Comments on: The Science of Biofields http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/ Empowering you to be happier and healthier, and to take better care of yourself. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:29:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Winthrop Wiltshire http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-2788 Winthrop Wiltshire Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:24:13 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-2788 Pamela, very interesting discussion on biofields. Congrats on all the work you are doing. I like Chris' point on parachutes. In a tv interview earlier today on Reiki I made the point that empirical reality always precedes scientific validation, and that bacteria existed many thousands of years before the microscope and ultramicroscope. On another public appearance I confidently exclaimed, only half facetiously, that as a scientist I can say categorically that Reiki conforms with the scientific laws of nature, and after a pause I added that it so happens that many of those laws are yet to be discovered! Pamela, very interesting discussion on biofields. Congrats on all the work you are doing. I like Chris’ point on parachutes. In a tv interview earlier today on Reiki I made the point that empirical reality always precedes scientific validation, and that bacteria existed many thousands of years before the microscope and ultramicroscope. On another public appearance I confidently exclaimed, only half facetiously, that as a scientist I can say categorically that Reiki conforms with the scientific laws of nature, and after a pause I added that it so happens that many of those laws are yet to be discovered!

]]> By: Candice Benson http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-2684 Candice Benson Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:24:18 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-2684 Oh, thank you so much for your prompt reply Pamela! I am so excited to have found an inspiration such as yourself. I am indeed taking your advice to heart and to action. Best, Candice Oh, thank you so much for your prompt reply Pamela! I am so excited to have found an inspiration such as yourself. I am indeed taking your advice to heart and to action.

Best,
Candice

]]> By: Pamela Miles http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-2678 Pamela Miles Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:48:34 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-2678 Candace, thank you for your kind words. I'm not sure what you are looking for in terms of academia, but I think the <a href="http://reikiinmedicine.org/medical-reiki-webinar/" rel="nofollow">Intro to Medical Reiki webinar</a> and the chapters on Reiki research and integrative medicine in my book would be helpful. Also read the <a href="http://reikiinmedicine.org/medical-papers/" rel="nofollow">medical papers</a>. I will teach my 2-day <a href="http://bit.ly/ReikiMed" rel="nofollow">Medical Reiki seminar</a> in NYC Oct 30/31. The best way to offer a woman in labor a Reiki treatment is the way she wants it. It's important to accommodate yourself to a mom in labor. Help her do what she has to do the way she is most comfortable rather than imposing any structure on her. Remember that even resting a hand on her arm can be helpful. But why wait until she is in labor? Why not give her regular treatment now--if she wants it--so that she goes through her pregnancy as balanced as possible, making an extra effort to give her regular treatment as she enters her last month? But again, only as she wants it. Good luck. Candace, thank you for your kind words.

I’m not sure what you are looking for in terms of academia, but I think the Intro to Medical Reiki webinar and the chapters on Reiki research and integrative medicine in my book would be helpful. Also read the medical papers. I will teach my 2-day Medical Reiki seminar in NYC Oct 30/31.

The best way to offer a woman in labor a Reiki treatment is the way she wants it. It’s important to accommodate yourself to a mom in labor. Help her do what she has to do the way she is most comfortable rather than imposing any structure on her. Remember that even resting a hand on her arm can be helpful. But why wait until she is in labor? Why not give her regular treatment now–if she wants it–so that she goes through her pregnancy as balanced as possible, making an extra effort to give her regular treatment as she enters her last month? But again, only as she wants it. Good luck.

]]> By: Candice Benson http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-2677 Candice Benson Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:29:24 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-2677 Excitingly enough, I am in a Health class, in community college, right now, that is focusing on the human energy field, chakras, Reiki, and conscious living, as being "a part of this complete breakfast", lol! Woohoo! Welll, actually it's being tied in to how we can better care for our complete wholesome health. :) I am so excited about the rapid spread of consciousness about our subtle energies, soon these realities will be accepted mainstream, I do believe. I, for one, would love to help ground this area of study into conventional science. Does anyone have a suggested path regarding the academia side of this goal? I am a fairly new student, and thus have decisions to make with my career path right now. Currently, my major says Biology. I am grateful for any input! I am currently reading Pamela Miles' book, Reiki- A Comprehensive Guide, by the way; amazing book, amazing woman, and certainly an amazing time to be alive. Also, just to throw it out there, I am a first degree Reiki Practitioner and my best friend is pregnant. What is the best way to deliver Reiki to her while she is in labor? Thanks again for any replies! Light and Love! Excitingly enough, I am in a Health class, in community college, right now, that is focusing on the human energy field, chakras, Reiki, and conscious living, as being “a part of this complete breakfast”, lol! Woohoo! Welll, actually it’s being tied in to how we can better care for our complete wholesome health. :)

I am so excited about the rapid spread of consciousness about our subtle energies, soon these realities will be accepted mainstream, I do believe. I, for one, would love to help ground this area of study into conventional science. Does anyone have a suggested path regarding the academia side of this goal? I am a fairly new student, and thus have decisions to make with my career path right now. Currently, my major says Biology. I am grateful for any input!

