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Case Study of Treating
Depression with Reiki:
Ms.L,
an obese woman (she weighed 180 Kgs), had not stepped out of her front
door for the last ten years. She was convinced that she could not walk
without support and that she would fall down if she tried. She spent
entire days in the house, refusing to talk with visitors. She had a
compulsive need to eat and would cook and consume huge quantities of
Chicken, eggs and meats at odd times of the day. She had tried anti
depressant drugs and other methods of treatment that included
Homeopathy, acupressure, acupuncture and anything that was recommended
to her by her sister and brother in law. She was convinced that she was
born unlucky and she would never be normal again. She would begin a
treatment with lukewarm enthusiasm, but would soon slip into lethargy
and refuse to go on with the treatment. When Ms.L was referred for
Reiki, she had convinced herself that she had not long to live and had
told her sister not to be surprised if she found her dead one-day. Her
sister-- alarmed--rushed to the Reiki clinic for help.
Day 1:
Since the patient would not come to the clinic, I decided to visit her
home. It was clear from Ms.L's posture that she was in the grip of
acute depression. She was seated on a sofa with her feet up on a
footstool. Her body limp, her head bowed and her shoulders drooping.
Her arms lay lifelessly at her sides. She seemed lost to the world and
did not even look up when we entered the room. She merely lifted her
eyes to look at us without enthusiasm when she was talked to. An aura
scan revealed that her root chakra and the naval chakra were completely
blocked and her solar plexus chakra was partially blocked.
With a
lot of persuasion from her sister and myself, she got up and went to
lie down on her bed. I noted that she used the walker even though she
was perfectly able to walk without it. She seemed to cling to it as a
means of support. I kept up a general chatter as I started the
treatment. She continued looking at the ceiling blankly. After some
time, she started to pay a little more attention. Her muscles would
twitch and she lifted her head to see what we are doing. She called her
sister near and asked her whether we were using some chemicals as she
was feeling some heat where my hand rested. When she was assured that
no chemicals were being used, she subsided once more into indifference.
Slowly and visibly she began to relax. She soon fell into a deep sleep
and began to snore. As the round of treatment was over, we let her
sleep.
Day 2: Ms.L was waiting
for me. She looked relaxed and
calm. On enquiry, she replied, "I slept deeply and dreamlessly for the
first time. I feel well". She then went willingly and lay down on her
bed. After chatting with her for some time on a variety of topics (she
did not reply), I started the treatment. While doing Reiki, I continued
to chat and Ms.L replied in monosyllables to the questions being
addressed to her. At the end of the hour she remarked, "That felt nice".
Day
3: Mrs. L was ready for me. She was lying down and eager to start the
treatment. She began to talk about the weather all the time keeping an
eye on me. When I agreed that it was hot, she began telling me how the
heat was affecting her and how she could not eat as much as she used
to. I made sympathetic noises to encourage her. She seemed to feel
reassured and gradually opened up--almost as if she were talking to
herself and occasionally asking me a question. Then, her tone changed
and she became more emotional and personal. She poured out her
feelings. She insisted that she was very depressed because God had
taken away her husband and her children had all flown away to distant
lands and nobody cared for her. She said she had hated God from the day
he had taken her husband and she had not gone to church or prayed for a
long time. Since she had been very religious, she felt guilty that she
had forsaken God but, she hated him and she did not want to pray to
him. She then began weeping and ranting at God and exclaiming that she
should not be doing it! This emotional outburst lasted for almost an
hour, during which I continued the treatment, unfazed. Finally,
exhausted by emotions and relaxed by the Reiki, Ms.L fell asleep.
Day
4: Ms.L was waiting for me--a little shamefaced and diffident. She
greeted her with a defiant "I was carried away a little yesterday. I am
sorry". I assured her that it was ok and that she must not hold back
her emotions and that I do not mind her talking to me about anything.
