Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 134
March 15, 2011
just for today
The news from Japan is all about bodies washing up on the beach, radioactive winds over Tokyo, financial markets failing, and a global shortage of silicon chips. The videos of the earthquake and tsunami are horrifying. The photos of grieving citizens heart-wrenching. Catastrophobia is rampant.
What can we do? We can donate to the Red Cross, send messages to our Japanese friends & family, and we can send reiki.
Japan is the homeland of modern reiki. Mikao Usui developed reiki symbols and techniques over a hundred years ago. Reiki practitioners believe we can send reiki energy through time and space. Just for today, let's send some reiki love back to Japan.
What can we do? We can donate to the Red Cross, send messages to our Japanese friends & family, and we can send reiki.
Japan is the homeland of modern reiki. Mikao Usui developed reiki symbols and techniques over a hundred years ago. Reiki practitioners believe we can send reiki energy through time and space. Just for today, let's send some reiki love back to Japan.
March 13, 2011
nuclear meltdown
What a time of change in our world.
It's a good time to ground yourself. Drink lots of water, meditate, do yoga, and spend time outside. Listen to birds and feel the wind on your face.
It's a good time to do reiki on yourself and your loved ones. It's a great time to send reiki to the troubled parts of the Earth, and to Gaia herself. Keep your heart open to love and your crown open to light.
It's a good time to ground yourself. Drink lots of water, meditate, do yoga, and spend time outside. Listen to birds and feel the wind on your face.
It's a good time to do reiki on yourself and your loved ones. It's a great time to send reiki to the troubled parts of the Earth, and to Gaia herself. Keep your heart open to love and your crown open to light.
...more reviews...
A tantalizing and insightful glimpse into the worlds of nursing and alternative healing. Kendall has a natural storyteller's flair: her tales from the nursing front are at times somber, at others, hilarious. The author seems to examine her own inner workings as much as that of the profession that has consumed her life. An honest and open examination of a profession none of us care to know very personally but one that we will all need. Whether you've watched a loved one spend final days in the care of a medical professional or laid healing hands yourself, you will dig the voyeuristic view of the inside offered by Kendall's debut book. I was a fan by page two and will no doubt read the book again. - Mark LaFlamme. Author, crime reporter, and columnist.http://marklaflamme.com
You have a beautiful way of describing one of the greatest professions in the world…makes me wish I could start a nursing career… you write so splendidly, unselfconsciously (difficult I know for an autobiography), with such humility, vividness and grace that it keeps me turning thru the stories faster and faster...they should make a movie...a sitcom...get copies out to wellness groups if you can, everyone in the medical world should read it. – Arthur L. Herman II, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, UWSP
Thanks so much for the reviews. They make a huge difference. If you've read Reiki Nurse, please write a review and post it here or on Amazon. I appreciate your time, thoughts, and efforts. Thank you, meredith
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and a couple more...
A tantalizing and insightful glimpse into the worlds of nursing and alternative healing. Kendall has a natural storyteller's flair: her tales from the nursing front are at times somber, at others, hilarious. The author seems to examine her own inner workings as much as that of the profession that has consumed her life. An honest and open examination of a profession none of us care to know very personally but one that we will all need. Whether you've watched a loved one spend final days in the care of a medical professional or laid healing hands yourself, you will dig the voyeuristic view of the inside offered by Kendall's debut book. I was a fan by page two and will no doubt read the book again. - Mark LaFlamme. Author, crime reporter, and columnist.http://marklaflamme.com
You have a beautiful way of describing one of the greatest professions in the world…makes me wish I could start a nursing career… you write so splendidly, unselfconsciously (difficult I know for an autobiography), with such humility, vividness and grace that it keeps me turning thru the stories faster and faster...they should make a movie...a sitcom...get copies out to wellness groups if you can, everyone in the medical world should read it. – Arthur L. Herman II, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, UWSP
Reiki Nurse on Kindle Nation Daily
reviews
Here are some reviews of Reiki Nurse, Kindle Nation's eBook of the day.
Meredith's warm, caring nature and delightful sense of humor come through in each chapter. She opened my eyes to the world of Reiki in ways I didn't expect. Now I want to learn all I can about it. Meredith's students are blessed to have such an instructor in their midst.
