| Children are extremely sensitive to the atmosphere | | | | for all the members of the group to call each other |
| and can frequently amaze you by their accurate | | | | before the session was started. |
| reading of the energies that eddy around them. One | | | | Over a period of a week the child's condition stabilized |
| would often find a child becoming restless and fearful | | | | and the urine out put increased slightly. The baby was |
| when someone in the room is agitated or angry. | | | | more cheerful and did not cry as much. The parents |
| Children do not hesitate to call some one "bad" when | | | | too were asked to be present at these sessions and |
| they sense the negative energy in them. They react | | | | they would sit with some of the members of the |
| positively to those who love them and turn away from | | | | group (who visited the hospital) and pray to God. The |
| those who do not like children or are uneasy with | | | | Reiki practitioners who visited the hospital gave direct |
| them. | | | | Reiki on the area to be operated on. |
| When they enter a Reiki clinic, they immediately sense | | | | Closer to the date of operation, all the clinical tests |
| the positive loving energy that is prevalent there and | | | | were repeated and it was found that the right kidney |
| react favorably to it. They relax and are willing to | | | | had begun to function normally, while the left kidney |
| explore with you this feeling of peacefulness that is | | | | had become partially functional. The Doctor now felt |
| generated. | | | | that if he could remove the block in the Urethra, the |
| However, children are the most difficult patients in a | | | | child would be normal again. The operation was duly |
| Reiki clinic. Their attention span is limited and they do | | | | done and the blocked portion of the Urethra was |
| not like the process of Reiki as it is passive. They feel | | | | bypassed. Medication was prescribed for a few years |
| that nothing exciting is happening and they are not | | | | with repeated checkups at regular intervals. |
| being 'zapped' magically into becoming well. After a | | | | The group continued with the Reiki for almost two |
| few minutes children become restless and refuse to lie | | | | weeks after that. However, the wound of the surgery |
| passively while Reiki treatment is being given. If they | | | | healed almost immediately without a scar and the child |
| insist on sitting up, the practitioner should allow them to | | | | was on her feet in that time. |
| do so and permit them to talk while you continue giving | | | | Meanwhile the parents received Reiki attunement and |
| them treatment. | | | | began to treat the child themselves. At the end of two |
| Giving Reiki treatment to a child has a very different | | | | months when they went for a checkup, the Doctor |
| feel from giving Reiki to an adult. The energy body of | | | | found that the function of both the kidneys had |
| a healthy child is more attuned to the physical body | | | | become normal and the child was healthy. |
| and one can feel the energy going through the entire | | | | Today R is a little girl of twelve years. She is very |
| body in one sweep. Children who are ill or mentally | | | | bright and energetic and a champion swimmer. Though |
| retarded feel more comfortable if Reiki is given by | | | | her parents worry about her when she falls ill, they are |
| their own parents. So often Reiki practitioners | | | | very sensible and do not let their worry show. They |
| encourage parents to learn Reiki and administer it to | | | | continue with Reiki for her and once in a while ask for |
| their children themselves. | | | | group sessions. The Doctors have discontinued all |
| Case Study | | | | medicines and have certified that she is a fit and |
| R was a ten month old baby diagnosed with Kidney | | | | healthy child. |
| failure. Her left kidney was completely impaired while | | | | R has been initiated into Reiki and is convinced that |
| her right kidney was partially functional. There was a | | | | she is the one who 'zaps' into health her parents |
| block in the Urethra and it was to be removed. The | | | | whenever they fall ill. It is easier to treat very young |
| distressed parents were induced to approach a Reiki | | | | children and the older ones with hands on Reiki. For the |
| clinic for help during the pre and post operative periods | | | | middle group who resist the need to be still, it is better |
| by the Doctor treating the child. The date for the | | | | to give them Reiki when they are sleeping. Hand |
| surgery was fixed for third week of the month and | | | | positions cannot be adhered to but Reiki will pass |
| the child was being monitored for various parameters | | | | through blankets and clothes and reach the chakras |
| at the children's hospital on a daily basis. | | | | on its own. |
| Meanwhile the Reiki master called together a group of | | | | Reiki energy when given in a group is enhanced |
| Reiki practitioners and requested them to give group | | | | manifold. It is very helpful in preparing people for |
| Reiki to the ailing child. It was agreed that some of | | | | surgery and for recovering from it. However, Reiki |
| them would visit the hospital to give Reiki treatment | | | | should not be given during the duration of the operation |
| directly. One on One and Distance group Reiki | | | | as it could interfere with the anesthesia and cause |
| sessions were started and arrangements were made | | | | complications. |