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I was asked to volunter at a hospice center. To perform reiki on Hopice patients. Has anyone done this before. I am curious what to expect? I was told I should be protected from anything affecting myself. With the attunements.This my reiki teacher told me. I am a master and just starting into my master teacher class's.The lady from hospice said they have had good results from this program. Patients sleep better, some pain recides, the usual stuff with a treatment. i am only going to volunteer for a few hours on weekends.

posylady,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- as long as you have pemission from the recipients (or their legal guardians if that is the case - though if this is an established program I would hope they have taken care of this) then I would say enjoy your volunteer time there.

>:-}}

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Good day, posylady. I've used Reiki combined with craniosacral and other hands-on techniques. Very often you can sense when one is fearful and feel this also leaving the person's body. Or joyful for seeing the light. I recall one time, I entered a lady's room and she was not alert....I touched her ankle and internally asked if I might work with her.....I got a loud & resounding "NO" internally, so I quietly left. Come to find out later, this was the mama of a gent who worked with my husband and she passed that very evening. Hospice had taught us that when one is truly preparing to pass over, that they first "let go" of everything here....I believe she was already doing this and I would have only been drawing her back. The beauty of our work....if we listen quietly enough....our client's bodies will talk to us....let us know what they need.

I am really looking forward to it! The patients were asking for reiki. But only a few could have it because they only had one reiki volunteer. Of course this was after they had heard about it from the other patients and families. Thank- you for filling me in on what might happen. I am kind of out there alone on this one as no one I know has done it yet! Believe me any suggestion is well recieved. The man volunteer performing reiki now is leaving the state. I probably won't get to chat with him.

Otoharo!

I do not have personal ezperience but my last master/teacher shared with us the experiences at the hospice in Portland, Or.

finality

Hi posylady, namaste :>}}

Good luck with your hospice work. I am sure it will be very well received, and that you will be fine. I work with cancer patients from our local hospice and they respond well to the Reiki. Whatever their outcome, the Reiki seems to help them cope with what they are facing.

Love and light,
philanty