Natural Health and Healing - A Better Alternative?

Written by Joy Thompson

Are you healthy? Do you take prescription drugs? Have you heard the news
about some prescription drugs causing dangerous side effects and even
death? What about the cost of healthcare and prescripton drugs?

I was getting frustrated, our healthcare costs were going up every year and
our prescription costs were also going up. Yes, I was very glad our health
insurance, through my husband's work, was paying a lot of the costs; but
our portion was creeping up and putting a strain on our budget. I am
grateful for our insurance because our out-of-pocket expense would be much
greater without it. But still, it was a strain. I felt there had to be an
alternative.

I have always believed in taking responsibility for my own health. I also
felt alternative therapies that were holistic/natural could possibly be an
option; but I didn't know much about them and they weren't widely known.
In my search for something better, I have come to believe that there are
excellent alternatives to traditional healthcare. I found many of these
alternative therapies are less expensive and don't cause the dangerous side
effects of some prescription drugs. I have found many wonderful Energy
Therapies, techniques and products that have saved me considerable money
and I am very pleased to say, has enabled me to get off 2 of my
prescription medications and the dosage has been lowered on the one I still
take. My goal is to get off of that medication, too. What I really love
about some of these holistic or natural alternatives is they are self help
methods and they often work where nothing else does. I can now take care
of many of my needs without ever going to see my doctor.

I became so fascinated with holistic and natural health that I became a
Certified Holistic Life Coach and now do EFT Coaching. (I will discuss EFT
in just a minute.) I also created a website to provide resources and
coaching services to help others achieve a healthier body, mind and spirit.

Now, I would like to tell you a little about what I found that helped me
and maybe you will find something that helps you, too. I have ordered them
according to my preference.

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) - EFT is truly awesome. It is a self
help energy therapy that is similar to accupuncture but there are NO
needles. Our bodies have energy meridians and those meridians can become
blocked due to traumas, injuries, accidents, etc. These meridians can be
cleared by gently tapping on them. I found EFT to be a very weird
technique - really strange looking - but I was astounded by the results.
For me, the results were immediate and permanent, most of the time.
Sometimes I did have to tap several rounds; but most of the time, one or
two rounds would do. I have used EFT on many conditions including pain
from a sprained ankle, grief, headaches, stress, past emotional traumas,
self-esteem issues, and so much more. The technique is very easy to learn.
I found the hardest thing about EFT was coming up with a phrase (used
while tapping) that would really hit home and make a difference. I now use
EFT everyday. It often works where nothing else will and I try it on
everything. EFT is easily self-taught and a free EFT manual can be
downloaded on the website.

Aromatherapy - Maybe it's a girl thing, but I find Aromatherapy very
theraputic. I love the different scents of the Essential Oils. There are
woodsy scents, flowery scents, sweet scents and the list goes on. Some
Essential Oils can be combined with others and create a totally new scent.
When I want to pamper myself, I will use them in my bath. I will use a
relaxing scent if I'm getting ready for bed and an invigorating or
energetic scent if I'm preparing for my day. Sometimes during the day if I
need to relieve stress, I will open a bottle and just sniff a couple of
times. There are scents for relaxation, stress reduction, to energize, and
there is one I use sometimes to suppress my appetite. I have found that
Aromatherapy is a great way to be good to yourself. Some essential oils
can be expensive but most are pretty reasonable and they last for quite a
while. I have found them to be a good value for the money.

Meditation and Self-Hypnosis - Meditation and self-hypnosis are both very
relaxing. I don't get the chance to meditate as often as I would like, but
even 10-15 minutes a day works wonders. Meditation has helped me relax,
reduce stress and helps me concentrate when I have a deadline to meet.
Self-hypnosis has helped me sleep better, lose weight, retain information
better and stay focused. Meditation and self-hypnosis were both difficult
for me to learn. I wasn't used to relaxing so completely; but once I got
the hang of it, I actually looked forward to meditating. When I have a
really good meditation session, I have more energy and creativity. I seem
to be able to get more done. I believe the meditation and self-hypnosis
CDs and MP3s are reasonably priced.

