Recently an exciting event has been on National Television. Dr. Oz, who was formally on the Oprah show has his own show and on Jan 6th he did a whole show on Alternative Medicine. Dr. Oz praised Reiki saying his wife was a Reiki Master and did Reiki on their kids. See this link to Utube for Dr. Oz
UPDATED: Thank You Reiki San Antonio Volunteers

CTRC/University of Texas Health Science Center: Reiki San Antonio Volunteers for Cancer Survive and Thrive. Approved Reiki Volunteers by UTHSC will meet in the CTRC Grosman Bldg. Library, UTHCS, 7979 Wurzbach, San Antonio, Tx 78229 Next event 14th TBA 10:00 to 12:00

Leeza's Place for Caregivers. Volunteer Reiki, Reflexology and Acupressure. Two different locations and dates. reiki@flash.net for information. O'Conner and Nacogdoches third Thursday in the month. Bob Ross Senior Center, Babcock rd. Feb 24th, March 31st beginning at 10:00AM. Both locations are 10 am to noon.

Reiki Drumming circle , 2:00pm at San Antonio College, Nursing and Allied Health Complex Building Identified as NAHC. Bring your drums, rattles and join us. will be held at San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro, San Antonio, Tx 78212. Turn from San Pedro toward the college, Best parking in Lot 23. Parking is available on the weekend without charge. Call Carolyn 289 9722 for info on the next Drumming Circle

Campus Map Click Here http://www.accd.edu/sac/ce/pdf/campusmap.pdf I will have my cell phone with me In case you get lost (210) 289 9722

Previous Events with RSA

CTRC Survive and Thrive Retreat in Kerrville in April 2009
I had the enormous pleasure of being invited to volunteer Reiki services at the annual Survive and Thrive Retreat hosted by the UTHSC Cancer Therapy Research Center. This year, the 2 ½ day event was held in Kerrville Texas at the YO Ranch and Convention Center. Festivities began on Friday evening and commenced on Sunday afternoon. This was the first time I had ever been to this event, but two of the other Reiki volunteers had been at previous Survive and Thrive conferences. The other volunteer is a Cancer survivor herself, and we had the pleasure of listening to her Native American flute playing and Sound and Energy Vibrational Therapy throughout our Reiki sessions, and her flute playing was featured at the closing Prayer Ceremonial Service on Sunday morning. There were about 60 participants and 40 volunteers at the event.
Many of the people that made appointments to have Reiki had experienced Reiki at the other events, but several people had never had Reiki before, so it was good to be able to educate and promote the benefits of Reiki as a form of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Several of the participants recognized the other two Reiki practitioners, as they had worked on them in the past, and it was nice for all of those people to see each other again. All in all, we had about 40 people make appointments during the weekend.

This, of course, is the factual presentation of the Conference. But there is an intense emotional and intangible side to working with these Cancer patients, regardless of where they are in their stage of healing, as well as their families and friends who came to provide support. The emotional bonds that are forged between the patient and the healthcare providers who have been with these individuals throughout their entire healing process is remarkable to experience, and is so deep that it is almost indescribable. This group of people, many who had been coming to these events for years, had become an extended family: pleased, grateful, and happy to see each other and to be able to rejoice in their struggles and triumphs. Many have different Religious and Spiritual beliefs, but as one of the participants said, there are more similarities than differences.

Written by Kay Lowell one of my Reiki Students that participated in the Retreat with Reiki San Antonio.

1. Photo you see (me) Carolyn Maloney, Yayoi Fukushima, Linda Holder, The cowboy story teller and Kay Lowell.
2. Photo. Kay Lowell standing by one of the Lobby Animals in the YO Ranch Resort in Kerrville.
3. Photo, Yayoi and Kay working on CTRC participants at the Survive and Thrive Retreat.
4. Photo, Linda Holder playing her Native American Flute as part of our Reiki Sessions. Linda also participated in the sacred circle on Sunday morning playing her flutes.

5. Cowboy World Rope champion. 6. Throwing Cow poop.. er ah Chips with gloves