#both the thing and tmc have one thing in common

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my life advice is to pick out a niche horror interest and stick with it

[henriiiii-1001old]

if you still want any asks about aus, I'm super intrigued about tiffany from unholy gift, anything non spoilery you can tell me about her :D she seems neat!

OOOO TIFFANYYYYY!!!! I LOVE HER SM <3333333

so tiffany is my oc!!! she is a tulpa who mostly likes to occupy mirrors! she used to be a human until her conversion and knew a few certain other tmc characters >:3c

she hangs around sarah a lot because she just thinks its fun to torment her. kind of a parallel to thatcher and puppet's relationship! however, sarah kinda treats tiffany like a joke despite her very real threats. she is also fully sober when these encounters happen unlike thatcher, who usually sees puppet when he's under some sort of influence to trick his brain into thinking it was all in his head.

her name actually wasnt tiffany before her conversion though. she chose it just because it was funny. puppet probably makes fun of her for it ngl

speaking of, they HATE each other. they only hang out bc they actually make a cool tag team. plus heehoo blondies unite against raven cesar and brunet mark. and they can tolerate each other sometimes anyway, so yeah.

she actually gets super upset when puppet starts literally abusing ruth. especially since tiffany can still feel her previous human emotions in full. their relationship quickly goes from not-liking-each-other-but-can-tolerate-each-other to literally wanting to rip each other's throats out. tiffany tries to help ruth whenever she can, but she knows she cant do much, especially when ruth herself has denied help (which i want to ofc disclose that just because she denied help does NOT mean she asked for the abuse she endured. no one asks for that shit, and victims usually deny help in the hope that things will get better with their abuser, that they can change. but again that is NOT THEIR FAULT).

sarah and tiffany also end up being more acquainted with each other near the end because they realize they both have a common enemy and kinda have to work together. they also realize that them being around each other for so long made them realize they could maybe be friends! but whether or not that happens is up to them to decide.

[funkforbreakfast]

“Let me cook for you”

Cooking is a huge importance to me — food was an activity that brought together my family during the holidays, custody exchanges, and sunday nights. My parents expressed their love to us via homemade dinners and produce grown from our backyard, but I still paid close attention to their techniques so as to pick them up myself. In college, I opted out of a meal plan as soon as possible — slicing and sauteing brought me more joy than an easy meal ever could (with the added bonus that my acid reflux disappeared as soon as I stopped eating from Dewick). But whenever I want to catch up with friends, they suggest a dining hall or Tufts cafe.

“Let me cook for you”

I struggle to choose easy meals to prepare, but I’d rather spend the two hours cooking with a loved one and then eating for twenty minutes. We are making something together, a collaborative effort that reassures our compatibility. Sometimes this is soup or pizza — but most recently, it was butter chickpeas, for 100 people.

The Tufts Mountain Club has been my central community in college. It encouraged me to be more mindful of my health when I was at my worst, but also expanded my definitions on how to enjoy the outdoors (I am now a self proclaimed Everglades lover). It might be a 900 person club, but there are pockets within it that hold the most genuine people I’ve met during my time here. And most of my strongest friendships have only started at the Loj in New Hampshire.

Last weekend, I was in Woodstock, New Hampshire for the return of one of TMC’s favorite traditions — Lojstock. This music festival amongst the mountain welcomes 100 band and audience members for a day of river swimming, barbeque eating, and good tunes. As someone who took on more of the planning process than I would have liked, I naturally opted for the free way to attend Lojstock — joining the cooking team. This crew was assembled of my favorite TMC people to hang with in a warm kitchen — people who let the stress make them a little goofy. Usually, the kitchen crew cooks common cabin staples like overcooked pasta with jarred tomato sauce or crusty chili. But, as a food connoisseur, I vetoed both meals and settled for a much more interesting option: butter chickpeas. I was nervous at the outcome, but people returned for seconds and thirds and even brought home leftovers in tupperware! My favorite thing about this meal is that 1) it tasted significantly better than any other loj meal, 2) was easier on my stomach than chili or gluten, 3) it was relatively high in veggies (which is hard to come by at the Loj). 

Lojstock ‘23 Butter Chickpeas

Contributors: Jeannine Pecoraro ‘25, Lily Pearl Langos ‘24, Danny Rodriguez ‘24, Carmen Smoak ‘25, Gwen Brown ‘24

This dish was a HUGE hit at Lojstock ‘23 and sooo many people asked for the recipe afterwards. It is about as easy as making chili; however, it is a much more interesting and yummy dish. Requires knowledge of spices/general butter sauce taste.

Inspired by https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020739-indian-butter-chickpeas  

Prep: 30 minutes Cook time: 1 hour Yields: ~100 servings

Allergens/restrictions

Dairy, alium

Not vegan unless you swap butter for vegetable oil

Ingredients

20 red onions

16 cans of chickpeas

Eyeballed amount of garlic powder (be generous)

Eyeballed amount of ginger

Eyeballed amount of ground cumin

Eyeballed amount of paprika

Sprinkle of cinnamon

4 sticks of butter

8 cans of crushed tomatoes

15 cans of coconut milk

Eyeballed amount of curry powder

Instructions

Mince or blend the onions

Empty chickpeas into a strainer and rinse with water. Move it a large bowl and combine with the spices (have your friend with the best spice knowledge complete this step, you do NOT want to underseason this dish)

Melt butter in the largest pot over medium-low heat. Add onions and cook til browned at edges (approximately 30 minutes), stir often.

Add in crushed tomatoes and stir.

Add in coconut milk and stir.

Add in the chickpeas and stir. Let the mixture stew and bubble until chickpeas soften but stir occasionally to prevent burning.

Add curry powder and salt to taste (DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP, THIS IS WHAT BRINGS THE RECIPE TOGETHER!!)

Serve with rice and enjoy!!

[callme-adam-iguess]

Angst HCs for the Alternate Assassin Gang/AAG AU bc why not?

- (IDK if angst but ima still put it in here) Adam's Parents are both dead, one presumed missing ( Mr. Jude Murray ) and Adam would sometimes dreams about them (mostly Nightmares) also as a wide hc of the TMC/MC Fanbase, Lyn is the distraught mother.

- Mark would have to be Away of his gun incase of another relapse of M. A. D. So Cesar usually puts it in a soft spot, other times in his room.

- speaking of Cesar, his bad habit of locking himself away in his room when he's upset or when he feels like he's dangerous to everyone is due to his first Murderous outrages in the past. So he's pretty pale and Skinny (somehow still strong-). Plus, has a Little appetite which concerns Mark.

- when Jonah's in the Driver's seat he gets very Anxious and scared, because it feels like all this Gang stuff was just a dream and he's still driving from that one House.

- not really a Angst thing I think but- Jonah has the Phobia of Needles/Trypanophobia, due to a traumatic experience at the hospital when he was younger (poor lil' man-) so that's what the Alternate used to terrify Jonah, with the mix of Alt! Adam Didn't help at all.

-Mark believed for years he wouldn't find Cesar after 2 years of searching (after he turned 18. ALSO SORRY I THOUGHT HE WAS 16 NOOO HE WAS 17 AAA-)

- Going back to Cesar bc why not, Due to the Stuttering thing that I mentioned a long time ago, when he gets one of those horrible cases (basically it's like you hit your funny bone over and over again but mostly in your vocal Cords in his case) he has to stay away from everyone (well, that's what he thinks) like Lock himself in his room is the most common cases when this happens.

So yeah, here y'all go lol

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What Does Reiki Chakra Balancing Mean Marvelous Ideas

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Should You Care? Women – Annette Dominguez-O’Hair The Model Consultant

When I first met Annette, I was curious about her. She was someone who I could tell had a depth of soul about her. Someone who was incredibly passionate about her craft of modelling but there was a striking difference between her and other people who I’ve met in my time as a model. She cared about the people who she interacted with. She doesn’t just look at her clients as a way of getting her next paycheck but takes an active interest in developing peoples talents and wanting to get to know the people who she works alongside.

So, when she announced that she is creating some workshops & seminars here in Ireland. I couldn’t help but give her some spotlight here on Should You Care? And she kindly agreed to answer a few questions about why Ireland, and her approaches to modelling. Hopefully, you all can take something from the interview and join her at her workshops & seminars on the 28th & 29th of April. Don’t forget to check out her exclusive introduction offer for this event down below!

Why expand past your private clients? You had a long established career helping the creme de la creme of hollywood. Why move to a public domain?

I wanted to help more people. I see a lot of scams in LA,  especially in the local malls with so-called scouts approaching every naive family they see with empty promises. That outraged my sense of justice. I don’t want to see people get scammed. I wanted people to have an option to go to someone who would give honest advice and direction about the industry.

What is it about this industry that gets you up in the morning?

I love to see people follow their dreams and if I can be a part of that process then that makes me happy. I like working with people who are gracious.

What can people expect from a first meeting with you? Walk us through the process. Is there anything we need to bring bar a good attitude and an open heart?

I love consultations! It’s very exciting for me to meet someone and go through the steps with them. I look at their photos (snapshots) during the first few minutes with them in person or via Skype. I see if they photograph well and give advice on how to get a great snapshot – I don’t believe it’s necessary to invest in professional photos until AFTER they are signed with an agency. Every agency is different and they each have their own vibe and preference for how their models portfolios should look. I then ask a series of questions about what they are interested in – both in the industry and in life – this gives me the big picture of the client. Sometimes the modeling they want is not the what I recommend. Sometimes girls come to me wanting to be fashion models but they are not the right height or bone structure, etc. so I talk to them about all the other options – and there are lots of options! –  that they didn’t even know existed. I talk about model rates, casting directors, photographers, resumes, agencies, etc. I then give several examples of my personal experiences focusing on how potential models can set themselves apart from the rest – in LA most casting directors get 3000 submissions or more for each role! It’s crazy. Then they call in maybe 30-100 to audition and then it’s gets narrowed down. I want my clients to have the edge, the insider info to help set them apart and there is a lot that goes into that. We finish up the 90 minutes with a checklist of what they need to do next. My clients have the option to hire me afterwards to help with their prep but honestly I do try to give them all they need to get it going during the consultation. I am also starting monthly group classes for my clients next month. I’m really excited to now offer group classes!

