HI STARLIGHT,
rest, rest & yet more rest, is what is needed with the autoimmune dis-ease,( one has to learn to 'PACE' one's self as not to over do things & go into a roaring 'flare')even the weather can do this when the barometric pressure drops!....
when a lot of pain is present, that's the body's way of 'telling you what not to do'....the 'inner voice' if you like,...(which is never wrong!,) if one goes ahead & does Reiki (on such a person when in a lot of pain) in a way it's going against the body's 'true healing process' of 'REST, to heal the body', if Reiki helped a person with say fibromyalgia 'to' much, a lot of harm would be the out come, as that person would tear muscles, ligaments etc. from 'OVER DOING' exercise!!! this is so very hard to explain....I feel the golden rule with all these types of dis-eases is to LISTEN to your body..(very hard to do all the time)...
this goes for most illness that have an autoimmune problem....what happens when people like this cut themselves or get bad sores, the immune system turns on it's self!!!....the goodies start in healing these wounds & 'so' do the baddies!!! so nothing really gets done..lol,
they have at 'long last', found out that with autoimmune dis-eases there is lack of, 'for a better explanation', BRAIN SPARKS, that send out the wrong signals, we are lacking in some brain chemicals....when they find out which ones, we will be well again, (on medication with what's lacking).....
When my Husband tried to give me Reiki, not only did I feel more pain but, he felt quite ill & threw up!!...so we never tried it again..he tried sending it to me, only for me having severe sweats & more pain, so that was out...
where I can reach I do my own hands on while doing relaxation after lunch & again when I go to bed & fall asleep doing it!!!my hands will get very hot, & I have noticed that he tells me 'where' to move to next, plus it's a 'very short time' in each position,
I do not send it to myself as that seems to strong, (even with the #2 symbol..)
so it's a hard one,.... I have had success with balancing the hemispheres of the mind, hands on, or distant, for people that have these illnesses, it seems to help their depression,(that 'is all a part' of having pain 24/7)...
goodness I hope you can understand all this????
it gives you some Idea as to what you are up against in this field....
live, love, & be happy,..luv Wendy xxx
