REIKI AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROJECT (also known as the Big Birds Club)
OK, I have my victims, there are now four dedicated fat birds and we are going to explore over the next 12 weeks how Reiki can help support weight loss.
Aim- to lose 2 stones in weight in 12 weeks (should be sensible and achieveable)
How we are going to do it - We are going to meet on a weekly basis and have Reiki healing each week, we will give ourselves homework and I'll let you know what that is when we've decided on it. I'll post the results, the challenges and the successes each week.
If you have had success with Reiki and weight los, then please email me, we would
OUR FIRST MEETING: 10th September 2008
Well, we had our first meeting tonight and it was really positive. There are 4 of us on the programme, unchartered territory for us but each one of us up for change and looking at some of our issues.
With the exception of one, we are all well on the large side and probably could do with losing an entire person between us. All of us had been on diets, none of which worked.
Aim of the project
We are exploring the concept that weight gain and retention is infact an emotional response to events in life, usually trauma, often in connection with relationships. Our aim is to see what happens when we explore our issues related to these topics and attempt to heal them. The big questions is "If you deal with the causes of why you are overweight, will the body naturally bring itself back into balance?" We hope to find out over the next 12 weeks.
Lots of people have asked me for a Reiki Diet sheet so they can tag along with us. Guess what? There isn't one! On our first meeting, we decided not to go on a diet at all. This was because all of us confessed that the minute we go on a diet, all we can think about is food...sound familiar? Two of us also confessed to being fridge obsessed, looking in it everytime we go into the kitchen. We also decided not to weigh ourselves, we all know how much we weigh and the project isn't about weight, it's about bringing things back into balance. We did however decide to complete a food diary, not to be judged but to give a personal account of where we are eating, when we are eating it, where we eat it, what we are thinking about and what we are feeling. I have personally found this very useful and it's amazing how a bit of mindfulness helps you think before you eat.
A big part of the healing process is going to be including Reiki and we are planning to meet once a week and each have a 20 minutes healing session. We are using Chakra Energy Cards for guidance on ways forward and hand positions.
Interestingly, we all drew similar and often the same cards and our healing really centred around the Solar Plexus, Sacral and Heart. Yin and Yang also featured with half needing to embrace their masculinity and the other two their femininity. We used Rainbow Reiki Symbol Maraya Arouya and the Lemurian Chants to bring balance into the energy field. We are working on the theory that if you have a strong solar plexus, you won't need to use food as an extrinsic energy source.
We are also in daily email contact for support and sharing of revelations as they appear!
I'll post again next week :-)
OUR SECOND MEETING DIDN'T HAPPPEN.... as we all went into a severe detox following the first healing session. Everything from blinding headaches, to severe colds, to complete confidence crisis' and uncontrollable hunger. Can't wait for Wednesday....
OUR THIRD MEETING saw 3 of us meet up. We did some healing but mainly talked about our stuff, made some connections and realisations