Comments on: Reiki & Pain: One Woman’s Story

By: Pamela Miles

Pamela Miles — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:58:05 +0000

I’m so happy to read this, Sheri. These are wonderful results, especially just a week after your First degree class finished.

Reiki treatment is balancing, and people have different results, but pain relief is one that is very common, both from self-treatment and for people receiving Reiki treatment from a friend or a professional.

Although I always stress that we have only preliminary research on the benefits of Reiki practice, pain relief has shown up in a number of small medical studies done with people experiencing various kinds of pain.

By: Sheri Robbins

Sheri Robbins — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:31:16 +0000

Guess what! A miracle happened due to my Reiki practice only a week after I started to practice — my chronic pains in my hips are almost gone!!!!!!!! It was never anything I even considered could happen but there it was: i was walking to the subway one morning and after a block I realized there was no pain!!

I still have sciatic and lower back distress but so much less than usual that it’s amazing. I can get out of bed in the morning like a normal person without having to do the exercises and stretches that allowed me to straighten up.

I can now schedule the dance classes I’ve been wanting to take.

By: Linda Rappaport

Linda Rappaport — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:12:20 +0000

I am so excited to read this story. I have had chronic pain for almost a year and gone through all the treatments you mentioned. I have started to find some relief
with guided meditation, which helps me handle the pain in a different way. It’s not gone, but it’s manageable. I have also started doing some reike self-treatment and look forward to making it a regular part of my morning routine also.

By: sharonbaker

sharonbaker — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:38:12 +0000

I believe Reiki can help pain even if the client has had it for years. My client with quadriplegia of 10 years had a 50% reduction of burning neuropathy pain in her hands after a month of Reiki sessions. The treatments made life much more livable and she reduced the amt of her narcotic pain medications. Later she saw an osteopath for cranial work and body manipulation, which also helped and within the year went of all pain medications! A miracle story for her.

By: Kit Johnson

Kit Johnson — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:13:33 +0000

Wow, great story. Made me think. Is there a parallel with emotional pain?

I want Reiki to take my emotional pain away. I want it to make my heart peaceful and clear. It can be disappointing when this doesn’t happen. But is there a gem lying in the rough? Reiki can help us see where the pain comes from, when it comes, why it comes. We can then choose to manage our emotions differently, to choose differently, to live differently.

Isn’t this ultimately more empowering? Isn’t this something like moving beyond praying to God with a shopping list, and listening to God as a co-author of our lives? We were not meant to be children all our lives.

By: Susan Cohen

Susan Cohen — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:59:28 +0000

I have just read your article on your chronic pain, and it made me cry for you, you
See, I also have suffered chronic pain, as a result of 2 clubbed feet which was made
Much worse by many wrong treatments, so all my life I have been in and out of
Hospital, about 4 years ago I went into hospital for 3weeks, for Pain Rehab to learn
How to cope and manage my pain, It is not a cure, but my whole perception towards
My life and pain has changed,so I understand what you go through, as I am disabled.
I am a Yoga Teacher and Therapist for the Disabled, I have found that yoga and
Meditation, together with my pain management is so helpful, I’m so happy that Reiki
Has helped you, I know that it is a wonderful way of life, I pray you have No Pain,
PEACE AND MANY BLESSINGS* Susan**Cohen**