I anxiously look forward to her next book. Brenda Hill, RN
When people choose to write honestly about their challenges and passions, there is always something to be learned in the reading. Since REIKI NURSE: My Life As a Nurse, and How Reiki Changed It is set largely in the rural county where I live, I was eager to read it.
Author Meredith Kendall begins her story with her casual decision to become a nurse. She had left Maine to be a beach bum in Hawaii, then came back to live in a cabin in 20 acres of Maine woods. She went to college to be a teacher but felt drawn to science...why not be a nurse? It's as good a way as any to be called to one's life's work.
Kendall's style is conversational and refreshingly random as she tells stories of her early nursing days. She provided home care to patients for fourteen years, driving 500 miles a week through the Maine forests. Her stories of the patients she cared for and the impact they had on her are fascinating snapshots of a nurse's life.
Leaving the home health field, she worked the night shift in a small hospital. During this time she began exploring the spiritual side of her work as a healer, and getting in touch with her personal energy sources. After reading a book on reiki, which she explains as an ancient tradition that channels healing energy from the universe, she began to study reiki.
Reiki is in use in many hospitals in the U.S. as an adjunct therapy; practitioners help patients to overcome the stress and pain of hospital treatment. Kendall instituted a reiki program at her hospital and then went on to lead a program at a larger hospital where she took a job in nursing education.
Many of the ideas presented in "Reiki Nurse" are not usually "dreamt of in our philosophy," but this immensely readable book will make you glad that modern medicine makes room for the spiritual aspect of healing--and that committed nurses like Kendall are there to lead the way.
Linda Bulger, Vine Voice Top 500 Reviewer
WOW... HOW AWESOME..I AM AN REGISTERED NURSE AND ATTUNED TO THE FIRST LEVEL OF REIKI AND THIS BOOK SPEAKS TO ME SO MUCH!! I LOVE IT..I GET SO EXCITED TO READ ABOUT REIKI AND THE FACT THAT MEREDITH IS AN REGISTERED NURSE JUST GETS ME THAT MUCH MORE EXCITED!! YOU CAN FEEL MEREDITH'S WARMTH AS YOU READ THIS BOOK.. HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY I WILL WRITE A BOOK ABOUT MY NURSING/REIKI EXPERINCE'S TOO!! I WILL BE PASSING THE WORD ON TO SEVERAL OTHERS!! MEREDITH-- YOU ROCK!! KEEP BEING YOU!! JUSTINA
Meredith's warm, caring nature and delightful sense of humor come through in each chapter. She opened my eyes to the world of Reiki in ways I didn't expect. Now I want to learn all I can about it. Meredith's students are blessed to have such an instructor in their midst.
I anxiously look forward to her next book. Brenda Hill, RN
When people choose to write honestly about their challenges and passions, there is always something to be learned in the reading. Since REIKI NURSE: My Life As a Nurse, and How Reiki Changed It is set largely in the rural county where I live, I was eager to read it.
Author Meredith Kendall begins her story with her casual decision to become a nurse. She had left Maine to be a beach bum in Hawaii, then came back to live in a cabin in 20 acres of Maine woods. She went to college to be a teacher but felt drawn to science...why not be a nurse? It's as good a way as any to be called to one's life's work.
Kendall's style is conversational and refreshingly random as she tells stories of her early nursing days. She provided home care to patients for fourteen years, driving 500 miles a week through the Maine forests. Her stories of the patients she cared for and the impact they had on her are fascinating snapshots of a nurse's life.
Leaving the home health field, she worked the night shift in a small hospital. During this time she began exploring the spiritual side of her work as a healer, and getting in touch with her personal energy sources. After reading a book on reiki, which she explains as an ancient tradition that channels healing energy from the universe, she began to study reiki.
Reiki is in use in many hospitals in the U.S. as an adjunct therapy; practitioners help patients to overcome the stress and pain of hospital treatment. Kendall instituted a reiki program at her hospital and then went on to lead a program at a larger hospital where she took a job in nursing education.
Many of the ideas presented in "Reiki Nurse" are not usually "dreamt of in our philosophy," but this immensely readable book will make you glad that modern medicine makes room for the spiritual aspect of healing--and that committed nurses like Kendall are there to lead the way.
