Carnival of Healing #214: Victory through surrender
Welcome to Carnival of Healing #214! And welcome, carnival-goers, to The Reiki Digest!
A regular roundup of news about Reiki from around the world

Welcome to Carnival of Healing #214! And welcome, carnival-goers, to The Reiki Digest!
Watch this space! Carnival of Healing #214 will be published here in a few hours, and this week's email edition will follow soon after. Stay tuned!

This week's featured artist is erhu player Jia Peng-Fang. The erhu, or Chinese two-string violin, dates back more than a thousand years, although it didn't become a solo instrument until the 20th century. If you travel the New York City subway system, you may frequently hear the erhu being played by buskers in between trains. The plaintive yet hopeful sound of the erhu can work well for a client with a lot of sadness to be released, so keep the tissues handy and leave a little extra time at the end of the session in case your client wants to talk.
the leaves are turning
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Editor's note: Some readers have had trouble listening to the audio. If you're one of them, click here to download the recording to your computer.
Encouraging breaking news from the scientific community: A review of 66 clinical studies by researchers at UCLA found "strong evidence" that Reiki and other biofield therapies help reduce pain, according to an article published last week in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
Health insurance plans don't usually cover Reiki treatments -- not even plans that offer coverage for other complementary therapies such as acupuncture. But one company in Wisconsin has been including coverage for Reiki, massage, craniosacral therapy, naturopathy and acupuncture as part of its standard plan for the past four years, and a company spokesperson says the policy may actually be saving money.
The next round of Reiki Update Training begins on Tuesday, November 3, but if you're not registered yet, don't worry: we've revised our training so that you can study at your convenience, so you can start anytime. We've also added a separate update class for Level 1 practitioners -- that will begin December 8. Click here for more information on why you should update your training, and how to sign up.
Whether you're celebrating this day as Halloween, Samhain, or in some other way, we hope you enjoy the festivities! We're taking the rest of the day off, so look for this week's edition of The Reiki Digest here and in your inbox by Monday.
It may seem silly to even suggest that the tabloid gossips have stepped over the line in their dogged pursuit of certain celebrities. Of course they do -- that's their job. But we can't help thinking that those who are criticizing this week's Celeb-Reiki, Jennifer Aniston for spending money on the care of her ailing dog Norman. Far beyond Hollywood, from Ireland to India to China, in Polish, Spanish, Japanese and German -- just to mention a few of the reports we've seen -- tongues are wagging about the $250 the actress reportedly spends each week on Reiki, massage, and acupuncture for 14-year-old Norman. Hey -- he's 112 in dog years, he's ailing, she loves him and can easily afford the treatments. So what's the big deal?
We have a slight glitch with our Reiki Events Calendar -- all the times are supposed to be local, but for some reason the only time zone it recognizes is Greenwich Mean Time. So if it appears that an event is scheduled for 2 a.m. or some other odd hour, please read the listings more closely to find the correct local time. We hope to have the problem solved soon. Meanwhile, please include the event time near the beginning of your listings.
A shiny jawbone,
Many thanks to this week's featured advertiser, Gaiam.com, for their support of this publication.



Several months ago, I had the privilege of attending a presentation on Reiki by Pamela Miles (author of Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide) and Dr. James Dillard at the Integrative Heathcare Symposium in New York. I wish all our readers could have been there to hear the presentation, too, and in order to share the experience with you, I wrote an article about it back in April that has since become one of our all-time most popular posts.
By popular demand, we are expanding our Reiki Update Training classes!
How many Reiki practitioners are there in the world? That's what we'd like to know! That's why we're asking all of you to stand up and be counted in our Global Reiki Census. So far we have hundreds, but we know we've only begun to count. Click here to enter your information and be counted today. And don't worry, you can choose not to share your information publicly if you prefer.
The famous Rockettes won't begin their annual performances in New York City until mid-November, but the precision dancing-and-singing troupe is not really our focus here anyway.
Our Reiki Events Calendar is getting livelier with a growing number of listings, and we're hoping more teachers and practitioners will join in to make it the most comprehensive Reiki Events Calendar in the world.
If your client needs a stronger connection to heavenly energy, if you feel like reaching for the stars, or if it's just a matter of needing a little space, may we suggest the universally popular sounds of Jonn Serrie, who has composed music for such diverse clients as NASA, the U.S. Navy, the Hayden Planetarium and Lucasfilm, not to mention jamming with Native American elders, among many other adventures. Just click on the
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