I’ve been working at the Initiative for Women with Disabilities (IWD) at NYU Medical’s Hospital for Joint Diseases for almost a year now, offering patients Reiki and reflexology sessions. I researched many hospitals in New York City to find out more about the integrative therapies being offered, and was thrilled to discover IWD, as it is truly a remarkable and unique place.
For sometime I had been looking for a volunteer opportunity so as to give something back to the universe but had trouble finding an opportunity that really felt right. Then, one evening while waiting in the music store for my son’s guitar lesson to end I noticed a note posted for hospice volunteers with various skills, one of which was the system of Reiki.
Frans and Bronwen Stiene interview UK Reiki practitioner Claudia Bonney who, while having a private practice also initially worked as a volunteer in hospices and a cancer clinic before becoming a fully paid professional Reiki practitioner in the UK healthcare system, the NHS.
Frans and Bronwen Stiene interview Margaret Gargan who has spent the last 31 years of her life working as a cancer specialist in the field of nursing and in founding integrative healthcare systems in Australia.
Frans and Bronwen Stiene interview Beth Goldring, Buddhist nun and Reiki practitioner who, although born in America, has been working with AIDS patients in Cambodia for the last 10 years.
Frans and Bronwen Stiene interview Patricia Sheehan about Reiki in Ireland. Patricia is the Public Relations Officer for the Reiki Federation of Ireland. The Federation was created in 2002 and is a member of the Federation of Complementary Therapy Associations.
You know the feeling of dread that many people experience when they enter the Dentist’s Office? Well, that could now be a thing of the past.
Frans and Bronwen Stiene interview Graham King, a professional Reiki practitioner who works 26 hours a week in a pediatric oncology ward and a teenage cancer unit in the UK.
