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Reiki For Stress Reduction

October 4, 2015 by Linda Crane 1 Comment

Reiki For Stress Reduction

Traumatic stress is much more common than recognized or acknowledged. Here is where Reiki for stress reduction can come into play to reduce the burden and relax the tension these problems affect. There is a growing public health and economic burden of chronic disease resulting from the adverse effects of traumatic stress. A major study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control, The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, revealed a compelling relationship between our traumatic experiences as children and our physical and mental health as adults. These experiences are significant risk factors and leading causes of chronic disease in the United States. Many western medical practices used in the United States merely manage chronic disease. Energy healing techniques such as Reiki seeks to heal the dis-ease at its root cause that was attributed by traumatic stress.

One can feel the effects in the body and/or mind experienced from sessions during an energy healing. Clients remain fully clothed, close their eyes, and can lie down or can be seated during sessions. The practitioner does not have to touch the client during sessions. We all have the life force running through us, and like all of us in life we have low energy times, when we can use more energy, a tune up so to speak, or a boost to our energy system. Reiki can assist you to stay focused and balanced, and can assist you to accomplish your desired goals. It has many applications with non-invasion and practical use. Reiki for stress reduction can be your aid to a happier more productive way to enjoy and enhance your life.

All my family has benefited from Reiki sessions. We love It!!!

If you would like to learn this helpful technique, or would like to experience sessions, please visit me at: Linda Crane at www.LindaCrane.com (OR) email: Linda@LindaCrane.com

Wishing You Many Reiki Blessings,

Linda Crane

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Reiki for Infants and Babies

August 2, 2015 by Linda Crane Leave a Comment

Infants photo The calming effect of Reiki is great for all infants and babies, but especially for preemies and newborns with special needs.

Calming Colic and Providing Restful Sleep

Every newborn is unique and special. Even after just a week of life, some babies show early signs of stress, such as fussiness or colic. While infant stress may seem harmless at first glance, continuous anxiety at such a young age may create disharmony and imbalance that can negatively affect a growing bundle of joy.

Offering a Welcoming Environment

Parents of newborns especially in tune with their babies’ needs on all levels but some may be shy about telling others that their infant seems stressed. Moms and dads may worry that a practitioner thinks the parents are projecting their own stress onto the baby, or that the new parents are just imagining the newborns’ anxiety. Reiki practitioners create a welcoming environment, one that allows parents to express their concerns and seek healing therapy for their bundles of joy.

Babies are Receptive to Energy Therapy

Babies are open to energy flow. Unlike adults conditioned to fear or reject innovative approaches to healing, infants have not developed the emotional defenses that can block Reiki. They are beautifully receptive to energy therapy. Because of this openness, a short Reiki session is all most babies need – 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the baby’s needs.

Benefits of Reiki for Infants and Babies

Some babies experience Reiki for the first time in a hospital’s neonatal ICU, as a way to reduce the stress associated with pain, sickness, and the constant drone of respirators, IVs, and other medical equipment. Reiki is especially helpful for preemies, especially those that are on life support or are too fragile to be held. Reiki can help these tiniest patients relax, improving their ability to cope with the stress of being hospitalized for the first few precious days of life.

Reiki can help:

Babies sleep longer, more restfully
Soothe a baby with colic
Ease teething pain
Hasten recovery from a cold

Reiki may also assist in reversing failure to thrive and weight gain problems as once-fussy babies shake off stress, sleep better, and become calmer, happier babies.

Babies can benefit greatly from Reiki treatments, and so do their families. There is a feeling of helplessness when there is a sick baby crying at home or in the ICU. Reiki comforts babies to reduce crying and fussing in a way that quiets the house and calms distraught parents. Simply watching a baby relax under the touch of Reiki can soothe the entire family. Babies are extraordinarily perceptive of parental stress and respond positively when they see their parents relax.

Reiki for New Parents

Being a new parent, or a first-time parent, can be especially stressful. Lack of sleep and constant focus can add stress to the happy time as new parents navigate the waters of caring for their tiny shining stars. Reiki for new parents can be quite a needed treat for them. A Reiki session makes a great gift for stressed newbies or seasoned new parents after the stork arrives. A Reiki session makes a great gift and can be arranged with a Reiki Practitioner or via a gift certificate.

Reiki for Fragile or Sickly Infants and Babies.

A practitioner can administer Reiki while holding the baby or by standing near enough to the incubator to send energy to the child. Distant Reiki is appropriate for any baby too fragile to hold. The practitioner can also transfer loving energy through to baby’s blanket, bed, or sleepwear to help the child sleep. As the child grows stronger, she may begin receiving gentle hands-on sessions.

Chakra harmonizing is especially helpful for preemies and other babies who had a rough start in life. The trauma and stress of being a sick baby could result in an imbalance of survival, emotions, will, relationships, communication, creativity, and spirituality chakras. Reiki restores chakra harmony and general healthy energy flow.

