So many of us can suffer from one form of burn out or another. There are the typical types of burn out associated with prolonged periods of stress due to our day-to-day schedules, high demands at work, and perhaps also familial and relationship obligations. But there is one burn out group that I am interested in discussing here: the burnout experienced by patients of chronic illnesses.
As practitioners we know that all forms of disease originate in the energetic body created by our thoughts and emotions. We also know that if those thought patterns or emotions are not addressed in a healthy manner through our preferred methods of self-care, they begin to affect our physical bodies by manifesting as pain and discomfort or even disease in places where our physical bodies are the weakest. Many times, our mental and emotional states are overlooked by our medical professionals.
What happens when our trusted physicians neglect to inquire about our mental and emotional health?
They usually end up only treat us for the physical symptom we are experiencing. Unfortunately, for those who are not aware of how our mental and emotional states effect our physical bodies, they willingly take the advice their medical practitioner gives them as the truth about what is wrong with their health. From a physician’s perspective, they are trained to discover what is wrong with the body that is creating this symptom. While their findings may be correct in pinpointing why the symptom has appeared, we must ask ourselves, how did this perfectly functioning body part or system begin to malfunction or become diseased in the first place? The truth is that our health has many layers, and we should seek to treat all of them.
So how can we help our clients who suffer not only from a chronic illness but are also experiencing healthcare burn out?
When a client comes to you with a chronic illness or an illness that is taking them time to recover from, a Reiki practitioner can work with this client to bring them to a state of balance and help them to find relief from many symptoms by treating the physical, mental, and emotional bodies along with the auric fields with Reiki. Our auric field, as we learn in Reiki, contains different layers of the energetic body. Certain layers are associated with different chakras, and each chakra is associated with different organs in the body.
Take the case of a client who suffers from chronic migraines, like I did before I began practicing Reiki. Migraines that produce pain in the eyes and back of the head are associated with the physical aspect of the eyes, brain, pituitary and pineal glands, the nose, and the sinuses. On an emotional level, this could mean that the client has an overactive mind or is undergoing something extremely emotional. On a mental level, the client could be experiencing mental fog, difficulties concentrating, and decreased mental energy.
This client could be experiencing a blockage in the…
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