Reiki and Cancer: Bridging the Gap
Dear Visitors, Clients and Friends:
If you or someone you know is going through Cancer treatment, the following article can help in providing information on how Reiki can benefit cancer patients.
It is an article you can provide to your Oncologist with confidence. It was forwarded to me by Pamela Miles. Links are provided.
Nelly Thomas
Dear Nelly,
Conventional cancer treatment can be experienced as a war against the disease, a fight for life in which the body becomes a battlefield. The balancing effect of Reiki treatment can help the person recover from the collateral damage of treatment without compromising the effectiveness of conventional protocols. At a time when so much hangs in the balance, Reiki treatment can help tip the scales in the patient's favor.
This passage is from a paper I wrote on Reiki to support cancer patients that is published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed, indexed medical journal Advances in Mind-Body Medicine . The article is available online, and will download when you click "Reiki for Support of Cancer Patients" on the journal's cover.
Patients who know of Reiki are often understandably reluctant to do anything without their oncologist's approval. They are frequently just as reluctant to mention Reiki to their doctors, assuming the oncologist won't know about Reiki and unwilling to risk losing their physician's respect. Now patients can use this article to start the conversation on a credible note.
After all, oncologists are well aware that cancer patients often suffer anxiety, pain, fatigue, stress and other symptoms related to both the disease and the treatment. I find doctors to be interested in non-invasive approaches that can relieve their patients' suffering. But I also know oncologists need literature that addresses the medical concerns before they can support their patients' use of Reiki. This paper fills that gap by documenting how Reiki can benefit cancer patients, family members and caregivers without medical risk.
Reiki is increasingly offered to patients in conventional cancer settings such as Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City), Dana Farber Cancer Center (Boston), and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston), but many more patients are suffering.
Please join my efforts to relieve that suffering by expanding Reiki's availability in conventional cancer care. Share this announcement or the link to the article, and use the article to introduce Reiki to the cancer care centers in your community. Our combined efforts can, and will, make a difference.
With warmest regards and gratitude,
Pamela
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Individuals receiving LifeSpark services talk about their experience with Reiki and Healing Touch. Two doctors speak about LifeSpark's work. View actual sessions, and hear from those who have benefited.
What are Energy Therapies?
Healing Touch and Reiki, two methods of energy therapies, provide care and support for individuals with cancer through light hands-on touch. Energy therapies complement medical treatment by promoting deep relaxation and a sense of well-being.
What happens in a session?
The individual lies fully clothed on a massage table while the provider gently places their hands slightly above or on the individual. Many participants report feeling deeply relaxed and peaceful during and after the session.
One individual stated that "out of all of my medical appointments, this is the one that I look forward to." Another reported that "sometimes I fall asleep during the session, unusual for me because I have a hard time sleeping."
Ongoing medical research suggests that Healing Touch and Reiki energy therapies can minimize some side effects of cancer treatment. Benefits may include:
* Positive improvement in energy and well-being
* Decreased pain, anxiety and depression
* Support for healing after surgery and medical procedures
* A feeling of being cared for and nurtured
Since the late 1990's, Reiki (R) and Healing Touch (HT), have been practiced in medical centers world wide. Facilities currently incorporating these therapies include: Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine,
La Jolla, Ca (HT) George Washington University Hospital, Center for Integrative Medicine,
Washington, DC (R) Queen's Medical Center Pain Management Department
Honolulu, HI (HT) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Integrative Medicine
New York, NY (R)
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