reiki and pregnancy

maggie wrote: .... and on a mild anti-depressant. I'm kind of nervous about sending reiki to people who have mental health issues. Is there anything I should know before I send? ...

Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
some blunders and absurdities no doubt creep in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
you shall begin it well and serenely

Ralph Waldo Emerson

maggie wrote:Thank-you both for your reassurance. I don't know why, but the mental health area is the only place I am hesitant, I guess I see it as a fragile area. I should know that it is ok as reiki comes from a place of love.

Taggart King November 2001, rewritten in 2007

Depending on whom you trained with, you may have been given quite a long list of 'situations where you should not use Reiki'. It seems that the only restriction that Mrs Takata taught was that you should not treat a broken bone with Reiki, but many other restrictions have been added in later on in Reiki's Western history. I thought I would spend a little time talking about these 'Reiki contraindications'.

In fact, the restrictions do not stop there. There are many more taught in different lineages. For example, you should not treat people with cancer, you should not treat people who are pregnant, you should not treat people who are depressed or who have asthma, you should not treat people who are stressed, you should not treat young children, you should not treat animals, you should not treat people who are taking homoeopathic remedies, you should not treat people who are taking medicines, you should not treat people wearing green trousers (sorry, I made that one up!).