She then, asked me a little suspiciously 'Do you think your treatment
is making me unbalanced?". Well that was a tricky question at this
stage and I was not very sure whether I should admit to the fact or
assure her that it was not so. I intuitively felt that it would be
better to explain to Ms.L and so I told her that Reiki dives deep into
the psyche and stirs up emotional blocks for release. I explained that
what she was experiencing was the release of emotional blocks and it
was nothing to be alarmed about. It would help her come out of her
lethargy and feel more enthusiastic about life. She was silent for some
time and then said that she was glad that I had been honest with her.
She only requested that whatever she said to me should be kept
confidential. I agreed and she said she was looking forward to the
treatment. As we went through the various hand positions, she started
asking me about Reiki and what it was all about. I explained to her
about energy centres and how imbalances in energy caused illness. She
expressed eagerness to learn it herself. I told that it could be easily
arranged. She then began to talk to me about her husband and the
wonderful man that he had been and how cancer had eaten into his
insides unsuspected. She described the shock they had experienced when
the disease was diagnosed at a terminal stage. She described the trauma
of waiting for death to part them. She re-lived the pain she had felt
when he went to the hospital for the last time and she could not be
with him during his last minutes, as she was laid up in bed at home
with a fracture. She felt she had let him down and was guilty of
continuing to live when he had died such an agonizing death. She then
sobbed quietly till she fell asleep exhausted by her emotions.
Day
5: Ms.L was looking very anxious when I entered her room. She
immediately piped up "Do you think God is cruel?" I cautiously replied
"No". She then asked, "Do you think I should begin to pray to him? Do
you think he will hear my prayers now? I have abused him so much!" I
was impressed. I said, "Yes, you should. God is very forgiving and he
is always happy to welcome his children, however abusive they have
been!" She was content with my reply and got ready for the treatment.
While I worked the hand positions she continued telling me how much she
loved God and how she had missed her conversations with him. She then
told me she is convinced that her husband was waiting for her in heaven
and she would join him when God felt that it was time. Meanwhile she
had a lot to do. She had written to her son and asked him to come back
home to keep her company and was in hourly expectation of hearing from
him. She then began thanking me for the wonderful treatment that I was
giving her and she was convinced that God had sent me to her when she
was most depressed.
Days 6-21: Followed with
the patient very
enthusiastic and cooperative. She gradually left off her walker and her
posture improved and she stuck to mealtimes with determination. She
even consented to step out of her house and take short walks in the
corridor with her sister. A month later she completed a course in Reiki
and even visited a textile showroom to select some dress material for
her. She invited me over for a party she held to celebrate her Son's
return home. (The boy had left his job to take up one closer home to be
with his mother). She was bubbling with energy and extremely
enthusiastic about life. A quick scan of her chakras revealed that the
energy levels were normal and the grey spots in her aura at the root
and naval chakra had disappeared. The Solar plexus Chakra was also open.
Combining Reiki With Other
Therapies.
Many
Reiki practitioners combine crystal therapy with Reiki to stimulate the
chakras. Limonite, Lapis Lazuli, Pietersite, and Turquoise are used to
stimulate the sacral Chakra Wardite, Mesolite, Jasper, and Jet, help
the base chakra open up. The Solar Plexus Chakra is stimulated by
chrysanthemum stone, gypsum, jasper, obsidian and rutilated quartz..
Wadeite is used to stimulate all the chakras. I personally, combine
Reiki treatment with Bach Flower treatment and crystal therapy as I
find that it accelerates the healing and gives the patient a
psychological satisfaction.
As is evident from the
above case
study, that Reiki brings about immediate and dramatic improvement in
condition of persons suffering from depression. It is also evident from
countless testimonials that persons who have come out of their
depression by using Reiki have not had a recurrence of the same. Many
hospitals round the world are recommending Reiki as a parallel system
of treatment. Treating depression with Reiki is becoming a recognized
practice within hospitals and more so with local doctors. The efficacy
and impact of Reiki is best understood when it is personally
experienced.
Peter Tremayne
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