Experiences with Reiki Treatment
Recently I’ve been seeing particularly
good results when treating clients suffering from anxiety with Reiki. Here are
some examples:-
1.
One
lady reported that she felt “lighter, like something had been lifted off” her
after just her first treatment. Her partner and daughter had both noticed an
improvement in her mood over the days following her treatment. This lady had
experienced long term anxiety and depression. Now her sadness had lifted and
her head felt “less busy”. During treatment I release heaviness around the heart
chakra and energy blocks in the solar plexus representing lack of self-worth
and self-belief, and gave plenty of grounding to the root chakra. Subsequent
treatments are addressing the longer term, deep rooted causes of her anxiety
and depression. She had a couple of treatments quite close together but is now
just having subsequent treatments on a monthly basis.
2.
Another
client had been experiencing anxiety with migraines for a few years when I
started treating her. This lady was just about managing to cope with work with
the migraines but had some deep-rooted emotional issues as well which had been
suppressed long term. In her treatments I cleared the heart, solar plexus and
sacral chakras and worked on the physical level of the sacral chakra (the abdomen)
too. The third eye and root chakras also needed particular attention. After
each treatment she reported that her anxiety levels had dropped considerably,
lasting for a longer period of time after each treatment.
3.
When
I worked on another client with anxiety I discovered that his solar plexus
chakra was wide open and the heart and root chakras were very low in energy. I
worked on the kidneys to calm them and reduce physical stress-related symptoms.
An energy block was released from the back of the third eye chakra – negative
thoughts are often stored here. This area should always be worked on, in
addition to the solar plexus, with clients who suffer from low self-worth and
hold a myriad of negative thoughts about themselves. The third eye chakra relates
to perception, among other things, and how we see the world around us, what we
are focusing on and where we see ourselves going. Negative thoughts can cause
blockages in this chakra.
4.
Reiki
can also help children to settle into a new school or help them if they’re
having difficulties causing anxiety. Typically in this case you need to balance
the solar plexus, heart and root chakras and release any fears/worries held in
other chakras. These treatments were sent by distance healing. The children
were all completely unaware that they had been sent healing but the parents
noticed improvements over the next few days which enabled the children to
settle into new routines.
Treating Anxiety
The main chakras to focus on is almost
always the solar plexus. This relates to personal power, personal strength,
self-belief, self-worth, self-esteem – how we really feel about ourselves in
spite of any confident outward appearances. The solar plexus is connected to
the mind/mental body which is why many people experience butterflies, nausea
and IBS when they are worried about something.
The root chakra is also very
important. Focusing Reiki energy here will strengthen this chakra, bringing the
person’s energy down, literally bringing them out of their head (where you spend
a lot of time when you have anxiety) and back down to earth. The root chakra
relates to grounding and focus. When you have strong physical grounding and a
strong connection to earth, you are better able to cope with things and not let
them get on top of you. The adrenal glands are governed by the root chakra, so
treating the root chakra also helps to calm the adrenals.
You will also need to work on the
heart and sacral chakras to help clear emotional issues contributing to the
anxiety, as well as the third eye chakra to calm and clear the head.
It is worth pointing out here as well
that distance treatments are just as effective as hands-on treatments in cases
of anxiety. This may be because you are already working on the mental level
(ie. the mind) by visualising the person and the Reiki can flow more easily
over this mental connection.
At the beginning of the treatment I
always ask for the Reiki healing energy to flow to release the person’s
anxiety, boost inner strength and self-belief, and restore peace and harmony.
This sets your intention and makes it clear what you would like to happen.
Energy always follows thought. You can phrase your request to suit your/your
client’s needs but it will no doubt be something along these lines. You can
also call upon the Angel of Healing to release and resolve the underlying
causes of a person’s anxiety. This is very powerful and signals to the angelic
realm that you wish to work with them. Do this regularly so they know you are
sincere and I’m sure you will soon see an extra depth to your treatments.
Helen
Shortland is a Reiki Master Healer/Teacher, Meditation Teacher and Holistic
Therapist based at 15 Wheeler Gate in Nottingham city centre. She is also
currently studying Raw Food Nutrition to find out more about the healing power
of natural food. Helen offers several healing treatments such as Reiki, Angelic
Reiki, Faery Reiki, Angel Therapy and Fairy Blessing Guided Journey, as well as
Usui Reiki and Faery Reiki training courses. She has been on the spiritual path
for 15 years and has extensive knowledge of healing and the healing journey. For further
information about her Reiki courses, therapies and workshops, please visit her
website http://helenshortland.com or visit and ‘like’ her Facebook page Helen Shortland
Holistics & Enchantment.
