By Art the
Reiki Guy - Light Heart Reiki
Reiki was
offered at the San Luis Obispo Veterans Stand Down this last Sunday by local Reiki
practitioners and myself. Its focus was
to help the homeless and unemployed veterans however all veterans were welcome.
The event lasted for 24 hours starting at 4pm Saturday ending at 4pm on Sunday. Sunday was the day for providers to set up
booths and help all participating veterans. Light Heart Reiki had a booth for the event to
introduce Reiki and energy healing to all interested veterans. I had with me 2 Reiki practitioners all day
and 3 others for a couple of hours in the morning. Since we were told some 50 plus veterans were
sleeping over and would be out and about first thing, I thought the morning was
going to be the busiest. This was not the case.
Morning was very slow. We gave Reiki
to 4 veterans from 9 am to noon. Then
one of the organizers of the event decided to try Reiki. He said he needed some stress relief. He was so impressed with how Reiki helped his
stress that he told his staff and
participating veterans. Next, He was escorting individuals to our booth. The word was out and inhibitions be
gone. We got busy and it didn't let up.
At the end
of the day we were the last booth to fold up due to the continuing flow of recipients. We served 22 people in all. Each person received about 15 to 20 minutes
of Reiki in a chair. The entire process
from the intro to Reiki and how it works, the receiving of Reiki, then the
orientation back to present time with Q & A took about 30 min per person. Some
of the recipients needed to heal by telling their story. We would send "hands off" Reiki as
they talked, then with their permission, begin the session. Most of our
recipients had never heard of Reiki or energy healing and so this was
completely new to them. Introducing Reiki
to those that have given so much of their lives to protecting our way of life
and to reconnect them with their Source (Universal Life Energy -God) was an awesome
experience.
Watching a
person accepting Reiki for the first time, to see their progression from
skeptic to acceptance is simply sublime. At first their hands were closed in
their lap, open to healing but cautious. Slowly the hands begin to relax and
open. The facial expression softens and
by the end of the session, the hands are open to receive God's healing with a
beaming face. Time and time again we
witnessed that progression. Several of
the recipients would just sit after the Reiki sessions, eyes closed, hands
open, face beaming with joy, soaking it all in, not wanting the experience to
end. How do you describe to another the
feeling we all received being a part of reconnecting another to their
Source. A few words come to mind:
Magical, Blissful, Exhilarating, Sublime Humble. It is all of these and more. Sending that much Reiki, being connected to
source and watching Reiki work in so many lives gave all the practitioners a
deep feeling of bliss that lasted for several days
There are so
many people in this world starving to connect to Source through energy healing,
and meditation. They want to connect or reconnect to God but they do not know
the way. Several expressed the desire to practice meditation but didn't know
how. I helped them get started with
meditation and offered some quick tips. The day's event inspired me to put
together a short class on meditation to offer to veterans and others hungry to
connect to Source.
Thank you my Lord for this awesome day, to be a
conduit of Your Love and Healing Light and I am looking forward to being a part
of any event where I can help people reconnect and heal.Art the Reiki Guy
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