I hope I have provided information that you will find useful. If you would
like more detailed information or would like to see what else I have to
offer, please visit my website. I have found that Natural Health and
Healing IS a better alternative!!

Have a Naturally Healthy Life!

Joy Thompson


Certified Holistic Life Coach
EFT Coach and Reiki Master

View their website at: http://www.ourdreams06.com

What Is Reiki? (Part II)

In a previous article we have said that there are three degrees of Reiki and we were talking about the first degree where the attenuement heals the physical diseases of the receiver. When the person receive this attenuement two or three weeks are necessary to adapt. In this period the energy can activate in an unpredictable moment even when healing is not requested. In these moments the person can have strange and unpleasant feelings. He or she can also visualize events of the past lives or even have physical perturbations (diarrhoea, etc.).

When the healer is at the beginning of his or her experience with Reiki the energy modifies the capacity of the healer to canalize it. A greater quantity of energy goes into his or her aura and body. At this moment aura and chakras are cleaned. If the level of energy is such to cause physical problems it is recommended that the beginner heals him or herself or the receiver in order to balance the energy and reduce the unpleasant sensations. After receiving the first degree of Reiki it is necessary to undergo as many healing sessions as possible for the first month for him or herself or the person to be healed.

With the second degree of Reiki the level of energy increases a lot. This energy focuses on the complete healing of the person, including the emotional and mental aspects. With the transmission this energy brings back all the emotions and problems of the past (including those of the previous lives) and removes them. This process can take more than one month, sometimes six months or more and some pain can be felt, but it is absolutely necessary.

The second degree of Reiki makes available more energy for each healing session. Moreover means and methods are made available to heal from remote. At this aim three new symbols are made available and must be used. These are already available in the aura of the healer at the first degree and flow out automatically from his or her hands during each healing session. During the second degree of Reiki the healer learn how to drive the energy flux and the gets the information to canalize the energy and make the attenuements when at the third degree.

The third level is that to become Master, i.e. a teacher or expert in Reiki. The attenuement is related to the spiritual energy and heals the receiver. While the second degree required a strong effort with the third level the process is easier. The healer increases his or her capabilities in canalizing the energy and healing. Two more symbols are also provided. More information on the symbols and methods of attenuement transmissions are also provided.

At the first degree the healer has only to put his or her hands on the receiver to perform the healing process. The energy then does the rest, just flowing out from the hands. The energy knows where to go even better than the healer. So he or she does not need to worry about how to drive it. All the body’s levels are healed: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. This allows to completely healing the receiver. Reiki will solve the problem whatever is the cause of it. It will also heal other diseases in case the energy should find them in the way of healing.

When we talk about Reiki we cannot talk only of the physical body. There are also other three invisible bodies where the energy is present: the vibrational bodies. The healing process according to Reiki involves also these bodies. If compared to the traditional medicine, which treats only the physical body, Reiki performs a deeper healing process achieving better results. With Reiki we not only remove the problem but also the cause of it at the root. In fact a disease can also have a cause that can be not physical. Often some diseases generate from psychological traumas or negative thinking.

What Is Reiki? (Part I)

The action to put your hands on yours or other people’s or animals’ body to heal is in our nature. When we feel pain the first thing we do is to bring our hands where we have pain.
When we have fever we put our hands on our forehead to reduce suffer. The touch brings heat, serenity and healing.
Animals do almost the same when they leak a wounded part of their body.
In the animal world a mother leaks her kids when they are sick and human beings touch their babies with their hands.

The human or animal body irradiates heat and energy, which is vital force. This concept is well known and mentioned in all the human cultures, and this energy has different names according to each of these cultures. For example in India it is called Prana and because of this name we today talk about prana healing. Chinese call it Chi and for this reason today we know about Ch’i Kung, an ancient healing discipline.

In Reiki the healers have to open the energetic channels and to remove the blocks through harmonisations. The healers receive the energy to heal them and connect to the source of the universal energy, also called universal Ki.

