Dear Lilac
I hope you feel some relief very soon! Having read through the previous messages I have a little to add and to tell you a little about my own situation.
In March this year, after doing a Reiki treatment I was sitting on the couch and was unable to turn my head! I had been experiencing strange sensations in my body since Novemeber last year. Anyway, basically I've been told that I have severe muscles tensions, due to an original whiplash injury several years before, triggered off by stress. I quit my very demanding job, quit doing Reiki on others and have basically had a lot of time to "work" on myself. This has been really difficult cos I'm only 27 yrs old and am use to "achieving"!
You mentioned meditation and I beleive that taking a little time out each day to calm your mind will definately help!!! It may also offer insight as to why you have this condition, on a emotional, psychological level.
Also, please take more time out for yourself!!! You can't go about helping others as much as you want to when you are not fit and healthy! This just adds more stress and worsens the pain!
Also, i don't mean to preach at all, I hope that I'm not, I just want to share some things that helped me... let up on yourself! You seemed to have tried so many things, and I KNOW you want to get better but sometimes the more we want something the harder it is to acheive it. let go and let flow! very easy to say, much more difficult to do.
Also, hahahaha, going to another practioner, as others have suggested, may alllow you to relax and let go of tensions more easily that when doing self treatments.
Perhaps breathing into the pain makes it worse because you are concerntrating on it? I don't know. When I notice the pain, I try to acknowledge it as "pain", tell my body to relax by sending it a thought of love and then distract myself.
I really beleive that you are going to get better!
Enjoy Reiki Level Two
Lots of love and light
Sarah
