Reiki San Francisco

Introduction: One distinguishing feature about me is that I teach my clients self-help exercises if they're interested. This way, they can empower themselves and continue to enhance their own healing process in between treatments with me. This makes subsequent treatments work more effectively, too. If a client can no longer come for periodic treatments in my office, they can still take the tools they've learned from me and continue to use them, which is a wonderful gift. I experienced this myself when I first started receiving treatments myself over 10 years ago. Another thing that makes me unique as a Reiki practitioner is the fact that I have a science background and clinical experience in community health advising and medical research (clinical trials in oncology and internal medicine). The result is that I have a much greater understanding than most practitioners about the details of and theory behind Western medicine and how it is practiced today, especially when it comes to medications. An example of this is my work with people healing from and living with things like chronic pain and cancer. I enjoy helping people who are receiving medical treatments better understand what the treatments are, how they are thought to work, and how Reiki and Jin Shin Jyutsu can enhance their effectiveness and minimize their side effects. Facilitating communication between the medical clinician, the client/patient, and other integrative practitioners is part of what I can offer. When patients empower themselves with information, and are aware of their options, they are in a much better position to make choices that are best for them, and to effectively navigate the often complex and confusing medical treatment process and healthcare system. My own health issues led me to seek out alternative forms of treatment when I experienced the limitations of Western medicine and more conventional approaches, and continued to have severe back and spine pain despite trying many different types of medical treatments. Surgery, medications, physical therapy, exercise, massage, helped somewhat at different times, but I felt there must be something else that could help me. This search led me to Reiki and Jin Shin Jyutsu. I love the fact that my experiences, bad and good, can be used to inform and help others, and hopefully diminish and minimize their suffering. Being able to take what has helped me so much and share that with others is beyond satisfying.