HOLISTIC PRACTITIONER
MRA/ITEC/MNFSH/IGCP

THREE MILE CROSS, READING

HEALING        REIKI

HEALING

FULL MEMBER of the National Federation of Spiritual Healers 
I doubt there can be a therapy as ancient as the art of healing, although it may not have been called thus in the beginning of mankind. The very first use of the power of healing may have been by a mother wanting to comfort a hurt child and placing her hands over a bruise, or kissing the child better. Without perhaps being aware of it, this mother is transmitting a healing energy as her love goes to the child.

Nowadays, healing comes in many different forms and names and although the underlying principles may be similar, the beliefs about what makes the healing possible are many. Some people would call it a gift from God, others will claim to be helped by spirit guides, whilst others will have a much more pragmatic approach and talk about energy fields. Most healers believe that they are channeling an energy which exists all around us. This energy helps repair and re-establish balance in the aura around a person and, through that, affect changes at a physiological or psychological level as well as work at a spiritual level. The healing of one person by another can be done either from a distance or by the laying-on of hands.

Although the many forms of healing have been derided by the orthodox medical establishment for far too long, many people have benefited from receiving healing. It is only very recently that some people in the medical world have started to accept that healing can be beneficial, to the extent that healers can now be found in some hospitals and clinics.

During healing, you will most probably be asked to sit upright or to lie down, relax and close your eyes whilst the healer passes his or her hands over you, usually a few centimetres away from your body. You may experience a sensation or warmth and energy through you and become very relaxed indeed. You may also feel energised. Some people begin to feel better almost immediately whilst others may not feel any benefit for days or weeks, and then not always in the ways in which it was expected.

Although it is hoped that any physical symptoms can be "cured" as a result of the exchange of energy, sometime the healing will happen by first creating within the patient a greater understanding of what they are going through and of the steps they may need to take to help themselves.

Healing is an ancient therapy, which has been used throughout history.  It is used to bring a state of homeostasis to the mind, body and spirit by laying on of the hands.
Life involves change, growth and evolution and these elements involve stress and are the means by which we learn and develop.  An acceptable amount of stress stimulates and heightens performance.  Unhealthy stress is produced when there is little or no adjustment to these elements of life or when the demand is too great and no strategies for dealing with the stress have been developed.
Relaxation of the mind, body and spirit is one of the best ways of dealing with stress and returning the body to a state of balance.
Thoughts and emotions influence the body and persistent negative emotions produce illness in the physical.  Each of us have areas of the body which hold stress more than other parts.  A body, which is constantly in a stressed condition and not released, will result in illness. 

A simple explanation of how healing works and what it is : 

Everything is made up of energy and there is energy all around us.
Imagine an electric kettle full of cold water, to boil that water you need a source of energy – electricity.  So we use a flex, which is plugged into the kettle and into the source (electricity), and although we cannot see the energy (electricity) we know it is there because the kettle boils the water.
As a healer I am a flex and through me the universal energy flows into the recipient who then heals.
Feedback from clients describes the feeling while receiving healing is one of peacefulness, calm, tranquility an all encompassing feeling of well being.  In this condition the mind and body are de-stressed and the body heals.

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  JAN REID   
Jan Reid is a Holistic Practitioner who specialises in Healing.  She was introduced to this treatment in 1988, when, having been deaf since a child, was given ‘hands-on’ healing every day for a month following the umpteenth operation on her ears, which resulted in her discarding the hearing-aids she had worn for many years!

Jan joined the National Federation of Spiritual Healers and became a full Healer herself and also attuned to Reiki to become a Practitioner, Master & Teacher. 

Through working with her clients with healing she has a strong belief that ‘emotion’ is the root cause of dis-ease in the body and has found success in using her skill of Spiritual Counselling to help them rid their body of blockages which cause depression, unhappiness and exhaustion etc.

She studied Anatomy and Physiology and qualified with ITEC in Swedish Massage and went on to add Indian Head Massage to her repertoire.

Insured and a member of the International Guild of Professional Practitioners (IGPP), a full member of the  National Federation of Spiritual (NFSH) and The Reiki Association