Healing Reiki Energy

Posted in healing, reiki, success, surgery, swelling on 02/12/2011 03:43 am by ardath

Everything shifts as you use energy techniques that not only keep you healthy but can improve your well-being in every aspect of your life—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Learning to tune into this neglected dimension of your being empowers you immensely.

Energy medicine is based on the understanding that any physical, mental, or behavioral problem has a counterpart in the body’s energies, and can be treated at that level. Every conceivable health problem, psychological challenge, or dysfunctional habit can be improved, if not overcome, by intelligently shifting the energies in the body that are maintaining that condition. This extends from treating weight loss, to increasing your vitality, to improving your performance at something that really matters to you. And in the process, you become more consciously, intimately, and joyfully involved in the deepest workings of your physical body, a journey that extends to your soul.

Over the summer of 2009, I worked with a client who had hip replacement surgery. She found me through her physical therapist, and asked me to work with her three times a week for the three weeks following her surgery. During the second week, she showed me her scar and the rather large black-and-blue mark on her hip. That day during the Reiki session, I could feel the inflammation leaving, and sure enough, the next morning she called to tell me that it was down to almost nothing. Two weeks later, she saw her doctor who was amazed by her very quick recovery. At three weeks she had healed to where most patients of his get to in six weeks. The client is walking better than she has in many, many years.

In the 19 years I have been practicing Reiki, I do not know of a more important skill each of us needs to develop. The first practitioner of energy medicine is you. We are required today to live in conscious partnership with our body’s energy systems if we are to live fully. As Dr. Mehmet Oz recently said on The Oprah Winfrey Show, “Energy medicine is the next big frontier in medicine.” And it is easier than you might imagine to learn how to mobilize energy forces that enhance your health, empower your mind, and brighten your spirit.

 

Miracles…. can happen every day!

Posted in Alzheimers, dementia, healing, reiki, success on 01/25/2011 01:30 am by ardath

Today, one of the residents at Sunrise Senior Living who has dementia and has not been coherent for years told one of the staff that she was confused and that she had lost a piece of paper and wanted to speak with her son. This coherence and ability to hold a concept and line of reasoning had been outside of Nonna’s reach for years. This event, is miraculous!!! She has been receiving Reiki now for 3 weeks and it seems that today she began emerging full force. Nonna is the resident who was crying non-stop during her waking hours up until her Reiki sessions began.

Thursday I stopped by the nursing home to see how Nonna was faring. It seems that she knows I’m coming and waits until I show up to begin crying. During her Reiki Session that night, Diana, the Executive Director and Reiki I practitioner, worked at Nonna’s knees while I worked on her head. While holding her occiput, I felt a very sharp pain(similar to being stuck with a large pin) in my left pointer finger. The pain lasted about 10 seconds, and I was saying “Ouch” the whole time. Right after that happened, Nonna put her hands in a prayer position which Diana noted was unusual for her to do. I told Diana that I had a feeling Nonna would open her eyes and begin talking, which is what happened a moment later. Neither of us could understand her, but she was talking away and began crying again.

The next day, a musician came to play music for the residents, and Nonna was up and dancing – something she has not done before. And then today…. the full sentences, the ability to express desire and confusion. These are miraculous days!!!! I am so grateful to be a part of this transition, what a gift this is!

 

Happy 2011!

Posted in Alzheimers, dementia, reiki, success on 01/07/2011 04:05 am by ardath

I took a couple of weeks to lay low at the end of the year and really look back at my learning opportunities in 2010 and prepare for a fantastic 2011. There were many ups last year, including my throwing myself into Reiki as a full-time job and learning so much about the work and the wonderful people who were attracted to it. I worked with people and animals of all ages, truly a blessing!

In the summer, I had an idea that caregivers might be interested in learning Reiki for themselves as well as for their charges/patients/loved ones. I had met Cathie McGowan from Sunrise Senior Living here in Wilmette during a wellness fair at the Meskill Center. Cathie is in charge of Marketing for Sunrise. We set up an appointment to talk and I outlined my proposal which included free Reiki sessions for the caregivers at Sunrise (maximum of 6), then I offered Reiki I in the form of “Rays of Hope” by Judy McCracken’s caregiver curriculum.

All of the senior staff came, loved the Reiki and agreed to the workshop. To the person, each and every one of these amazing people – who give their days to working with Alzheimer’s and Dementia folks – every last one is empathic and fantastic in the Reiki work. They loved the work so much that they insisted on the full Reiki I curriculum which I teach to my other students. We finished that up in November.

Because of the wonder the staff has for the work and how greatly it has affected each of their lives, each in a different and very positive manner, they want to share it in a systematic way with their charges.

Diana Iacobucci (Executive Director) and Janice Donald (Reminiscence Coordinator) took the bull by the horns, contacted Corporate Sunrise and we are now doing a full pilot study on the affect Reiki has on Dementia when used in a systematic manner. The first group the team is working with are not on any type of medication for depression or psychosis.

