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74 hether it is called ch : cultures have strong traditio REIKI - the laying on of hands to ralevs pie mental or emotional ailments and blocks, is often seen as a puzzling phenomenon - KLAUDIA HOCHHUTH shares her personal experiences. B ased on an ancient Japanese healing form, Reikimeans —_ body treatment, short treatment and many practical exercises. It ‘universal life energy’. This technique is used around __ is essential that people enable themselves to use this universal the world and has a large following in the US andEurope.Itwas energy immediately; this degree gives students all they need to rediscovered in the 1800s by Dr Mikao Usui, a Japanese begin practicing. Healing should be simple & effective, after all. Christian educator who practiced and taught the method - which The Reiki second degree is a further exploration of and involves tuning into universallife energy andthelayingofhands | commitmentto this powerful healing form. Here Reiki students on the body - for the rest of his life. learn how to do absent healings - which means the Reiki giver Having finished my Master in Psychology and being a doesn’t have to be in physical contact with the Reiki receiver. Naturopath I wasn’t really satisfied with what Ihadlearnedand Students also learn mental treatments which work with the constantly looked for another level of healing. The physical, subconscious, positive thinking and affirmations. The Reiki emotional and mental levels were familiar to me, but the Intensive Training is for those who want to integrate Reiki spiritual level was absent. Reiki filled this gap and subsequently —_ further into their lives and for those interested in teaching. I started teaching Reiki in 1985. My experience is that 99% of people walk out after a Using Reiki, a practitioner generates healing energy by workshop knowing the healing works, even though everyone laying their hands on the patient’s body while the patient is has different experiences and feels different sensations from laying down or sitting. The basic treatment is done on the back, —_ Reiki. Its success is measured not only in the cure itself, but also head, front and feet... extra positions can be healed where by the patient’s state of mind. Improvement in mental state is necessary. In case of an emergency the practitioner places their experienced particularly by those with serious or terminal hands where the pain or injury is and Reiki will help the healing __ illnesses, which is often the key to general improvement and process immediately. Some people find not having to undress _recovery. I have treated people with multiple sclerosis, cancer very comfortable and practical... Reiki works through material. and AIDS and have seen that Reiki can work miracles. At the it’s important that the whole body is treated; if someone is __ very least it helps people go into transition happily and easily; suffering from headaches, for example, these may arise from supporting someone in this way is overwhelming. tension in another part of the body or some other dysfunction. Reiki is a natural healing form and has a lot in common with Reiki really goes to the cause of the problem and doesn’t work _ nature in general - therefore I focus on teaching Reiki in a only on symptoms. This is where real healing starts. peaceful environment just out of Ballarat, but travel to give People usually become interested in Reiki after they have classes whenever requested. During workshops people are received a series of treatments and felt the benefits of it. People encouraged to find their inner space and allow their Higher Self can Jearn Reiki and heal themselves instead of going toa Reiki to come through; self-healing starts from this point. Talking or practitioner for the rest of their lives for help, You can useiton —_ writing about Reiki is like giving a description of the scent of a yourself, on others, on animals and plants. beautiful flower that you have never smelled; nearly impossible. The Reiki first degree of training involves self-treatment, full The best way to get to know Reiki is to experience it. iN} Nexus #19 43