So how do reiki, qigong, shamanic and other
traditional healers work with depressed people?
I haven't yet investigated reiki yet (but since you
are part of the universe you can't say that the
power of the universe flows through you as if the
universe was external to you but rather than maybe
you act as a focus within the universe, perhaps).
But anyway in my attempts at healing/boosting I don't
think so much in terms of energy transfer (though
there may be some) but rather tuning/linking/opening
of pathways/etc.
So anyway, quickly for now, the main thing I
do for depresion is imagine a metal band around
the subject's head at third eye level expanding out
and at the same time I usually move my hands apart a
little and exhale sharply.
For some subjects grounding also helps a bit,
so imagining a link from the subject's feet
and I guess base chakra to the centre of the earth.
This can relieve shakiness, possibly anxiety
and seems to connect some to earth energy flow.
And for some subjects a third thing seems to
help, basically I think of a loop rotating
around the subject at about waist level,
counterclockwises for someone born in the
northern hemisphere and I think the other
way for someone born in the southern
hemisphere, and a slightly jiggly circle
for someone born near the equator. I
visualize this rotation until I get a
base chakra area muscle click (short
period mulabhanda) and often associated
mild kundalini buzz and always needed
intuition that it supposedly worked.
But really I originally thought of the
loop as more of a spiral like the
celtic triple spiral thingies but lately
I have had trouble visualizing the spiral
properly so am just using a loop but
may move back to the spiral eventually.
But anwway that may help a bit with anxiety.
So basic low energy blahs may be helped by
the first one but anxious, jittery, ungrounded
depression may be helped also by the last two.
But anyway I am still learning and again would
like to know of reiki and other tips for dealing with
depression in others (for mania the grounding is important,
and for mixed/psychotic states perhaps the loop twist
thing is important).
David
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (NF music; Salmon on the Thorns, etc.)