The Reiki Support Group in Ashford, Kent takes place on the last Wednesday of every month except December.

This year we are planning to support the local Chernobyl Children's Charity, which brings children affected by the fallout from the Chernobyl disaster that happened over 20-years ago. By making a donation to the charity people will receive a voucher for a Reiki treatment at the June meeting of the Reiki Group in Ashford on 25th June this year.

On previous meetings we have treated a dog who had had serious health problems diagnosed some months back, whose owner had been treating her successully with Reiki since that time. We formed a healing circle and gave Reiki to the dog, who lay contentedly on the floor throughout the treatment . Animals are normally very receptive to Reiki and this gave a good example of an animal enjoying her treatment

Another month one of our members brought along her small son for a treatment, which we gave as a group. It was obvious that he was able to sense the energy at the begining of the session, which we sent to him while seated on his mother's knee. By the end of the treatment he was very calm and content. This was a very interesting experience for all present and benefited not only mother and son, but all involved.

At previous meetings we have practised some 'Chi Washing' and had a demonstration of one of Usui's Traditional Japanese Reiki Methods of 'detoxing' for members to practice if they wished. We have shared ideas and experiences with one another and talked about Dr. Hayashi's Blood Cleansing technique - a follow on from a previous month's discussion on Byoson, the scanning technique used in traditional Japanese Reiki, which is a very useful tool in detecting imbalances that can then be treated before physical manifestation of 'dis-ease' occurs. One of our members has been able to give us some interesting information on his use of crystals with reiki.

Reiki is not meant to be complicated by man-made 'rules & regulations' - we try to keep it simple and just allow the energy to flow, using ourselves as 'channels'- with some amazing results. So many myths have evolved about Reiki over the generations - do's and don'ts that have no foundation in fact - it is good to be reassured that Reiki ALWAYS works for the greatest good.

Not everyone who trains in Reiki wants to work as a professional practitioner, and the group offers them an opportunity to gain in experience by practicing the therapy on other people outside of family and friends.

We are always happy to welcome more new members to the group and we welcome anyone attuned to Reiki I or above to join us at our monthly get-together at The Friends Meeting House at the corner of Albert Road & Canterbury Roads in Ashford Kent.

Evenings start at 7pm with either a short session in energy building or a guided meditation, healing circle etc. and then we have plenty of time to treat each other to Reiki and share experiences. We aim to be out of the hall by 9:30pm

The next meeting is on Wednesday 30th February 2008 and costs £5 for the evening, which includes refreshments on a help-yourself basis.

Anyone who is considering finding out more about Reiki before committing themselves to learning may also attend but please email me first for further information by clicking here as numbers may sometimes be limited if you are not already attuned.

I would also like to remind anyone who has a portable couch to bring this along on the evening so that as many of us as possible will be able to receive supine treatments.

Past News

2006 was a successful year for the group and we welcomed some newly attuned members who were able to gain confidence and experience by swapping treatments with other Reiki people of all levels. Newly attuned Masters were also able to practice their attunements on others before starting out on attuning others professionally too.

Members of the public, who showed interest during during Reiki Awareness Week were given the opportunity to try Reiki free of charge at two of our summer meetings. Not only was this an opportunity for others to experience and find out more about this gentle healing therapy but it was also an opportunity for trained Reiki practitioners to gain experience in treating others.

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