World Healing This Sunday 29 Nov 2009
Astrid Lee, founder of the WE ARE ONE World Healing Initiative, emailed me an announcement that the UPCOMING World healing meditation/world- Reiki session is THIS Sunday, Nov 29. I invite you to join in, on the usual time (12-1pm EST), in the usual way. Details: http://www.TherapeuticReiki.com/blog. It will be a time to soak in the sense of Oneness with all that is, to visualize a perfect world with perfect people thinking perfect thoughts and d

Reiki Hand Positions

Reiki for Orthodox Jews
There has been much written recently about Reiki and christianity, with the Catholic church coming out strongly against Reiki (smacks of the witch burnings, if you ask me). But while I know many Jews who practice reiki I haven't seen much discussion of the practice amongst Orthodox Jews. The I found this Hocus POcus post on an Orthodox Jewish woman's (Hannah Sarah's) blog discussing her mother's practice of Reiki and an interesting discussion in the comments about whether Reiki is an acceptable practice or avoda zara. My mother was telling me about auras and all that stuff. As I'm inclined to

Reiki and Gratitude
Cover of Reiki: A Comprehensive GuideMy friend Pamela Miles, the woma

Science Validates Reiki and Biofield Therapies
A recent paper synthesized the best available research studies that have been conducted in energetic and biofield therapies such as Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, and Healing Touch. Some of the medical conditions examined were: * interventions for reducing the intensity of pain in a number of conditions; * reducing anxiety for hospitalized patients; * reducing agitated behaviors in dementia. What the found: "Of the 66 studies reviewed, 85% reported psychological or self-report outcomes, 54% reported biological or objective functiona