Reiki Awareness week 2018

This week from Saturday  9th June is Reiki Awareness Week. Have you heard of or had a session of reiki before? What did you think of it? What is it?

Reiki is Universal Energy. One of the misconceptions about reiki is that the practitioner is using their own energy. This is not correct. In actual fact you can find giving reiki to another actually gives you more energy! This is because the energy flows through the practitioner to the recipient.

Reiki helps your mental attitude and can make you more positive in your thoughts. It can help you de - stress and also relieve pain. As I wrote on my Facebook page today it can also help people who are terminally ill to pass over more comfortable. What is there not to like about reiki?

One of the great things about reiki is once you are attuned to the energy it is with you for life. How cool is that. I even had a student that had not used it for 7 years and was surprised to find it still worked when she called upon it to help after an injury. Even better is you do not need to carry a therapy couch around with you. All you need are your hands.

Reiki is good to have in person, but for anyone that has done level 2, they can also send it over distance and time. Imagine being able to send it to a family member on the other side of the world, or to be able to go in to an interview knowing you have sent reiki in advance. You also need to have done level 2 to be a practioner and charge members of the public.

For this special week I am offering one person the chance to win either a One to One session with me in Edinburgh, or if you are further afield, a distance session. All you need do like my Facebook page then send me a message through Facebook and I will give you a number. The draw will take place next Sunday 16th June 2018.


I have a level one workshop on Sunday 26th August 2018 and a Level 2 workshop on Sat and Sun 11th and 12th August 2018. If you are interested in  taking part in either course please get in touch through my website.


Joy Fraser
www.peaceharmonyandjoy.co.uk
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Children's meditation

I put this together for my Grandchild after I made  my first one for her. She is 9. My Grandson who is 13 said the first one made him so relaxed that he would pay for it. I am taking him at his word and decided it would be lovely to make personalised meditations for other children. These can include things, places or animals that the individual child loves. If this resonates with you then please get in touch.

I think in todays world it is too easy for children to get stressed. Teaching them to Meditate and go into a quiet space can help them.
Children's meditation

My Best Friend for Back Pain

My best friend is not a person, it's a machine and you will soon understand why.

 Many years ago I needed an operation. After this I had extreme back pain. One year later after many visits to an NHS Physiotherapist she advised me that she saw many people in her clinic with back pain after having epidurals. Although I had insisted I did not want an epidural the doctors had convinced me otherwise!

After this I saw an Osteopath. On my second visit she said she already knew my first visit had not helped me. When I asked her why, she said she had spoken that week to a doctor who had just gone through the same operation as I. She had put it off as long as she could and now she had needed the help of an Osteopath. The reason was the operation had also pushed her pelvis out of place. The Osteopath was then able to help me when she realised the same thing had happened to me but advised by now my back was seriously weakened. She had me lie on a heat pad and I remember walking out of her door thinking it was still attached. The funny thing was a few years later whenever I got reiki from a friend I always felt as if I had a heat pad across my back.

My back was better for a couple of years then went again when I was gardening. I had to go to a different Osteopath who was great and I stayed with him for many years as my back kept going. I was sometimes in a lot of pain and Tiger balm was then my best friend.

 It seems odd to say you can get used to pain but it can happen. Most of the time I was aware I was in pain but it was part of me so I just got on with life. I remember a workplace nurse telling me that she could see how high a threshold I had developed for pain which most people could not cope with. She knew if I mentioned I was in pain that it was at a very high level.

 This has had a big impact on my life as I could be doing something so simple and my back would go. One time I was putting a bottle into a bag and had just leaned forward. It got to the point I was too scared to bend or stretch. I  also could not lift my Grandchildren without being in agony afterwards and I could not play on the floor with them. I felt distressed at how much my life was being affected by this back pain. Then one day my life turned around.

A friend introduced me to the Sun ancon Chi Machine. At the time I felt I could not afford one but promised him I would not buy a cheaper copycat version. Two years later after having a bad spell with my back I decided to put it on my credit card. After 8 weeks I could not stop telling people about it and how it had helped me. I so wished I had bought it earlier! It changed my life so much that I was even able to dance the twist with my Grandson at my Daughters wedding. Of course, after that, my back did object but I had actually forgotten I had a bad back.

 I was so successful in using mine that I started letting others use it and was amazed at some of the things it helped with. I now use it in my therapy sessions if required by a client. If you would like to find out more information about the Sun ancon Chi machine you can check here on my website. I still use mine when my back is uncomfortable or when I have a headache. If I need more energy I use it too so you can see why it is my best friend. I have not seen my Ostepath in 3 years. The last time he said "Just go home and use your Chi machine as we both know that helps".

 It has made my life so much more comfortable that many days I use it just when I want to relax and chill out. It gives me a gentle massage followed by energy which has to be felt to be believed. Many visitors to my home often ask to use the machine when they visit too. Even my Grandchildren use the Sun Ancon Chi machine. In fact the 8 year old advised me he goes on it when he is in a bad mood and afterwords he feels good again. My Daughter had been so impressed by the Chi machine that she has one at home for all the family to use.  It helps with her M.E and it helps when the children have sore tummies or heads. It also helps her husband relax  his muscles after a day of gardening.What a powerful machine.

So now I say "NO" to Back Pain and know I have the answer at my feet!