A specific healing session is helpful for babies who have experienced pain or other blocks to the energy field. Specific healing re-establishes proper energy flow to stimulate healing in that area. Past healing also helps heal these wounds in a way that allows the baby to overcome these injuries and embark on their new positive life journey.

Reiki allows infants to focus on the serious business of being happy, healthy little bundles of joy. And helps parents to enjoy this special time in their lives even more by reducing stress and by allowing them to focus on what is really important – raising their beautiful growing family.

This article appeared in The Reiki Times.

Linda Crane is a qualified Practitioner and Reiki Master Teacher.

Many parents, after receiving Reiki sessions, may opt to learn Reiki First Level for themselves and to soothe and calm their infants.

For Sessions, to schedule and appointment, or to Learn Reiki (The art of inviting Happiness)

contact Linda Crane at: Linda@LindaCrane.com.

Many Blessings,

Linda Crane

Reiki Brings Clarity Into Your Life

July 31, 2015 by Linda Crane Leave a Comment

meditation photo Reiki energy is a wonderful way to enhance your personal growth. Frequently during sessions you become relaxed and energized. You experience less stress while Reiki brings clarity into your life.

If you have had a Reiki Session or taken a Reiki Level I course then you know how powerful and profound this beautiful modality can be.

It is a toolbox of stress-reduction, comfort, and clarity, literally in your hands. And with each successive energy healing session you experience, or level of learning Reiki carries with it a further enhancement of personal growth.

To experience this wonderful energy, schedule a Session or Class!

Linda has a Level I Class scheduled on Sunday August 9, 2015. To hold your spot for this class:

Contact Linda Crane at: linda@lindacrane.com for details on Classes and Private Sessions. Linda Crane is a Reiki Master Teacher, and Karuna Master Teacher with over 25 years experience in Energy Healing Modalities.

www.LindaCrane.com

Many Blessings,

Linda Crane

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Learn Reiki Have A Little Peace And Calm In Your World

July 30, 2015 by Linda Crane Leave a Comment

Learn Reiki

Wouldn’t it be great if you could help to soothe or lessen stress, anxiety and pain any time you wished with a calming and healing touch? If you learn Reiki, you can. It’s a toolbox in your hands anytime you wish to have a little calm and peace in your world. Learning to use Reiki lets you engage in self-care at any time and any place you could use a boost of positive energy. It also allows you to provide a healing touch you can use to help your friends, family members and even your pets find relief.

Healing Energy in Your Hands

Those who learn Reiki are taught how to connect with universal energy, or life force energy, and then channel it to themselves or others through the laying of their hands on a specific part of the body that needs the boost. When people’s life force energy is low, they often become ill or overly stressed. When their life force energy is high, they are generally both happier and healthier. Reiki can restore life force energy to the maximum capacity for maximum benefits.

Why Learn Reiki

The technique can be valuable for a number of ailments and situations that could benefit from a balancing of the body, mind and spirit. These include:

Alleviating stress
Centering yourself or others amidst the world’s chaos

Helping to relieve anxiety and pain, whether it’s from a specific cause or an overall feeling of physical, emotional or spiritual discomfort or unease

Helping to manage and prevent, as one part of your personal wellness program, chronic health conditions, such as asthma, heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy, depression and cancer

Strengthening well-being and feelings of calmness, peace and serenity

Reconnecting with your higher self, making you more intuitive while eradicating the feeling that something’s missing from your life

Gaining a sense of inner clarity, purpose and direction

Rooting out and releasing energy trapped from past traumas, allowing you to move forward in self-development to become the person you were truly meant to be

Opening your mind to the deep desires in your heart, discovering the things you really need to become fulfilled

The same benefits you receive from self-healing through Reiki can be shared with others when you administer the technique on them. The act of helping others is another way to reap multiple benefits, an automatic byproduct of learning Reiki.

How to Begin

People of any age and background can successfully learn Reiki, and there’s no special knowledge, skills or experience required. The only way to properly learn Reiki is through a Reiki master, or someone who has attained the third degree or teaching degree of learning associated with Reiki.

Beginners start with the first degree of practice, which focuses on Reiki basics and hands-on administration. The second degree of training involves distant healing, and/or augmenting the hands-on technique with a mental connection. The third degree brings you to Reiki master status, the highest level of learning, traditionally available by invitation only. Reiki masters are the only ones who can teach Reiki to others.

Reiki’s traditional founder, Dr Mikao Usui, referred to Reiki as the “art of inviting happiness.” You’ll be able to help yourself and others embrace that happiness if you take on the mission of learning Reiki.

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Reiki Level I class scheduled for August 9, 2015 will be taught by Reiki Master Teacher Linda C. Crane. Linda has over 25 years Reiki experience.

