing with diet and reiki and even manifestation that the point is to love ourselves and care for ourselves and be gentle with ourselves. That's the whole point! I needed that reminder to let myself off the hook. it's not about perfection, it's about healing. That's my goal and it might take a long time to heal wounds that have been covered up since I was a little girl, you know? So, thank you for those kind words!

I also think that working with Reiki and children is such a cool idea! We are certainly moving toward new ways of living and parenting in this world and kids in this toxic, high stimulus world nowadays really could use just as much healing as the adults. What a cool way to calm and center people! I love it!

I will talk to my healer friend/reiki teacher on Monday when I see her about other practices as well. That might help facilitate some of these feelings I'm having too.

Oh, what is EMDR? I haven't heard of that??

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Permalink Reply by Caroline on April 22, 2008 at 7:14am

Back when I was first diagnosed last summer, I was soooo stressed. Someone recommended Reiki and I went a few times and actually could relax afterwards. I did stop going because of scheduling conflicts and I really didn't like the practitioner (she kept turning every session into a discussion of why I should volunteer to help the organization she worked for). Anyway, it is definitely something I want to do again. I just need to find a practitioner (I did find another who turned out to be the sister of the one I didn't like) and there is the silly matter of finances that keeps getting in the way.

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Permalink Reply by ginger neko on April 22, 2008 at 9:37pm

Caroline, look for a Reiki healer who doesn't talk during sessions. The session should be about you, not the practitioner's agenda.

In some communities there are Reiki healers who do healings for people with canser for free, usually as a group session. A bunch of Reiki healers will get together someplace at a certain time and treat canser patients who show up. Usually this type of healing session is advertised with flyers posted on community bulletin boards or as a public service ad in "free" papers that are found near universities and similar neighborhoods. Or you can call around to Reiki healers or the canser center in your area and see if anyone knows of such a service.

Ginger

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Permalink Reply by Jodi on April 22, 2008 at 9:50pm

Hi Caroline,

I would vouch for the fact that I think it can work wonders on just shifting all that energy we carry around and dumping it back out into the universe where it belongs...(i liken it to taking shackles off my legs so I can roam freer). You should research some new practictioner options. I absolutely LOVE who I see, she's become a friend as well as a healing presence. I sometimes talk her ear off for almost an hour before I get on the table. Simply having gone for depression, she's been a guiding light and honestly, it was the Reiki (in combination with Kris's documentary) that jumpstarted my entire wellness outlook and health plan. My body just felt so wonderfully connected to me again (almost like I'd forgotten it was even there all these years) and it made me realize I've been abusing it for most of my life.

Reiki is like giving you're soul a massage.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Ososki on April 23, 2008 at 6:32pm

Hi, Jodi...

I had some healing the other day at Bristol, UK. I think it was reiki and you can read about it on my weblog (http://ohsocosy.wordpres.com) under "Penny Brohn Cancer Care".

Frankly I was so impressed that I want to learn it myself and have taken steps to find out who practises locally to me. One caveat, however. Like a number of "trendy" therapies, many people in the UK are now being encouraged to learn reiki (among other therapies) using a kind of pyramid-selling method, just to quickly obtain certificates and practise. I believe you need a little natural healing skill and that's why a good reiki practitioner will perhaps tell me first of all if I have what it takes, rather than insist that anyone can do it.

All the best with this. It really works.

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