The first time....

Wed 30th Jan

I felt a little nervous going into the clinic today but the kitchen volunteers home-baked cookies soon sorted me out. Besides, the people that work there are so friendly and jolly that I can see it is going to be a great place to be. I have a good feeling about it.

Katie took me around the place and introduced me to some residents. The mood amongst them was pretty low and Katie explained that there have been an unusually high number of deaths in the last few weeks and people are feeling it. One lady, who I would have loved to treat, Margaret, has a great many ailments - painful knees and back, eye and ear problems and primarily anxiety. Katie told her I was here to give Reiki to anyone who wanted it, but she told us she was 'too ill' to get Reiki. I have heard people say that before and it fascinates me as this is the perfect time to receive it. However, I can see that as Margaret has so much anxiety, something new to her like Reiki may well seem very scary. I will try to chat to her and get to know her a bit before suggesting it again.

Two people jumped at the chance to get Reiki, though one hadn't had it before, he claimed he was up for anything. Keith has been in the facility a while, but is doing well and is hoping to move out into an apartment by himself soon. He is pretty healthy, but has joint pain, shoulder pain and neuropathy. I worked on his shoulders today as they were giving him the most pain. After the treatment he told me he felt energy running through his body and his arm and leg were twitching throughout the treatment. He booked in for next wednesday.

Marc has general pain and neuropathy too. He is an art lover and travel bug like me, so we chatted about that a little before the treatment, which he must have enjoyed because he crashed out completely during the session and booked in for next week too.