Patients were at all stages of cancer progression and some would come week after week, using Reiki integral to their overall recovery program.

Later on, cancer patients also entered my Reiki practice in Canada. It became increasingly clear that cancer patients have more access to Reiki when using distance healing treatment: they could receive it just before chemo, right after chemo, and any other time when they would feel weak and sick. Reiki would alleviate their side-effects of chemo and medication, and help strengthen their overall immune system to restore health and help restore balance.

Therefore, I was delighted when being approached by Emily Walsh, Outreach Director for the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance, based in Connecticut, who wanted to share her experience & expertise of how Reiki works for cancer patients:

The Benefits of Reiki as a Complementary Cancer Therapy

Now regarded as a quality treatment program by such previous skeptics as the American Cancer Society, Reiki is getting the attention it deserves concerning its application as a panacea to a variety of bodily ills. Partially in thanks to the work and authority of Dr. Mehmet Oz, sufferers of cancer can now benefit from Reiki’s many effects on bodily dysfunction and stress reduction, to provide themselves a low key way of relieving their symptoms and suppressing cancer growth.

Previously seen in light of the predominance for cancer patients to require invasive, chemical, and highly technological methods of treatment, lack of touching and the idea behind Reiki barred its entry into the halls of higher medicine for quite some time.

Not surprisingly, however, it is this facet of the amazing healing tool that is perhaps the most appealing to cancer patients. Weeks, months, or even years of harsh treatments make the need for a non-invasive, relaxing and effective treatment regimen all the greater.

 
Combining these non-invasive qualities of Reiki with its ability to reduce the discomfort and suffering of cancer patients, makes it an easy choice when deciding on its use as a complementary treatment program.

Many patients find that Reiki eases their nausea, most especially after chemotherapy, and prefer it to addling their livers with another pill or medicine designed to reduce chemotherapy related sickness.

This advice is not to be taken lightly, as the often daunting amount of medication taken during cancer, whether it be for direct treatment or symptom relief, takes its toll on the liver after time, and many cancer survivors struggle with this reality even after remission.

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The benefits of Reiki on the body, and more acutely, on a cancer sufferer, do not hinge solely on comfort, however, and the real life efficacy of a qualified Reiki practitioner has been shown to consistently reduce inflammation in the body. From mesothelioma to even blood cancers such as lymphoma, the main culprit in contributing to the growth and spread of cancer is rampant inflammation.

Using Reiki to reduce the stress levels in the body, and to align the spiritual chakras, has been scientifically proven to stimulate the vagus nerve. This nerve is the often touted mind-body connection that has been tapped into by yogis and meditation masters for centuries, and vagus nerve stimulation, whether electrical or through holistic therapies such as Reiki, effectively reduces inflammation.

Reducing chronic levels of inflammation in the body influences life expectancy and quality of health in so many ways that one could easily fill a book on the subject. From overall quality of life, to the real age your body shows due to wear and tear, reduced levels of inflammation effectively control your overall health and can be the deciding factor in a number of other illnesses as well, such as heart disease and diabetes.

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Emily Walsh is a cancer advocate, freelance writer and Outreach Director for the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance.  She is passionate about helping cancer patients discover holistic methods to alleviate the emotional and physical distress that accompanies a serious illness.

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“…. We Are One World Healing came in third with 14%.

This was a tough contest for me to watch unfold. I wanted them ALL to win. They were all winners in my eyes even before the voting began. Reiki is a loving community and I personally would have been unable to choose from among these and other Reiki bloggers.

I believe every Reiki practitioner has something unique to offer to the world and that is how I feel about this group of Reiki bloggers. Prior to the Readers’ Choice Awards I had already had associations with three out of the five finalists. ..

and Astrid Lee (We Are One World Healing) have hosted the Carnival of Healing (blog carnival sponsored by me) on their blogs. More than once! …

All of these women bloggers are beautiful representatives of Reiki.”

source:  Phylameana lila Desy of  About.com

Readers, thank you all for the nominations and votes!  We are honored to serve you.

The answer to this is: Sure!!!

What I have heard, seen, and experienced is that Reiki helps these other forms of healing in becoming more effective. I’m thinking of massage, meditation, therapeutic touch, Theta healing, etc. This is because Reiki relaxes the body as it dissolves stress & nervous tension. Those benefits offer a perfect foundation for other healing modalities.

Reiki brings balance on all levels and raises the life force energy, and this can only be beneficial.