Linda Bulger, Vine Voice Top 500 Reviewer
WOW... HOW AWESOME..I AM AN REGISTERED NURSE AND ATTUNED TO THE FIRST LEVEL OF REIKI AND THIS BOOK SPEAKS TO ME SO MUCH!! I LOVE IT..I GET SO EXCITED TO READ ABOUT REIKI AND THE FACT THAT MEREDITH IS AN REGISTERED NURSE JUST GETS ME THAT MUCH MORE EXCITED!! YOU CAN FEEL MEREDITH'S WARMTH AS YOU READ THIS BOOK.. HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY I WILL WRITE A BOOK ABOUT MY NURSING/REIKI EXPERINCE'S TOO!! I WILL BE PASSING THE WORD ON TO SEVERAL OTHERS!! MEREDITH-- YOU ROCK!! KEEP BEING YOU!! JUSTINA
stream of consciousness
So the stream in the basement this morning is a little longer, a little deeper.
I used too much bleach, and now the house smells like a swimming pool. Reminds me of staying at the YMCA in Grand Forks, ND. My grandfather was the maintenance man, and my grandparents lived in an apartment in the basement. I loved having the run of the place before it was open. There was a big swimming pool; my Grandpa took care of everything. Grandma grew hollyhocks out the back door.
I thought of them as I mopped up the bleachy grey water. I turned on a fan and a dehumidifier and lit the spicy candles. Looks like I'm going to spend the day mopping up my spring stream.
I used too much bleach, and now the house smells like a swimming pool. Reminds me of staying at the YMCA in Grand Forks, ND. My grandfather was the maintenance man, and my grandparents lived in an apartment in the basement. I loved having the run of the place before it was open. There was a big swimming pool; my Grandpa took care of everything. Grandma grew hollyhocks out the back door.
I thought of them as I mopped up the bleachy grey water. I turned on a fan and a dehumidifier and lit the spicy candles. Looks like I'm going to spend the day mopping up my spring stream.
Kindle Nation
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Here's a link to Kindle Nation, where Reiki Nurse is the eBook of the day! Cool! Click here: yes, right here.
Here's a link to Kindle Nation, where Reiki Nurse is the eBook of the day! Cool! Click here: yes, right here.
March 12, 2011
pics
Same spot as misty walk; same view, different day. 
So sunny. Students were playing football and soccer. There were big snow piles around the field.
I saw a banana peel with a face on it.
And this. Not sure what it is.
down in the flood
Just checked the basement. The little stream is starting again.
It's above freezing and the snow banks are melting. The stream starts in the southwest corner; the land slopes upward on that side. It was a puddle a few hours ago, now a slow stream.
This time I'm ready. Yesterday I got everything up off the basement floor and went shopping. Wet vac to suck it up: check. Bleach to disinfect: check. Scented candles so my house doesn't smell like mud and bleach: check.
I poured a little bleach into the stream and mopped it up. I don't need it yet, and haven't taken it out of the box, but I've got a wet vac. I got a 2.5 gallon Stinger from Home Depot. Only $19.99. I lit the candles; the house smells like spices and beeswax.
I thought about the tsunami in Japan as I mopped the basement floor. Sorry to make such a big deal out of a little stream in my basement when people are truly suffering. As soon as I'm done typing and mopping I'll send some reiki to Japan.
And Libya. Yemen, Egypt, sardines poisoned with neurotoxin... so much suffering in the world right now.
"Well that high tide's rising," as Bob Dylan sang. Back to my mop and vac.
It's above freezing and the snow banks are melting. The stream starts in the southwest corner; the land slopes upward on that side. It was a puddle a few hours ago, now a slow stream.
This time I'm ready. Yesterday I got everything up off the basement floor and went shopping. Wet vac to suck it up: check. Bleach to disinfect: check. Scented candles so my house doesn't smell like mud and bleach: check.
I poured a little bleach into the stream and mopped it up. I don't need it yet, and haven't taken it out of the box, but I've got a wet vac. I got a 2.5 gallon Stinger from Home Depot. Only $19.99. I lit the candles; the house smells like spices and beeswax.
I thought about the tsunami in Japan as I mopped the basement floor. Sorry to make such a big deal out of a little stream in my basement when people are truly suffering. As soon as I'm done typing and mopping I'll send some reiki to Japan.
And Libya. Yemen, Egypt, sardines poisoned with neurotoxin... so much suffering in the world right now.
"Well that high tide's rising," as Bob Dylan sang. Back to my mop and vac.
