| Planning a long road trip? Take my advice and put a | | | | the Reiki technique to balance the subtle energies |
| Reiki Master on speed dial. During one of my many | | | | within our bodies on a physical, emotional, mental and |
| long drives to northern California, I began to feel a | | | | spiritual level. |
| sharp pain in my upper back, not to mention, an | | | | Voo-doo hogwash, right? Well, as a frequent recipient |
| extreme level of anxiety as the traffic backed up. | | | | of the Reiki technique (on my sister's family plan), I |
| Nothing unusual after 3 hours of driving in the | | | | can attest to the fact that it does not require belief |
| holiday-packed traffic and, because I had come to | | | | in the Universal Life Energy in order to be effective. |
| terms with chronic back pain, I was simply going to | | | | Just being open to trying the Reiki technique is all |
| endure. | | | | that is required. And, as someone with chronic back |
| Then I got a call from my sister, again, not unusual - | | | | pain, I'm open to just about anything that might bring |
| but the timing was a little creepy, in a good way. | | | | me relief. |
| See, my sister is a Reiki Master and, not only is she | | | | In fact, my sister has applied Reiki to rid me of |
| fully versed in the ancient healing practice of Reiki (I | | | | headaches, indigestion, pain from ankle injuries, neck |
| explain this a little later), she seems to have this | | | | tension, and even feelings of anxiety. |
| uncanny ability to seek out and find pain where it | | | | Dial 976-Reiki? |
| exists in people who are close to her. Hence, her call. | | | | I used to believe it was psychosomatic. The distance |
| A few minutes into the call, she tells me, "I'm feeling | | | | Reiki experience, however, has me convinced. She |
| some warm energy from you, are you OK?". I | | | | has since used this technique on me several times |
| immediately swerved to the slow lane while thinking | | | | with positive results 100% of the time. She has even |
| "WTH!" Feeling as if I had been caught at something, | | | | used distance Reiki on friends of mine providing relief |
| I defensively replied, "uh, I'm not sure what you | | | | for just about any ailment. |
| mean." Then she nailed it. "It's your back, I feel | | | | Distance Reiki, also known as "absent healing" works |
| something coming from your shoulders. " Creepy!. | | | | as well as direct Reiki because, according to my |
| I tried to downplay it, but she wasn't buying it. She | | | | sister, healing energy is not bound by the laws of |
| told me to try to relax for the next twenty minutes | | | | time and space, and does not need travel time. It |
| and then she hung up. | | | | arrives at its destination immediately, directed by the |
| I continued to drive and, then noticed that the | | | | intention of the practitioner. |
| tension between my ears seemed to drain from my | | | | Voodoo hogwash? Hey, don't trash it until you try it. |
| head. Suddenly, I was not in such a hurry. Then, | | | | All one needs is to accept the possibility that it could |
| strangely, the back seat seemed to heat up as if the | | | | work and let their own experience validate the |
| seat warmer was on. I checked - it was off.. | | | | answer. |
| The ring of my cell phone startled me from an | | | | For those of us who suffer from chronic pain, stress, |
| unfamiliar state of relaxation. It was my sister. She | | | | anxiety, depression and have exhausted or |
| asked how I felt. After a glancing thought of, "why | | | | eschewed medical treatments; and for those |
| the heck would she be calling again so soon?", I | | | | suffering from immune deficiencies, low energy, |
| became acutely aware that the pain in my back had | | | | chronic illness without answers, the power of Reiki is |
| completely gone away. Not a trace. | | | | not easily explained, however, time and again, when |
| She then dropped it on me: I had just received | | | | it's applied seems to promote a natural self-healing |
| "distance Reiki". From 300 miles away! WTH? | | | | that brings instant relief and while revitalizing the |
| What is Reiki? | | | | body's energy. Heck, who needs a flu shot when |
| For those not familiar with Rieki (pronounced | | | | you've got a Reiki healer on the other end of the |
| Ray-key) it's an ancient Japanese energy healing | | | | phone. |
| technique that harnesses "universal life energy" which | | | | If you're fascinated by the miracle of healing or |
| is then channeled through the "healer" to an individual. | | | | perplexed by the failures of pills and medicine, I |
| The practice of Reiki is grounded in the belief that | | | | encourage you to try a Reiki treatment - it's |
| there is a Universal Life Energy that animates and | | | | harmless, relaxing, quick and effective. |
| surrounds each of us, and, so, the practitioner applies | | | | |