Furthermore, whatever you give Reiki to, enhances. Thus, by infusing Reiki into other healing modalities, it will bring the best out of these healing modalities.

In fact, my first introduction with Reiki was in fact a massage treatment … with Reiki. I loved it so much, I went back to her, once a week, for over half a year! Oh, yes, it works very well in combination with other forms of healing.

Join us this Sunday: MARCH 13, for WORLD HEALING meditation/group distance Reiki.

Collectively (‘00s of Reiki people & others) combine their healing power to the betterment of our world: humanity, nature, Mother Earth.

BLISS-full to participate.
You will change you for the better.
You can change the world & make it a better place.
Meditate on it and, let ‘the how’ come to you.
There are a million ways.

GET INVOLVED

OFFICIALLY JOIN  us HERE: http://therapeuticreiki.com/blog/join-contact-us/
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EVENT Schedule: http://therapeuticreiki.com/blog/event-schedule/
STAY INFORMED on FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reiki-World-Healing/143866382337628

"Heal The World" 

if you prefer to focus on the desired ‘new reality’, check out these visions for & experiences of world healing.

If you still need to be convinces of the importance of world healing, then please be inspired by this lovely song of Michael Jackson.

‘Heal the World’ – by Michael Jackson

(Lyrics) :

There’s A Place In
Your Heart
And I Know That It Is Love
And This Place Could
Be Much
Brighter Than Tomorrow
And If You Really Try
You’ll Find There’s No Need
To Cry
In This Place You’ll Feel
There’s No Hurt Or Sorrow

There Are Ways
To Get There
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
Make A Better Place

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

If You Want To Know Why
There’s A Love That
Cannot Lie
Love Is Strong
It Only Cares For
Joyful Giving
If We Try
We Shall See
In This Bliss
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop Existing And
Start Living

Then It Feels That Always
Love’s Enough For
Us Growing
So Make A Better World
Make A Better World…

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

And The Dream We Were
Conceived In
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And The World We
Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
Then Why Do We Keep
Strangling Life
Wound This Earth
Crucify Its Soul
Though It’s Plain To See
This World Is Heavenly
Be God’s Glow
We Could Fly So High

Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
I Feel You Are All
My Brothers
Create A World With
No Fear
Together We’ll Cry
Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
Into Plowshares
We Could Really Get There
If You Cared Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
To Make A Better Place…
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me
Make A Better Place
You And For Me
Make A Better Place
You And For Me
Make A Better Place
You And For Me
heal the world we live in
You And For Me
save it for our children
You And For Me
heal the world we live in
You And For Me
save it for our children
You And For Me
heal the world we live in

You And For Me
save it for our children

You And For Me
heal the world we live in

You And For Me
save it for our children

source video: Michael Jackson “Heal The World ‘  (C) 1991 MJJ Productions Inc..

In these hundred years, we’ve gained many things in the Western world, such as the right for women to receive a university degree, the right for women to vote, the rights for African American women to sit in the front of an American bus, and many more rights, victories and achievement.

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Now, after 100 of being change agents improving our lives and the lives of others immediately around us, what are we to do next? What do we wish to see in the world? What are the issues to focus on? What are the jobs to do? …. and just how significantly do we want to take on the challenges that lie ahead?

Or phrased differently: … What do we, Western women 2011, want to be known for, in a century from now? Abandoning Coca Cola in exchange for Yogi Tea??!! Or, something more fundamental than this? Let’s look at the challenges first, and then we decide.

Let’s look at things through the lens of health, or put starkly, through the lens of human survival.

Women 2011, Agents of Change In the Field of Health

“Over the past 100 years, many advances have improved the health of women and girls. Examples include: social and legal reforms regarding the minimum age of marriage and sexual consent; access to safe abortion services (where legal), contraception, mammograms and other health technologies; and progress towards ending harmful practices such as sexual and gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation. “ writes the World Health Organization (WHO).

Where Action for Change is Needed, Today

On top of the WHO 2011 Global Women’s Health agenda*:
• Too high maternal mortality rates
• Too high HIV rates among young women
• Increasing tobacco consumption among women
• Continued widespread sexual and other forms of gender-based violence
• An increasingly heavy burden of non-communicable (i.e. non-contagious) diseases on women.

Collectively we must reduce/reverse and eliminate these conditions that we are faced with in the world today. However, these issues are not equally distributed throughout the world, and the issues facing women in developed countries differ from those living in developing countries. East and West: Yin and Yang.

