SHARON'S STORY - REIKI CAN HELP MIGRAINES

Sharon, a Company Director from New Malden, decided to try Reiki as a last resort when suffering from severe migraines.  She says:

“My migraines are triggered by my pre-menstrual cycle every month and I’d been suffering with migraines for about 3 years before I decided to try Reiki.  The migraines would be very severe and would last for about a week every month.  I had been given many different forms of medication to try, and too many names to remember, but none of them really worked.

I had never tried any complementary therapies as I’d always been fairly skeptical about them, but I had a recommendation from a friend who thought Reiki might help me and after a conversation with Carmen I decided I had nothing to lose by giving it a go.”

Sharon and I talked through what was going on for her and decided to start with a 1 hour treatment each week for 4 weeks and then have a review.

During the course of treatments Sharon began to feel the benefits of Reiki with the severity of pain from the migraines reducing, as did the length of time she had them - the latter being quite dependent on how recently she’d had her Reiki treatment.

In addition to the assistance with her migraines, Sharon has experienced additional benefits from having Reiki treatments.  She says:

“Reiki has assisted in a number of ways, it has taken daily stress away, it has had a calming effect on me and I haven’t been ill with anything since I started the treatments.  My sleep has improved and I just feel a real sense of overall well being.  It makes me feel good!

Now I feel much better in myself; calmer, more relaxed and I feel able to deal with things that come at me on a daily basis much more easily – this is anything from dealing with difficult people or situations at work to helping me remain calmer at home.  My migraines are much better and I’m hoping with continued treatments these will improve.

For anyone suffering with migraines on a regular basis they will agree that they are debilitating and can make your life a misery, so even if you can improve them to a stage where they are not so severe it is worth it.

I was very skeptical about Reiki when I first heard about it but thought what have I got to lose.  I believe whole heartedly that it has helped me in many different ways and so much so that I am now in the process of being taught Reiki to help myself and may be others in the future.”