Reiki is not a religion; neither is connected to a religion. It is the source of life. It is an entity and as a concept is even older than religious philosophy.

Every living thing has Ki inside. Who or what receives a harmonisation or attenuement is in direct contact with its illuminated source.
There is more than one level of attenuement. With the first level the living entity becomes a channel that drives the energy. When the first attenuement is received, in the future the entity has to put its hands on its or other entities’ body to connect to the universal Ki. The energy will flow automatically.

The attenuement that put into direct contact to the source of Ki, increases the vital energy also of those receiving it. They realize an energy that heals them and they would be able to heal other people, and this energy will not extinguish.
When receiving the attenuement the entity is getting a gift which will change its life in positive.

The Origin of Reiki (Part I)

Reiki is a very simple and efficient healing system with the imposition of hands.
Many people struggled to discover the origins and the age of Reiki. It is not very easy.
Much useful information has not been translated into English yet and some even have never been written.
The history of traditional Reiki starts in 1800, although it is assumed to be quite older.
Th information available before the written texts, available only through the canalization, are theoretic, yet amazing and stimulating. Although this information is not proven it is very interested and cannot be neglected.

Many people, interested in Reiki, or canalization experts affirm that the human being history started on another planet and the human race has been brought on Earth.
Translators of ancient texts are verifying these theories. We have to say they are really courageous.
Someone affirms that the Reiki technique originated on the same planet where Gods with many hands were born on the Earth planet. This is also part of the ancient Indian culture.
According to this culture the god Shiva brought Reiki on Earth and he wanted to be remembered for this.

The human body was created to be compliant to the characteristics of the Earth planet and Reiki was embedded in its genetic code.
As a consequence, Reiki is part of us. Everyone has Reiki inside. Time ago was universal and was created to be used.
The kids of one of the first civilizations, Mu, got the first level Attunement of Reiki at the beginning of the primary school, while the second level Attunement at the beginning of the secondary school.
The Master level was only for the teachers but was available for everyone.

When this people left the land of Mu to go to places like India and Tibet, Reiki remained with them, even when Mu disappeared.
The changes on Earth, when Mu and Atlantis disappeared, created several cultural imbalances, and Reiki was patrimony of only few people.
In 1800 a Japanese men discovered that the healing method of Jesus and Buddha was similar to what Shiva has brought on Earth, and it was written in the Indian esoteric doctrines.

The history of Traditional Reiki started around the middle of 1800 when Mikao Usui, chancellor at the University of Kyoto, in Japan, and also Christian priest, started a research to discover which healing method Jesus used.
The Christian authorities told him that little was said about this method and little was known.
Usui started then to look for useful information within Buddhism, as there were several affinities between the life of Buddha in India and that of Jesus in Palestine.
Unfortunately the Buddhist monks told him that the ancient healing method was lost and the only way to know them was to follow the instructions of the Lightening Path.

Mikao Usui went and lived in the USA for seven years. He applied at the theology faculty of the University of Chicago where he would find what he was looking for.
He performed studies and comparisons between religions and philosophies, but he did not find the answers he was looking for.
Then he came back to Japan and was remembered as Buddhist monk in a Zen monastery.
The Reiki Master William Rand discovered that Usui was never chancellor of the Doshisha University neither student nor professor. Also it is not proven that he was at the University of Chicago.
We may think that the Christian part of his life is an invention by the western people to justify the power of Reiki in the United States.

By the way Mikao Usui found some writings in the Zen monastery. In this writings there was the description of the healing formula.
There was no information regarding the method of activation and use of the energy.
To comprehend the content he studied Sanskrit and then he discovered that the formula was very easy.
He meditated three weeks, did fasting and prayed on Koriyama Mount.
One day he saw a light beam towards him. The beam hit his Third Eye and he lost acquaintance for a while. When he woke up again he saw the Reiki symbols on a screen. While watching them he received the information to attract the healing energy. In this way the first Reiki Attunement occurred, first psychic re-discover of an ancient method.