Health Challenges for Us to Tackle in North America & Europe

Non-communicable diseases in women are in focus in today’s health care for the Western world, i.e. North America and Europe.

How to Prevent Cardiovascular Diseases 5 medication-free strategies to help prevent heart disease 1. Don’t smoke or use tobacco 2. Exercise for 30 minutes on most days of the week 3. Eat a heart-healthy diet: foods that are low in fat, cholesterol & salt; a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy products; a diet containing beans, other low-fat sources of protein & certain types of fish; avoidance of saturated and trans fat. Alcohol in moderation (women: 1 glass/day. 4. Maintain a healthy weight. (Women are overweight if their waist measurement is greater than 35 inches (88.9 cm)). 5. Get regular health screenings: Blood pressure: Optimal is <120/80 millimeters of mercury . Check at least every 2 yrs. Cholesterol levels: Check at least every 5 yrs, after age 20. Diabetes screening: Starting between age 30-45, depending on risk factors, test every 3-5 yrs. Source: Mayo Clinic, 2011.

E.g. The European Region is the most affected by noncommunicable diseases (NCD), and their growth is startling. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the number-one killer, causing more than half of all deaths across the European Region. **

As we know, cardiovascular health can greatly be improved by lifestyle changes. Less stress and more Reiki for relaxation and balance are two things that come to mind instantly. However, I’m not a doctor, but a Reiki Master.

The reputable Mayo Clinic has 5 so simple ways to improve heart health and reduce risks, that are of the same category of simple life style changes.

Health Challenges for Us to Tackle in Other Parts of the World

In developing countries the health/survival challenges are quite different. High maternal mortality rates, high HIV rates amongst young women, sexual and other violence against women are the main causes of death amongst women. 

If we look a step behind these challenges, it’s quite clear that extreme poverty, lack of education, and in-existence of health care for women are major handicaps that we in Western countries may find hard to imagine, but can actually do something about.

We could choose to offer women around the world improved education, improved access to higher quality health care, support for social change to end domestic and social violence and other discrimination against women and we could choose to give them the tools for change they need to improve their lives and so of their families overall.

Are WE Really Meant to Take Care of the Health Care Challenges facing Other Parts of the World??

As the Western world is a holder of the majority of the world’s financial resources, and of the resources required for instigating the changes required, yes, our support and care is paramount.

I’d argue that once we can feel part of a global community, our society is to pay equal attention to offering solutions for the issues underlying to the common causes of death of women in all parts of the world.

Can We Decide?

Now that we understand these Challenges that are facing women in the World, it is up to us, individually as well as collectively, to support directly and indirectly the various initiatives to resolve these issues.

If we want to heal as a world society, we have so see humanity as a global community and treat all parts as equal. Global cooperation & support, and an attitude of oneness, I believe, are worthwhile values that I would like to see our society to be remembered for in the century ahead. Not just lip-service, but genuine reaching out, sharing and caring.

The World Health Organization has a clear set of strategic objectives that underlie  its various initiatives.

WHO Strategic Objectives

• Prevent premature death and disability from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, respiratory diseases, blindness and deafness, mental disorders, injuries and violence.
• Prevent their key risk factors (tobacco, alcohol, drugs and other psychoactive substances, unhealthy diets, and physical inactivity).
• Improve nutrition in support of public health and sustainable development.

Likewise, we can make a personal plan of what our personal objectives are, of what the changes in society are that we want to have contributed to, and just begin.

* source: world health organization

** source: world health organization, Europe

*** source: GlobalIssues.org’s article on Causes of Poverty

Below is a video which explains the use and some of the benefits of Reiki from the perspective of hospital staff.

They consider Reiki to be a "light-touch, energy-based therapy that reduces stress and increases relaxation for better health". It shows how Reiki is touching the lives of cancer patients at the Washington Cancer Institute at Washington Hospital Center.

While Reiki benefits exceed those mentioned, the fact that Reiki is welcomed in the hospital as a complementary care is a major step forwards in Western medical care.

This particular hospital offers Reiki therapy to patients and their caretakers as part of its ‘Living Well with Cancer’ program.

The hospital produced this video in 2009, whereby it presents Reiki practitioners as volunteers. However, its website shows us that Reiki gained prominence as an complementary practice.