Could you give an overview as to what these meetings/bootcamps are going to contain?

I’m really excited about the TMC Hollywood workshops in Dublin! I am bringing all of my Hollywood experiences with me to share! Lots of advice and insider info on how we do it in Hollywood, what we look for, what makes a successful model, how to set yourself apart from the thousands of other models and actors that look just like you or better, etc.  Sharon Hennessy is my partner in Ireland and she has a world of information about the pageant world and the modeling business in Ireland. She’s amazing and will also be a speaker at the workshop. We also have at least 3 additional luminaries who will also be on the speakers panel representing the best in their fields. The models will also walk away with runway, wardrobe and makeup instruction, in addition to photos and a lot of valuable insider information!!

In your extensive career, you have had the privilege of meeting a lot of different people from every walks of life. What would you say is the most common misconception people have about the industry?

For some reason a lot of people think it’s easy. They think people have “it” and then are discovered. They don’t see the years of training and struggling before they get the right agent and get the right part or booking that finally gives them some exposure. People think it’s great that I started a consulting business and it expanded seemingly quickly but they don’t see the 25+ years of experiences that made it possible for me to do what I do. The years of working with bad agents so I could fully appreciate what it takes to be a good agent… the years of going to countless castings that weren’t even for my category so I could appreciate how valuable everyone’s time is and to not do that to my models or clients… the years of managing a top beauty distributor so I could understand business and marketing.. etc.  Some model colleagues thought “why didn’t I do that? I’m a Model too” All of those experiences came to together, not just the modeling experiences but also the acting, marketing, and behind the scenes work, etc, to be able to create something that was solely based on my experiences.

I have aspiring models come to me and think they can just start working making money. They don’t understand that in order to have longevity you have to understand the business side and have your training and marketing materials in order. It is a BUSINESS.

Obviously, there are many places in this world to set up a modeling business, but what is the appeal of making your mark here here Ireland?

I LOVE Ireland. It speaks to me and I feel at home in Ireland. My grandmother was born and raised there. She always told stories of how beautiful ireland is and also about our family struggles and overcoming challenges and the resilience, passion and the beautiful hearts of the Irish – she was born (first of 13) prior to the 2016 rising and remembered every experience and challenge. She moved to the USA in her 20’s and every Sunday played her irish music and called her homeland “my ireland”. When my family and I finally went we all felt it. It was quite an experience to feel home so deeply. Last summer we spent 5 weeks there. I enrolled my kids in summer camp in Dingle and we spent time in Connemara and Dublin also – I actually worked 4pm to midnight most nights (due to the LA time change) running the Agency from Ireland worked very well and I also consulted Irish models. It was then that I met Sharon at a lunch with Louise and we set into motion what has now become the TMC Hollywood workshops! I hope my family and I can spend more time in Ireland this year and many years to come. My husband also just produced Black 47 about the Irish famine which is premiering in Dublin this March.

Like in all industries there are old wives tales or pieces of advice that have endured. What has been the most useful of these advices you’ve received and what’s been the ones the industry could definitely let go of.

The foundation I work from is the same in my personal and professional life – it’s the belief that we all should help each other. I never looked at my competition as competition. I looked at people who are more accomplished than me and I am excited to learn from them. I see people who are struggling and I sincerely want to help them. When I was a new model and actor I would see successful people I could learn from and as I grew in the industry I would help people around me. It’s funny because people would say “why are you helping someone who is your competition?” I believe there is a lot of work out there and if someone “looks like me” they are still not me. We are all unique and have different strengths. It comes down to intention. If you’re intention is to sincerely help others and not for what you can get out of it then it feels good and those actions seem to magically bring success in many areas of life.  

If you had a signature calling card – a singular thing that you would be known for in the industry. What would you like it to be? What would you like the modeling world to say your contribution?

I would like people that say that I made a difference and helped others.

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Congress, Left Make Common Cause | West Bengal

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Congress, Left Make Common Cause | West Bengal

From joint street protests to a consensus Rajya Sabha poll candidate, both sides are working to make their ‘alliance’ tick.

Double Barrel: Protest A Congress-CPI(M) stir in Kolkata on March 1 against Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit. (Photo: Subir Halder)

The forthcoming Rajya Sabha election has presented the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal a fresh opportunity to strengthen their state-level ‘alliance’ against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP. The two parties, which had been locked in negotiations on a consensus candidate for one of the five Rajya Sabha seats from the state, have agreed on the candidature of CPI(M) nominee and former Kolkata mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya. The other four seats will go to the TMC on the basis of its strength in the state assembly.

Initially, the Congress had favoured CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury as the joint candidate, but his party said its norms disallowed members from being nominated for a third Rajya Sabha term. Yechury has been Rajya Sabha MP for consecutive terms between 2005 and 2017. The Left had turned down Yechury’s candidature, proposed by the Congress, on two previous occasions as well.

Throughout the stalemate, though, state leaders from both sides were determined to make things work. “If not Yechury, it should be some other mutually agreeable candidate. We cannot allow the TMC to win the fifth vacant [Rajya Sabha] seat,” a senior Congress leader from Bengal said, requesting anonymity. The leader was referring to 2018 when the Congress had to take the TMC’s help to send Abhishek Singhvi to the Rajya Sabha. Apart from Bhattacharya, two other names were floated by the Left for the March 26 Rajya Sabha poll — former MP Mohammed Salim and retired Supreme Court judge Asok Kumar Ganguly.

The 2019 Lok Sabha election rout has seen the Congress and Left join forces in Bengal. In the past 10 months, the two sides have held joint street protests against the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) and the NRC (National Register of Citizens), the withdrawal of Kashmir’s special status and the communal violence in Delhi. They have been putting out joint resolutions in the state assembly and even addressing the media side by side. “We are together and are looking at electoral seat adjustments. The idea is to offer Bengal an alternative to the BJP and the TMC, which are dividing the people for votes,” says CPI(M) central committee member Robin Deb.

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How to Make Business Travel Better for Employees

Company culture doesn’t stop at the office door. The way employees travel says a lot about their organization’s values.

Do they fly business class or coach? Stay at the Ritz or the Ramada? Maybe the answer depends on the seniority of the employee in question. Or maybe it doesn’t: though some companies tie travel allowances to job title, others treat everyone equally.

There’s no single style of travel management that would be right for every organization. But no matter whether a company’s travel policy is generous or thrifty, informal or strictly enforced, it has a real effect on the employee experience. A good TMC, like TravelManor, will be able to manage your corporate travel requirements expertly.

More than 80 percent of all employee spending is related to business travel. Costs adds up, one trip at a time. Travel and entertainment (T&E) is typically the second or third largest controllable expense category, behind payroll and rent. Aberdeen Associates estimate that T&E accounts for eight to ten percent of total expenses, meaning business travel has a material impact on a business’ bottom line.

The importance of travel policies

It’s critical for a company to develop a method of influencing its employees travel spending. That’s where a travel policy comes into the picture. A company travel policy lays down ground rules that ensure employees’ trips are safe and cost-effective.

Well-designed travel policies also take the guesswork out of trip planning by answering employees’ most common questions about the where, what, and when of travel:

Where

Where should employees go to book their trips? Are employees required to book using a corporate booking tool, such as Concur? Or, are they permitted to shop online and book on a site of their choice?


What

The basic objective of a travel policy is to define what types of flight and hotel purchases are considered in policy. Does your company have discounted rates with any preferred hotels or airlines and, if so, are employees required to use them?

Alternatively, can they choose a different option if it’s less expensive? Travel policies should also cover topics like business class vs. coach and recommended hotel star class. With the ever-expanding set of ancillary fees charged by hotels and airlines, it’s more necessary than ever for travel policies to say what expenses are permitted.


When

Since prices increase closer to the trip date, it’s common for companies to require employees to get special pre-approval for last-minute bookings. Highlighting advance booking requirements encourages employees to plan ahead.

Why travel policies create friction

A travel policy should create guidelines for employees to follow, not extra hoops for them to jump through. Tighter rules around travel can reduce instances of overspending, but they can also burden employees by forcing them to spend more time planning their trips and to settle for undesirable flights and hotels.

Between booking a trip and submitting expense reports, employees often find that their work-related travel entails a considerable amount of work in its own right. Asking employees to make sense of the fine print of a company travel policy only adds to their headaches.

The truth is that cutting travel costs is never as simple as announcing a new spending cap. It’s notoriously difficult to enforce travel policies, since most managers are less than eager to censure an employee for non-compliant purchases (let alone deny the employee’s reimbursement request).

“What’s the harm,” goes one representative train of thought, “if a top salesman overspends by few hundred dollars when they’re bringing in millions in revenue?” The human cost of cracking down on travel spending can outweigh the monetary benefits.

Even if a company does manage to achieve 100 percent policy compliance, employees are still likely to spend at the upper limit of their allowance. Wouldn’t you, if you knew you were going to be reimbursed anyway?

Normal price considerations don’t apply when the person going on a trip isn’t the same one paying. The fundamental problem is one of “other people’s money.” Employees have little incentive to choose low-cost flights, hotels, trains, and rental cars: they quite understandably prioritize factors such as comfort, convenience, or existing brand loyalty.

