Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 29
October 16, 2015
Challenge
Being Reiki in a big tent all weekend. Forecast: snow.
Just got back from the venue, a park on the river. It's a glorious warm sunny afternoon. Bit breezy, but the tent guys were securing the walls of the tent as I left. The sun shone on the canals and on the bricks of the empty fabric mills.
Athletes were picking up their packets, volunteers were cheering and ringing cowbells, workers were laying electric cables, and attaching propane tanks to heaters. Food trucks were rolling in.
I organized the Reiki/massage tables and our supplies: face shields, paper towels, and hand gel. I figured out the layout for this year, located the nearest porta-potties, and admired the new stone amphitheater. The river reflected the warm fall sun. I took off my coat and walked over to the medical tent. No one there.
I'll be there early tomorrow, sunrise. I'll have hot coffee and watch the runners assemble. I'll be ready.
Just got back from the venue, a park on the river. It's a glorious warm sunny afternoon. Bit breezy, but the tent guys were securing the walls of the tent as I left. The sun shone on the canals and on the bricks of the empty fabric mills.
Athletes were picking up their packets, volunteers were cheering and ringing cowbells, workers were laying electric cables, and attaching propane tanks to heaters. Food trucks were rolling in.
I organized the Reiki/massage tables and our supplies: face shields, paper towels, and hand gel. I figured out the layout for this year, located the nearest porta-potties, and admired the new stone amphitheater. The river reflected the warm fall sun. I took off my coat and walked over to the medical tent. No one there.
I'll be there early tomorrow, sunrise. I'll have hot coffee and watch the runners assemble. I'll be ready.
October 14, 2015
Reiki tent
Coming soon to a big tent near here: Reiki, massage, yoga, athletes, and cancer warriors.
Expecting thousands of people from all over the country. All together to support people with cancer. Here to raise money so we can provide free services. All one; all here to celebrate hope, love, and connection.
Expecting thousands of people from all over the country. All together to support people with cancer. Here to raise money so we can provide free services. All one; all here to celebrate hope, love, and connection.
how hot was it?
Ate a pepper so hot I thought my mouth might fall out. Thought I couldn't stand it and wasn't sure what would happen. Explosion? Implosion?
It came from my garden. There might be a frost tonight. I picked and roasted all the good stuff I could find: eggplants, hot peppers, and carrots. Left the beets. Picked the last bits of precious fresh basil.
That hot pepper. Wow. Tiny, roasted, potent.
It came from my garden. There might be a frost tonight. I picked and roasted all the good stuff I could find: eggplants, hot peppers, and carrots. Left the beets. Picked the last bits of precious fresh basil.
That hot pepper. Wow. Tiny, roasted, potent.
October 2, 2015
floating through space
I did a past-life regression meditation. Remembered a past life where I was floating through space; I was a bacteria on a rock. It was a slow life. Long and slow.
September 27, 2015
the quest
But the main thing is the spiritual path, the quest for enlightenment. That's the primary reason for being Reiki.
Sharing Reiki with others can be part of one's Reiki journey. Doesn't have to be. Can be.
If you share Reiki with other people, and they love it, maybe they can learn Reiki. Be Reiki.
Just for today...
Sharing Reiki with others can be part of one's Reiki journey. Doesn't have to be. Can be.
If you share Reiki with other people, and they love it, maybe they can learn Reiki. Be Reiki.
Just for today...
therapeutic presence v ego
So this whole thing about just plain Reiki and Reiki with other modalities. I love other modalities. I love sound, stones, messages, massage, incense, and laughter. When my Reiki friends and I get together we joyfully, creatively, and intuitively combine therapies. But we know what is Reiki and what is other stuff. We know the difference. We love and respect Reiki, but we like to play with sound and stones, etc.
But when I introduce someone to Reiki, when I share Reiki with a person with cancer, when I teach students, and when I practice at medical institutions, it's just plain Reiki. Just plain Reiki is just plain amazing. It is enough. It's marvelous: relaxing, restful, and rejuvenating.
Why? Because I don't want to confuse people. If I'm teaching or introducing a person to Reiki, then it's just Reiki and get my ego out of the way. I want the person to experience Reiki; the experience belongs to the person. It shouldn't be about me. It's about the person, what the person feels and knows. My experience is irrelevant. I'm the supporting actor, or the silent woman in the crowd, and the person on the table is the star.
That's why. If I'm to be a therapeutic presence, then I must keep my ego out of it. Keep it plain and simple. Let the person feel and be in Reiki.
