The Perfect Couple: Reiki and Cancer Patients

The Perfect Couple: Reiki and Cancer Patients By Allison Brooks When undergoing cancer treatment it can be beneficial to consider complementary therapies which can help ease some of the symptoms felt when undergoing treatment. So often in Western medicine the main focus is so strongly on the body itself that all spiritual and emotional aspects of the body and mind are left to the wayside. Utilizing a therapy like Reiki alongside modern western medicine has shown to do wonders in improving the quality of life for cancer patients. Many patients use Reiki to unblock and free up the energy paths in the body. By relieving any energy blockages, the body’s natural healing processes are accelerated. This released energy also soothes cancer patients during troubling times. Stimulated senses help relieve pain, reduce and stress, and improve well-being. With a positive energy-renewal, the body can fight cancer with full force. There is no lack of or negative energy to thwart any healing process. The non invasive nature of Reiki is also welcome change among cancer patients. After days upon days of poking and prodding, a friendly Reiki session is relaxing. After a Reiki session, patients claim to have experienced fewer side effects from cancer treatments and feel more alive and awakened. A sense of control can also be gained by patients when a Reiki practitioner teaches them how to self-treat. This allows a person to gain a sense of power and self-confidence when he/she may think their life is out of their hands. With all these great benefits, why would someone not want to compliment their cancer treatments with Reiki? While there are not many solid scientific studies done on the benefits of Reiki, there are numerous accounts of cancer patients who have greatly benefitted from this practice. Cancer patients of all sorts practice Reiki to better survivability. It has been noticed that patients with cancers with poor life expectancies like pancreatic cancer, or mesothelioma, adopt Reiki or another complimentary therapy early on in treatment. Many doctors agree that Reiki and other alternative therapies are wonderful tools, on the road to recovery. Why not open up and release what’s naturally there to help you? Become one with your body, mind, and spirit.

BRAIN AND MEDITATION

BRAIN AND MEDITATION So if you want to develop bigger muscles and stronger bones, you pump iron. But what do you do to build a bigger brain? Meditate. Research has confirmed the beneficial aspects of meditation. In addition to having better focus and control over their emotions, many people who meditate regularly have reduced levels of stress and bolstered immune systems. These are about meditation changing the actual structure of the brain. In an article in the Jan. 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Â researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.

Four Principles of Spirituality

Four Principles of Spirituality The First Principle states: "Whomsoever you encounter is the right one" This means that no one comes into our life by chance. Everyone who is around us, anyone with whom we interact, represents something, whether to teach us something or to help us improve a current situation. The Second Principle states: "Whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened" Nothing, absolutely nothing of that which we experienced could have been any other way. Not even in the least important detail. There is no "If only I had done that differently…, then it would have been different…". No. What happened is the only thing that could have taken place and must have taken place for us to learn our lesson in order to move forward. Every single situation in life which we encounter is absolutely perfect, even when it defies our understanding and our ego. The Third Principle states: "Each moment in which something begins is the right moment" Everything begins at exactly the right moment, neither earlier nor later. When we are ready for it, for that something new in our life, it is there, ready to begin. The Fourth Principle states: "What is over, is over" It is that simple. When something in our life ends, it helps our evolution. That is why, enriched by the recent experience, it is better to let go and move on. Think it is no coincidence that you're here reading this. If these words strike a chord, it's because you meet the requirements and understand that not one single snowflake falls accidentally in the wrong place! Be good to yourself. Love with your whole being. Always be happy. Lastly – Live Life as It comes. Accept all that happens in Your Life every moment of your Existence. This is True Spirituality.

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

Integrative medicine is a healing-oriented medicine that focuses on the whole person (mind, body, emotions and spirit) including all lifestyle aspects.

Our focus is on restoring balance to support the body’s natural healing processes and immune system for whole – person health and healing.

