Heartflame-Reiki Newsletter
Spring 2010

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Bill is currently reading, Ganesha Goes to Lunch:  Classics from Mystic India by Kamla K. Kapur, Evidence from Beyond edited by Ruth Mattson Taylor and The Yoga of Jesus by Paramahansa Yogananda.  Mary Lynn is currently reading Plant Spirit Medicine by Eliot Cowan. 
 
Greetings!

We continue to work with various students and clients needing healing as well as devoting ourselves to new areas of study.  Bill has taken classes with Michael Harner on Shamanism and Mary Lynn is currently taking an on-line course in Shamanic Herbalism. 

We are members of E.P.I.C. Healer's Circle in West Sacramento. E.P.I.C, Experimental Prayer in Community, is an outgrowth of an ecumenical version of Christian Life Communities, based in Ignatian spirituality.  This spirituality stresses observation of one's connection with the divine, and journaling about it.  Community is built around sharing by individuals making the same prayer experiment, reflecting together.  EPIC Healer's Circle uses the EPIC system to develop healing skill.  Reflections are based on Biblical passages related to healings based on Christ and his disciples and on readings from the book "The Healing Light" by Agnes Sanford. There is one space available in the Healer's Circle for a healing practitioner or student to participate.  Meetings are weekly in West Sacramento.  Call Bill or Mary Lynn if interested:  (916) 456-4157.

We will will offer our next Reiki Share for students to practice and renew your skills and will present our popular class, "Ancient Techniques to De-Stress in a Modern World." More details are listed below.
 
Reiki Share
Reiki Hands We will offer our next Reiki Share on Sunday, April 11th  from 2-4 pm.  This will be an opportunity for students and practitioners to gather to renew your skills and practice your healing work.  We will offer reju to those present, which is a "power boost" for your previous attunement and also an opportunity for those who are new to Reiki to join in the healing circle.  We will share our healing energies in a circle to each of us and also provide distance healing to those in need who are unable to join us.  If you have a healing request, please contact Bill Taylor at:  bill@heartflame-reiki.com.  Space is limited, please call to let us know if you are coming:  (916) 456-4157 or email:  bill@heartflame-reiki.com.  The Reiki Share is offered free of charge. Details of location in Sacramento will be provided to registrants.

Ancient Techniques to De-Stress in the Modern World
Bill and Mary Lynn have taught this class to many different audiences including seniors in a nursing home, volunteers for the County, volunteer coordinators, Girl Scouts and their leaders, as well as underprivileged youth.  This popular class offers a sampling of techniques to assist you in learning about many ways to de-stress from your daily life.  These ancient techniques come from many parts of the world.  See which ones are right for you.  This class is 2 hours long and will be held at the Ethel Hart Senior Center, 915 27th Street, in mid-town Sacramento, on June 11th from 9 am to 11 am.  The class is free.  To register, call:  (916) 456-4157.
 
Energy Medicine in the United States

Lotus-Manago A recent article by Dr. Karl Maret details the historical roots and the current status of energy medicine in the United States.  This comprehensive article details many of the early researchers and includes many forms of energy medicine.  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) houses a sub specialty which is the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.  Within NCCAM one of the 5 domains under study is energy medicine and Reiki is part of that genre.  The article states that every year, "almost half of Americans use some form of alternative therapy."  For the complete article...

 
Please join us for the next Reiki Share and for our next class to help you with the stress of today's lifestyle.  And thank you for sharing your Reiki stories and experiences with us.
 
Sincerely,
 

Mary Lynn Perry and Bill Taylor
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Free
Reiki
Session
Thank you to everyone who has joined us for a Reiki Session recently.  It has been good to be in touch with you all.  Due to popular demand we are going to continue offering a free Reiki Session or free re-attunement to any of our readers who have taken classes with us.  If you would like to take us up on this offer, please call:  (916) 456-4157 or email:  bill@heartflame-reiki.com

 
Offer Expires: April 30, 2010