For more information contact Linda at:

Email: Linda@LindaCrane.com, www.LindaCrane.com.

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Reiki for Pets and Animals

July 29, 2015 by Linda Crane Leave a Comment

Reiki for Cats and Dogs

Out of Sorts Cat or Dog? Reiki to the Rescue!

Progressive and forward thinking humans all over the world are fans of the practice of Reiki, a system of holistic energy healing. Within the last decade, however, the use of animal Reiki among animal rescues, behaviorists, pet owners, and veterinarians has skyrocketed.

What Exactly is Pet Reiki?

Reiki, which originated with a lay monk in Japan, is based on spiritual energy. All things, its advocates believe, are made of energy. The practice of Reiki involves energy traveling through the hands of a practitioner through a subject’s energy pathways and centers, then through the whole body.

Those who practice Reiki usually don’t refer to themselves as healers. This is because this holistic practice involves creating an energetic space that fosters a subject’s self-healing. It’s also possible for people to treat themselves.

Reiki is ideal for pets because it is gentle and noninvasive. The practice never harms an animal. Animal Reiki doesn’t require physical contact. It corrects energy imbalances in an animal’s body and can even occur from a distance. A cat or dog session usually lasts 15 to 30 minutes.

What’s in it for Animals?

Reiki for cats and dogs offers benefits to both sick and well animals. It can:

Strengthen an animal’s immune system before cancer treatment
Speed healing after sickness or surgery
Promote relaxation and reduce stress to solve behavioral problems
Relieve pain
Provide comfort for terminally ill pets, as well as owners
Enhance a pet’s overall well-being
Increase the pet-owner bond

Veterinarians intrigued by the possibilities of pet Reiki are adding it as an adjunct therapy. Used in conjunction with conventional medicine, it can result in a speedier recovery and saves owners considerable cost and anxiety.

A Success Story

Opting for pet Reiki was a resounding success for the owner of a sick 15-year-cat. The feline contracted calicivirus, then developed a severe nasal discharge. Lethargic and frail, it wasn’t eating or drinking. The cat’s owner arranged for a distance Reiki treatment. Toward the end of the first session, the cat got up and ate the first food she had consumed in days. After additional sessions, she showed a higher energy level and appeared stronger overall, thanks to Reiki.

Many practitioners may also practice on our four-legged family members. Linda Crane is a Reiki Teacher/Practitioner. I enjoy working with your pets and other animals. animals respond well to the energy of Reiki. You can look at the testimonials on my website www.lindacrane.com.

Contact me at : Linda@Lindacrane.com for information and sessions.

Article appeared in The Reiki Times.

Blessings,

Linda Crane

Gratitude Can Have Deep Positive Affects On Health

January 9, 2015 by Linda Crane Leave a Comment

Since we are what we eat and what we think…here are some ways to enrich your life and health in this New Year. It’s all about your energy and how you use it, because everything is made up of vibrations of energy. Although energy is unseen (meaning its not a thing you can go to the store and buy, nor is the energy of Love for that matter); yet it is certainly palpable and you can feel its affects. It’s about time and wise for each of us to get in touch with what energies we are taking in…and giving out…especially now in the 21 Century.

Five Contemplations Before Eating:

1) This food is a gift of the earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work.
2) May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive this food.
3) May we recognize and transform unskillful states of mind, especially our greed and learn to eat with moderation.
4) May we keep our compassion alive by
eating in such a way that reduces the suffering of living beings, stops contributing to climate change, and heals and preserves our precious planet.
5) We accept this food so that we may nurture our brotherhood and sisterhood, build our community, and nourish our ideal of serving all living beings.– Recited before meals in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing, a Buddhist community that spans the globe

Eat in Gratitude and Thanksgiving:

Since researchers have concluded that expressing gratitude can have deep and positive effects on your health, we suggest that you may want to find ways to bring thankfulness into your preparation and eating of food. When you sit down to eat, whether by yourself or with others, you can take a moment to reflect on the gifts of food in front of you, the effort that went into bringing it to your table, and the blessings that abound with eating healthy meals.

The saying of grace is, at least in its original intent:
A way of connecting to our sense of gratitude and kinship with life. It is a means of caring for ourselves. It is a way to slow down, to relax, to let go of the busy-ness and worries of the day, and to be open to the food we’re about to receive.

It enables us to acknowledge and bond with the others with whom we are sharing the meal. It is a way to join with them, and all the people and elements that have made our meal possible, in a spirit of appreciation. It is not so much the words we say, as the state of mind and heart we evoke, that is important. It is a way to honor the deep human need to express our common unity in the mystery of life. John Robbins

For Products and Services to Enhance Your Energy: I invite you to visit me at www.LindaCrane.com

Blessings,

Linda Crane

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