A Touch of Peace Wellness

ing called Reiki. Having treatments on a daily basis for several months, Andrea began a life changing transformation. Her physical and emotional ailments began to subside, and Andrea knew that Reiki was an integral part of this. She received her Reiki I Attunement, and began practicing herself. It has been several years since her first attunement, and Andrea is now a Reiki Master and teacher, practicing Reiki on a daily basis, doing treatments on herself as well as on others. In addition to Reiki, Andrea uses sound and vibration in her healing practice using Tibetan Singing Bowls. An accomplished professional musician, Andrea began incorporating her music with her spiritual practices. She founded the musical group Between Silence & Sound in 2012. BS&S combines Reiki energy and beautiful ambient music with the power of singing and chanting, the peace of meditation, along with the healing vibrations of Himalayan singing bowls, crystal bowls, gongs and other eastern instruments. You can visit www.betweensilenceandsound.com to learn more about the group and their music. Andrea’s healing gifts, both energetically and musically, are genuine and pure, and will touch your heart and soul. The International Center
for Reiki Training

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy. The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy." A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. Many have reported miraculous results. Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery. While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, and there is nothing you must believe in order to learn and use Reiki. In fact, Reiki is not dependent on belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not. Because Reiki comes from God, many people find that using Reiki puts them more in touch with the experience of their religion rather than having only an intellectual concept of it. While Reiki is not a religion, it is still important to live and act in a way that promotes harmony with others. Mikao Usui, the founder of the Reiki system of natural healing, recommended that one practice certain simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony, which are nearly universal across all cultures. During a meditation several years after developing Reiki, Mikao Usui decided to add the Reiki Ideals to the practice of Reiki. The Ideals came in part from the five prinicples of the Meiji emperor of Japan whom Mikao Usui admired. The Ideals were developed to add spiritual balance to Usui Reiki. Their purpose is to help people realize that healing the spirit by consciously deciding to improve oneself is a necessary part of the Reiki healing experience. In order for the Reiki healing energies to have lasting results, the client must accept responsibility for her or his healing and take an active part in it. Therefore, the Usui system of Reiki is more than the use of the Reiki energy. It must also include an active commitment to improve oneself in order for it to be a complete system. The ideals are both guidelines for living a gracious life and virtues worthy of practice for their inherent value. Reiki can be a great benefit to many conditions by helping you deal with the pain, release emotions attached to the symptom and assist in healing the aliment. Some of the many conditions reiki can treat are as follows:

- Migraines
- Asthma
- Skin conditions
- Flu/Colds
- Ulcers
- Arthritis
- Anxiety
- Back problems
- Depression
- Low Self Esteem
- Poor Self Confidence
- and many more

Credit: William Lee Rand @ ICRT

VIBRATIONALSOUND HEALING AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL

All matter is energy vibrating at different rates thus by altering the rate of vibration the structure of matter can be changed. The Himalayan/ Tibetan bowls vibrate at what is historically/traditionally recognized as the frequency of perfection, otherwise known as the Sanskrit mantra ‘AUM’. The healing process they evoke is initiated by entraining our brainwaves to create sympathetic resonance with the perfect vibration of ‘AUM’. Another way of expressing this concept is to acknowledge that the fundamental status of the universe is a state of absolute harmony. Because we are a part of the natural universe our natural state is also one of harmony. Disconnection from our core essence through stress, distraction, illness and the challenges of daily life creates dis-ease: spiritual, physical and mental. The sound created from properly played Himalayan bowls gently nudges our consciousness back to our natural state of blissful tranquility and health. The harmonic overtones in these instruments entrain our energetic system to resonate with them in their perfection. In the universe dissonant chords tend toward becoming harmonic. It is the nature of energy to harmonize. Hence, under the influence of the AUM resonance a transformation of dissonant chords (dis-ease) towards harmony occurs. The harmonic resonance of the Bowls literally pulls us back into a more universal energetic flow. They effectively transmit their soothing and peaceful vibrations through our water body affecting our entire nervous and immune system. The vibrational signature of the Himalayan Bowls initializes our parasympathetic nervous system naturally supporting the increase of disease fighting immune cells while reducing the stress response and also creating cardio respiratory synchrony (the synchronized flow of our brain, respiratory and heart rate waves). Our capacity to heal from illness is predicated on our body’s ability to achieve cardio-respiratory synchrony. This concordance is exactly what is achieved by interacting with the Bowls. When they are placed directly on the body, as in a private session, then the healing potential is greatly increased. Credit: Diane Mandle @ Sound Energy Healing