Some of the therapies that are applied are:

• Mindfulness, breathing and relaxation including awareness enhancement
• Bio-energy (Reiki, Therapeutic Healing Touch, Quantum Touch)
• Mind / Body medicine – counseling and self inner awareness, skills development
• Guided imagery, Neuro Linguistic programming, Auto-suggestion and mind development
• Body-work – acupressure, cranio-sacral therapy, neuro-muscular therapy, lymphatic drainage, myofasia release
• Sound therapy including music and Hemisync / Holosync
• Training for self health management

Integrative Medicine Therapies Support

• Comfort
• Relaxation
• Sense of well being
• Clarity of thought
• Improved restful states
• Improved Circulation
• Increased rate of healing
• Natural Healing processes only
• Reduction in perceived stress
• Clarity, better focus and concentration

Integrative medicine is suitable for:

• Physical, Mental and Emotional disorders
• Psychosomatic Disorders
• Psychoneuroimmune disorders
• Acute and Chronic ailments

Shifted to New Apartment

Dear Friends and Clients,
This is just to inform you that I have relocated to a new apartment in Kolkata and shall be resuming my practice from the 1st week of June 2011.
You may call or email me for appointment.

What I Practice as a Healer

THERAPIES I APPLY FOR MIND / BODY DISORDERS

It is a known fact that allopathic medicine is not providing cures for a significant percentage of patients. The Doctors get tired of prescribing medicines which would treat the patient’s symptoms, but would not cure the underlying problems.

This causes many to challenge the most basic principles underpinning allopathic medicine. The body needs medicines or surgery to heal itself. Practitioners have come to find working within the confines of this principle terribly frustrating, principally because is does not place the emphasis – and more importantly, the responsibility for healing on the patient. After all, doctors don’t really heal people. People heal themselves. As a physician, a doctor may diagnose a bacterial infection and prescribe an antibiotic to combat it, but that is only to give the patient’s immune system a “fighting chance” to swing into action and do the real work of healing.

Many types of energy work and therapies that had been applied from centuries have surfaced such as Reiki, Pranic Healing, Quantum Touch, and Acupuncture; along with Homeopathy, Chinese Traditional Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Herbal Medicines etc. to name a few, as there have found to be more that a hundred and seventy streams of Alternative Medicine that have and are being practiced the world over. Many such therapies have proven to “fill the gaps”. Here is a system that addressed the source of ailments, offered a well reasoned complement to the medical practice of innumerable practitioners, and most importantly demonstrated how they could clearly assist the body to heal itself.

Psycho-spiritual Counselling & Mind/Body Health Management a holistic process which is developed for individuals on case to case basis according to their needs, these may include:

1. Energy-work: Reiki, Quantum Touch, Pranic Healing, Crystals and Acupressure / Reflexology.
2. Body-work: Cranio-sacral therapy, Neuro-muscular therapy, Magnet Therapy, Lymphatic & Cellulite drainage, Post traumatic vitality & body toning etc.
3. Lifestyle guidance: Food & Nutrition, Physical fitness procedures including Yoga, Meditation and Nature Cure procedures.
4. Emotional Freedom: Auto-suggestion through NLP – neuro linguistic programming, EFT – Emotional Freedom Therapy, Counselling and deep relaxation therapy.
5. Medicines: as prescribed by respective doctors / physicians are advised be continued and post recovery clients are required to consult them for change / addition / modification of medications. Under no circumstances they should be stopped or discontinued without their consent.

Due to the complexity and multiple disorders / diseases of individuals, several therapies are chosen for each and every case and applied for recovery from various disorders. Some of the disorders are mentioned hereunder:

a) Related to the Mind / Emotions & Thought Process:

Anxiety & Panic, Anger, Fear & Phobia, Depression, Hatred & Fanatic behaviour, Jealousy, Guilt and past / present life relationship issues, Addiction and defiance including obesity – compulsive eating disorders. Schizophrenia; Psychotic / Neurotic behaviour; Insomnia; Social Anxiety Disorder, Sexual preference issues; etc.

b) Related to Physical Ailments / Diseases:

Psychosomatic & Psychoneuroimmune disorders, and all types of diseases / disorders – acute and chronic, including critical conditions like Coma, Cardiac problems, Parkinsonism, Multiple sclerosis, Paralysis, Spinal disorders, Obesity, Pain management, Sports injuries, Migraine, and also incurable or undiagnosable disorders etc.