The hospital states that "Reiki is one of the fastest growing forms of energy work used in hospitals today, and complements standard medical treatment. It is successfully used for symptom management including anxiety, negative thinking, pain, sleeplessness, nausea and fatigue.

Reiki generally induces a profound state of relaxation. Research indicates that when the patient is relaxed, the body’s innate healing abilities are awakened."

Reiki treatment is currently performed by specially-trained Cancer Institute personnel perform the treatments. Cost is now $45/session.

For more information on Reiki in the hospital, contact the Washington Hospital Center.

For more information on distant Reiki for you, wherever you are, email Astrid Lee.
Book your distance healing Reiki session, or learn about Reiki training at TherapeuticReiki.com

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Woohoo!!!! 

We made it to THE TOP 5 FINALISTS!!!

for

BEST REIKI BLOG.

It’s amazing as there are a gazillion Reiki blogs who participated in the About.com Readers’ Choice Award competition.  Thank you all so much for nominating us!!!!

VOTE FOR US

Now, the FINAL ROUND has started to vote for the winner, and I’m hoping for your continued support.

Please click here to VOTE FOR  ‘We Are One World Healing’ as the Best Reiki Blog.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO VOTE

Your promotion of this blog will help our world healing initiative.  I welcome all the support I can get to raise awareness and help humanity. Please VOTE FOR US ** TODAY and EVERY DAY till MARCH 5. It’s important for publicity’s sake.

Thank you!!!!

Join ‘We Are One World Healing’.  The next session is tomorrow, Sunday 13 Feb and the one after is Sunday March 13.

But don’t delay, please…

Nominate us Today !

HOW to Nominate us:

1. Click Holistic Healing Reader’s Choice Awards 2011 — Nominate Your Holistic Healing Favorites

2. In ‘Best Reiki Blog’ type:

NAME: ‘We Are One World Healing’ + URL: http://www.TherapeuticReiki.com/blog

3. Submit. Thank you in advance for your support!

WHY Nominate “WE ARE ONE WORLD HEALING” as THE BEST REIKI BLOG

Is this really ‘the best’ Reiki blog? I think it is:

• This blog is the best to me because it’s the only blog I own about healing. It is my only tool for sharing information that I consider important, uplifting, insightful, sometimes amusing but always food for thought.

• This blog’s central goal is the ultimate goal of Usui (founder of Reiki): to bring enlightenment. Feelings oneness mark an enlightened existence. ‘We Are One World Healing’ is all about ONENESS and is central to this blog.

• Beyond the spiritual level, the mental, emotional and physical levels of Reiki healing are helped here as well.   I write articles on all levels, so that we can heal holistically.

• This blog provides
• Reiki basics, e.g. in’s/out’s of distance Reiki healing, as well as  information beyond standard Reiki textbooks, e.g.  in-depth article of who Usui actually was and how his personal experience formed the structures found in the Usui system of natural healing.

• It’s a virtual library with ideal tools for those on the healing path, practitioners and clients alike.  The ’We Are One World Healing’ group distance Reiki initiative actually brought this blog in existence as, initially, it was meant as a way to communicate between participants. It morphed into an virtual library for healing, explaining angels I work with, tools that I use, and issues that come up in my Reiki practice.  Here are just some highlights of articles that complement Reiki and are of use to Reiki masters, Reiki students as well as Reiki clients:
• • Healing Myths: Reiki once & healed forever, 10 Reiki Myth Debunked, Healing Myth: Pain is bad 
  • Enlightenment: Stages of Enlightenment
  • Shamanism: shamanism is; Raven totem animal; Aka cords (Hawaiian Huna)
  • Archangels: archangel Michael, archangel  Azrael, archangel Jeremiel
  • Crystal Therapy: crystals to avert negativity, crystals in grid for abundance, crystals for world healing
  • Feng Shui:  Chinese bagua, remedies for love, success at work
  • i Ching: ancient Chinese divination tool / get your own free reading 
  • Bach Flower Remedies: overview, questionnaire, individual remedies described
  • Aromatherapy: power of rose
  • Weight loss: a spiritual program, alkaline food
  • Words of Inspiration: compassion supports me
• There’s lots more to read…
• … and write. I’m not going stop any time soon.

Facts n Figures

• Hundreds of thousands people from all over the world who have read the blog, like it enough to stay around for the while and read several articles.
• This blog has an incredibly low bounce rate of 30-40%. 
• It is on only Reiki blog that I know of that’s a PR3, has a better than 250,000 Alexa ranking
• The Therapeutic Reiki blog ‘We Are One World Healing’ has been around for a while. In April that will be 4 years.