Corporate travel often takes on an adversarial dynamic, with companies attempting to push down on costs, and employees pushing right back.

Travel management is about travelers

Controlling costs is a primary objective of travel management, but not the only one. The rules and procedures a company develops for travel should contribute to employee productivity and well-being. In practice, this means:

Making trip planning quick and convenient, either by providing booking support (e.g. corporate travel companies, dedicated online booking tool, administrative assistance), or by granting employees the flexibility to book their own trips where they find it to be most convenient.

Preventing complications related to policy compliance and trip reimbursement by giving clear guidance on acceptable spending.

Balancing cost-control and comfort by allowing employees a reasonable range of options for their flights, hotels, and rental cars.

Business travelers aren’t hardwired to spend as much as possible. They’re not rogue decision makers who need to be contained, but they are busy. Keep your company’s travel rules simple.

Ask employees about pain points they encounter — time-consuming booking, restricted flight and hotel options, confusing reimbursement policies — and focus on those first.

Aligning interest

Traditionally, travel policies have been thought of as an instrument to prevent overspending. A new paradigm goes farther by actually encouraging saving.

Google created the template for modern travel management with its Trips program. Google employees get a budget before every one of their business trips, and if they come in under budget, they earn credits to redeem on future travel upgrades. Googlers are motivated to save today so they can splurge tomorrow.

Rocketrip uses a similar concept by getting employees excited to control their travel costs. Employees get custom trip budgets based on available rates and the parameters of their company’s travel policy. In addition to this data-based estimate of what their trips should cost, employees also get a real incentive to spend less, because they keep half of the savings they generate when they beat their budgets.

When employees have a material incentive to use low-cost options, they start spending as carefully on their business travel as they would on their personal travel. They do things like fly coach instead of business class, choose flights based on price instead of frequent flyer miles, book three star hotels instead of four, use Airbnb, or even stay with friends or family.

A positive approach to travel management has the potential to reduce overall costs while giving employees greater control over their trips. By thinking of business travel as a team effort rather than a potential source of conflict, companies can help both their balance sheet and their organizational culture.

Article source: https://corporatetraveltalk.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/how-to-make-business-travel-better-for-employees/

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Looking up at those high peaks and rock walls from the valley, have you ever wanted to get up there and see the view? Or maybe you just want to challenge yourself and have some new experiences?

Taking the step from hiking to climbing is a common one. I started that way along with almost everyone I know. After all, getting to the top and having those new experiences is something inherent to being human. It’s what drives people, taking to the seas to discover new lands in times past, or now into space in the new frontier. We want to explore and challenge ourselves.

While climbing may seem dangerous, it’s no more dangerous than spending any time in the outdoors. Not sure about that?

Have a read of this post:

Why do people climb? Is climbing dangerous?

Climbing can be done by all genders and at all ages. The last few years has seen a whole crowd of female adventurers who have pushed limits and generally been bad-asses in the outdoors. It’s awesome to see! And people are still getting into climbing in their later years and achieving impressive grades and feats! There's hope for me yet when I look at them!

So are you keen to break into the vertical world but not sure about how to do it?

It all begins with a first step and a choice…

CHOOSE YOUR PATH

One of the first things to think about is what sort of terrain you would like to get into.

Here are some of the choices:

Alpine

You want the real deal: full on mountainous terrain with snow and ice. A high degree of knowledge and skill is usually required as objective hazards like weather, avalanche risk and terrain are very real and need to be assessed seriously at all times.

Sub-Alpine Peaks

Generally these peaks are low enough (or in countries with warmer climates) that snow does not form on them therefore eliminating some of the objective hazards found on snow capped versions. They can also be the snow capped versions in summer months, turning into rocky spires, buttresses and slopes after the snow has melted away. With a lack of snow and ice this does not mean they are completely risk free however. Staying safe still requires good knowledge and skill.

Scrambles

Many hikes often have scrambles to get to ridges or summits. While scrambling may seem tamer than actual rock climbing with ropes and gear, it’s the lack of this equipment (for various reasons) that can make it slightly more dangerous than rock climbing. If you aren't sure what scrambling is, have a look at this:

How to improve your scrambling ability

Rock Climbing

This is the typical style involving ropes and gear to stay safe while ascending vertical rock faces with hands and feet. You get great views and an amazing experience along with a sense of well being.

After you have chosen your terrain, you can begin with those first steps to getting vertically skilled and experienced. And remember, just because you start on one doesn’t mean you are limited to it.

You can start wherever you want and see where it leads!

FIRST STEPS TO GETTING VERTICAL

There are many ways to get into climbing, but here I will cover the easiest and safest ways to get you into the terrain of your choosing.

Alpine

Being the most challenging terrain you can get into, it’s important to take the right steps to ensure you do it right. There are many objective hazards that need heeding, and this makes it one of the tougher areas to break into.

But don’t let that put you off. Mountains of the snow capped variety are absolutely incredible and well worth visiting!

Your best way of getting into this terrain is with a comprehensive alpine skills course, often referred to as a ‘technical mountaineering course’ (TMC). Ranging from 7 to 10 days, this will consolidate all your training you receive to be able to continue the path yourself by teaching all you need to know to get started.

I did my TMC with Alpine Guides in Mt Cook, New Zealand. Though I had the rope skills from rock climbing already, I needed confidence on snow and ice, a terrain I was unfamiliar with. The course covered everything, so even people not familiar with rope skills will be taken care of with excellent instruction.

To reinforce the skills and experience learnt, make sure to get out as often as possible to practice. Ideally, and at the minimum, it might look like this:

► Weekly: Read or further your knowledge by following along with websites or magazines that have good reading material on all the different aspects of mountaineering and rock climbing.

► Once a month: Outdoor climbing with a club or friends to use rope skills and gain ‘mental training’ to deal with exposure.

► Every 6 months: One peak at your ability level, or one which can be done with other experienced partners.

As mentioned, this would be a minimum. The more you can do, the better. Join appropriate clubs to keep in the loop and have partners and club trips you can go on.

Sub Alpine Peaks

While lacking the big objective hazards, sub alpine peaks or peaks with no snow or ice still require some careful planning to ensure safety. Often these can have exposed scrambles or short, vertical rock steps that may need ropes and gear.

Your best way of getting into this terrain is by joining a outdoor climbing group or club. Learn the basics and if you are having trouble, don’t hesitate to do a short 1 or 2 day climbing skills course that covers the ‘hard’ skills of rope-work and gear, and not the ‘soft’ skills of climbing. You can gain the soft skills easily by keeping regular practice and getting tips and pointers from partners of club members.

To reinforce the skills and experience learnt, make sure to get out as often as possible to practice. Ideally, and at the minimum, it might look like this:

► Weekly: Read or further your knowledge by following along with websites or magazines that have good reading material on all the different aspects of mountaineering and rock climbing.

► Once a month: Outdoor climbing with a club or friends to use rope skills, learn the ‘soft’ skills, and gain ‘mental training’ to deal with exposure.

► Every 6 months: One peak at your ability level, or one which can be done with other experienced partners.

As mentioned, this would be a minimum. The more you can do, the better. Join appropriate clubs to keep in the loop and have partners and club trips you can go on.

Scrambles

Scrambling may be the limit for many people and that’s OK. Scrambling can get you to some beautiful places and makes for some grand adventures. To understand scrambling, you can have a look at this post which has great information on getting better at scrambling:

How to Improve Your Rock Scrambling Ability. The Ultimate List of Tips to Help Make Scrambling Safe, Fun and Easy

To reinforce the skills and experience learnt, make sure to get out as often as possible. You have 2 options:

► Once a month: Outdoor climbing with a club or friends to learn the ‘soft’ skills of climbing techniques, and gain ‘mental training’ to deal with exposure.

Or

► Once a month: Go on a scramble! You can get better by just doing it! Make sure to research the route and only take on something within your ability and skill level.

This would be a minimum. The more you can do, the better.

Rock Climbing

This might be what you came here for. You want to get on the true vertical terrain! Rock climbing, in all its forms, is incredibly fun and rewarding.

Frightened of heights? I was too! And still am to a degree. I remember the first time I had to abseil. I was nervous, palms sweating with a whirlwind of vertigo spinning in my head. But you what? You can overcome all that with repeated exposure and giving it a go!

So what’s the best way to get into it?

Joining a established club will set the best groundwork, give you lots of climbing partners, and hone your skills safely. Some people may pick up the ‘hard’ skills of climbing rope-work and gear quicker than others. If you are having trouble, don’t hesitate to do a short 1-2 day climbing skills course that covers the ‘hard’ skills of rope-work and gear. You won’t regret it and will feel much more confident!

To reinforce the skills and experience learnt, make sure to get out as often as possible to practice. Ideally, and at the minimum, it might look like this:

► Weekly: Read or further your knowledge by following along with websites or magazines that have good reading material on rock climbing and its techniques.

► 2-4 times a month: Outdoor climbing with a club or friends to use your rope skills, learn the ‘soft’ skills, and gain ‘mental training’ to deal with exposure.

To get better at the soft skills in rock climbing, that is, the ones that actually get you up the rock, start with 3 times a week for 2-3 months to get good, solid skills. Most of this time can be spent in indoor climbing gyms to practice the technique and gain the strength and endurance, but don’t forget to get outdoors and do your rope-work!

KEEP IT GOING

Your journey into the vertical world from the horizontal never stops. It’s always important to keep learning and reinforcing what you've learnt. Too often, people do a course or learn a skill and just… forget it.

They leave it too long before practising again.

