Medical Reiki: Healing Medicine
Dr. Mehmet C. Oz named Reiki “Energy Medicine” while he was still a full-time heart surgeon at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. During that time, a retreat of a few of America’s premier doctors met to discuss the future of medicine. At this meeting, a new term was agreed on that would describe the incorporation of alternative practices with allopathic medicine. The new term they agreed on was “Integrative Medicine”, Medical Reiki™ is part of what this term describes.
“Integrative Medicine is healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person (body, mind, and spirit), including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and makes use of all appropriate therapies, both conventional and alternative.” – Dr. Andrew Weil
Medical Reiki is the practice of bringing the loving and healing power of Reiki to patients during surgeries or other medical treatments, such as chemotherapy by a Certified Medical Reiki Master (CMRM) attuned to the power of Reiki and trained to transmit that healing power during surgery while working safely and unobtrusively with a surgical team.
Medical Reiki is a protocol in the practice of Integrative Medicine governed by Raven Keyes Medical Reiki International, LLC. It is based on the Gold Standards and Best Practices developed by Raven Keyes. Raven Keyes Medical Reiki International is the only company with a Registry of Certified Medical Reiki practitioners trained in how to work safely and unobtrusively with surgical teams, or in any other medical environment. The Gold Standards and Best Practices are the foundation of Raven Keyes Medical Reiki International, LLC, a company that:
Provides RKMRI Certified Medical Reiki Masters (CMRMs) to patients by country, city, and state;
Trains and certifies RKMRI Certified Medical Reiki Masters (CMRMs)
PATIENT FIRST, PATIENT FIRST, PATIENT FIRST!
The patient is the most important during a vulnerable time. CMRM’s are advocates for the patient, a partner in upholding an individual’s life at a time when they can’t do it for themselves while under anesthesia or undergoing serious therapy treatments such as chemotherapy. This is a huge honor to be entrusted with someone’s life.
How can Reiki practitioners gain the trust of physicians, surgeons, nurses, and other gatekeepers to patient care? The Certified Medical Reiki Master™ training and credential provided by Raven Keyes Medical Reiki International addresses this need. To be allowed into an operating room to deliver Reiki, an environment where the patient is most vulnerable, requires trust on the part of the surgical team. They have to know that the Reiki practitioner in their O.R. has the training that qualifies them to be there.
Every patient deserves a Certified Medical Reiki Master (CMRM) during surgery, or during any medical procedure. Clinical results have shown that stress is relieved, pain is reduced, less pain medication is needed and healing is accelerated.
How Medical Reiki helps Doctors and their Patients
Reiki activates the parasympathetic nervous system, calming and comforting the doctor’s patient – this is important and helpful to a doctor.
When administered during pre-op patients have fallen asleep because of the power of Reiki. Doctors notice a difference and love how soothed their patients are.
Brings healing while the patient is undergoing surgery, ie: It helps to maintain steady and safe blood pressure levels; may shorten the time needed to complete surgery, and can produce unexpected results. Just one example of an experience a CMRM had during a particularly long breast cancer and reconstructive surgery, both the breast surgeon and the plastic surgeon were stunned because the patient’s skin remained warm during all the hours in the freezing cold operating room, making the surgery easier for both surgeons to perform.
Clinical observations are that Medical Reiki reduces the need for prolonged use of pain medications, results are typically seen within a day or two following surgery.
May help the Patient develop a different view of their dis-ease and tend to feel more in control of their fate.
