Tuesday, May 1, 2012

My Favorite Web Pages

Hello All:
 I just want to share some of my most favorite Reiki Therapy web pages. Enjoy!

http://reikiinmedicine.org/  founder Pamela Miles
http://dragonflyreiki.net/ founder Dana Young
http://www.komyo-reiki.jp/english/index.html  founder Hyakuten Inamoto
http://www.ihreiki.com/ founders Frans and Bronwen Stiene

Friday, April 20, 2012

Mother's Day May 13th

Flower's. Candy. Boring! Your mom rock's so this year get her something unique. Reiki Therapy will leave your mom feeling relaxed and happy. So what are you waiting for? Get her a Reiki Therapy Gift Certificate Today!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The 7th Annual Wholistic Fair

Thank you, thank you to all who came out to the 7th Annual Wholistc Fair! It was wonderful to be able to meet so many new people.  The winner of our drawing for a 30 minute Reiki Therapy Session or Thai Yoga Therapy Session is: Kat Rhodes.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Come visit me at the 7th Annual Wholistic Fair on Saturday, April 12, 2012

Enter a drawing to win a 30 minute session of your choice of either Reiki Therapy with Tonya Yancey or Thai Massage with Judy Grier.

Mother Earth Wholistic Fair
Saturday, Apr 14 10:00a to 4:00p
atVFW,Cape Girardeau,MO
Price: free
Phone: (573) 547-3641
Age Suitability:None Specified
The fair features over 30 vendors offering a wide variety of products and services providing a wholistic approach to improving ones health and well-being. Services are presented by local and regional businesses. Door prizes will be awarded throughout the day. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to benefit Love INC SEMO charities.
Free classes will be offered throughout the day:
- Qigong at 10 a.m.
- First Aid Essential oils at 11 a.m.
- Meditation Basics at 12 p.m.
- Every Day Essential oils at 1 p.m.
- Yoga - The Mind Body Connection at 2 p.m.
- Essential Oils - Fighting Bacteria and Mold at 3 p.m.
Creator: Semoevents - Cape Girardeau Area

http://www.semoevents.com/cape_girardeau_mo/events/show/251567144-mother-earth-wholistic-fair

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Is Reiki Therapy Coming to a Hospital Near You?


Did you know that Reiki Therapy is offered at many prestigious Hospitals throughout the United States?!
Here is a short list of just a few. I invite you to check out their websites and see for yourself.

* Hartford Hospital http://www.harthosp.org/integrativemed/therapies/reikitherapy/default.aspx
* Mercy Hospital http://www.mdmercy.com/womens/womenservices/medispa/reiki.html
* Portsmouth Regional Hospital http://portsmouthhospital.com/patients-visitors/reiki.dot
* Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/individual-therapies
* Yale-New Haven Hospital www.ynhh.org/smilow-cancer-hospital/patient-information/complementary_services.aspx


Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Reiki Therapy? What's that?

The first question that I am asked is "Reiki? What's that?"  And honestly, I really don't have an answer.  Shocking? I know! Let's first start at the beginning.  Reiki (pronounced ray-key) was introduced by Mikao Usui in the early 1900's.  Usui was a Buddhist Monk and a devoted meditator and it was during a 21-day meditation on Mount Kurama that Usui discovered "a great white light" that he later named Reiki.  My understanding of Usui is that for him, Reiki was a spiritual practice with healing benefits.  Usui later established a clinic in Japan and trained a handful of Reiki Masters or Teachers.  One of Usui's students was a retired naval doctor named Chujrio Hayashi, who then simplified the practice. Some years later, a woman named Mrs. Hawayo Takata returned to her parents native homeland in need of healing from her own medical crisis.  Mrs. Takata became a student of Hayashi and with his help, Mrs Takata established a Reiki Clinic in Hawaii.  Mrs. Takata eventually relocated to the U.S. mainland, settling in California, where she trained 22 Reiki Masters before her death in 1980.


So now we know some of the history of Reiki Therapy, but still "What is Reiki Therapy?"  Okay, here we go! In Eastern medicine the patient is treated as a whole.  Therefore, health is viewed as a balance of the whole human system, meaning mind, body and spirit.  In Western Medicine the disease is singled out as the problem and then all interventions have one focus, which is to remove the physical aspects of the disease, never really taking into account the patients' mind, attitudes, emotions or spiritual development. Eastern medicine and practices on the other hand included all of these when providing any type of treatment, They see all individual systems as one integrated and connected whole. 


Reiki, in Japanese, means universal life force and it utilizes spiritual energy to assist in healing.  Are you still with me? I like to refer to a Reiki Therapy session as inducing a meditative state, as many clients often have a deeply relaxing experience.  Scientist label Reiki as a bio medicine and so far scientists have not discovered a mechanism of action to explain how Reiki Therapy works. However, Reiki Therapy is among the growing accepted field in alternative health and is offered in over 800 U.S. hospital, with endorsements from M.D.'s such as, Dr. Mehmet Oz from The Dr. Oz Show.


During a formal therapy session the client will lie on, or be in a reclined position on, a massage table and remain fully clothed.  Reiki is non-invasive and uses light touch hand placements on the head, front and back of the torso, sessions last an hour to an hour and a half.


 Many us tend to be unbalanced due to stresses in our modern life. Reiki Therapy works to balance one's whole system. The most common benefit clients report feeling is relaxation, improvement in sleep, reduction of feelings of anxiety and pain, better digestion and improved mood.  I like to call it the "happy buzz". While research is still preliminary, there are a few small studies showing positive results.


Finally, Reiki Therapy is not massage or hypnosis and although Reiki Therapy is a spiritual discipline, it is not a religion.  There isn't any dogma attached to Reiki Therapy, nor is it a part of any religious doctrine.  Reiki Therapy is practiced by many people throughout the world and is steadily growing in popularity.
So, "What is Reiki?" you ask? Reiki is a therapy, an intervention, a practice and a discipline. It is also a personal experience that is as unique as the individual having the experience.