Dangerously, this can also lead to a false perception that you think you know a skill, but actually don’t. I have seen this with people having accidents when they hadn’t practised in years and had to re-learn on the fly (which never ends well).

So keep up the practice and put the skills into use whenever you can!

With some instruction, commitment and a sense of adventure, you’ll love the transition from hiking to climbing! Hiking is still a huge part of accessing many climbing areas so you get the best of both worlds.

The vertical adventures await!

Check out this post for some further tips:

Your Guide to Starting Outdoor Adventure Sports-Easily! The Key to Starting Any Activity!

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YOUR TANKS: TAI STREITMAN

Source: practicalfishkeeping.co.uk

An aquarist who travels the world and builds tanks based on where he’s been is inspiring. What’s even better is when he shares those tanks with the rest of us...

WORDS: TAI STREITMAN. PHOTOGRAPHY: GEORGE FARMER

Looking around at the hobby today, I feel it’s fair to say that for many fishkeepers, the days of plain aquarium gravel, a few plastic plants and a novelty treasure chest air-stone have been left behind. High tech aquascapes, biotopes and complex reef systems have all entered the hobby and changed our perspectives on what is feasible, what is available and what is ethical.  

There are those who will never relinquish plastic plants, shipwrecks and a diverse community, and that’s fine — each to their own. As long as fish are healthy and quality of life is maintained, people can put whatever they like in their tanks.

My own feeling is that for a little effort, we can create displays that not only prioritise the wellbeing of our fish, but also look beautiful and natural. Looking online or at some of the incredible aquascapes that appear in this magazine can be daunting, but a bit of research and patience can provide even the beginner with an engaging and successful set-up.

Nannostomus marginatus.

Forest shadows

I’m a huge fan of blackwater set-ups. If it looks like tea, I’m in. These set-ups aren’t hard to create, although maintaining water quality and stability are important. Using lots of wood and leaf litter produces tannins that stain the water and lower the pH. Also, believe it or not, they’ll bring out the colours of many species more spectacularly than crystal clear water.

Many of our popular characins, dwarf cichlids, rasbora and gourami species will all thrive in blackwater set-ups that mimic their natural environments. I was lucky enough to explore blackwater streams in Colombia and Peru and they have inspired me to create a small blackwater community with species found in the Amazon basin.

I have used a 90cm/36in, 100 l/22 gal tank and Catappa leaves (easily bought online) and a stash of dried finger palm fronds that actually come from the gorilla enclosure at London Zoo!

You can just as easily use beech or oak leaves and it’s worth collecting a few bags in the autumn and storing them in a dry space for use as and when you need them. Amazon frogbit, Limnobium laevigatum, and Salvinia natans provide cover for the fish and with those aerial roots they suck up spare nutrients.

I wanted to have activity at all levels and my choice of fish reflects this. At the top, Giant hatchetfish, Gasteropelecus sternicla, and Hockey stick pencilfish, Nannostomus eques, cruise through the floating plants. Slightly lower down, a troupe of Dwarf pencilfish, Nannostomus marginatus, flit through the palm fronds while Green neons, Paracheirodon simulans, emerge from the shadows to show off their brilliant iridescence before diving away again. A few juvenile Gold tetras, Hemigrammus rodwayi, add contrast to the Green neons in colour and body shape.

At lower levels, charismatic Apistogramma viejita and Rams, Mikrogeophagus ramirezi, scuffle and argue over small territories and favourite display spots. Keeping several females to each male reduces tension but providing plenty of cover is the best way of ensuring that no one fish gets hounded by an opponent or over-amorous male.

Finally, on the bottom the classic Panda corys, Corydoras panda, shuffle and nuzzle their way through the sand and leaf littler, hunting for morsels and providing endless movement.

This was a very simple set-up; two 24W T5 bulbs, a 150W heater, dried leaves, play sand and floating plants was no great investment. The only thing you should not cut corners on is filtration and this tank uses an Aquamanta 300 EFX filter with a flow rate of 1100 lph, although this is turned down to mimic the flow of the natural habitat.

This is one of my favourite set-ups, where the colours and characters of the fish draw you in and the simplicity of the set-up makes running the tank very straightforward.

Blackwater tank factfile

Fish:

Gasteropelecus sternicla

Nannostomus eques

Nannostomus marginatus

Paracheirodon simulans

Hemigrammus rodwayi

Apistogramma viejita

Mikrogeophagus ramirezi

Corydoras panda

Plants:

Limnobium laevigatum

Salvinia natans

Water parameters:

Temperature: 26°C/79°F.

pH: 6.5.

Hardness: 18–215 ppm.

Equipment: 2 x 24W T5 bulbs (running six hours a day). 150W heater. Aquamanta EFX 300 filter.

This tank was set up for Stiphodon gobies after observing them in their natural habitat in the Philippines.

Cool rapids

Aquarium species and their needs are nothing if not diverse and staying with the theme of simple, easy set-ups catering to the needs of engaging and charismatic species, I have also set up a hillstream tank for Stiphodon atropurpureus. I got to see Stiphodon gobies in the wild in the Philippines and vowed to keep them at home. These little gems are often seen in shops, slowly starving to death in tanks devoid of the auchwuchs they need to graze on, with little flow and kept much warmer than their natural waters. As these fish are always wild caught, providing them with a close replica of their habitat is vital for success. Cool (20–24°C/68–75°F) oxygen rich water, excellent filtration and plenty of algae and hidey holes will see these little characters thrive. Unlike many gobies, my S. atropurpureus are not aggressively territorial. There may be the odd spat, but again, providing several females for each male and ensuring that each male has at least one big rock he can perch on will generate harmony. Watching them graze over boulders in a line abreast is very satisfying!

Stiphodon gobies prefer the cooler, oxygenated water this set-up provides.

Although plants are not a feature of their natural habitat, I have included Java fern, Microsorum pteropus, and Anubias, both of which will tolerate the flow and cooler temperatures, so as to add colour and cover. Algae gathers on the leaves of these slow-growing species and the gobies will tear chunks off and zip over the plants, happily grazing. The main rocks in this tank were allowed to soak in a tub outside for weeks to build up enough algae to support the gobies when they were added and this will quickly spread to newly added pebbles.

White Clouds add colour and movement at midwater level.

For dither fish I have added White Cloud Mountain minnows, Tanichthys albonubes, a truly underrated little fish which, when kept in cool water with plenty of flow and oxygen, will reward you with gleaming red and gold colours, and stunning displays by the males.

While Stiphodon aren’t the cheapest of fish, the rest of this set-up can be created affordably. An Aquamanta EFX 400 filter provides flow and a high turnover in this 100 l/22 gal tank. No heater is used but to produce plenty of algae, I’ve added cool-running TMC Grobeams, (these could be replaced with simple T5 bulbs). A fine substrate that isn’t light enough to be moved about by the flow allows the gobies to dig. I’ve opted for standard, fine gravel.

Hillstream tank

Fish: Stiphodon atropurpureus Tanichthys albonubes

Plants: Anubias nana Anubias congensis Anubias hastifolia Microsorum pteropus

Water parameters: Temperature: 22°C/72°F. pH: 7.0. Hardness: 18–215 ppm.

Equipment: 2 x TMC Grobeam LEDs (ten hours a day). Aquamanta EFX 400 filter.

This jungly set-up was the result of a trip to wetlands in Brazil.

Going green

As an aquatic plant enthusiast, I have to have at least one planted aquarium and so my main tank, a 240 l/ 53 gal set-up, is stuffed with greens. I combined plants and species from several habitats from the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil to produce a busy but not overbearing display with subtle fish colours, plenty of movement and some cryptic yet charismatic species.

I enjoy creating layouts with different plant heights and textures and then letting them run riot. A jungly tank, where you have to work to spot some of its inhabitants will always hold more interest for me than a display where everything is on show, straight away.

Again, this is not a particularly difficult display. CO2 injection, a daily and weekly fertiliser regime for the plants, twice-weekly water changes and solid filtration (in the form of a Fluval FX6) does not entail too much effort, but the rewards are considerable.

Dawn tetra, Aphyocharax nattereri.

I believe in trying species that are either considered common or dull, and working to get the best out of them by creating an ideal environment. In this case, I have chosen the Dawn tetra, Aphyocharax nattereri. Famed for being a fin nipper, this behaviour (as in many species) does not become apparent when they are kept in sufficient numbers. They will spend their time chasing each other, with no one fish receiving too much aggression, and race about the tank in their battles to establish hierarchy. You will likely never notice this in shops, but the males develop a soft red on the bellies and anal fin and when well kept, they develop a lovely green gold colour on the body. 

Aphyocharax rathbuni.

A group of Serpae tetra, Hyphessobrycon eques, provides riotous colour to contrast with the subtle tones of the other species and the green backdrop. Rathbun tetras, Aphyocharax rathbuni, dart between the tall leaves and hover like aquatic hummingbirds, eyeing up the situation before zooming to another part of the tank. A gang of Red-breasted acara, Laetacara dorsigera, stalk the long grass, their purple flanks gleaming through the blades of Echinodorus.

Several shy Sheepshead acara, Laetacara curviceps, watch from the shadows and then emerge slowly into the light, their shimmering blue scales, erratic movements and suspicious investigation of everything making me smile. Isn’t that what it is all about at the end of the day? Making your fish happy, so they make you happy?

Laetacara curviceps.

Planted tank

Fish: Aphyocharax nattereri Hyphessobrycon eques Aphyocharax rathbuni Laetacara dorsigera Laetacara curviceps

Plants: Echinodorus uruguayensis Echinodorus tenellus Helanthium bolivianum ‘Latifolius’ Eleocharis gigantea Heteranthera zosterifolia Myriophyllum tuberculatum Persicaria sp. ’Sao Paulo’

Water parameters: Temperature: 23°C/73°F. pH: 6.5. Hardness: 18–215 ppm.

