Five Steps to Intuitive Healing

"The magic of intuition is that it insists you live in the moment with no expectations, a continuing freshness. Intuition is our birthright, available to everyone. To access it, I've developed five steps that can be applied to any issue you'll ever confront from healing your body, to riding a roller-coaster of emotions to sexual awakening. I live by these five steps; they continue to sustain me. I suggest you give them a try. My hope is that they will bring you the joy and clarity you've been searching for.

Step 1: Notice Your Beliefs
Your beliefs set the stage for healing. Positive attitudes stimulate growth. Negative attitudes impede it. It's important to rid yourself of counterproductive attitudes that you may not even realize you have. If you examine your beliefs, choose life-enhancing ones, you'll create optimal wellness. No organ system stands apart from your thoughts. Your beliefs program your neurochemicals. I'm not suggesting that you be Pollyannish, but that you be completely true to yourself. This will free you from unconscious negative beliefs that can sabotage your healing.

Step 2: Be In Your Body
Your body is a complex and sensitive intuitive receptor. You must make a commitment to be in it completely to heal. Most people in Western society are conditioned to live from the neck up, ignoring the rest of their body. This stance is counter-intuitive. I'd like you to shift that perspective-to enjoy your intellect but revel in your physicality as well. Being aware of the sensuousness of your body opens intuition. Then you'll become more cognizant of early warning signs your body sends. This gives you a head-start on preventing illness, choosing healthy relationships, and avoiding detrimental situations.

Step 3: Sense Your Body's Subtle Energy
We are composed of flesh and blood, but also of subtle energy. Chinese Medical Practitioners call it "chi," a vital substance which penetrates the body and extends many feet beyond it. From an intuitive point of view, these vibrantly colored energy fields, whose centers are called chakras have a significant effect on our health. For that reason, it is important that we learn to sense this energy within us, recognize when it is off, and learn to correct the imbalance. Feeling energy can be very sensual, an extension of love. Learning to tap into your body's energy is healing.

Step 4: Ask for Inner Guidance
We each possess an intuitive voice that contains answers about our healing. Because our intellect is often so loud, this voice often gets drowned out. It's essential that we learn to access the stillness within--though meditation, quite contemplation, connecting with nature, prayer-in order to gain answers about our health. Spend a few minutes each day devoted to listening to this voice. It may appear as a gut feeling, a hunch, an image, a sound, a memory, an instant knowing-as if a light bulb suddenly switched on. Learn to trust the signals your inner wisdom sends.

Step 5: Listen To Your Dreams
Intuition is the language of dreams. Every ninety minutes each night during the REM stage of sleep, we dream. Dreams provide answers about health, relationships, career choices, any new direction. The secret is to remember them. I suggest keeping a dream journal by your bed. Before you go to sleep, ask a dream a question. For instance, "Is this relationship healthy for me or should I move on?" The next morning, write down any dreams immediately before getting out of bed. Try repeating the question, every night for the next week until your answer comes. As you develop the habit of remembering dreams, you'll be able to benefit from this form of healing. As a physician, I have a continual sense of awe for the relationship between body and spirit. As your heat opens, so does your intuition. Your intuition will teach you how to see and how to love. It will instill in you a renewed faith to face anything. "

by Judith Orloff MD

http://www.drjudithorloff.com/Free-Articles/Five-Steps.htm

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Using Reiki in Everyday Life

"One of the things that sets Reiki apart from other healing methods is that it can be used for a number of other purposes. Reiki can be utilized in all aspects of daily life! ... [Y]ou may be amazed to learn that Reiki can also be used on inanimate objects as well! Try it the next time you have a problem with your computer! Everything in the universe is created from energy; in giving Reiki, you are directing energy where there is a lack or an imbalance.

Reiki for Animals: You will find that animals seem to like receiving Reiki and can sense that something very special is being given to them by human hands, and they tend to become quiet and relaxed. Animals will usually let you know where to apply the energy by the way they position their bodies. Most dogs and cats will remain lying down until they have had enough Reiki, and then stand up or scurry off. ... Animals are more instinctive than humans, and therefore are able to judge better how much Reiki they need. When giving Reiki to animals, follow the same basic guidelines as when treating people, and pay attention to any areas that seem to draw more energy.

Reiki for Plants: Universal Life Force Energy is manifested in plants the same as in humans and animals, and respond very positively to Reiki. When treating household plants begin at the roots, by placing your hands around the pot. When you feel that the roots have drawn enough energy, move up and direct Reiki to the main body of the plant by holding your hands about 1 inch from the leaves. You can also give Reiki to seeds before planting them in your garden, by cupping them in your hands, and Reiki to trees by placing your hands on the trunk of the tree. If you have attained Second Degree Reiki, you can administer Reiki to plants and trees using the absentee, or long distance method.

