Treating Depression with Reiki

Discover-Reiki 7 Part Reiki Master CoursePart 1 -began to relax. She soon fell into a deep sleep and
Treating Depression With ReikiReiki Masters believebegan to snore. As the round of treatment was
that thought is energy vibrating at a very highover, we let her sleep.Day 2: Ms.L was waiting for
frequency while the human body is energy vibratingme. She looked relaxed and calm. On enquiry, she
at a lower frequency. Vibrations produce actions andreplied, "I slept deeply and dreamlessly for the first
actions produce reactions at grosser and grossertime. I feel well". She then went willingly and lay down
levels of frequency in a ripple effect!While positiveon her bed. After chatting with her for some time on
thoughts are universally acknowledged to manifest asa variety of topics (she did not reply), I started the
health, negative thoughts are held to produce diseasetreatment. While doing Reiki, I continued to chat and
or lack of ease. Mental disease is manifested asMs.L replied in monosyllables to the questions being
depression, depressive psychosis, mania or evenaddressed to her. At the end of the hour she
schizophrenia.Reiki deals with depression as negativeremarked, "That felt nice".Day 3: Mrs. L was ready
energy. Negative energy manifests at the aura levelfor me. She was lying down and eager to start the
as imbalance in the Chakras or energy centres and istreatment. She began to talk about the weather all
visible to the Reiki practitioner as grey or black spotsthe time keeping an eye on me. When I agreed that
in the aura. Imbalance of the energy centres causesit was hot, she began telling me how the heat was
reactions at a physical level, for the energy centreaffecting her and how she could not eat as much as
governs the health or disease of the organs andshe used to. I made sympathetic noises to
endocrine glands located within its purview.Theencourage her. She seemed to feel reassured and
Chakra System and DepressionThe Chakras that aregradually opened up--almost as if she were talking to
usually blocked in a person who is depressed are theherself and occasionally asking me a question. Then,
lower--the root chakra, the naval chakra, and toher tone changed and she became more emotional
some extent the solar plexus chakra, which is part ofand personal. She poured out her feelings. She
the middle group.The Root Chakra anchors theinsisted that she was very depressed because God
person to the earth. It represents the physical willhad taken away her husband and her children had all
and is associated with the spinal column, bones,flown away to distant lands and nobody cared for
teeth, nails, anus, rectum, colon, prostrate gland,her. She said she had hated God from the day he
blood and the building of cells. The Suprarenal glands,had taken her husband and she had not gone to
which produce adrenalin and influence bodychurch or prayed for a long time. Since she had been
temperature, are governed by condition of the rootvery religious, she felt guilty that she had forsaken
chakra. The person whose root chakra is out ofGod but, she hated him and she did not want to pray
balance cannot accept life or enjoy physicalto him. She then began weeping and ranting at God
existence. The creative energy of such a person isand exclaiming that she should not be doing it! This
low and self-expression is not considered necessary.emotional outburst lasted for almost an hour, during
The person will have a tendency to overindulge inwhich I continued the treatment, unfazed. Finally,
sensual pleasures such as overeating, alcohol, sex etc.exhausted by emotions and relaxed by the Reiki,
He or she becomes selfish, self-centred. Physically theMs.L fell asleep.Day 4: Ms.L was waiting for me--a little
person becomes overweight and suffers fromshamefaced and diffident. She greeted her with a
constipation. When challenged the person becomesdefiant "I was carried away a little yesterday. I am
irritable, aggressive, upset, violent and displays asorry". I assured her that it was ok and that she
complete lack of trust. If the Chakra is completelymust not hold back her emotions and that I do not
blocked the person will lack physical and emotionalmind her talking to me about anything. She then,
stamina and will be filled with feelings ofasked me a little suspiciously 'Do you think your
uncertainty.The Naval Chakra is the creative andtreatment is making me unbalanced?". Well that was
reproductive centre of the being. It is associated witha tricky question at this stage and I was not very
the pelvic girdle, kidneys, bladder and all liquids such assure whether I should admit to the fact or assure
