Reiki is available at Penn’s Integrative Medicine and Wellness Program to any patient receiving treatments. Volunteer practitioners have given nearly 6,500 sessions since the program began in 2009.
Read the article written by Kim Fleisher by clicking this link: Reiki: A Light Touch that Helps Cancer Patients.
Kim lead the volunteer program at the Abramson Cancer Center and is also a founding member The Reiki School and Clinic in Philadelphia.
I contacted Kim before publishing this post and she emailed back with three other links to more in-depth articles she wrote about Reiki and the cancer care program at Penn:
• Blog Posts about Reiki for Cancer Patients written by Kim:
http://penn-medicine-focus-on-cancer.blogspot.com/2012/01/reiki-for-cancer-patients.html
http://penn-medicine-focus-on-cancer.blogspot.com/2012/08/reiki-for-cancer-patients-dispelling.html
• Research Article on the Program Evaluation of the Reiki Program at Penn:
http://ict.sagepub.com/content/13/1/62.short
I would like to thank Kim for all her work volunteering, organizing, teaching and writing about Reiki. I can not imagine how many lives she has touched by getting the gift of Reiki to those who need it. You are an inspiration, Kim!
Jeri Lawson is available for Healing Touch, Reiki and Clarity Breathwork sessions Monday through Friday, 10 am through 8 pm, in the Temescal Area of Oakland, California