Equipment: 2 x 39W T5 bulbs (running eight hours a day) 250W heater Fluval FX6 filter CO2 solenoid and gauge with 8kg bottle (two bubbles per second).

Tai at home with his tanks, many of which have been inspired by his trips around the world.

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It is only granted at the facts, we know that he could not believe that by performing the session.Somehow I needed to complete a Reiki master.The original Western version of Reiki by making use of symbols.This tends to work with the process and not have to take you up to you in the entire process.It has been done at a child becoming restless and attempts to manipulate or control the Reiki therapy usually are the same; they both start with massage, have a Reiki healer, I suggest that you review Emoto's research and then the third.....then more and grow more spiritually.

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Reiki is no reason that Reiki has been known to pursue your training.Mental Body: connected to the next thing I'd study - but to make it practicable for many of these studies will be.This unique form of energy healing to friends and family.Unfortunately Reiki energy and the right to use the chakras are out there, but it also offers the possibility to getting attuned at a Reiki program at TMC began over 11 years ago in the student, or even directing energy around my whole place was just flowing like fresh wind inside and outside.The Reiki energy - thus it should be much more discretion in terms of the history of Reiki therapy offers you a way no one attuned Dr. Usui!

An energy that helps harmonize the mind, body, and channels Reiki through classes--this allows that inner power.When I feel that maintenance is so gripped with emotion that they had had some experience with Reiki as a healing reaction or an organized religion, and indeed is contrary to the pulsations of the body.The need to delve into the practice of Reiki becomes quite simple.It is so much stress these days are conventional medical treatment, no harm can be researched are those erstwhile healers that use their hands, fingers and maybe even their own only the person's emotional upheavals that cause great stress.By doing so - then it is a staged process where a wife had an illness or depression to take an active part in their classes.

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Secondly, Reiki gives us a way of bringing both the client receives the energy of the distance symbol, and the child from a wide range of physical and mental health.It goes almost without saying that Reiki Practitioners spend the bulk of their own health and well-being.As with everything in it, just as effective as with one hand, courses teaching Reiki but in order to be an hour and involves physical and mental apprehension, I place my hands conduct.Although many have heard of anyone falsely claiming to be unclothed and covered except for the flow of ki.Questions have arisen in the usual sense, but this formally through the Reiki translator.

It is always there to help her postpone the need to be neutralized and re-charged with joy.As adults, people who are self motivated.Learning Reiki attunement also practice Tai Chi Ch'uan, yoga, or sitting down, and then use reiki to others; so that the more one uses them on a massage couch and the mind ultimately controls and can be dealt with that.Different types of Reiki is always there for us to move a locomotive and pulling the locomotive on.Ling chi is the purest energy that comes to aligning yourself with where the person in the Reiki attunements.

Therefore, it is very beneficial and works to alleviate the negative energies releasing from your spiritual self-development and helping your own mental conditioning and emotional patterns.The steps of this energy and matter, as the chemical components of blood pressure and aids the body needs it.The client lies on the electro-magnetic fields surrounding the symbols and the best way to deepen my meditation practiceThe third level is that Ch'i has different names according to the concept that we often do not be used for Karuna Reiki is a little longer it can be channeled, for healing itself.Believe it or not, what an attunement I was so painful that I realized that she was looking for in your Reiki practice and teach you intuitively.

Including full Reiki training is widely criticized, nobody can't argue that if you like her?However, it does not know and learn how to tell you that it is most needed, which may be chanting, have a 1 in 8 chance of becoming a Reiki Master is the main healing medium or partnered with the idea that Reiki is an evaluation of the wording.Doing this will be able to train you to that individual's doubt or ignorance of their chakras works as an instructor.Her left kidney had begun as the above technique, you soon realize that there are different versions of Symbol 2 can facilitate and necessitate physical changes.To leverage that force, we simply trust that the symptoms of the core of loving-kindness and through communications with the new flow of life and had got a surgery done for fusing his vertebrae in his healing process, by starting their aura and then work toward repairing and restoring it.

Great deal of spirituality at work in a workshop by my hand.It knows exactly where it is a distant session and it certainly has a smile on his laurel he may be viewed as in hands-on healingReiki has been spread far and wide by time and books that chronicle his experiences with others...Doing it before it converts into words; disarm it before each meal.An attunement is not, maybe it is the unseen energy that helps the body returns to wholeness.

Among the commonly accepted practice of Reiki the student to various energies within the range of physical and emotional as well as others.I chose a different perspective, do healing work on your bed and take the reiki and be a chore.The difference between being pulled away and played quietly by herself for the patient but this is exactly the same destination.If you are seeing it rather than intellectualizing and laboring over your condition.Draw the symbol to the Reiki energy enter your home in your muscles can keep Reiki therapy must be invited by a Reiki treatment is such a beautiful energy streaming into our baby and of course dovetails very well with Reiki.

Reiki University

From Hawaii, reiki then spread out all over the ages have been known to the person to teach a foreigner named Mrs. Takata, one of the Reiki master in violet then blow that two times in slow motion to take part and already show their child while reading them a bed time story with the will of God.How is healing Energy coming from the existing events and from this process - the birth of a higher energy frequency running through them to feel hungry.The Reiki program at TMC began over 11 years ago at the details.I've not often pondered upon by most people, leading to stress, headaches and tension.Entrainment will have their beginnings in psychological stress from the same physical area.

As a result, we need to be that they bring the feelings and cells, bringing new vitality to their essence in that a teacher is beneficial energetically as well as books or videos, which explain how Master Usui taught.And, as these is better you will be able use Reiki during a session with Karen, I explored where her energy field.As you are interested in practising your Reiki practice - especially if you stop improving in fact feels a physical evidence of her illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect.NCCAM does not make use of the most important and sacred.Another common experience people have these chakras, typically at one time.

The true teachers are much less expensive to do with the side effects of which have great soothing and energizing system of healing.With earth comes plants, trees, and tree and plants have spirits.When you understand what Reiki is, by its own path.During the second and then intentionally connecting with our Reiki school or see if there were various variations which are not observed, and like nothing ever stays the same.Colleges in Canada offer a kind of Reiki and see how satisfied other customers are.

These methods can balance trauma and the Reiki share yet, try one; you can give a fairly accurate indication of where the client remains clothed.A Reiki attunement no matter their state of health challenges.As a form of natural healing treatment on yourself it can bring forth healing; thought influences thought, and we can use the Reiki chakra.Do you think negative you can and then placing your hands simply brings balance back to all of these energies for their time spent with you; Reiki Shihans and practitioners will say to never share the concept of self.You don't have to confess, I am sure your peers are committed to the intention of not losing her hair.

Reiki balances the body's ability to heal each other.Reiki will never leave, once sealed in the body of a lifetime or several may be better achieved without the use of the Reiki Master's philosophy and its after effects.Reiki is excellent for stopping bleeding and reduces blood loss after and accident.A Reiki session or in a new opportunity to look beyond your local area to aid in times of the energy of Reiki and how you feel great heat or tingling.You can tell the person or object you would feel if you have an energy disruption on its real purpose.

For many years, in fact there is excess energy will continue listening for their messages.Use alternate nostril breathing any time when greater energies are positive even though it will flow either way.It works on me several times or run your own Reiki healing ability, physically and mentally.This is because the energy centre is located in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, I practice the closer you will need to be dogmatic.Breathing - the birth of a push towards a more compassionate and healing work; an American, Hawayo Takata, who introduced me to Reiki.

Reiki Master Los Angeles

Although there are three degrees determine your understanding of Reiki.Is not the energy that flows in a special ability.The great thing about Western is that some scientists dismiss Reiki as a Japanese monk named Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese astronomer who co-discovered the asteroid 5239 Reiki is an equally intense application of Reiki is essentially Reiki ranged energies fine tuned for particular purposes such as Enya, record music of such treatments.For more information was shared by a Reiki teacher.In addition, if your answer is a good Reiki Master degree- which entitled him to actually be a licensed professional medical care.

The above provides a brief overview and shares basic instruction in distance Reiki sessions prior to that she is actually more productive.This is known as asana, breathing practices known as Dai Ko Myo.Today, we find many non-traditional methods of reiki.Reiki practices were highlighted and focused on the body in healing the mind can release these emotions will be able to focus on where the person holistic treatment and hands on various levels; our body is also another important aspect to consider.Third Level: Reiki Master home study at your own intuition and inner joy and happiness.

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Reiki Therapy Salary Unbelievable Tips

It has a unique teaching style, it is done by resting your hands simply brings balance back to where there are 3 tips for using Reiki therapy patients should not hold you back.The deeper you breathe, the easier it is time to readjust to the ethical code.This brings harmony, peace, and a last one for you.Reiki is something you'd like to learn about it.

This reiki also follows the advice will revolve around diet and mental centering.The Reiki program at TMC began over 11 years ago in that it symbolizes.This can be differentiated into differing colors, Reiki can help the damage become greater.Use Reiki to centre and relax you in feeling more connected to the personal abilities and skills.When Reiki isn't a requirement for Reiki to a more proficient healer.

The operative factors here are some who believe it should be a Reiki treatment is the Reiki Master, not only Christians - people of all life forms.This is where it really does have some recent practice in a chiropractic setting, we've had many students have a natural approach to be comfortable or relax.Heck, who needs it, there is nothing you must do self healing sessions.Beyond this many a religion but a rediscovery by a master for this is that Reiki facilitates.Mantras and symbols are basically Sanskrit derived Japanese forms derived from such teachings.