However, to me, more important than these stats are the ‘love letters’ that I have received from readers. Heartwarming. It is very nice to know that my writing about healing Reiki has made a significant difference in people’s life. 

Conclusion

If my blog touched your heart, helped you heal, taught you Reiki, or connected you with Archangel Michael, the i-ching, Feng Shui, aromatherapy, or any other helpful force in your healing process, than please NOMINATE THIS BLOG.

Next Step

Your next step, click here and show us your opinion. Thank you for your nomination!

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About the About.com Holistic Healing Readers’ Choice Awards 2011

There will be 2 rounds:

• Round 1 (this round): people nominate their favorites, and a few finalists amongst these favorites are selected to make it to round 2.
• Round 2: you vote amongst finalists and the best blog wins. This round starts at February 11, till March 8.

The voted Best Reiki Blog will be announced March 15.

‘I love myself as I love others’ is in my mind, and in my heart, the most central affirmation you can recite to promote world healing. Let me give a very quick answer, focusing on 4 aspects of this affirmation.

Aspect 1 of this affirmation: SELF LOVE

When you can actually love yourself, you are more than halfway there.

Effective method: stand in front of the mirror and recite the phrase: “ Hi cutie/handsome, I love you. I really love you, and adore everything about you.”   Many times.

At first, your ego may / will protest with all your long-help mis-beliefs / obstacles to this expression of self-love. Say ‘thanks for sharing” to all those negative thoughts. Then, let these thoughts go.

Eventually, you will see yourself in the mirror, and the words will feel and sound really true: you love yourself.

IN THIS STATE OF SELF-LOVE, you will radiate love onto others.  When feeling safe (which comes from self-love), you are in the best position to stretch out your helping hand, and to really give. 

This really mean you will give more than you otherwise would.  By giving more, you are usually building a better heart. You will usually also receive more love. And so it becomes a reciprocal process of exchanging more and more expressions of love.

Aspect 2 of this affirmation: ONENESS

By loving another as you love yourself, you are not differentiating between people. By starting to live this way, you would not kill a fly, because you are that fly. You would not hurt another person with your words, because you are that person. You’d treat all people equal, and ahhh…. instantly lots of previous problems in the world are resolved. Can you see where this is leading to? Don’t you just love it?!

By adding ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ to the concept of Oneness,

you are truly sprinkling goodness IN YOUR WORLD & THE WORLD AT LARGE.

Aspect 3 of this affirmation:  HEALING ALL

By loving others, you have to extend your awareness of others. You have to both see others, and learn about the needs of others.  This way, you can give what is in fact needed, where needed, when needed.  

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is ignorance. Communion is Bliss.

Too often we live in our own cocoon of wellness.  Often, we simply are not aware of the suffering of others.  Oh yes, me too.

The solutions are simple: Listen, observe and learn.  This is a process taking a life-time.

While you listen,

you don’t talk.

When not talking

Your mouth can smile.

How good is that?!

Aspect 4: ALLOWING THE INNER-SELF TO SHINE

By letting go of the ‘ego’ (that bit of conscious thinking that has those frequent limiting thoughts….), and opening up the stage of the sub-conscious which is finally talked to through the repeated ‘mantra’ in the  most loving ways, you are allowing this inner-you to shine through.

I would like to end this article and say:

I love you all, readers, students, friends.

BTW. This Sunday is our monthly World Healing-get together again in my world.

Wanna join our circle of ‘giving out unconditional love, for a hour ?

Learn more: Why & How & Sign up

Not that I think that it is that important that you for only 1 hour a year become conscious of your impact on the planet. I am reminding you because I hope /wish that that one hour will make you reflect sufficiently to make a change for good each day of the year, or time you are on the planet.

Last year, I wrote an article on 10 things you could do on Earth Day, to enliven your participation to it, and to help build consciousness of our required care for our environment: http://therapeuticreiki.com/blog/earth-day-wwf-earth-hour/ .

As well, if you like to do something more frequently, that is of a healing nature for both yourself, Earth and all of us here on it, then please join We Are One World Healing.  The details of which are all on this blog here. Click on the button in the top navigation bar or simply start here: http://therapeuticreiki.com/blog/1-world-healing/

THE WORLD IS IN OUR HANDS.

Let’s stop playing with it.

Let’s start caring for it.