blood, lymph, gastric juices and the regulation of theher that it was not so. I intuitively felt that it would
female menstrual cycle. The glands associated withbe better to explain to Ms.L and so I told her that
this chakra are the Prostrate, gonads, ovaries andReiki dives deep into the psyche and stirs up
testicles. If this energy centre is active and free ofemotional blocks for release. I explained that what
blocks the person exhibits freedom in self-expressionshe was experiencing was the release of emotional
and life appears interesting. Interpersonal relationshipsblocks and it was nothing to be alarmed about. It
are regarded as beautiful. A disharmonious chakrawould help her come out of her lethargy and feel
induces the person turn off sensual messages andmore enthusiastic about life. She was silent for some
display low self-esteem, emotional paralysis andtime and then said that she was glad that I had been
sexual coldness. Life does not seem worth living andhonest with her. She only requested that whatever
suicidal tendencies manifest themselves.The Solarshe said to me should be kept confidential. I agreed
Plexus Chakra is the power centre of the being. Aand she said she was looking forward to the
harmonious Chakra gives the person a feeling that hetreatment. As we went through the various hand
has the power of shaping things. It is associated withpositions, she started asking me about Reiki and
the lower back, abdomen, digestive system,what it was all about. I explained to her about energy
stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder and the automaticcentres and how imbalances in energy caused illness.
nervous system. The organ that is governed by thisShe expressed eagerness to learn it herself. I told
Chakra is the Pancreas. The body absorbs solarthat it could be easily arranged. She then began to
energy through this chakra. This nurtures the etherealtalk to me about her husband and the wonderful man
body and energizes and maintains the physical body.that he had been and how cancer had eaten into his
Emotional energy is also governed by this Chakra.insides unsuspected. She described the shock they
Personality traits and social identities are determinedhad experienced when the disease was diagnosed at
by it. Since it is located between the lower and highera terminal stage. She described the trauma of waiting
chakras it has the additional function of purifies thefor death to part them. She re-lived the pain she had
basic instincts and directing the creative energy tofelt when he went to the hospital for the last time
higher values of life. It is also connected to the astraland she could not be with him during his last minutes,
body and helps us integrate our feelings, wishes andas she was laid up in bed at home with a fracture.
experiences harmoniously. A block solar plexus chakraShe felt she had let him down and was guilty of
deprives the individual of the zest for life. The personcontinuing to live when he had died such an agonizing
feels gloomy, unbalanced and moody. Negativedeath. She then sobbed quietly till she fell asleep
vibrations impact the individual through this chakra.exhausted by her emotions.Day 5: Ms.L was looking
The person is restless and attempts to manipulatevery anxious when I entered her room. She
everything in accordance with his or her own wishes.immediately piped up "Do you think God is cruel?" I
There is a persistent feeling of inadequacy, whichcautiously replied "No". She then asked, "Do you think
drives them to ceaseless activity. The person getsI should begin to pray to him? Do you think he will
easily threatened and tends to feel dejected andhear my prayers now? I have abused him so much!" I
discouraged. The person insists that obstacles arewas impressed. I said, "Yes, you should. God is very
preventing them from realizing the true goals of life.Itforgiving and he is always happy to welcome his
is clear that the symptoms of a person in the grip ofchildren, however abusive they have been!" She was
acute depression are as much physical as emotionalcontent with my reply and got ready for the
and psychological. A block will exist in the root chakra,treatment. While I worked the hand positions she
the naval chakra and the Solar plexus Chakra. Thecontinued telling me how much she loved God and
creative energies of the person will be at an all timehow she had missed her conversations with him. She
low and the person will avoid situations where he orthen told me she is convinced that her husband was
she has give expression to his or her feelings. He iswaiting for her in heaven and she would join him
self indulgent, selfish, self-centred and suffers from awhen God felt that it was time. Meanwhile she had a