Reiki for Food & Drink: Reiki energy can also be used to enrich you food and drink, and increase it's nutritional value. While food is cooking you can hold your hands above the pan. Once food is on the plate you can either hold your hands above the plate, or at either side of the plate with your palms facing in. As you can see, the second method would work very well when eating in a restaurant. Use the same principle for liquids. Hold the glass, bottle, cup, or container in your hands for a few minutes, giving it Reiki. Try it with a glass of water and see if you notice a difference! You can also do this with hot liquids.

Other Uses: There are so many uses for Reiki on a daily basis:

Before giving a present, spend a few minutes treating it with Reiki. You've just given a double gift!

Cleanse and charge rooms in your house, or even hotel rooms by using the first symbol in the corners of the room, or by holding your hands on the walls for a few minutes.

Visualize the first symbol in front of you to "protect" yourself from negative energies when in crowded locations.

Use Reiki for malfunctioning appliances, jammed locks, computers, car batteries jewelry, and for treating crystals and stones!"

http://hallsofreiki.com/reikinlife.html

Reiki

I finally took a reiki class and I'm now officially a First Degree Reiki Practitioner! The class was AWESOME and so was the teacher (Kathleen Hall). I am planning on taking Reiki II from her as well. The class was held at Wildflowers, which is a great shop.

We received a handout and a book, The Reiki Handbook. We spent part of the day learning about reiki (history, principles, etc.), hand positions, chakras, the 21 day clearing process, etc. We also had an attunement. We had hands on experience working on each other (there was only one other student in the class, very nice). We also learned how to do self treatment, which I have been doing daily. Now I just need to find some people to practice on!

I've been wanting to post about it since Saturday. I have other things to post too. I need to sleep less or something.

Ma'heo'o Reiki

I think I am going to take a class on this

Ma'heo'o is the Cheyenne word for Great Spirit, Great One or God. Ma'heo'o Reiki was created by Sheryl Carter. A preview of her manual is on Google Books:

Ma'heo'o Reiki (A program of spiritual healing, growth & development

Ma'heo'o Reiki combines the healing energy of Reiki with the ancient wisdom of the Native American peoples. The reiki energy harmonizes with the frequency of Mother Earth.  It can be used for healing and connection with the elements. It teaches us to live in balance and harmony with everything around us and bring that energy into our auric system.

Ma'heo'o Reiki uses symbols derived from Native American Peoples and Mother Earth. There are several (5, 6 or 7?) symbols incorporated into this healing system. The first 4 represent the elements (Earth, Air, Water and Fire) and allow us to connect with and channel Mother Earth's energy. When that energy is combined with and activated by Great Spirit, it promotes great energy channeling ability, use of healing light and color, higher intellect, grounding, and promotes calming, peace and relaxation.

This system can bring you into contact with your spirit totems, give you your sacred name and balance your body with the elements.

There are 3 attunements. The first two enable a better connection and heightened sense of the elements through Mother Earth. The third is the master level which connects you with Great Spirit.

Sources/More Info:

http://www.sacredenergies.com/maheoo.html

http://www.universalclass.com/i/crn/5803.htm

http://www.powerattunements.com/ma'heo'oreiki.htm

http://www.spiritsofnativelight.org/ma'heo'o_reiki.htm

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Reiki, Foot Detox and Herbal Remedies

So today I went to Lady of the Lamp and had foot detox and reiki. The proprietor of the shop is Jeannie Short.

I wasn't planning to do the foot detox today. I had asked her about it because Mom wanted to do it and I was going to go with her. But it was $5 off if I did it the same day as reiki so I went ahead and did it. Basically it's a pan of water (maybe salt water) with an ion generator in it. Allegedly, this pulls toxins out of your body through your feet as you soak them. My water almost immediately turned orange, which is related to joints. (There's a list of what each color means). By the end, there was also dark green stuff in the water.



And there was some type of sediment in the water. I washed my feet off with wet paper towels and they don't seem any worse for wear. I saw one web site that suggested the stuff in the water is just iron and has something to do with oxidation. I don't know, it doesn't seem like that could happen that quickly. I don't know what if anything it did but I figured it couldn't hurt anything.

A giant furry cat dozed next to me while I had my foot bath.



He was very sweet and let me pet him and licked my hand.

After the foot bath, I had a reiki treatment. This lady does several different energy healing modalities and said she doesn't do just strictly reiki, but whatever she feels is needed. I laid on a massage table in a darkened room with lovely music playing and the sound of a water fountain while she worked on me. Her hands felt so warm, almost hot at times. Sometimes she touched me, sometimes she just held her hands over me. It was very, very relaxing. Near the end I felt this energetic "jolt" is the only way I can describe it. And I felt like I was in a heightened energy state. I've had this happen recently when meditating but only a few times. I'm not sure what exactly it is. Anyway, afterward she said she felt like I had problems with my right knee (that's the one I had my surgery on) and my right shoulder. I do have problems with my shoulder sometimes but it seems like it's the left one not the right one. I need to pay attention the next time it happens to be sure though.

