Nurture, Appreciate and Heal: Living Well with HIV
Where there is life, we must celebrate it. Where there is hope, it must be nurtured. Where there is awareness, you have to enjoy it.
This becomes more important when someone is dealing with a life-threatening illness like AIDS.
Reiki is not intended to cure HIV. But she can go a long way in greatly improving the life of a person infected with AIDS. From dealing with the trauma of illness to helping to minimize the side effects of medication, Reiki offers the infected person hope and mental, spiritual, and physical strength.
Reiki works in association with conventional medical treatments, enhancing their effectiveness and increasing their usefulness.
How can Reiki help?
Pain management: Reiki can help a lot with the physical symptoms of AIDS. Thousands of patients from all over the world have benefited from the healing touch of Reiki.
Stimulate the immune system: Reiki can complement the effect of various medications to help strengthen the immune system.
Reduces side effects: Some of the medications used in palliative care for HIV patients can have many side effects. Reiki can help control and reduce these effects.
Counteracts neuropathy: About a third of people infected with HIV suffer from neuropathy in one form or another. Clinical studies have shown that Reiki can reduce spasms caused by pain and help relax muscles.
Helps to cope with life changes: Often, a person infected with HIV has to face not only the trauma of having a life-threatening disease, but also social stigma and ostracism. Reiki provides the ‘victim’ with spiritual strength and wisdom to help them cope with these life changes. It also facilitates better sleep, cures depression effectively, and helps a person have a positive outlook on life.
From self-healing to self-reliance: Reiki can be administered by a trained practitioner or by the infected person themselves. When the patient takes Reiki training and heals himself, he feels more in control.
So what is Reiki?
Reiki is a hands-on healing technique that is thousands of years old. It was rediscovered by Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese Buddhist, in the late 19th century.
Reiki is the consciousness of God called Rei that guides the life force called Ki in the practice we call Reiki.
Reiki is the non-physical energy that animates all living things.
As long as something is alive, it has a life force that circulates through it and surrounds it.
When he dies, the life force is gone. If your life force is low or if there is a restriction in its flow, you will be more vulnerable to disease. When it’s tall and free-flowing, you’re less likely to get sick.
Life force plays an important role in everything we do. It animates the body and is also the primary energy of our emotions, thoughts and spiritual life. Reiki makes this vital force available to us in abundance.
Nourish your spirit and heal your body with Reiki.