What Medicine and Science say about Reiki Healing

Reiki in several American Hospitals . Scientific Evidences. The Reiki Clinic at the Tucson, Arizona Medical Center has a team of Reiki Practitioners who offer Reiki to patients in their rooms. The program has been coordinated by Sally Soderlund, RN, Manager of Oncology Support Services. The program started in May 1995. Three Reiki Masters tried to set up a clinic, but lacked the necessary funds. Looking for solutions to the problem, they contacted Sanday Haywood, Administrator of the Tucson Medical Center, and offered to give sessions to hospital patients. Haywood was open to supportive care and made it easy to get the program started. The program began in the Department of Cancer Care but has since expanded to other departments of the hospital. The Reiki team explains the procedure to the patients before starting the treatment. They try not to use the word "Reiki" at first, focusing it more on the context of "energy to heal". They are informed how this energy exists in the body but that it is reduced when a person is sick and that the sessions consist of increasing this energy. They came to the conclusion that it is better not to use terms like auras, chakras, etc. because they tend to confuse the patient. It works best simply by explaining that hand contact is something everyone likes. They have also learned to use the Reiki word "session" instead of "treatment" to reduce the patient's anxiety. The main reason the program is so successful is that patients like Reiki and request it. Patients enjoy the session and ask for more after their first experience. Nurses have also noted that Reiki has positive effects on patients, reducing pain, increasing relaxation, and improving sleep and appetite. Reiki at Portsmouth Regional Hospital (USA) Patricia Alandy is a nurse and Reiki Master. She is the Assistant Director of Surgical Services at Portsmouth Hospital, New Hampshire. With the support of the Directorate, he has managed to make Reiki available to patients in the Department of Surgery. Reiki sessions are given by 20 members of the medical team that Patricia trained in the practice of Reiki, including nurses, doctors, therapists, technicians, and other team members. Reiki services started in 1997 and 400 patients have received sessions. Reiki practitioners do not enter into spiritual issues or "New Age" topics and are limited to giving Reiki "pure and hard". For this reason, Reiki is accepted by all patients, including the elderly, who are more reluctant to unorthodox ideas. The California Pacific Medical Center Reiki Program California Pacific Medical Center is one of the largest hospitals in Northern California. His Health and Healing Clinic helps the chronically and seriously ill using a wide range of complementary medicine, including Reiki. The clinic has six treatment rooms with two doctors, Dr. Mike Cantwell, a pediatrician specializing in contagious diseases and a Reiki Master, and Dr. Amy Saltzman, a specialist in internal medicine with additional training in acupuncture and meditation. They work closely with local GPs to determine the best way to treat the patient using a detailed questionnaire. The clinic is very popular, with a waiting list of over 100 patients. Dr. Cantwell says, "Reiki is very useful for treating serious illnesses such as muscle and bone damage, serious infections, and asthma. Reiki is also useful for treating chronic illnesses, especially those that cause a lot of pain." http://www.reikifed.co.uk/hospitals.htm ​ The place of Reiki is in Hospitals by Carole Easton Since I discovered Reiki, I knew that I needed to introduce it to hospitals and I thought that the best way was through nurses and doctors. That way, they could introduce it to their patients. I needed to set an example and at the Lynden Hill Clinic, I established the first Reiki Clinic in England. Over the years, most of our team, including doctors, nurses, and administrative staff, have learned Reiki and use it on a daily basis. We offer workshops and continuous courses for doctors and nurses from other hospitals who come to learn the technique. The benefits are manifold and we think the Lynden Hill Clinic is a wonderful example of how Reiki works in a medical setting. The Advantages of Reiki in a Hospital Reiki is so simple. It does not need preparation and can be used anywhere in the hospital including surgery, intensive care, outpatient, etc. It can be used in combination with any treatment. It has no side effects or contraindications. The patient can be sitting, lying down, or standing. It works through the cast. Reiki does not depend on the state of consciousness of the person who receives it. The patient can be in a coma or in intensive care without this being an impediment to Reiki treatments. Just a few minutes of Reiki can drastically change the patient's situation. Stress becomes peace and panic disappears, which is why it is very useful in emergency situations. Nurses working in pediatric units discover that children respond very well to Reiki. Children do not have preconceived ideas about healing, which is why they are very open to this therapy. http://www.healing.co.uk/comp/federationform.html ​ Reiki and Prince Charles of England If you are a Reiki practitioner and are interested in working with Social Security, the Government is funding support to make this happen, following the wishes of Prince Charles to integrate medicine into Britain. On June 5, 1998, 28 Reiki Masters and practitioners came together under the Integrated Care Organizations (ICO) the government body responsible for organizing complementary medicine. The ICO is subsidized by the Department of Education and Employment and the Dept. of Commerce and Industry. A committee has been created to explore the possibility of establishing a national organization for the education, training, and monitoring of Reiki in the public sphere. http://www.reiki.org/reikinews/2-9-01/how_we_got_reiki_in_to_the_hosp.html ​