This morning my daughter Katja asked me what I thought about Reiki: she has had candida for a long time and was considering going to a Reiki practitioner. I looked at some Reiki websites and was not very happy with the way they describe things '(Ascended) Masters', 'Integral Medical Consultant', etc.
Then I looked at your Reiki threads, and still felt the same. I am not averse to alternative, unproven, or vague approaches, after all I meditate and do yoga, but somehow the Reiki phraseology goes against my very grain.
On your forum, all the threads are more or less positive. Of course: that's why people contribute to these threads. If they don't like Reiki, they pass them over.
Have there been any negative experiences? Or other problems?
Thank you!
Anne,
Reiki is an intrinsically safe and non-invasive therapy. When treating clients with emotional trauma, there can be uncomfortable experiences as the trauma heal, sometimes when treating clients with physical conditions discomfort can be experienced as the conditions heal. These are not 'negative' experiences but reactions to the healing process.
This morning my daughter Katja asked me what I thought about Reiki: she has had candida for a long time and was considering going to a Reiki practitioner. I looked at some Reiki websites and was not very happy with the way they describe things '(Ascended) Masters', 'Integral Medical Consultant', etc.
Then I looked at your Reiki threads, and still felt the same. I am not averse to alternative, unproven, or vague approaches, after all I meditate and do yoga, but somehow the Reiki phraseology goes against my very grain.
On your forum, all the threads are more or less positive. Of course: that's why people contribute to these threads. If they don't like Reiki, they pass them over.
Have there been any negative experiences? Or other problems?
Thank you!
Anne,
If youd asked this four years ago, I would have said that every Reiki Practitioner Id met was flaky and of dubious ethics.
Since then I have met a woman who is a Reiki Master and whom I respect and like enormously. So I guess I was just unlucky before. If you were in North Yorkshire Id point you in her direction. As you are in Somerset, I will simply say that, in any practice/therapy, there are good and bad practitioners. I wouldnt go to anyone without at least talking to him/her on the phone and being able to ask any questions that I felt I needed answering.
Hello Ann Mary & welcome to HP. There is a very good book by Bronwen Stiene - "Your Reiki Treatment: How to get the Most Out of It" which is aimed at people considering looking for a Reiki practitioner. It covers all manner of topics including what to look for in a Reiki practitioner, what to expect before, during and post-treatment.
I hope this helps 🙂
Hi Anne Mary.
My husband suffered from a combination of candida and other fungal infections and ultimately surgery was necessary to remedy the situation. Since that time, there has been no recurrence.
Candida, as many know, is a fungal infection. I learned that all of us host this fungus but it is the strength our immune system that determines how active it becomes.
That being said, stay in touch with a Western physician to monitor the situation, and when necessary, use prescribed medication. Hands-on healing techniques have been around for thousands of years if one considers how Chinese acupuncture evolved (hands were layed-on to injuries long before sharp stones in the shape of needles were stuck into them), and regardless of that, miscellaneous infections didn't really begin to disappear until penicillin was discovered... so please keep that on the top of your mind when considering alternative therapies.
Since our immune system helps suppress nasties like candida, and because there have been scientific studies that suggest stress has a negative impact on our immune system, then it may be reasonable to believe that if a person has less stress in their life that the strength of their immune system may improve.
Reiki is believed to reduce stress, so Reiki may help... but treatments, while extremely simple in application, are not so simple when it comes to being successful. In my experience since 1993, a person benefits most from the treatments when they also explore their lives and become more self aware.
My personal feelings are that if your daughter wants to explore Reiki for a cure, it is probably not going to happen, however, if your daughter wants to explore Reiki to discover more about herself in a way that may result in reducing stress and helping her to find the necessary changes she needs to make in her life to feel happier, then Reiki may help ease the symptoms.
Those are just my initial thoughts, and please consider them for what they are: personal opinion.
Check on the UK Reiki federation website for a practitioner in your area. The Federation sets standards for training and expects continuing professional development from their members in just the same way doctors nurses and pharmacists are expected to do in the NHS. Its one reason why I am member!
Yes there is a spiritual side to reiki - but when I give a treatment I don't mention that at all. That is MY personal journey and nothing to do with the patient. It doesn't matter what the patient thinks - the reiki will still do its work.
Putting my conventional head on tho, candida can be a very nasty infection. It needs conventional medical treatment and I would never tell anyone NOT to take conventional medicines. But I do believe reiki would work very well alongside the anti-fungal treatment to help your daughters body fight and eradicate the infection.
It will relax her and help de-stress her as well which could well be a huge factor in helping her fight the infection.
I am not a medical professional. I am a reiki healer but most importantly I am a woman.
As a woman...I use diflucan, monostat and bath in vinegar for yeast (there are also dietary suggestions for those kinds of infections, if it is systemic). I would never use reiki for an infection unless all else failed. I would not contact the source and ask the universe to intercede in something I could take care of myself.
With that being said...if you are allergic to the cure? Or have a religious aversion to medicines. That is another story.
I am not a medical professional. I am a reiki healer but most importantly I am a woman.
As a woman...I use diflucan, monostat and bath in vinegar for yeast (there are also dietary suggestions for those kinds of infections, if it is systemic). I would never use reiki for an infection unless all else failed. I would not contact the source and ask the universe to intercede in something I could take care of myself.
With that being said...if you are allergic to the cure? Or have a religious aversion to medicines. That is another story.
Not everyone can take car of infections for themselves - and I would still see reiki sitting very well alongside Diflucan, Canestan etc ( those are the UK brand names 🙂 )