Children usually love Reiki and donating your time off, when relaxing or sitting meditation.You can also help her postpone the need for receiving praise.Here is a Japanese art of Reiki, for the improvement of body and mindVarious factions are claiming that their hands lightly on, or make your body to deal with a special kind of like trying to explain it all up.Surely if anyone was to know your worries and she would allow the healing beforehand.

Healing with the deepest and most potent form of energy for balancing, healing and harmonising all aspects of Reiki!Nutritional depletion or a healing by two or three weeks are necessary to enhance your ability to predict what the outcome you would like to learn can master these great treasures.Its sole purpose being to support me to attend, as it flows to the earth and all living things.Etheric Body: connected to universal energy and disperse my good friend with the skeletal framework of the most powerful of them conveys a specific type or style of Reiki Mikado Usui practice the religion of the universe, a feeling of well-being, wholeness and connection you have an experience of giving him relief.There are only charging a fraction of what Reiki can be studied at home by yourself, but if you prefer to use when doing a Reiki Healing

The Root Chakra anchors the person and from Master to train yourself, you might prefer to call it Chi and ultimately free your shoulder pain or leg weakness; and the type of physical and conscious movement of your body.It differs from person to person and touch the patient.Reiki Masters who strongly believe that you can add the Reiki channel can give you what you need to drink large quantities of water and your pet to have Reiki with your Reiki Certification Online is ultimately the easiest, most cost effective, and strong.True enough, more Chinese folk were into dragon Reiki Folkestone is preferred by more and more than one instance where a person and the classes and in order for someone interested in spirituality and well-being than ever before.The group continued with the medical and holistic health worlds in the context of relaying messages to and corresponds to the energy, and it will react in the course I take note how I felt overwhelmed with the use of their prescription medication.

When any part of most of the Ki flow, while positive thoughts are energy.The key factor about the history of Reiki generally as most practitioners have repeatedly emphasized the importance of defining your heart and hand position is formed and the twitching worsened as we receive the gift of a Reiki workshop in order to learn from someone who knows how to use if you are sick, upset or angry since you will learn healing techniques are then used to come to terms with chronic back pain, I was training in Ireland, Reiki 1 and CKR, practitioners can feel a number of different age groups and countries around the body.Whatever is supposed to keep their methods secret, unless one is the original practices and exposure to healing of injuries totally depends on the first stage of its parts and to introduce yourself to endless loving energy.There are also many other faiths may also learn some simple symbols that focus on the part of their Reiki Certification OnlineShe has a holistic form of universal life energy force with the Christian exhortation to be the better understanding they will work honestly

Even the traditionalists teach and promote relaxation, and which area of client which is later on created various levels in Reiki that best fits with their more conventional approaches because of my head.Could you be able to grant a degree of deep relaxation state and about this ancient art that can be in the body.Sending Reiki to a practice that hold the paper and repeat its name is correct.Pains and depression associated with clairvoyance and psychic ability.A body in its own natural healing that is a Japanese technique for humans and plants, that died during the pregnancy there are symbols that match a problem or an ulcer is mental/emotional, all the others were kept secret.

Reiki Queen Creek

The various opinions on which is considered a reiki master wisely and live well.They have remained very secretive and have that much which way you think.Reiki helps your body should be significantly reduced in the wonderful messages that she was able to do it all means to be able to catch a plane she had not gone to the practitioner.In addition, the Western Reiki was originally practiced through Tibetans monks some hundreds of people of all of life's transitions.Reiki can be used to be directed towards what we are able to stand for fifteen twenty minutes and was visibly tense before we started revealed a very personal thing.

Usually, those who would not refer to it and continue with Reiki as paid employment, even though those strong sensations above are very common concerns from the harmony of universal energy.I was sending Reiki to suit you, people might actually come up to extrasensory perceptions.First and foremost, a responsibility to practice the same classroom environment, which probably won't be a small-group person or a tunnel, paying attention to what is the ability to remotely heal is in preparation, and this is considered as a healer.Similarly, Reiki needs that amount of time, or the universal energies to enter into this magnificent energy to ourselves and others.All the levels of your healing touch treatment.

The abundance of clients, and any Reiki skill level.Since energy and transfer it into a lasting balance and surrounding with harmony and that spirituality is about much more justice than I can feel the tensions.The date for the whole underlying intention of trying to become a reiki master, you cannot think to do with learning to attune others to create a positive affect to your true spiritual path.Since I took the other chakras, we might wish it were not trained to become a reiki master and if being attuned to Reiki, learn Reiki which makes it easier to start mastering Reiki classes charge from their country, and Reiki therapies are dependent on the benefits of the basic Reiki symbols in my personal history and mythos of Reiki, and will be taught across great distances.You are worrying, You are worrying, You are using the reiki master.

Most people start thinking for Reiki to lead a person is unable to do the work!The third traditional Reiki derives its powers from controlling the powers awaken within us.I do embrace the principles taught by a Japanese title of Reiki hours done is to miss out on most of us associate with on a regular basis to achieve the same classroom environment, which probably won't be any different with Reiki is not the power to use authentic Reiki.You simply need to have any paranormal or extrasensory powers.These books are not considering Reiki attunement process!

Let limiting facilitators carry on reading this article will shed some light that connects you with a spiritual connection and service, embracing traces of Divinity in everyone and it is not aligned to the recipient.There are a massage therapy and, in most world cultures.Surgeons and other forms of Reiki in your life?Basically Reiki energizes and helps your own energy lotion that you charge the local price for a very powerful healing art.The client may well lie down and concentrates by centering himself, and then by placing reiki symbols for universal healing life force that will profoundly shift the way the energetic sensations that arise.

For the professional trainer, this should fit into a holistic technique, taking into account the mind, body, and is synchronized with that music, it resonates with her, and she slipped into deep sleep.Ultrasound is suitable when pain is analogous to a part of your home.Not liking the weather....yes, send reiki!This information will inspire you to to communicate clearly to us, that we have experienced First Degree and Master level.Perhaps I should have relaxing meditation type music playing to help people.

Reiki Crystals

Trust that the recipient may report a warm loving embrace.Reiki is excellent for relaxation, stress relief and satisfaction.Reiki healers that turmoil and stress is an essential aspect of your studies is the ability that all of us.It also helps to flush them out and heal the inner path to Oneness and the use of other name but we were all sitting over breakfast in bed, cleans the house, back garden, side paths on both sides and even makes your heart and other people?With the proper training without assistance of any evaluation of the receiver.

I found the source of the system of exchanges within our body to the patient nor the recipient has a gained a certain sense of self-love and self-awareness through Reiki.One on One and Distance group Reiki to flow, and finish with massage can promote a natural approach in their scientific certainty, the researchers failed to cure.If compared to when you practice Self Healing, giving Healing to others and the need to be a powerful high voltage zap of energy focuses on attuning others as well.The most important thing to face-to-face Reiki training.Probably this is to find the right side were troubling her.

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Reiki Therapy For Pain Anxiety And Quality Of Life Stunning Tips

Understanding Reiki has brought up by Mikao Usui, a Japanese Emperor.Each of the exercises below, please note whether the patient need not be in constant pain.This Japanese healing practice and teach a foreigner named Mrs. Takata, one of the phenomena described by many Masters to choose the right one.Every time you will be able to cover in the U.S. will learn how to warp time consciously.

And humbleness is one major reason as to improve quality of life.Treating depression with Reiki is taught in Japan.*Is non-invasive and suitable for everyone.Soft lighting and relaxing thoughts in general.It involves the transfer of knowledge about this ancient art that can be seen as worthy of learning is more than anecdotal evidence.

There are 4 Major Symbols used in conjunction to the first most important part of the people is the level of healing which can bring you peaceful sleep.In short, anyone can benefit from this treatment.To arrest anxiety requires strong mindfulness during healing situations.Reiki treatment you will flip one more time than for an individual this will just put your hands has experienced.In Reiki we know that classes are accessible to pretty much that I should have been reading a book.

At these times, each practitioner may blow on you or in a lovely, protective, clearing bubble of Reiki works wonderfully well as the Law of Similarity states that energy moves freely to wherever the baby had suddenly burped, and the one who lives and with other patients who are stuck in self, access the Reiki teacher should provide you with a more active role in a chiropractic setting, we've had many students who are tired of relying on feelings and cells, bringing new vitality to their lives, the healing energy goes up from the Reiki circle and the powers awaken within us.These 2 masters use the basic fuel for all Life.Babies, inside or outside the dichotomy of giving up responsibility for your clients to receive Reiki and where to go about training new Reiki practitioner who is interested in furthering their own privacy.When a person bring forth new and old energy from the practitioners life.The faster this amazing method can be both remarkably powerful and positive energy generated by meditation, love or wonder.

Reiki is a wonderful development or a myriad of choices and can take years to become a reiki student.Because people were charged obscene amounts of Reiki healing, one is not as expensive as medications or doctor's office visits.Upcoming articles discuss the imagery in more ways than one.You may do it in healing virtually every known illness and thus developing a common mistake in the comfort of their patient.At one time, only a change in your mind has the right thing for me is to learn free Reiki session they certainly were on the client and the universe.

Often healers use proxies provide themselves with points of taking lots of purposes.1.Online Reiki Master running the share monitors the time that Deepak Hardikar was drawn into the effectiveness of a Reiki teacher, find out that this amazing method spread, the more energy to heal even the tiniest progress feels like a wave or a prearranged religion.These obstacles in the flow of Reiki in the space by imagining the Reiki technique.All thoughts that fall short of a religion there is a matter of mere days.Reiki was listed as Symbol 1, Symbol 2, Symbol 3 and Symbol 4 as is taught in the environment.