I took on the job of working with one of the residents who is on both types of the above mentioned medications. We’ll call her “N”. N has been at Sunrise for years. During the past two years, she has taken to crying non-stop from morning to night. N will be transferred to a new facility at the end of the month. N is a native Italian speaker, and unfortunately, I do not understand the language. N spends most of her days walking the floor at Sunrise (under supervision) while she is crying. I have found her in this state many times when I have visited Sunrise on various occasions.

After talking with my Master Teacher about possible solutions, he suggested that I give N an attunement. Another healer suggested that I work directly on the back of N’s head, as that is where the information/clogging of the energy gets stuck in people with dementia. So yesterday, N and I began our journey.

When I went to Sunrise at 11am yesterday, I found N crying uncontrollably. One of the staff was holding her, and when I came in, she went to me and I held her for a few minutes then asked her to sit down. I proceeded to give her a card with the Reiki symbol for distance, to help her focus on the forms while I did the attunement. This seemed to quiet her. I then did the attunement, called on the distance symbol to heal N’s past, present and future. As I worked, I could visibly see N begin to shift and quiet. When the attunement was done, she and I went for a walk, I held her hand, and then we found a nice comfy chair for her and Janice and I swaddled N in an afghan blanket. N quieted even more, and soon went to sleep.

About an hour later, I checked on N. She was awake and quietly looking up at the skylight. When asked if she would like some lunch, she distinctly said “no”, so we left her. Prior to my leaving, I requested that when N was ready to eat, to please keep things quiet and calm as possible.  As I understand it, she later got up, went to the kitchen and heartily ate her lunch and was quiet until around 3pm when I returned to check on her. After getting her distance card back into her hand, I again worked on her occipital lobe and she quieted again. She finished her snack and a glass of water, went to a comfy chair and sat quietly with her eyes wide open and later, ate her dinner and went to bed without further crying or upset.

Today, N’s caregiver reported that N had no tears this morning or after breakfast or lunch. N’s son was in to visit and he was extremely happy!

More on this soon. Peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

A Recent Healing Experience

Posted in healing, reiki, surgery, swelling on 12/31/2010 12:04 am by ardath

Most of the clients who come to me are working through normal every day stresses and sometimes minor pain. For example, last week, my mom was walking down the stairs and somehow managed to twist and sprain her ankle. She had scheduled a doctor appointment that day for a different concern, but the doctor looked at her ankle and decided to send her to physical therapy to help it heal.

Fortunately, I called my mother that afternoon and she told me what had transpired, so I went to her house right away and did a short Reiki session on her ankle, it took about 15 minutes. When I was finished, she was amazed at how good her ankle felt. About 2 hours later, she called to let me know that she had no pain at all in that ankle anymore and was walking normally – she had of course called all of her friends at that point and decided I was some kind of miracle worker. The loving healing energy of Reiki is truly a miracle!

The good thing was that my mother contacted me pretty quickly, which allowed the Reiki to direct the swelling out of her ankle. It seems that the sooner I can get to someone when they have injured themselves or right after a surgery, the better chance there is of the healing pattern to become part of the process  more quickly. It doesn’t always happen the way it did with my mother, but I’m glad it worked out so well this time.

 

Woohoo a wonderful new space in a great location!

Posted in abundance, healing, reiki, success on 12/22/2009 12:57 am by ardath

Kinda sounds like an ad for a vacation spot… Well, finding the right space for the Reiki Practice is almost like a vacation, at least a vacation from the looking and not finding.

The space is perfect, it’s 2 blocks from home, has great visibility and well, it’s perfect inside. Friends have been showing up with wonderful gifts, including things to hang on the walls, help painting the room, carting things to the space. I am so grateful and blessed to have so many wonderful folks in my life!

My first day open, last Thursday, I had 3 clients right off the bat. Truly amazing.

Photos coming soon.

 

Recipe For Manifesting Abundance in Your Life

Posted in abundance, recipes, success on 09/18/2009 03:11 am by ardath

1 part attention
2 parts intention – must be pure direction and about 2 sentences long
1 part focus
mix with enthusiasm and drink 3 times a day.

Note: Should be mixed in a quiet place so attention gels well with intention and focus.

Best begun on a New Moon and if practiced daily, recipe will bring results at Full Moon.

Next New Moon is tomorrow night, friday. The beginning of the Jewish New Year.

 

As we flow into Fall…

Posted in healing, reiki on 09/17/2009 01:55 am by ardath
Welcome to Fall, or some Summer semblance of Fall here in the Chicago area.
 
This summer has been fantastic from my perspective, although others have been complaining about the weather - when the temperature is in the 70′s, I’m thrilled.
 
Lately, I have been taking strolls along the lake shore in the morning, take time to meditate and begin my day. I find it calming and a good way to start a productive day. Wilmette has a beautiful lake shore, the landscaping is fantastic.
 
