Cancer and Reiki

Reiki can make you feel more comfortable

What is Reiki?
Reiki is a gentle hands on healing, that, by the practitioner placing her hands on the client, sends healing energy to the client. The very essence of Reiki brings a deep feeling of relaxation and a sense of well being,. Reiki means “universal life force”. Rei means Gods wisdom, and Ki means life force energy. Reiki was discovered in the 19th century by Dr. Mikoo Usui.

Reiki accesses the source of Life to heal the self and others on spiritual, mental, emotional and physical levels. Reiki allows the source of well-being to enhance and balance natural life forces through non-intrusive therapeutic touch. Health maintenance, pain relief, mental quietude and healing result from its application. Reiki augments and accelerates the healing process. It can be effective in cases that do not respond to other forms of treatment. It can be used in conjunction with any other therapeutic modality. Reiki is very simple, and yet very profound and powerful!

BENEFITS OF REIKI FOR CANCER PATIENTS
Helps reduce nausea and fatigue
Appropriate for use in hospitals
Can be used with patients in danger of developing blood clots
Helps manage chemotherapy treatments

Reiki will improve the results of all medical treatment, acting to reduce negative side effects, shorten healing time, reduce or eliminate pain, reduce stress, and help create optimism.

Enhance your health and quality of life!!! Reiki is good medicine for the multitude of physical and emotional discomforts that accompany cancer and it’s treatment. Reiki has been known to ease pain, reduce nausea, fatigue and to help rebuild hope.

For those who are in the final stages of cancer and life - the patient needs to be touched frequently. Patients sometime withhold information or feelings from loved ones, believing they are protecting them. Some people can let down their barriers with the practitioner after a session and feel relieved.

Nurses often tell stories of how Reiki has been beneficial pre, intra and post-operatively. Reiki helps the anesthetist to connect with the patient by reducing the anxiety about the upcoming procedure. Reiki can be done immediately after surgery. More evasive modalities need to wait until the cells and tissues have time to recover without interrupting the rebuilding process.

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