large number of ailments related to the stomach andlot to do. She had written to her son and asked him
has a tendency to put on weight. He or she will lackto come back home to keep her company and was
physical stamina and will be moody, irritable,in hourly expectation of hearing from him. She then
aggressive and defensive. He will have no interest inbegan thanking me for the wonderful treatment that
life and will refuse to socialize. In extreme cases heI was giving her and she was convinced that God
will attempt suicide.If you are serious about learninghad sent me to her when she was most
Reiki, check out Study:Ms.L, an obese woman (shedepressed.Days 6-21: Followed with the patient very
weighed 180 Kgs), had not stepped out of her frontenthusiastic and cooperative. She gradually left off
door for the last ten years. She was convinced thather walker and her posture improved and she stuck
she could not walk without support and that sheto mealtimes with determination. She even consented
would fall down if she tried. She spent entire days into step out of her house and take short walks in the
the house, refusing to talk with visitors. She had acorridor with her sister. A month later she attended a
compulsive need to eat and would cook andcourse in Reiki and even visited a textile showroom
consume huge quantities of Chicken, eggs and meatsto select some dress material for her. She invited me
at odd times of the day. She had tried antiover for a party she held to celebrate her Son's
depressant drugs and other methods of treatmentreturn home. (The boy had left his job to take up
that included Homeopathy, acupressure, acupunctureone closer home to be with his mother). She was
and anything that was recommended to her by herbubbling with energy and extremely enthusiastic
sister and brother in law. She was convinced that sheabout life.
was born unlucky and she would never be normalA quick scan of her chakras revealed that the
again. She would begin a treatment with lukewarmenergy levels were normal and the grey spots in her
enthusiasm, but would soon slip into lethargy andaura at the root and naval chakra had disappeared.
refuse to go on with the treatment. When Ms.L wasThe Solar plexus Chakra was also open.Combining
referred for Reiki, she had convinced herself that sheReiki With Other Therapies.Many Reiki practitioners
had not long to live and had told her sister not to becombine crystal therapy with Reiki to stimulate the
surprised if she found her dead one-day. Her sister--chakras. Limonite, Lapis Lazuli, Pietersite, and
alarmed--rushed to the Reiki clinic for help.Day 1: SinceTurquoise are used to stimulate the sacral Chakra
the patient would not come to the clinic, I decided toWardite, Mesolite, Jasper, and Jet, help the base
visit her home. It was clear from Ms.L's posture thatchakra open up. The Solar Plexus Chakra is stimulated
she was in the grip of acute depression. She wasby chrysanthemum stone, gypsum, jasper, obsidian
seated on a sofa with her feet up on a footstool.and rutilated quartz.. Wadeite is used to stimulate all
Her body limp, her head bowed and her shouldersthe chakras. I personally, combine Reiki treatment
drooping. Her arms lay lifelessly at her sides. Shewith Bach Flower treatment and crystal therapy as I
seemed lost to the world and did not even look upfind that it accelerates the healing and gives the
when we entered the room. She merely lifted herpatient a psychological satisfaction.As is evident from
eyes to look at us without enthusiasm when shethe above case study, that Reiki brings about
was talked to. An aura scan revealed that her rootimmediate and dramatic improvement in condition of
chakra and the naval chakra were completely blockedpersons suffering from depression. It is also evident
and her solar plexus chakra was partially blocked.Withfrom countless testimonials that persons who have
a lot of persuasion from her sister and myself, shecome out of their depression by using Reiki have not
got up and went to lie down on her bed. I noted thathad a recurrence of the same. Many hospitals round
she used the walker even though she was perfectlythe world are recommending Reiki as a parallel
able to walk without it. She seemed to cling to it as asystem of treatment for persons suffering from
means of support. I kept up a general chatter as Idepression. The efficacy and impact of Reiki is best
started the treatment. She continued looking at theunderstood when it is personally experienced.If you
ceiling blankly. After some time, she started to pay aare serious about learning Reiki, check out
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once more into indifference. Slowly and visibly she