anyone tried reiki? did you feel that it helped you or just a waste of time?

[sez2068]

well i am just curious really - have trained in reiki and it seems to make sense to me but i am wondering how others feel about it?

Hello - my mum does Reiki so I have had some. It's not something I'd have looked into TBH had she not been into it. I had one hour's treatment a week when I was pregnant with DS and I had a very straightforward pregnancy (might be unrelated) - and he used to move about loads when she was doing the Reiki around my tummy area. Now he is running around and things it is a bit more difficult to get an hour a week to do it, so it's more sporadic, but I do find it helps me to relax.

Yes, I have regular reiki treatments and love it.

I went through a very difficult period of my life a few years ago and ended up going to see a lady who does hypnotherapy, reiki, reflexology, holistic counselling, etc. She is a wonderful person and has helped to completely turned my life around.

There are a few less enlightened souls on these threads that think reiki is a load of old tosh. They obviously haven't seen the light...

Yeah I love it, I also 'found' it after a difficult period in my life and it helped calm me down. I then trained with Usui reiki and this led me onto other forms of energy healing. I love it, it's all good. Nothing weird or spooky just relaxing and warm and lovely.
Hard to explain to others who have not experienced it or think it's some kind of cult etc.
Good Luck on your journey. Once I started to give sessions to my friends who also felt the benefits this made me realise it wasn't just me who thinks it is great. It's integrated into my life now.
xx

thank you

i also love it and love giving reiki too but was a bit taken aback by the people who think it is just madness! nice to hear from people who havefound it beneficial.

i will definately continue with it and am encouraged by your responses xxx

I have a friend who is trained in reiki. She sorted out a persistent shoulder problem I had be explaining that I wasn't holding myself straight and her touch cured the pain. She has also helped an outer ear infection I had.

I guess reiki only works on people who are prepared to believe that it can help. I don't care if it's a placebo effect or whatever - I know I was certianly glad to be free of that shoulder pain and that ear infection! Cynics are likely to come out of a reiki treatment exactly as they went in. I was having a similar discussion this past weekend with a friend whose husband is about to have Hopi Ear Candle treatment for hearing loss. He agreed that none of these alternative therapies standa a chance if the patient doesn't have the faith to begin with.

yes i totallt agree they do say that reiki works whether you belive in it or not - but cynicsm can block anything. if you dont want it to work and are inwardly sneering, well what chance is there! and yes however it works, placebo or whatever - great. i am glad it worked for you!

I have had it done about 4-5 times - not for anything speciafically medical but just cos I was feeling a bit upset at times. Found it really beneficial - always end up crying during it but feel great afterwards- v cathartic. I'm not good at relaxing so I don't really like facials and massages etc but I find reiki really relaxing. I love the strange heat and pulling feels you get even when you're not being touched - it's very weird but I love it. Friends and family think I'm a nutter for getting it done - think it's all hurdy gurdy nonesense but none of them have tried it themselves.

I've had reiki. I felt the heat from the practitioner's hands but she didn't help my muscular problem. (She was a friend and colleague, I didn't pay for it.)

I don't think it's always 100% successful in actually finding a cure for some problems.
I'd be the last person to recommend ignoring conventional medicine and I would still visit the doctor if I was really worried about something. I think that for some people, reiki just feels nice and warm and can aid a feeling of wellbeing.

Jojochanel, it sounds like you're also receiving help in so-called 'clearing' if you're finding it cathartic as well. Your practioner must be really excellent!

I always find that those who are the swiftest to rubbish something are usually those who haven't tried it.

Utter nonsense imo.

However, I do have very close friend who practises it and is sure it works for her. ANd as a practising RCatholic I haven't really got a leg to stand on wrt knocking people's beliefs!

I'm sure it can be a beneficial relaxation thingmy.

"I think that for some people, reiki just feels nice and warm and can aid a feeling of wellbeing."

I find whisky does the same

well anything that makes you feel relaxed cant be bad can it? whisky or reiki?!

i like a nice little glass of sherry once my rotten teen is in bed! very retro.

but reiki is so calming i think and the cathartic thing..yes i have had people cry and they havent known why - sometimes people laugh too. its a release of tension i think, all good - a little cry can be good.

i am with you about the massages and facials jojochanel - makes me feel akward. reiki is great if you feel like that cos no direct contact, fully clothed etc.

turn your speakers on

I think you'll find that antibiotics and codeine still work regardless of cynicism levels in the patient.

Yeah but for low-level or chronic ailments, some people would rather take less drugs if they can find relief from annoying symptoms using alternative medicines.

Personally, I'd rather try reiki before defaulting to pills, and I'd rather leave the antibiotic big guns for somethibg reiki can't help!

Reiki is wonderful. I don't really look on it as healing for physical conditions, more emotional ones. It's so relaxing. I have some most weeks from my friend. Not huge great couch sessions, more 15 minutes in a chair, but still lovely.

i used to have reiki regularly...it kept me emotionally balanced.

i really enjoyed the sensations and always felt good afterwards for as long as a rew days...

now, i am a bit of a mess emotinally and long for some reiki as a bit of a release, but its just too expensive. my lady who does it has offered it to me for free since i've been having a hard time, but its her only form of income, and its too mean to expect her to do it for nothing...

oh, woe is me!

in short, i think reiki is fab.

chimchar if your lady has offered it for free then she is offering it sincerely and if it helps then it wouldnt hurt to accept a short seesion perhaps - she wouldnt offer if she didnt truly want to help and i know i would do that.

its good for evryone concerned on a karmic level.

but i know what you mean its hard to accept something like that without feeling mean but maybe there is something small you could do for her in return as a payment in kind?

sorry that you are having a bad time and i speak as someone who is having a damned rotten time at the moment -

things can only get better i hope

I also do reiki and have had astonishing results...even to me I'm only level 1 so work on friends and family and myself and don't charge. I'm doing level 2 soon.