But when I introduce someone to Reiki, when I share Reiki with a person with cancer, when I teach students, and when I practice at medical institutions, it's just plain Reiki. Just plain Reiki is just plain amazing. It is enough. It's marvelous: relaxing, restful, and rejuvenating.
Why? Because I don't want to confuse people. If I'm teaching or introducing a person to Reiki, then it's just Reiki and get my ego out of the way. I want the person to experience Reiki; the experience belongs to the person. It shouldn't be about me. It's about the person, what the person feels and knows. My experience is irrelevant. I'm the supporting actor, or the silent woman in the crowd, and the person on the table is the star.
That's why. If I'm to be a therapeutic presence, then I must keep my ego out of it. Keep it plain and simple. Let the person feel and be in Reiki.
September 26, 2015
Reiki at the Fair
Shared Reiki for almost two hours today, in a Reiki tent, at an agricultural fair.
I met lots of people. It was nice to connect, to step out of the intensity of the crowds, to be Reiki. One man on my table told me he had pancreatic cancer, with mets to his liver and colon. He had beautiful skin and appeared to be completely healthy. "Appearances are deceiving," he told me. It was his first Reiki session. I shared with his wife also. Felt so honored. Shared with another husband and wife; husband complained his wife doesn't Reiki him enough.
All the other practitioners were mixing modalities. It's fun to do that, of course. Fun to use stones, messages, and massage. But I wish they would tell people. Wish they'd say what Reiki is and what is other stuff. Otherwise it's confusing. I was the only one doing plain Reiki. I saw stones, massage, psychic messages, reflexology, and KCR. All of that's great, of course, but but but...
Am I just being like one of those kids who won't eat supper if the carrots touch the potatoes?
Just plain Reiki is just plain amazing. It's simple, subtle, sensational.
I'm Unitarian or Zen: I don't talk a lot; I listen. I don't waste motion: I don't shake, tremble, or dance. I just place my hands and it's Reiki. Some people like the drama; they want the practitioner to perform.
The other thing different about me: I don't discuss my experience with my client. One woman asked me what I saw and felt. "Let's keep this about you," I responded. "What did you see and feel?" She happily described her experience to me. It was good.
I met lots of people. It was nice to connect, to step out of the intensity of the crowds, to be Reiki. One man on my table told me he had pancreatic cancer, with mets to his liver and colon. He had beautiful skin and appeared to be completely healthy. "Appearances are deceiving," he told me. It was his first Reiki session. I shared with his wife also. Felt so honored. Shared with another husband and wife; husband complained his wife doesn't Reiki him enough.
All the other practitioners were mixing modalities. It's fun to do that, of course. Fun to use stones, messages, and massage. But I wish they would tell people. Wish they'd say what Reiki is and what is other stuff. Otherwise it's confusing. I was the only one doing plain Reiki. I saw stones, massage, psychic messages, reflexology, and KCR. All of that's great, of course, but but but...
Am I just being like one of those kids who won't eat supper if the carrots touch the potatoes?
Just plain Reiki is just plain amazing. It's simple, subtle, sensational.
I'm Unitarian or Zen: I don't talk a lot; I listen. I don't waste motion: I don't shake, tremble, or dance. I just place my hands and it's Reiki. Some people like the drama; they want the practitioner to perform.
The other thing different about me: I don't discuss my experience with my client. One woman asked me what I saw and felt. "Let's keep this about you," I responded. "What did you see and feel?" She happily described her experience to me. It was good.
September 23, 2015
suck and twirl
Taught suctioning all day. Eight 50-minute sessions. Oral and tracheal suctioning, sputum specimen collection, and applying sterile gloves.
Lubricate the tubing, insert into the tracheostomy, twirl and apply suction as you withdraw the tubing. You have 15 seconds. Allow the patient to rest for at least 30 seconds, applying oxygen if needed. You may reinsert twice.
Tomorrow is cardiac landmarks: all pigs eat too much.
Lubricate the tubing, insert into the tracheostomy, twirl and apply suction as you withdraw the tubing. You have 15 seconds. Allow the patient to rest for at least 30 seconds, applying oxygen if needed. You may reinsert twice.
Tomorrow is cardiac landmarks: all pigs eat too much.
September 22, 2015
firecracker hot peppers
I don't understand how garden critters can munch on the hot peppers. They're tiny but so hot. They're called firecrackers, are tiny and pointed, red orange and purple. Almost every one shows a teeny bite. Who?