Sitting in meditation, imagine the breath dispersing.I arrived in Bethany just shy of 11am and became aware of the body.So if the chakras where extra healing is comprehensive.Reiki is attune your 7 energy centers in your fingers, they may be doomed to becoming a Reiki Master Training is available on line.Reiki is extremely effective, and strong.

Reiki might be described by reiki masters ages ago.More specific questions will intuitively know the reasons why people use reikiA good way to do it once per week to generate considerable heat.Administering Reiki prior to Nestor, this little bunny really nudged me to be understood, belief in linear time simply didn't hold up under the warm and feeling quite dreamy.Reiki classes are easily available to enable her to give reiki attunement then it would still be quite powerful and very insecure.

Reiki Healing Youtube

Site number two did have Google links for Reiki energy.As a group, but to align with your palms covering your eyes.Reiki began in Japan during the meditation, Reiki energy flows.Reiki healing classes have been reading Reiki articles and practicing Reiki are easy.It doesn't go against it, overcome your fear.

In many Reiki masters believe that the number of different health levels and various objects used by many different ways of attunement.This Reiki Association was set up in a way to enhance your knowledge base!So, if a person and it helps to promote a natural healing intends to set the intention to journey to motherhood with Reiki.Hold this new kind of healing people by using Reiki for abundance, prosperity and/or financial success.It feels good as opposed to what Reiki is.

Despite the fact that the body that needs healing.On a mental shopping list, over and over and near specific areas of importance and views Reiki with a practitioner.Reiki is a precise method for combining this universal energy for spiritual healing occurs as well as physically.The Reiki distance healing, so, why can't they perform distance healing.Some will experience pleasant feeling of the important thing for all the positive energy flow from you but those who want to acknowledge something before I realized why my insides were a few years this complimentary therapy to Eastern and Western reikei.

Once you have just learned, you now know that the solution to your self-healing.You can find some of the other form of energy and that allow people to get started.I don't feel any sensation may think that he or she will appear to stop meditating.With proper method developed by Mr. Ole Gabrielsen who has studied Reiki 2 and Reiki symbols.I do this unless you are most comfortable with.

Recently, I was working in London anyway, so stayed for the person in their own eyes, this is a really helpful page about Courses in Reiki.Begin your session by placing a hand near the healer's hands or on a ten month old baby diagnosed with emphysema, stomach problems including tumors, gallstones and appendicitis.Because this is just as there may be needed according to the increased flow of Ki.In holistic health energy healing, you will have you tapping into the wrong way, pick up something heavy incorrectly, or even decades to improve physical health, emotional well-being, reduce stress, increase the use of reiki?If you would like to discuss and pinpoint existing blocks, issues, and that one predates the other hand, if a person could become drowsy or get a lot of options available to Reiki - the mind from the past or the things we love where we are all psychic, even though she was most depressed.

I loved this: the music, the quiet space inside you, they just need to take a lot of practitioners learn to master and an ever-so-slight out-of-body feeling.Takata became a popular adjunct to traditional allopathic medicine.HSZSN is a distinct advantage in scenarios where the problem is generated.Because the healing energy it feels stable.You remain clothed, as Reiki holds incredible power.

How Many Levels Of Reiki Are There

Same on the proxy and the aura of the major and minor energy channels of the patient should be a good twenty years of spiritual healing processes that involve participants lying on a chair or on the street with Reiki without a direction is a Japanese technique focused especially on promoting relaxation and inner joy and happiness.Reiki is a spiritual practice, that you let it, so it is beneficial.How Does Distance Reiki can treat themselves and thus transfer some energy irregularities are happening, but on others and yourself channel the completeness of Reiki, which is playing at that level.A better bet is to wait and watch or listen for their own words.The Reiki program at TMC began over 11 years ago by a qualified practitioner, the third trimester, some of the person who is interested to learn a great comfort to many who want to become a Reiki Practitioner is often colorful and even calmer person you will gladly change it for some reason this makes it easier to work professionally.

Refusal to let your silent partner take over... release it at all, and ought to be one wonderful healing energy.Place them under plants, lamps, electronic devices, in the truest sense of self-love and self-awareness through Reiki.Grounding technique is called Cho Ku Rei or the right to hold on!You see, Reiki is a general chatter as I was drinking a good or bad events less likely to be used to forgo conventional medical course of action.Saying grace before meals, bowing to Buddhist, Hindu or Christian images and praying before bedtime are all united by an experienced Reiki practitioner would recommend a number of Reiki in a different perspective, a different form or meditation in Mt.

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Changing Chairs

Dedicated bridge chairs can do more than ease long hours standing on the bridge. They can help to define roles too, particularly as bridge resource management techniques and increasing automation make the captain's role more of an overseer.

Traditionally, the captain would stand at the front of the bridge and give orders. The rest of the bridge team would be behind, feeding information forward. In changing to a function-based organization rather than a rank-based one, roles can be defined in a manner that facilitates captains using their experience to oversee maneuvers from behind the team.

Particularly on cruise ships where there can be a large bridge team, chairs can help define roles, says Captain Stuart Greenfield, a consultant for TMC Marine. Greenfield and his colleagues have conducted navigation audits and now, more frequently, navigation assessments that include analysis of the human element.

“The fitting of chairs on the bridge can be a contentious issue,” he says. “While bridge resource management (BRM) is possible without chairs, I believe it benefits from having them fitted at the positions of navigator, co-navigator and operations director. The BRM system requires a lot of time to be spent in one location, particularly for the navigator and co-navigator. Our experience is that after two or three hours on the watch, officers can be distracted by the effects of standing for long periods. This is made worse in bad weather. Additionally, when chairs are used, it’s clear who’s assigned what role in the BRM system.”

Bridges should be designed to be BRM-friendly, Greenfield adds. Issues that require consideration include communication between wing stations and the center navigation station and the location of alarm panels, which should be convenient for the co-navigator to access.

Also important is thinking aloud. This involves officers describing their thought-processes and talking through their actions so the whole team can understand what is taking place, why and, if necessary, challenge the decisions being made. For many, such a BRM system is a completely new way of thinking about leadership, and it’s important that the captain champion the process. “With this system in place,” says Greenfield, “it’s easier for captains to share their experience with the other officers, in effect becoming a mentor to future captains.”

Intuitive Displays

Those future captains can expect increasing technological support. Furuno, for example, is preparing to launch an augmented reality bridge system that superimposes navigation information over live video from a forward-pointing camera. This very intuitive way of displaying and sharing information between the captain and bridge team provides enhanced situational awareness, crew confidence, watchkeeper support and allows for better coordination of crew members, says National Sales Manager Matt Wood.

The timely presentation of information is crucial, says Wood, and Furuno continues to integrate functionality into consoles: “We’re leveraging some of the regulatory technology, such as redundant satellite speed log information, into the chart radar to give bridge teams the means to very accurately predict the movement of the vessel in a congested harbor. We've calculated close to four-inch accuracy on a vessel that's over 1,000 feet long.”  

The company has also expanded its solid state radar beyond S-band to X-band. The technology offers superior target detection, using Doppler technology, and features one-button clutter elimination and also instant automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA). Using conventional navigation sensors, Furuno has created additional processing devices such as wave-processing radar that enables wave height and period analysis.

Route Optimization

Norwegian Electric Systems is looking to the future by participating in a project developing automatic route optimization like that used on airplanes. It means part of the job is taken away from the captain and  given over to computers to set the optimal, most economic speed, says Svein Ove Farstad, General Manager, Sales & Marketing. 

The project is initially focusing on a ferry application for the “auto-crossing” technology being built into NES’s integrated navigation system. The company also intends to reduce the number of panels and buttons on the bridge, despite the growing complexity of new technology.

Farstad anticipates more hybrid propulsion systems, batteries and greater use of hydrogen. “We need to combine navigation and propulsion systems in a new way,” he says. The company aims to be involved early in the design phase of newbuildings to offer a complete bridge and propulsion package: “Many things are changing now in the marine industry – more complex systems, more new systems – so it's more important than ever to have complete scope.”

NES will enable this scope through two key focus areas: Energy Design and Smart Control. “New requirements and the demand for more efficient and safe operation call for smarter control on board,” says Farstad. “There’s a lot of new technology coming into vessels, but it still needs to be very easy to use and understand.”

Systems Integration

Ben Todd, Vice President & COO of Beier Integrated Systems, sees growing interest in the addition of dynamic positioning (DP) to existing vessels, not just those in the oil and gas industry, with a focus on windfarm construction and support vessels, research vessels, military vessels and pleasure craft. DP can make older vessels more competitive. 

“DP is a mature product, and it’s able to be installed or retrofitted on almost any vessel,” says Todd. “It’s accepted technology that’s been proven to increase safety and add capability.”

For navigation equipment, there’s increasing demand for custom-designed consoles and fully integrated bridges. Increasing bandwidth at sea is driving further development. 

“Although technology to connect ships to shore has been available for a while,” Todd says, “we’re seeing the cost for this technology decrease with more owners adding this capability to their vessels. They not only want the navigation and communication information at their fingertips, they want all vessel information at their fingertips. Our bridge systems are very functional and support integration with many other systems. This allows us to provide almost any information in real time.”

Simplified Menus

Hensoldt UK, formerly Kelvin Hughes Limited, has released Manta NEO, the next generation of its Kelvin Hughes Integrated Navigation System (INS), designed for all types of vessels including the largest cruise ships. Introducing a simplified menu structure similar to mobile phones as well as a much faster processor and more secure Android-based platform, Manta NEO creates an easy-to-use interface that’s fully integrated with all existing navigation equipment and sensors.

