Reiki and Prevention

· Preference is to begin Reiki treatments before problems surface whenever possible. (We are often not aware that dis-ease has been developing until it is well underway.) This approach, a form of "preventive maintenance", is easy to practice in terms of self-treatments, and with those, who welcome Reiki treatments. Ideally, it involves giving full-body treatments on a daily basis. If daily is not feasible, then as often as possible.

· Many people, however, only come to Reiki after having given up on more conventional approaches. (Someone once approached Reiki because he felt conventional medicine had given up on his mother.) Problems can range anywhere from mild but annoying chronic discomforts, to fatal illnesses or injuries. Although significant improvements can still occur in these cases, it is preferable to begin treatments before this stage is reached, while the person is still apparently healthy. It is believed many problems can be averted in this way, or at least symptoms alleviated. Reiki cannot always prevent a person's passing, but it may make the passing easier, or help in some way, on some level.

· The more serious the illness or injury, the more amazing it appears when Reiki seems to help. Less dramatic, but probably more commonplace, are a myriad of problems daily, full-body Reiki treatments help to prevent or alleviate.

· One of the most obvious ways to begin practicing what is termed "preventive maintenance", is for a person to become a practitioner, and do daily treatments on self, and significant others, who willingly accept such treatments. Inevitably, although Reiki treatments and training are available to many, not everyone will seek or accept such treatments, and still fewer will go on to become practitioners.