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I guess I didn't explain very well I volunteer for hospice. Which has a volunteer Reiki program. They have had it for a year now. The complementary therapy director was with me in the room. We don't just walk in off the street. They do a background check and orientation. We ask permission of the patient or family if they would like to try something that might help her relax and sometimes eases pain. This lady said anything to help the pain in her broken arm. When we left we asked how she felt, she said she didn't feel any pain in her arm, She then said she was on so many drugs it's a wonder she felt anything. She more or less wanted us to know it was the drugs not the reiki that had helped her. When we left the room she was fine and told us thank-you. The director with me told me I did a good job explaining without going into details, This is what the patient wanted details, Hospice doesn't want patients to know details. This is the problem. You can't use certain words like healing,energy, aura things like that, they figure it might freak them out I guess. They have a brochure with info but they want to do like a chart to hang on wall with info of all the complementary therapies available, With a short itroduction or reiki. The only way I can explain it is to walk up to a sick stranger and ask if they would like to try something that might relax and help with the pain. How do you deal with it? Then comes the question what is it?, what are you doing? Thank-You for your help, I really am fustrated and could use all the help I can get.
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