E-Newsletter:
Reiki Matches Beta Blocker in Cardiac Trial (5/11)

This month's first study marks a new era in energy healing research. Conducted by Yale cardiologists and Reiki in Medicine expert Pamela Miles (as seen on The Dr. Oz Show), this trial found Reiki's improvements of one measure of heart function matched pharmaceutical results. Before we talked about Reiki being “better than nothing” or “better than placebo.” Now we can start discussing Reiki being “as good as” other treatment.

Reiki significantly improved high frequency heart rate variability (HF HRV), a predictor of heart attack outcomes, and matched results for beta blocker propanolol among cardiac patients in a placebo-controlled trial by Yale University cardiologists.
Published in September 2010 Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Therapeutic Touch (TT) energy healing significantly reduced self-reported pain intensity and depression and improved sleep quality after eight sessions for thirty elderly patients with chronic pain in a trial at Brazil's São Paulo University School of Nursing.
Published in December 2010 Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Reiki significantly reduced stress for university students with high baseline anxiety and/or depression in a randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blind trial conducted by University of London psychology researchers.
Published in March 2011 Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Healing Touch (HT) energywork reduced a man's drug-resistant nerve-related itching from a 10 — “hundreds of mosquitoes biting me” — to a 2 after a month, and he was itch-free after four months of treatment in a case study from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center dermatologists.
Published in May 2011 Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

With input from Reiki clients, researchers at the University of Southampton School of Medicine developed a spiritual healing impact questionnaire with test-retest reliability to measure healing's impact on clients' outlook, energy, health, relationships and emotional balance.
Published in August 2010 Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Try Reiki for your heart, pain, stress or itching. Email Erik LaBelle, Reiki Master/Teacher, or call 312-504-7693 to schedule an appointment for your Reiki healing session.

Anna Schibrowsky
Chicago Healing Studio