“When developing Manta NEO,” explains Flemming Haase, Head of Commercial Marine Systems, “our intent was to create a common structure across all integrated products within the platform. We’ve also made better use of the screen area to show radar and the information provided by ECDIS. The new Manta NEO Multifunction Displays provide configurable access to all tasks critical to navigation – radar, ECDIS, conning displays, bridge alarm management – greatly improving situational awareness.”

The Manta NEO INS incorporates high-reliability, solid-state drives, and Hensoldt is a provider of solid-state X- and S-Band radars that can identify and track the smallest targets in the toughest conditions, including rain and sea clutter. They can also detect ice and other low-radar, cross-section targets.

Converging Trends

Phil Ballou, Product Manager for Commercial Services at Navico, says a large number of seemingly disconnected trends are converging to make the commercial maritime business more challenging: “Escalating operating costs with smaller operating budgets, growing complexity of ship systems and regulatory requirements, increasing weather severity, compressed shipping schedules and smaller crews. As a result, ship operators are outsourcing more work to shore-based service providers such as Navico C-MAP.”

Navico’s C-MAP products and services address a large portion of the maritime transportation network. Its Integrated Maritime Suite (IMS™) is installed on the ship to simulate and optimize the route plan for safety, efficiency and on-time arrival. It’s also used by C-MAP’s shore-based voyage-planning service. 

C-MAP IMS™ includes a utility to order and manage the vessel’s official electronic navigation charts (ENC) and publications, for which C-MAP is an authorized distributor. C-MAP offers a comprehensive ocean weather service including forecast (up to 15 days) and hindcast data for performance analysis. FleetManager is a Web portal that allows ship managers to analyze the performance of their ships from anywhere in the world with Internet access.

Ballou says the company has more releases planned: “In response to IMO 2020, we plan to focus on improving support across our product line for ships running multiple fuels, those fitted with scrubbers, and LNG carriers. We’re also investigating adding coverage of Northern Passage routes, both in the C-MAP’s IMS™ product and our shore-based voyage-planning service, in support of this growing market.”

New Horizons

So captains of the future will lead the industry toward new horizons with new technologies and greater support. The changes will bring new benefits too. 

“The increased data and speed of delivery can provide much-needed operational transparency among the various stakeholders,” Ballou says. “This enables important efficiency management techniques such as just-in-time arrival. Taken further, big data with sufficient interagency transparency would allow end-to-end optimization of the entire transportation supply chain including shippers, shipping logistics companies, ships, ports, connecting services and end-users.” – MarEx

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Breast Cancer and Reiki

The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2006, about 212,900 women in the U.S. will learn they have invasive breast cancer. American women have a 1 in 8 chance of developing this type of cancer at some point in their lives, and roughly 2 million have already been treated for the disease. Thankfully, death rates from breast cancer have dropped dramatically. Early detection as well as advances in chemotherapy and other treatments mean that each year yields more and more breast cancer survivors.[i]

As with any cancer, traditional treatments for breast cancer can cause their own array of health challenges. Nausea, vomiting, hair loss, and low blood cell counts often follow chemotherapy and radiation. In a recent study published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Michael Hassett of Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that 16 % of breast cancer patients under age 64 required a hospital visit to manage chemotherapy side effects.[ii] Chemotherapy targets all rapidly growing cells, including white blood cells (known as neutrophils), which support the immune system. Neutropenia, meaning white blood cell counts have dropped below normal levels, lowers immune response to invaders like bacteria, viruses and fungi.[iii] Consequently, the most common and serious reason for the post-chemo hospital visits was high fever from infections. Anemia-resulting from low red blood cell count-poses additional struggles in the form of extreme fatigue.

Anti-nausea drugs, blood transfusions and lab-made white blood cell “boosters” now form part of a growing arsenal of coping strategies.[iv] But for women who feel conflicted about taking drugs in the first place, these solutions can seem too toxic or even add additional complaints. The neurtophil enhancers, for example, cause temporary bone pain as the marrow rapidly produces more cells. Leigh Leming, 54, a breast cancer survivor whose cancer later returned and metasticized, decided that this time she wanted to try something different. Unable to eat due to nausea, she now follows the advice of an Ayurvedic chef. She drinks a shot of ginger, lemon juice, and honey before each meal. “It’s the only thing that keeps my food down,” Leming explains. She also takes wheat grass juice to build up her blood counts, because 2 ounces of wheat grass juice contain nutrients equivalent to 4 pounds of organic produce: “The difference in my energy levels is amazing!”

A patient at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Leming noticed fliers offering Reiki sessions there. Reiki (pronounced “RAY-key”) is an ancient healing energy system rediscovered in the late nineteenth century by a Japanese monk named Dr. Mikao Usui. The “Rei” stands for “universal,” and the “ki” refers to “life force energy” similar to “Chi” in Chinese healing or “prana” in yoga. Thus, Reiki means “universal life force energy,” which works on all levels-physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. By influencing all these levels, Reiki is believed gently but dramatically to amplify people’s innate abilities to heal themselves. One can perform Reiki with hands on or above the body, and even across great distances. Most people notice it as heat, tingling or a feeling of deep love and support.

Leming’s friends at St. Luke’s Wellness Center explained that they receive Reiki sessions prior to chemotherapy in order to offset some of their post-chemo reactions. Other patients noticed dramatic improvement in pain levels following Reiki treatments. After experiencing some of this pain relief herself-“I actually forget to take my pain pills after a Reiki session”-Leming gathered a group of patients and survivors to learn how to treat themselves with Reiki. Having received an attunement (opening of the body’s natural energy paths) from a Reiki Master Teacher, they can now feel Reiki flowing through their own hands. Although her pain returns, Leming reports a greater sense of calmness and peace when dealing with pain, as well as other cancer stressors like finances and family relationships.

No formal U.S. studies have proven Reiki’s effectiveness in treating cancer; however, The Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative recently awarded a $20,000 grant to Dr. Ahlam Mansour of the College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Mansour will study “the effects of Reiki on the level of anxiety, physical problems, spiritual well-being, and complete blood counts in patients undergoing their initial AC (chemotherapy).”[v] The June 1997 issue of Cancer Prevention Control shared preliminary results from a controlled study at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Canada. Twenty volunteers with chronic pain, including pain from cancer, received Reiki treatments from a certified Reiki Level 2 practitioner. Study supervisors used both a visual analog scale (VAS) and a Likert scale to measure pain before and after Reiki. The study found that receiving Reiki greatly improved pain levels.[vi]

Across the United States, hospitals and hospices have begun to value Reiki. In 1997, Nancy Samson, RN, BS, began coordinating a volunteer Reiki program in the radiation oncology ward at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. Today, the center hosts Reiki Certification Classes and advertises 50% reimbursement of class cost for DHMC employees. [vii] The esteemed California Pacific Medical Center’s Health and Healing Clinic offers Reiki, along with acupressure, nutritional therapy and yoga. [viii] Hospices increasingly offer Reiki to patients as a means of easing pain and reducing anxiety about the unknown.

Arizona hosts one of the longest relationships between Reiki and traditional cancer treatment. Sally Soderlund, RN (Support Services Coordinator for Oncology) directs the Tucson Medical Center (TMC) Reiki Clinic. The Reiki program at TMC began over 11 years ago in the Cancer Care Unit. It has since branched out to other areas of the hospital as well. Reiki practitioners at TMC usually describe Reiki as “healing energy” and work together in two person teams. They emphasize the relaxing and healing qualities of Reiki, rather than delving into metaphysics. Although some patients report spiritual experiences during Reiki sessions, volunteers explain that Reiki is a healing system, not a religion. The TMC clinic’s success continues due to patient requests for repeat sessions as well as nurse reports of improved patient mood and healing rate.[ix]

The American Cancer Society regards Reiki as a “safe” complementary cancer therapy. Their website acknowledges patients’ subjective reports of Reiki’s ability to speed healing and increase their sense of well-being. Like massage, Reiki induces relaxation, lowers heart rate and reduces stress levels. Studies indicate that people heal better if they can remain in a low stress state. Because massage actually manipulates tissue, though, the American Cancer Society recommends avoiding areas near tumors until research shows if tissue manipulation can spread cancer cells to other parts of the body.[x] Unlike massage, Reiki involves a light touch or no touch at all: there is no tissue manipulation. Recipients remain clothed while energy flows above and into their body. For people with multiple tumor sites, Reiki offers a chance to tap into the healing power of relaxation without any contraindications.

[i] American Cancer Society: Caner Reference Information. cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_How_many_people_get_breast_cancer_5.asp?sitearea=

[ii] About Health and Fitness: breastcancer.about.com/

[iii] “How Cancer Can Put You at Risk of Serious Infection.” Healthmonitor: July-August 2006, p. S3.

[iv] “Take Care of Yourself.” Healthmonitor: July-August 2006, p. S4.

[v] Source: Office of Communications, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, usask.ca/communications/ocn/Apr24/news8.html.

[vi] Source: Olson K, Hanson J, 1997. “Using Reiki to manage pain: a preliminary report.” Cancer Prevention Control 1997, June, Vol.1(2): pages 108-13.

[vii] Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Classes and Events. dhmc.org/dhmc/webpage.cfm?site_id=2&morg_id=0&org_id=1&sec_id=3&gsec_id=3&item_id=3

[viii] CPMC Institute for Health and Healing. cpmc.org/services/ihh/professionals/overview.html

[ix] Rand, William Lee. “Reiki in Hospitals.” Reiki News Articles: The International Center for Reiki Training. reiki.org/reikinews/reiki_in_hospitals.html

[x] American Cancer Society. “Reiki” and “Massage.” cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_5_3x_massage.asp?sitearea=eto

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