If you follow my posts on Facebook, (please friend me if you’d like) you know that I have been on what I consider a long journey – OK, it has only been 4 weeks – to renting my own space in Wilmette for the Reiki practice. When I rented the space for Freelance Hotline in the mid 80′s, it took exactly 1 week for me to rent and get into the space. So, to me this has been a long, yet good learning experience. Patience is what I am learning – again. I love the space and am awaiting the results of a plumber quote and whether the landlord will move ahead to upgrade the space to current code regulations. So it may be another week or 2.
 
In the meantime, new clients are showing up and previous clients are still coming to me. The beauty of the work is that my intuitive side is coming forward more and more. Now when I see clients, I ask them to come to me with questions for their next session. Their guides/angels are showing up with answers. Examples of work I have been doing with clients include: headache relief, nasal congestion/coughing relief, relief from muscular tension, anxiety release, gastro intestinal pain relief, and general all around stress relief. I did some distance Reiki work with a client in Florida, and was able to help her to relieve a stress/food allergy headache she had been living with for a week.
 
Some clients are coming for emotional stress relief, others for physical pain and some for both and a little guidance from their guides. I love the unfolding of this time. I am so blessed to have the clients I have, many are returning weekly for sessions. Am learn so much from each of them as we heal together.
 
The new moon begins this Friday, September 18th, which coincides with the beginning of Rosh Hashana – the Jewish New Year. What some don’t know is that all Jewish Holidays are governed by the Lunar calendar and the changing of the seasons. Between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur this year, we have the autumnal equinox. This is a time of forgiveness and forgiving of transgressions. 
 
I wish you peace and forgiveness.
 
Hugs,
 
Ardath
 

Groupon and Affirmation

Posted in reiki on 08/18/2009 11:27 pm by ardath

The last week has been so great, I have been meeting with people who want to help me grow the Reiki practice. Recently one of my Gen Y friends Jessica told me about Groupon.com, a group coupon site. They email a daily coupon for extremely reduced prices on things you might want to experience or buy. They are in a few cities now and expanding exponentially. The only downside is that they are owned in part by InnerWorkings – a company that I believe has shoddy ethics.

In order to get on Groupon.com, I needed to have positive reviews on my Yelp.com site. Something I didn’t know I could do on Yelp, as I always use Yelp to find good restaurants. So, I signed “Reiki by Ardath” up on Yelp.com and my friends have been good enough to go there and review my Reiki work. On Groupon, you can sign up for their daily email which shows up with that day’s special and at times a side deal. When I phoned Groupon to ask how I could get onto the site, they told me that I’d be on a side deal because I practice in a suburb of Chicago. That’s cool with me, as they also require a minimum number of signups and payments or they don’t do the deal.

This seems to be a Gen Y type of thing to do, and it’s quite inexpensive overall. Lately I’ve noticed that Senior Citizens, Baby Boomers and Gen Xers are not that open to Reiki initially, however, Gen Yers seem to glom onto the concept quite readily, I’ll write more once my Groupon is posted.

Because of and through my friend Ellen Rogin, I have a current affirmation that I am working daily, well actually a few times a day, here it is: I have 20 wonderful paying Reiki clients per week. They love and are healed by my work and I love working with them.

That’s it for today.

 

Science & Reiki

Posted in healing, reiki, science on 08/06/2009 05:35 am by ardath

As I speak to people about Reiki, either introducing the concept of energy healing, or enhancing their perception, I often get questions about the science behind the work. Many people find the concept of energy healing to be like voodoo of some sort, and I think that this comes from fearing the unknown or concern about trying something new. The good news is that there is solid science that outlines and explains the success of healing energy.

Last month, as I watched Wayne Dyer – a man whom I greatly respect – on PBS, he was talking about a book by Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. called The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles which I immediately ran out, purchased and read. In the beginnning of the book,  Dr. Lipton goes into much scientific explanation about how energy affects our cells. Interesting heady stuff, and way too intense for my poor brain. And he cites what energy healers have known all along – that we can change the makeup and health of our cells through intention and energy.

In a previous blog, I included a pdf article about scientific exploration into healing energy by James L. Oschman; “Science and the Human Energy field.” Also heady but worth the read.

Thankfully, Bernadette Doran, BS, RMT has created a concise and easy to understand synopsis of a few good articles on the Science of Reiki. Please give it a read if you are curious about this subtle, gentle way of healing, it doesn’t take long.

Namaste

 

An article on “Science and The Human Energy Field.”

Posted in Uncategorized on 05/27/2009 12:48 am by ardath

http://www.reiki.org/Download/OschmanReprint2.pdf

I found this article interesting as it outlines the theories that Oschman and other scientists were testing at the turn of this century. There has been much learned and introduced since then and science is beginning to understand the relationship between energy and healing….finally.

 
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