Finding & Choosing the right Reiki Master

FINDING AND CHOOSING THE RIGHT REIKI MASTER

Most Reiki masters advertise in daily newspapers or magazines and also post notices at social organization office notice boards. Or you may check it out from some other Reiki channel. Once you have made contact with a Reiki teacher you are interested in receiving training or a treatment from, it is normal that you ask him some important questions. Some indicative questions may cover the following:
a)    How long have you been working with Reiki?
b)    What training have you had?
c)    How many training sessions do you conduct every month?
d)    How do you personally use Reiki?
e)    What is your lineage? Who is your Guru?
f)    What qualifications are required to take Reiki Training?
g)    What do you teach in your classes?
h)    How many hours of class time is included?
i)    How much time is instructional, and how much is hands on practice?
j)    In case  I would like to repeat the session will I be permitted?
k)    What are the specific things I will be able to do after taking the training?
l)    What are your fees, and will I get a certificate and a manual?
m)    Can I take notes and tape record the class?
n)    How many symbols will I learn? (In case of training for 2nd level)
o)    Is there a Reiki support group in my area or can you help me establish one?
p)    Will you openly support me in being a successful Reiki practitioner or Master?
q)    Do you have a positive respectful attitude toward other Reiki practitioners and Masters regardless of lineage or affiliation?

Be aware of how you feel about their answers and if they are responding in a loving manner that is supportive and empowering. Listen to your heart and you will be guided to the right teacher or practitioner.

Reiki's Role in Natural Healing

REIKI’s role in NATURAL HEALING

The philosophical roots of Natural Healing dates back to thousands of years. Drawing from the healing wisdom of many cultures including Indian (Ayurveda), Chinese (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Native American, and Greek (Hippocratic), natural medicine is a medical system based on six time-based principles:

a)    The Healing power of nature: The body has considerable power to heal itself, and the role of the healer is to facilitate this natural process with the aid of natural, nontoxic therapies.

b)    Treat the cause rather the effect: Natural healers and physicians seek the underlying cause of disease rather than simply suppressing the symptoms. They avoid the natural healing wisdom of the body, such as fever and inflammation. Symptoms are viewed as expressions of the body’s natural attempt to heal while the causes can spring from the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.

c)    Cause no harm: By employing safe and effective natural therapies, natural healers are committed to the principle of causing no harm to the patient.

d)    Treat the whole person: The individual is viewed as a whole, composed of complex interaction of physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual, social, environmental and other factors. This approach results in a therapeutic approach in which no disease is automatically seen as incurable.

e)    The physician is the teacher: Natural and spiritual healers are first and foremost teachers who educate, empower and motivate the patient to assume more personal responsibility for his or her health by adopting a healthy attitude, lifestyle and diet.

f)    Prevention is the best cure: Natural healing physicians are preventive medicine specialists. Prevention of disease is accomplished through education and a lifestyle that supports health.

In the natural system of medicine, disease is seen as a manifestation of the natural causes by which the body heals itself. For example, fever and inflammation are viewed as the body’s way of dealing with an imbalance that is undermining the healthy functioning of the body. However, if the cause of the imbalance is not removed, the inflammatory responses will continue, either at a lower level of intensity or intermittently. This can be the origin of chronic disease. Healing a chronic disease required removal of the underlying cause. This usually culminates in a return of an acute episode, called healing crises or reaction, a keynote of natural medical theory. Following this the condition improves.

The natural healer/physician emphasizes therapeutic choice based on individual interest and experience and maintains a consistent philosophy. All have been trained in the basic tools of natural therapeutics, and most work with diet and nutrition while specializing in one or more other therapeutic methods.

Natural medicine can be applied in any health care situation, but its strongest area is in the treatment of chronic and degenerative disease. For severe, acute traumas such as serious automobile accident, emergencies in childbirth, or orthopedic problems requiring corrective surgery, this is not recommended, although it can contribute to such cases, especially in recovery process.

In other acute cases, such as ear infections and common illnesses with fever, these are assessed and the underlying causes such as diet, life stresses and occupational hazards are considered before prescribing a few means to deal with the problem.

On the other hand in chronic cases, the procedure is different. A thorough case history has to be taken an all the symptoms and complaints with his lifestyle is to be considered for final evaluation and if necessary laboratory tests may be done to determine the central problem. As an example, many symptoms can be tied to the effects of toxemia on the different systems of the body such as the immune system, nervous system or circulatory system. While others diseases or illnesses may be due to emotional factors, such as chronic urinary infection when there is history of sexual abuse.

