| How Reiki is used to help mend broken bones and | | | | became desperate and even began to think that |
| treat common bone related disease such as | | | | he would soon die. His world seemed to shrink |
| osteoporosis, arthritis, rheumatism and genetic | | | | into his back pain. He could not focus on his job |
| illnesses: | | | | and he was fast becoming convinced that he |
| Among the alternate therapies, Reiki has gained | | | | could not continue in his job. He felt economically |
| popularity among Doctors and other practitioners | | | | threatened and very insecure. He felt that life |
| as a non invasive and natural healing method that | | | | was not worth living if the pain could not be |
| is efficacious in seemingly mysterious ways. | | | | arrested. He was fed up with painkillers and did |
| The Universal Life Energy is an energy that is | | | | not want to continue with them. |
| omnipresent, omnipotent and all pervasive. It has | | | | Reiki had been recommended to him by one of |
| a soothing vibration and a divine quality that | | | | his friends, who swore by it. So he had come to |
| vitalizes the body being healed and the healer | | | | the Reiki clinic in the hope that he would find |
| simultaneously. The practitioner receives the | | | | some help here. He then asked pathetically, "Can |
| energy through the crown chakra or the | | | | you guarantee a cure for me? Do you think I can |
| knowledge chakra and becomes a medium of | | | | live a pain free life?" |
| energy transfer. Reiki, with an innate intelligence | | | | I assured him that Reiki is a wonderful intelligent |
| flows to the areas that require healing. | | | | energy and that he would feel the impact of the |
| The energy flow of the body matches the | | | | energy even with the first sitting. I told him that |
| structure of the body and the skeletal framework | | | | we would have him dancing at the end of a few |
| defines the structure of the body. In fact, it is | | | | months. He was a little skeptical but consented to |
| believed that energy meridians are formed first in | | | | try it anyway. |
| the fetus before the physical structure is formed | | | | Since he was already in the clinic I suggested that |
| and the former acts as a guide map for the | | | | we should begin the sessions immediately. He |
| latter. Any break in the skeletal framework will | | | | agreed and we began. He lay down on his right |
| result in the disruption of the smooth flow of | | | | side and pulled up his legs into a fetal position to |
| energy. This will traumatize the entire body and | | | | ease the pain. While working the different hand |
| the resulting disease will impact on the physical | | | | positions, I noted that his leg was cold and |
| and psychological well being of the person. | | | | clammy. He could not move it with ease. There |
| The root chakra is the energy center that is | | | | was hardly any energy flowing into his leg. When I |
| associated with the skeletal framework of the | | | | questioned him about it, he said that he often felt |
| body. All diseases relating to the bones arise due | | | | that circulation was very poor in his left leg and |
| to imbalance in this chakra. Sometimes, the | | | | that the whole leg was very heavy and he had a |
| energy flow in this chakra gets blocked due to | | | | constant dull ache radiating from his thigh to his |
| bone injuries. Bone related diseases that can be | | | | foot. |
| treated by Reiki are osteoporosis, fractures, | | | | The first impact of Reiki is a feeling of bone deep |
| arthritis, rheumatism and genetic illnesses that | | | | relaxation. Patients tend to fall asleep during Reiki. |
| arise due to deficiency in the bone marrow. | | | | Mr.S too fell asleep and only woke up when we |
| While Reiki can treat all injuries to the skeletal | | | | called him at the end of the session. He was |
| structure without recourse to any invasive | | | | extremely surprised and said that he had not |
| techniques, it is necessary that fractures are set | | | | been aware of falling asleep and he had slept |
| before Reiki is applied to the break. This is | | | | dreamlessly and painlessly after a long time. He |
| because Reiki will begin to knit the bone | | | | said the pain also appeared to have subsided |
| immediately and if it is not properly set, it could | | | | slightly after treatment.... |
| result in further painful surgery. | | | | At the end of the month (after many ups and |
| Case study | | | | downs) Mr.S was finally able to say that the pain |
| Mr.S's job involved sitting for long hours at his | | | | had subsided sufficiently for him to give him hope. |
| desk. Over the years he had developed severe | | | | He was able to turn over in bed without groaning |
| pain in the lower back and was experiencing | | | | and moaning and he was able to stand for fifteen |
| numbness down his left leg. His leg felt cold and | | | | twenty minutes without looking around for a |
| clammy and his foot appeared pale and bloodless. | | | | straight-backed chair to ease his aching back. |
| When he came to the Reiki clinic, he was limping | | | | Thereafter, it took almost seven twenty one |
| and his face was lined with pain and desperation. | | | | day, one hour sessions to heal his back and bring |
| He sat down with great difficulty and squirmed in | | | | back a modicum of circulation to his left leg. From |
| his seat to find a position that was least painful. | | | | the seventh to the tenth month he received |
| Finally, he pulled up his legs to his chest and | | | | weekly sessions of one hour each to completely |
| hugged them with his hands while he pushed his | | | | erase the blocks in his foot and knee chakras. |
| head forward to his knees and heaved a sigh of | | | | Mr. S is now able to lead a normal life. He is able |
| relief. His voice was low and strained and he was | | | | to focus on his work and is expecting a |
| constantly rubbing his left leg as if to restore | | | | promotion soon. He still comes to the clinic to |
| circulation in it. | | | | spend the time of day with us and help out with |
| A quick scan of his aura indicated that he had | | | | the other patients. He is a great asset to us as he |
| energy blocks in his root chakra (a deep grey | | | | tells all the patients who come in the wonderful |
| black), and almost all the minor chakras at the | | | | work Reiki has done for him. He boosts their |
| arch of the foot and knee joint. Since the chakra | | | | confidence and helps us through the sessions with |
| at the arch of the foot is connected to the root | | | | his enthusiasm and optimism-which is very |
| chakra and the solar plexus Chakra, blocks were | | | | infectious! We are persuading him to learn Reiki. |
| visible in both these (deep grey). As the chakra at | | | | He has promised to enroll for the next convenient |
| the knee joint is connected to the fifth and sixth | | | | session. |
| chakras grayish clouds were visible on these | | | | Reiki does not interfere or discourage other |
| chakras at the aura level. | | | | forms of medical treatment. It complements and |
| Mr. S revealed that he was in his early sixties and | | | | enhances the effects of the treatment being |
| had got a surgery done for fusing his vertebrae in | | | | received. Today a vast amount of clinical |
| his spine five years ago. The osteopathic | | | | knowledge exists to prove that disruption of |
| treatment for the back pain that followed had not | | | | energy flow in the body can result in aches and |
| helped much and his Doctors had given up hope | | | | pains in different parts of the body even when |
| of giving him relief. Body scans and x rays | | | | they do not manifest as physical problems in x |
| showed that his bones were in their correct | | | | rays, MRI or different kinds of body scans |
| places and his pain had nothing to do with | | | | available in hospitals. However, they cannot be |
| prolapsed discs or broken vertebrae. They | | | | dismissed as a figment of their imagination. Aura |
| recommended some more osteopathic treatment. | | | | scans can give a fairly accurate indication of |
| He was not enthused by the suggestion. The pain | | | | where the discomfort lies and correcting the |
| was constant and of late he was experiencing | | | | energy level at the related chakra would clear up |
| numbness in his leg. As his condition worsened, he | | | | the problem immediately. |