Alternative Health Treatments That Work

Alternative health treatments are becoming ever more popular and acceptable in our modern day world. I have to admit that until recently I was one of the many sceptics of anything to do with alternative health therapy but have since seen the light. This is because a good friend of mine persuaded me to give reflexology a try and since this positive experience I have experimented with hypnotherapy, aromatherapy, reiki, tai chi and meditation. In this article I will write about my experiences and findings.
The friend in question is in fact my best friend called Ian. He has always been a bit different, he was the first person in the class to dye his hair, get an ear ring, go to a night club, I think you maybe getting the message now. For many years he would tell me about how superb reflexology was and how great and relaxed it made him feel. You should have a go, he would often say to me.
Despite the fact that we are best friends, I am actually quite different to Ian. Where as he is quite daring and open to new ideas, I am quite shy and reserved. I like things as they are and see no reason as to why they should change.
A couple of years ago however I was in a bit of a bad way, I do not want to go into too much detail but lets just say that I was rather depressed and could not seem to drag myself out of the rut that I was in.
Ian tried to help me as best as he could and eventually managed to convince me to phone his reflexologist to book a session. I reluctantly went to see this chap and have to now admit that Ian was right, I could not believe how great I felt afterwards.
I then went a bit mad and tried other forms of alternative health therapy as mentioned in the opening paragraph of this article. My favourite has to be meditation as it helps me to think in a more rounded, logical and positive manner.
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Essential Reiki - The Book by Diane Stain

With this book Diane made a revolution. Infect she published the drawings of the reiki symbols which up to today are supposed to be revealed to the people who actually get an attunement. But if something is kept secret those who for the first time approach reiki can have problems in the understanding of Reiki. Many practitioners are confused for a while at the beginning of their Reiki experience.

Those who have read this book have removed many doubts very quickly. The good point is Diane explains in great detail what each symbol means and provides the guidelines for their use. She also remarks that to perform Reiki the attunements are necessary. At each level the person is able to receive more symbols to work with. Moreover she includes others symbols she has personally discovered in the years of experience and experimentation. It is a good informative book. The symbols are slighly different to many Reiki practitioners and as a matter of fact those reported by Diane are not considered the absolute correct ones. But then again, everyone in the Reiki community claims that their symbols are the correct symbols. This book is a great start to those practitioners who want more information, but other texts should be considered as well in order to make a well-rounded practitioner. Reiki Masters have nothing to lose with looking at this book. It is a good choice for people who have not received Reiki attunements but it will be useful when they become practitioner. It can be considered a manual in addition to other Reiki books, a good reference for Reiki Masters. Diane starts with the history of Reiki and then provides the instructions for passing attunements. Attenuement is a system of laying on of hands for healing. Further in the book she discuss about the origin of Reiki energy giving from a phylosophical point of view. In the discussion about the inclusion of the attunement process she provides details explainging both from the view of the receiver and the giver. Diane undrelines that part of the healing process is the healing of the self. In fact you must resolve your personal issues before healing someone else. Moreover many reiki masters ask the beginners to read this book before starting the lessons.

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Pronounced ray-kee, the word Reiki comes from two Japanese words: rei, wisdom of God (or simply the “Higher Power”) and ki, life force energy. The two words together mean: a spiritually guided energy.
According to Reiki the life force energy flowing in our bodies influences our will to live and enjoy the goodness of life. When that force is high, we are healthly and full of vitality. If it is low we become sick and stressed.
With Reiki the hands are used to transfer the energy force from a person (the giver) to another being (person or animal, the receiver).
The person receiving energy is fully clothed and is not subject to over-manipulation, is not even touched.
For energy to move from one person to another, the method has to be subtle, natural, and not exaggerated in any way.
For those that are skeptic with Reiki it is to be remarked that: it is not a religion (although it is still important for people to live in harmony with one another, only through acts of kindness and charity will transfer of the life force work), does not replace treatments that are medicine-based; it serves as a complement to existing therapies, working in harmony with drugs, surgery, psychological counseling and any other means of treatment, it is not faith healing, it is not massage therapy, although as we said earlier, the hands are one of Reiki’s most powerful tools, and it is not new.

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