Jeannie is training to be a naturopathic physician and is almost done. When we talked about my medical issues, she suggested an herbal remedy that she felt could help with my sinus problems and get me off the Allegra D. I am all for that so I decided to give it a try. What I got is made by Pure Herbs, Ltd., and is "SI.A.-R" which contains Bayberry, Bitter Orange, Indian Tobacco, Golden Seal, Licorice Root, Wild Rose Hips and Thyme. (Everywhere I find this mentioned online it says it has several other herbs as well. I'm not sure why my concoction doesn't have those too.) According to the Pure Herbs Ltd website, these herbs are supposed to do the following:

• Bayberry: Liquefy and drain sinuses, shrink and dissolve polyps of all kinds


• Bitter Orange: doesn't say


• Indian Tobacco: Nerves, spasms, rub on "charlie horse", cramping, poison antidote, asthma, empty stomach, food poisoning, correct bronchials, medulla


• Golden Seal: Powerful antibiotic, activates other herbs, varicose veins, stomach, diabetes


• Licorice Root: Adrenal nutrients, stamina, allergies, anti-stress, low blood sugar, takes place of cortisone, menopause, helps as hormone source after hysterectomy


• Wild Rose Hips: Natural source of Vitamin C, connective tissue, neutralize poisons, build immunity, stimulants peristalsis, colds, coughs, healthy tissue, healer, repair blood vessels, stops bruising, helps absorb calcium


• Thyme: Calms nerves, thymus gland in chest, high iron, promotes immunity, nightmares, colic, gas, ill-disposition, strengthen lungs

The concoction is a liquid and I'm supposed to take 1 tsp. three times a day. It doesn't taste very good. I'm very interested to see how well it works.

Reiki

I have been attracted to reiki but never experienced it. I was signing up for a class but had to cancel because it was just after Husband had his heart attack. I made an appointment for a treatment next month and am excited to experience it.

" Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy."

A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. Many have reported miraculous results.

Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

An amazingly simple technique to learn, the ability to use Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to the student during a Reiki class. This ability is passed on during an "attunement" given by a Reiki master and allows the student to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" to improve one's health and enhance the quality of life."

http://www.reiki.org/FAQ/WhatIsReiki.html

"Reiki practitioners channel energy in a particular pattern to heal and harmonize. Unlike other healing therapies based on the premise of a human energy field, Reiki seeks to restore order to the body whose vital energy has become unbalanced.

Reiki energy has several basic effects: it brings about deep relaxation, destroys energy blockages, detoxifies the system, provides new vitality in the form of healing universal life energy, and increases the vibrational frequency of the body.

The laying of hands is used in Reiki therapy also as in spiritual healing. There is a difference though. In spiritual healing, a person with a strong energy field places his or her hands above a particular part of the recipient's body in order to release energy into it. So, here the healer is the one who is sending out the energy. In Reiki, however, the healer places the hands above the recipient; however, it is the recipient that draws the energy as needed. Thus, in this case, the individual being healed takes an active part in the healing process as opposed to having a passive part in spiritual healing. The individual takes responsibility for his or her healing. The recipient identifies the needs and cater to them by drawing energy as needed.

Although there are a few positions in which the practitioner is in contact with the patient (such as cradling the head), most Reiki treatments do not involve actual touching. The practitioner holds his or her hands a few inches or farther away from the patient's body and manipulates the energy field from there"

http://www.holisticonline.com/Reiki/hol_reiki_what-is-reiki.htm

More:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki

http://healing.about.com/cs/reiki/a/reikiFAQ.htm

Holistic Healing: Reflexology, Acupressure and EFT

I have been wanting to learn more about alternative healing, such as reiki and reflexology. I recently bought a reflexology book ("Body Reflexology") and have started to learn some techniques, and I also have been reading up on it online. My book also has acupressure techniques. I hae also been reading up on EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). It's interesting how all of these work - I think they are all related.

Here are some links:

OVERALL REFERENCE TO HOLISTIC HEALING:

About.com: Holistic Healing


REFLEXOLOGY:

Reflexology for Beginners

Foot Reflexology Chart

Reflexology Hand Chart

Reflexology & Acupressure for Anxiety and Stress

A Self-Help Reflexology Technique for Allergies, Asthma, and Sinus Problems


ACUPRESSURE:

Free Online Acupressure Guide

General Acupressure Points to Stay Fit

Facial Acupressure Chart


EFT:

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)

Personal Power at Your Fingertips: Release Emotions With EFT

Heaven on Earth

EFT Tapping Procedure Chart