Last year dp and I were going away (due to fly within hours) when he was struck with horrendous sciatica. He was literally crawling along the floor. It looked like we'd have to cancel. He's suffered years and knows it doesn't just go. Anyway, I gave reiki a go, he felt it working ( I never do to be honest but people receiving it do) and his pain went by 80 to 90%. He took some painkillers too but he was amazed. We flew out and he had no more trouble. It's also helped a good friend to sleep when she couldn't. I have other stories of it's success too.

Did you find a change in yourself after studying reiki? I know I've changed in a good way over the past year or so since I did reiki 1.

hi curiousmama

yes i did find a change in myself in that i definately found it helps me to be calmer and i try and bear in mind the 5 principles of reiki and it makes me more tolerant, patient etc

i also have become increasingly spiritual i think in my outlook, i feel like i am on a path to understanding myself and others better - its all good anyway and it helps me through some really tough times - v bad marriage to emotionally abusive man,separated, new relationship,problems with kids accepting this - it helps me to cope as a spiritual path.

i studied reiki 2 and am hoping to develop a career of sorts as a healer and to this end am currently studying reiki master - but whether or not anything comes of it it is lovely to study. it can only help you as a person i think

i wish you lots of luck in studying reiki further, reiki 2 is so worth doing

love and light x

Thanks sez glad it's helped you

How long have you been with your new partner? I am also with someone relatively new, been with him over year and a half now. It was very difficult at first with the youngest, he's 9, but now they get on fantastically. Exdh wasn't abusive though and we're still friends so can't imagine what your dcs have been through Ds1 is almost a teenager and has his moments but is ok with dp. The way ds2 reacted at first was very difficult. I managed to stay calm though and realised it's because he didn't like change. Plus it was easier for me as exdh has them a lot so we got some time alone.

I hope it all works out for you and your bf/dp. Have you thought of mediation? I would've resorted to that had our situation not improved.

hi well i have been with my bf about a year and a half also and my ds who is 12 - awful age was fine with him at first but now is very unkeen on the whole thing, says he hates him etc - i think its cos he sees it getting more serious and he is very clingy to me and is very resistant to my bf staying over etc - so he doesnt which is a pain but what can you do?

my dd loves my bf but she is 10 maybe the ages make it dofferent but then she is a much sunnier child overall

i am amicable with my xh for the kids sake so i feel they have been protected from all that and they see him lots but there is no doubt its very very tricky with my ds

almost a teenager is a rotten thing to negotiate isnt it!

but its good to hear from someone going through the same thing and it working out well

i must admit i have times when i feel like giving up and just being single!!

can i ask, do you have your bf stay over and if so how did your ds take it? i think mine is very jealous and also a bit freaked out now he is at the age where he has realised that relationships can be sexual and he hates that - well kids hate the idea of that even when its mum and dad dont they?!

i am trying not to let him dictate to me how to live my life but i want to be sensitive to mt ds also - gosh its hard work knowing whats best isnt it!!

i do try to stay calm but its so hard when i am trying to move on but my ds is so obviously unhappy i just hope time and kindness will help

thankyou for your lovely comments

sez we more or less live together now and are planning to get a house for all of us.

So sorry your ds says he hates him How awful for you and your dp. Have you tried just the three of you going out for a walk? It may open up communication? Or somewhere else quiet without distractions? If your dd is ok then that's one good thing. Your ds may be feeling strange anyway as he's the same age as my ds1 and the hormones are all over the place. Ds1 is 13 in October and ds2 is 10 in September.

Does your ds see his peers much? Have you tried calmly talking to him and telling him you love him but also need romantic love or you could end up on your own one day when he and dd have flown the nest?

Had your dp tried taking your son out places, maybe fishing or some other pastime? He could maybe get him to 'help' him do a task be it paint a fence or anything?

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I meant has your dp tried taking your son out places. Also maybe if your ds does a task with dp he could get a little pocket money for it? Just an idea

hi curious mama yes i have told my ds constantly that i love him and said that my love for my dp is different and that i dont want to end up alone one day

he said he would rather that!!! but did agree he may would maybe feel better about it when he was older.

my dp has taken him out alone and my ds was great with this for a while - they went to a film, out on skateboards together etc - thehating him thing really started over xmas when my dp tried staying over. i think that was too big an adjustment for him.

my dp has offered to take him out shooting ( i know that sounds awful!! but just tin cans - he got him a pellet gun for xmas which my ds really wanted) but my ds is currently super resistant to that so we have stopp0ed pushing iyt for now - dont want it tio seem like we are trying to 'win him over' too obviously

dp tries to involve him - washing and fixing car, doing 'man stuff' but no interest at the moment from my ds but i have noticed that every now and then my ds's desire to be inviolved gets the better of him - ie tonight he got a judo grading and obviously wanted someone to rough and tumble with and dpp was the obvious choice - so, some light at end of tunnel!!

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