Why Do I Still Feel Pain if Reiki is Working?

Just because Reiki does not always take away our aches and pains or prevent our illnesses, doesn’t mean it is not working and bringing healing to our lives.  When you look for evidence of Reiki’s benefits for you, don’t focus on what is still bothering you, but rather look for what is going right.  Maybe your back is still hurting, but you are able to sleep more soundly; or your migraine didn’t go away, but some old emotional wound that may have contributed to it is a little less painful and easier to accept.  Your body may not be perfectly restored, but your soul is healing. 

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Finding Fibromyalgia Relief with Reiki

Four years ago, it was not uncommon to find me laying in the fetal position on my floor, crying in pain and frustration.  When I was 24, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia.  At that time, I had pain in the classic tender points that help to define the condition and unexplained, arthritis type pain in my arms, hands, legs and feet.  As time went by the conditioned worsened, and by the time I was 34, there I could be found, curled up on the floor crying. 

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