Accepting Fear During Times of Transition - We all experience fear during times of transition and change. And, lately, it's been nothing but constant change and transition, am I right? Did you know Reiki can help release the "mental habit" of fear? Book your session here. The Flying Trapeze Excerpted from "Warriors of the Heart" by Read more
The Department of Veterans Affairs uses it in their Hepatitis C treatment program. Fort Bliss’ Warrior Resilience program — the same one Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey believesshould be replicated throughout the military — uses it as one tool to help soldiers strengthen and recover following combat. Military OneSource’s Health Library says itRead More
by Tadao Yamaguchi – President, Jikiden Reiki Institute, Kyoto Japan “My mother, Chiyoko Yamaguchi, first learned Reiki in 1938 from Chujiro Hayashi sensei. She spent the whole of her life treating others and perfecting the art of using Reiki in the simplest and most effective way, as Chujiro HayashiRead More
Thank you for visiting this post – it’s one of my favorites. This was written by my friend, Luci Castillo Carpenter, Jikiden Reiki Shihan of Lightworks Reiki in Moriah, NY. I have learned so much from Luci and am thrilled that she has allowed me to share this beautifully writtenRead More
CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Sandra Delgado wasn’t held much as a child growing up in a stern, Catholic, Mexican-immigrant home in the San Fernando Valley. A high-stress job and spiking blood pressure led her to discover the healing power of human touch a year ago when she walked into her firstRead More
AS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS work to transition from fee-for-service to value-based care, some are finding that keeping people healthy may be more cost effective that simply treating symptoms. The key, according to a panel of experts at the U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow conference, is integrative health. In a discussion Friday in Washington, D.C., moderatedRead More
On August 11, 2013 Reiki and Healing Touch Practitioners joined together at Soldier Field in Chicago to bring healing services to veterans and their families. This event was part of the annual Welcome Home / Valor Games for veterans. We offered over 125 sessions throughout the afternoon. The following pictures tell theRead More
Reiki Helps Homeless Veterans is a short video in which Heather McCutcheon movingly captures veterans responding to their first Reiki sessions. They describe feeling “tranquil”, “at peace”, and “more relaxed”. One veteran said that Reiki was “phenomenal”. This video was taken at the Stand Down that was held in Chicago in June,Read More
Members of the armed forces who have been deployed overseas, most recently in Iraq and Afghanistan, may come home wounded both physically and mentally. They can have serious bodily injuries as well as post-traumatic stress disorder. Symptoms of PTSD can include insomnia, nightmares, hyperarousal, irritability, poor concentration, depression, and isolation. TheRead More
Autonomic dysfunction, as measured by heart rate variability (HRV), predicts outcome after myocardial infarction. Medications that enhance parasympathetic tone, such as beta-adrenergic blockers, improve outcomes. Although the detrimental effects of emotional stress on both autonomic function and cardiovascular disease are well recognized, the beneficial effects of complementary modalities aimed atRead More
