Shibumi: Blog http://www.shibumireiki.org//blog/ en bronwen@shibumireiki.org Copyright 2013 2013-02-01T00:39:32+00:00 Living with Cancer and using Complementary Therapies like Reiki http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/living_with_cancer_and_using_complementary_therapies_like_reiki/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/living_with_cancer_and_using_complementary_therapies_like_reiki/#When:00:39:32Z Watch this video about Living with Cancer. This specialist discusses the use of complementary therapies in mainstream medicine.

]]> 2013-02-01T00:39:32+00:00 New Reiki Book | Reiki for Dogs http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/new_reiki_book_reiki_for_dogs/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/new_reiki_book_reiki_for_dogs/#When:02:13:35Z TAP INTO THE POWER OF REIKI TO HEAL YOUR DOG
Check out Kathleen Prasad’s latest Reiki book “Reiki for Dogs”!
Using the most gentle and natural treatment possible, Reiki for Dogs can help you realize a new level of well-being for your dog. This powerful book provides everything necessary to help your dog through times of discomfort and to deepen your bond with the canine companions in your life.

]]> 2013-01-20T02:13:35+00:00 The Effects of Reiki Therapy on Pain and Anxiety in Patients http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/the_effects_of_reiki_therapy_on_pain_and_anxiety_in_patients/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/the_effects_of_reiki_therapy_on_pain_and_anxiety_in_patients/#When:04:21:49Z American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine. 2012 Jun; 294: 290-294.
BACKGROUND: Reiki is a system of natural healing techniques administered by laying of hands and transferring energy from the Reiki practitioner to the recipient. METHODS: We investigated the role of Reiki in the management of anxiety, pain and global wellness in cancer patients. Building on the results of a pilot project conducted between 2003 and 2005 by a volunteer association at our hospital, a wider, 3-year study was conducted at the same center.

]]> 2012-12-16T04:21:49+00:00 Reiki Hospice Volunteering Doesn’t Stop After The Patient Has Passed http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/reiki_hospice_volunteering_doesnt_stop_after_the_patient_has_passed/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/reiki_hospice_volunteering_doesnt_stop_after_the_patient_has_passed/#When:09:32:02Z After volunteering for about a year at Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care by making the rounds to see hospice patients that were admitted to the hospital I met the bereavement coordinator/ counselor and I suggested that Reiki treatments would benefit those whom are grieving. She was very open to the idea of Reiki treatments for the loved ones of those that have passed. The bereavement councilor is also a certified Integral Yoga instructor and very involved with the Integral Yoga community so she understood the concepts of “Energy”, “Oneness” etc…. and their benefits. On the patient side of this hospice the administration was not so open to, and was skeptical about, Reiki treatments for patients and would require a Doctors prescription even if the patient requests a treatment, if the doctor does not approve they could not get a treatment from a hospice volunteer like myself.

]]> 2012-11-29T09:32:02+00:00 Reiki Volunteers get great results in USA Medical Centre http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/reiki_volunteers_get_great_results_in_usa_medical_centre/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/reiki_volunteers_get_great_results_in_usa_medical_centre/#When:03:22:52Z Here is some interesting research about the system of Reiki and volunteers in a USA Hospital.
“Anxiety before Reiki treatment was 2.45 and after Reiki was 0.85. Pain before Reiki treatment averaged 2.9, but after Reiki treatment the level fell to 1.55. Nausea averaged 0.65 before Reiki treatment, but fell to 0.3 after the Reiki session. “Overall we saw a 71% reduction in “stress,” a 65% reduction in “anxiety,” a 54% reduction in “nausea” and “pain” decreased by 47%,” explained Lynne Danik, Director, Volunteer Resources for Hunterdon Healthcare.”

]]> 2012-11-05T03:22:52+00:00 Reiki in Hospice http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/reiki_in_hospice/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/reiki_in_hospice/#When:22:57:03Z Typically we think of Reiki as a healer and balancer but when we are dying how does that play
out? What is healed and what is balanced when the body is succumbing to disease or the effects of old
age? Do we balance energy centers? Do we only focus on areas of pain?

]]> 2012-02-21T22:57:03+00:00 Shibumi is always interested in what is happening in Japan http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/shibumi_is_always_interested_in_what_is_happening_in_japan/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/shibumi_is_always_interested_in_what_is_happening_in_japan/#When:00:06:46Z Shibumi is always interested in what is happening in Japan and its relationship to the West.

Well, Studio Ghibli has done it again. As many of you know we are huge fans of the anime movies made by Studio Ghibli.

]]> 2012-02-20T00:06:46+00:00 Some historical information about healing in Japan: http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/some_historical_information_about_healing_in_japan/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/some_historical_information_about_healing_in_japan/#When:23:12:34Z Literary and historical texts from the eighth century onward record countless examples of priests being employed to pray or perform incantations for the recovery of those suffering from severe illnesses, particularly members of the imperial family or nobility. The Shoku Nihongi, for example, indicates that a total of one hundred and twenty-six “healing meditation masters” (Jp. kanbyō zenji 看病禅師) had been recruited in attempts to restore the retired Emperor Shōmu to health.

]]> 2012-02-12T23:12:34+00:00 Mystery and Mastery http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/mystery_and_mastery/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/mystery_and_mastery/#When:23:52:19Z At this time last year, I decided to join an organization called Shibumi International Reiki Association. This group was developed by Frans and Bronwen Stiene, who run the International House of Reiki and teach Usui Reiki Ryôhô, which is one of the Reiki lineages I am trained in. As a member, in addition to upholding the Vision, Mission and Philosophy of Shibumi, I also agreed to uphold their Codes of Practice, which includes, among a great many other things, the requirement that members not use the term Reiki Master. As the Shibumi website puts it, “The term Reiki Master is not utilized by Shibumi members due to the understanding that one does not master Reiki (spiritual energy).”

]]> 2012-02-01T23:52:19+00:00 Shugendō http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/shugend/ http://www.shibumireiki.org/blog/article/shugend/#When:02:57:16Z Shugendō (also spelled Shugendo) can be loosely translated as “path of training to achieve spiritual powers.” Shugendō is an important Kami-Buddha combinatory sect that blends pre-Buddhist mountain worship, Kannabi Shinkō 神奈備信仰 (the idea that mountains are the home of the dead and of agricultural spirits), shamanistic beliefs, animism, ascetic practices, Chinese Yin-Yang mysticism and Taoist magic, and the rituals and spells of Esoteric (Tantric) Buddhism in the hope of achieving magical skills, medical powers, and long life.

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