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House's Reiki Group in Ashford, Kent is supporting Reiki Awareness Week
in June 2008 by also supporting a local charity that brings
childhood victims of the Chernobyl disaster to the UK for a month's
recuperation (see following article for more deails of these children).
Vouchers will
be given to those making a £10 donation to the charity in
exchange for a Reiki treatment to be given at the Reiki Group Meeting
held in Ashford town on the 25th June 2008. |
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Members of the
group are giving their services free of charge on the evening and
time slots will be allocated in advance for all treatments.
If you would
like to support 'The Chernobyl Children's Lifeline' and receive a
voucher for a relaxing Reiki treatment on Wednesday evening 25th June
2008 please call 01233 623711 (leave a message if necessary and we
will get back to you as soon as possible).
Alternatively,
for more nformation please email by clicking HERE |
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A fund-raising
event, organised by Clare of Revive, was held at the Stour Centre in
Ashford on Sunday 27th January 2008 in aid of Chernobyl Children's
Lifeline Ashford & Romney Marsh Link.
Complementary
therapists gave their time to treat about 12 people each over the day
with all funds going to the charity. Over £1000 was achieved and
this figure will allow at least two more Chernobyl children to fly to
England for a month's holiday in Kent.
These
children, victims of the fallout from the Chernobyl disaster back in
1986, are amongst the 3.5 million living in poverty and sickness in Belarus. |
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When the
radiation levels in the dust rise in Summer it is important for as
many of these children as possible to get away from the contaminated
farmland and food to build up their immune systems in a cleaner environment.
Local families
in Ashford & Romney Marsh have been volunteering as hosts for
some of these children over past years and it is the aim of Sarah,
the area co-ordinator to bring as many across for a break as possible.
For more
information on helping the Chernobyl children please email the
contact link above and I will forward this to Sarah. |
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Saturday 26th
January 2008 saw Jenny Lye's 'Winter Blues' workshop, which gave
everyone affected by this seasonal disorder, strategies and
techniques to tackle it.
It was an
interesting workshop held in Brook, which also included some hand
reflexology techniques to use as a self-help method to empower people
to do something about their problem for themselves. |
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There was a
chance to 'role-play' with 'victims' and 'friends' where each couple
had an 'observer'. I think everyone learned a lot from the results,
showing how much victims of Seasonal Affective Disorder need
encouragement and self-empowerment to deal with their problems.
I was able to
hold a Healing circle at the end and with several Reiki people at the
workshop it proved very powerful indeed. |
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A Japanese
Reiki Techniques Workshop was held held in Brook near Ashford on 3rd
November 2007, where the original Reiki techniques that were taught
by Mikao Usui (the founder of the therapy)were introduced to an
attentive group of Reiki practitioners of all levels, and others, who
having experienced Reiki already, were interested to find out more
about the practice before learning to do it themselves.
It proved an
excellent opportunity for anyone interested in Reiki to learn or
revise Reiki techniques that have only been introduced to the west
over the last decade or so and help increase our understanding of
this wonderful Japanese healing therapy. |
Valerie Lowe
welcomes everyone to her Japanese Reiki Techniques Workshop |
The mix of the
group worked really well, and very quickly everyone was joining in
and practising techniques that are less commonly used in the west.
It was
interesting and fun trying out these original methods of treatment
and sharing experiences with each other afterwards.
An enjoyable
day for all of us attending - everyone leaving with increasing
confidence in their ability to use this wonderful method of treating
oneself, family, friends, pets etc.....
A worthwhile
workshop I may consider planning to hold again sometime in the future. |
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Wye Business
Association Exhibition
Jenny and I
joined forces at an event organised by the WBA recently - the picture
shows us discussing our therapies with Damien Green the MP for
Ashford. Unfortunately, Damien's busy schedule did not allow him
enough time to sample a treatment on this occasion! Others were more
fortunate and took up our offer of 'tasters'. |
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Alternative
Therapy Day at Hythe Kent
An alternative
therapy day held in Hythe on 26 May 2007 was a great success. I was
able to introduce some new people to Reiki with very promising
results. Even those who were a little skeptical at the start were
pleasantly suprised by the end of the Reiki session. It was nice to
show people there is often something you can do to aid self-healing,
even after medical treatment has been unable to help. |
Reiki
Awareness Week
Reiki
Awareness Week comes at the beginning of June and our Reiki group's
contribution is detailed above near the top of the page.
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 a 'channel'- 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.
Reiki courses
During 2008 I
am continuing to organise Reiki courses at all levels to fit in with
your requirements - please contact me for details about any of these
- NOW is your chance to learn this gentle healing therapy - just
CLICK HERE to
email for further details. Alternatively call on 01233 623711 or go to
Reiki Class
The monthly
meetings of the Reiki
Support Group
are held in Ashford on the last Wednesday of each month at The
Friends Meeting House in Ashford and all Reiki people are welcome.
Last summer
people who wanted to try the therapy were able to come along to our
June & July Meetings in Ashford and experience a treatment for
themselves. There were two very successful evenings, benefiting not
only members of
The Reiki Support Group,
who offered their services free of charge, but also those who wanted
to discover more about Reiki by experiencing a treatment for themselves.
Past News (2006)
Tadao
Yamaguchi was
in the country again last year and gave a talk at CAMEXPO in London
in October 2006. He has continued to introduce the wonderful healing
powers of Reiki to many new people.
Visiting the
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Expo held at Excel at the end of
last October, I was happy to meet Doreen Sawyer at the UK Reiki
Federation stand and hear about her Reiki get-together planned for
this year. Its always nice to put a face to someone you talk to on
the phone from time to time. The people giving taster sessions at the
Federation's stand were busy treating people whenever I passed by.
Apart from
having tasters of some of the other therapies on offer, I was also
delighted to have got a seat at the excellent Reiki seminar:
"Reiki and Life Balance" presented by Dr Robert Jefford.
Not only did we listen to his interesting presentation but were given
demonstrations of both building energy and taking away energy (it all
seemed so simple!) and we were also able to practice using these
energy techniques on one another during the session.
Robert was
born in England, but from the age of seven was raised in Japan and
Hong Kong where he not only learnt Reiki, but also energy-building
martial arts such as Karate, Judo, Aikido and Kendo giving him many
years of experience in 'energy' work I picked up some very useful
topics for discussion with the
Reiki Support Group.
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