What ever the diagnoses may be, it is handled in the most appropriate natural way with the aim of bringing relief and cure to the effected patient.

The Principles of Reiki Practice

The 5 Principles of Reiki Practice:

Just for today, I will not get angry
Just for today I will not worry
Just for today I be filled with gratitude
Just for today I shall do my work with honesty
Just for today I will be kind to all living beings

Every morning and evening, join your hands in prayer.
Pray these words to your heart and chant these words with your mouth

THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS

I. THE LAW OF PURE POTENTIALITY
The source of all creation is pure consciousness...pure potentiality seeking expression from the un-manifest to the manifest. And when we realize that our true self is one of pure potentiality, we align with the power that manifests everything in the universe.

II. THE LAW OF GIVING
The universe operates through dynamic exchange...giving and receiving are aspects of the flow of energy in the universe. And in our willingness to give that which we seek, we keep the abundance of the universe circulating in our lives.

III. THE LAW OF "KARMA" OR CAUSE AND EFFECT
Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind...what we sow is what we reap. And when we choose actions that bring happiness and success to others, the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.

IV. THE LAW OF LEAST EFFORT
Nature's intelligence functions with effortless ease...with “carefreeness”, harmony, and love.
And when we harness the forces of harmony, joy, and love, we create success and good fortune with effortless ease.

V. THE LAW OF INTENTION AND DESIRE
Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fulfillment...intention and desire in the field of pure potentiality having infinite organizing power. And when we introduce an intention in the fertile ground of pure potentiality, we put this infinite organizing power to work for us.

VI. THE LAW OF DETACHMENT
In detachment lays the wisdom of uncertainty...in the wisdom of uncertainty lies freedom from our past, from the unknown, which is the prison of past conditioning. And in our willingness to step into the unknown, the field of all possibilities, we surrender ourselves to the creative mind that orchestrates the dance of the universe.

VII. THE LAW OF "DHARMA" OR PURPOSE IN LIFE
Everyone has a purpose in life...a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.


SEVEN DIFFERENT GOD RESPONSES

RESPONDING TO LIFE'S CHALLENGES – The key to long-term fulfillment is how you respond to life’s many challenges. Expand your repertoire of responses and you will discover that by shifting your God response, you can influence the outcome of any situation or circumstance in life. Each one reflects a distinct mode of functioning of the human nervous system, the supreme product of millions of years of biological evolution.

I. FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT
This response enables us to survive in the face of danger. It is linked to a God who wants to protect us, like a parent who looks out for the safety of a small child. We turn to this God when we perceive that our health or well being is in jeopardy.

II. REACTIVE
Beyond mere survival, we instinctively strive to exercise our power in the world: to compete, to achieve and to put our stamp on things. This is the God we invoke to champion the 'I', the 'me', and the 'mine', anticipating Divine assistance in fulfilling our personal needs, wants and desires.

III. RESTFUL AWARENESS
Rest and activity alternate in every part of the brain. This is the God of peace, who enables us to find a calm center in the midst of outward chaos. We turn to this God when we feel the outer word is swallowing us up in its endless turmoil.

IV. INTUITIVE
The God of the intuitive response supports our inner knowingness. When we respond intuitively we respond from the inside out. This is the God of understanding, acceptance and forgiveness. This response provides us insight into the deeper significance of life events.

V. CREATIVE
The human brain has the remarkable ability to invent new things and discover new facts. This creative ability appears to come from nowhere--the unknown simply gives rise to a new thought. We call this inspiration and its mirror is a Creator who made the whole world from nothingness. We turn to the God of the creative response when we are seeking innovative solutions to life's challenges.

VI. VISIONARY
The God of the visionary response is the God of light. The human nervous system is capable of accessing this response, which brings transformation, clarity, wonder, magic and healing. This is the God of miracles who reveals the higher states of consciousness available to human beings.

VII. SACRED
The human nervous system is born from a single fertilized cell that has no brain functions in it, only a speck of life. Despite the vast complexity of the nervous system that derived from this primordial cell, the brain senses its origins and essence as that speck of pure life energy. To match it, there is a God of pure being, one who doesn't think but just is. When we elicit the sacred God response, we see all of life as the cosmic play of forces, directed by a transcendent Divine Intelligence.

THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF REIKI

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