By Richard S. Gubbe
Energy
healing has created quite the buzz.
Energy
healing requires a specific band of frequency that is referred to as white
light. This pure energy, which takes on characteristics of heat and vibration,
accelerates the body's healing process. It's called Reiki across the globe but
will soon take on the more generic term of energy healing. Also known as prana, this ancient art is now
embraced by the Western medical world. This form of rejuvenation can be found
in hospitals, clinics and wellness centers dispensed in treatments by energy
healers, who most often, are trained in Reiki. This word that means "light
energy" in Japanese is now accepted and used in trauma centers, cancer
treatment centers and in more than 100 hospitals across the United States.
Energy
healing causes no harm. At the very least, it enables the body to relax. When
we relax, the body heals. When we sleep, the body rejuvenates.
Reiki
workers are "attuned" to this energy when they are formally trained.
This ancient healing art originated in Tibet and was introduced at a free
clinic in Japan in the early 1900s. Reiki began making its way west after World
War II in Hawaii. The cost of classes then was far more than it is today. The
use of Reiki is common among nurses, massage therapists, chiropractors and
other holistic healers. Doctors have also seen the light and use it.
Even though
the Midwest is one of the last regions that Reiki has become popular, it is
available in numerous settings: college classrooms, health and wellness centers
and through private instruction. Some of the more prestigious allopathic
centers using Reiki include Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, the
Baltimore Trauma Center, The Caring Place cancer treatment center in Las Vegas,
Integrative Therapies Program for Children in New York, and SwedishAmerican
Hospital in Rockford.
What can it
help? There are six clinical trials under way that are funded by the U.S.
government in the areas of stress, prostate cancer, fibromyalgia, AIDS and
painful neuropathy (see www.clinicaltrials.gov). Reiki has had an effect on
cancer and multiple sclerosis patients and is used as an integrative therapy to
eastern and western modalities.
As a
proponent, advocate and a 25-year teacher, Reiki has been an integral part of
my life. The results of its use have been what some consider miraculous. The
key to learning this art is taking instruction from a longtime instructor who
knows all the intricacies of its scientific roots as well as its effect on the
body, mind and spirit.
Where to
find it? Reiki is offered in classes from Rock Valley College in the Continuing
Education and Continuing Professional Education departments, Kishwaukee College
in Malta, Rockford Career College and privately. Patients are offered Reiki
treatments at SwedishAmerican Hospital through a state grant, and the general
public can receive them from the Reiki Energy International nonprofit group and
through Rock Valley College.
For more information, see www.reikilightenergy.com.
Richard Gubbe is an award-winning journalist, public
relations specialist and Reiki Master Teacher. He is a longtime Rockford
resident who has taught at Rock Valley College since 2003.
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