I am currently reading Pamela Miles’ book, Reiki- A Comprehensive Guide, by the way; amazing book, amazing woman, and certainly an amazing time to be alive.

Also, just to throw it out there, I am a first degree Reiki Practitioner and my best friend is pregnant. What is the best way to deliver Reiki to her while she is in labor?

Thanks again for any replies! Light and Love!

]]> By: Pamela Miles http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-1738 Pamela Miles Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:40:30 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-1738 Of course that's true, Chris. We don't need gravity to be scientifically documented to know that parachutes are a good idea. But how exactly does that relate to Reiki? Of course that’s true, Chris. We don’t need gravity to be scientifically documented to know that parachutes are a good idea. But how exactly does that relate to Reiki?

]]> By: Chris http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-1737 Chris Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:12:35 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-1737 No double blind studies exist regarding issuing parachutes to airmen either, but no self-respecting airforce would get away with not issuing parachutes, on the grounds that "they haven't been proven to work in properly conducted, double-blind studies". No double blind studies exist regarding issuing parachutes to airmen either, but no self-respecting airforce would get away with not issuing parachutes, on the grounds that “they haven’t been proven to work in properly conducted, double-blind studies”.

]]> By: Pamela Miles http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-1134 Pamela Miles Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:39:43 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-1134 Thanks, Bruce, I am aware of SQID magnetometers. I believe we mentioned them in the Reiki Review medical paper that was published in 2003. However, to my understanding, they are still considered somewhat frontier, not yet recognized mainstream. Am I wrong? There had been a scientist named Jan Walleczyk at Stanford who did some intriguing work on this, but I couldn't locate him to research it further. Do you have a science background, enough to explain SQID? It would be great to have more explanation of how this measurement works, if that is your field and you have time. Thanks, Bruce, I am aware of SQID magnetometers. I believe we mentioned them in the Reiki Review medical paper that was published in 2003. However, to my understanding, they are still considered somewhat frontier, not yet recognized mainstream. Am I wrong? There had been a scientist named Jan Walleczyk at Stanford who did some intriguing work on this, but I couldn’t locate him to research it further.

Do you have a science background, enough to explain SQID? It would be great to have more explanation of how this measurement works, if that is your field and you have time.

]]> By: Bruce http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-1133 Bruce Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:24:01 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-1133 Pamela, You made some good points in this post. Way too many practitioners of reiki (and similar modalities) have been too eager to engage in "hand-waving" -- like mentioning quantum processes -- and then calling it proof. If we use the language of science, then we need to understand what it means. But as for doubt about biofields, SQID magnetometers have been helping to demonstrate the presence of these fields. Bruce Pamela,

You made some good points in this post. Way too many practitioners of reiki (and similar modalities) have been too eager to engage in “hand-waving” — like mentioning quantum processes — and then calling it proof. If we use the language of science, then we need to understand what it means.

But as for doubt about biofields, SQID magnetometers have been helping to demonstrate the presence of these fields.

Bruce

]]> By: Colleen http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-1114 Colleen Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:52:44 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-1114 I would also like to see (or, more specifically, participate in!) a study of Reiki and addiction, and, one day, I expect this will come to pass. It has seemed like a long time coming, and yet, this entire forum didn't exist before! Won't be long, now! I would also like to see (or, more specifically, participate in!) a study of Reiki and addiction, and, one day, I expect this will come to pass. It has seemed like a long time coming, and yet, this entire forum didn’t exist before! Won’t be long, now!

]]> By: Aiyana Stern http://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-media/the-science-of-biofields/#comment-1061 Aiyana Stern Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:04:38 +0000 http://reikiinmedicine.org/?p=1384#comment-1061 Pamela, thanks, this is so helpful, especially the "Reiki backgrounder," which is very clearly written. Interesting that there are probably no double-blind scientific studies about how AA helps people with alcoholism either, and yet is the most effective method that does. Pamela, thanks, this is so helpful, especially the “Reiki backgrounder,” which is very clearly written. Interesting that there are probably no double-blind scientific studies about how AA helps people with alcoholism either, and yet is the most effective method that does.

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