fw: Assault on Reiki in Florida???

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(Foreword from The Rev: I want to thank Charo for the info she provided as

far as who (like we didn't know) was behind eliminating the two tier system

in Maine. To me, this (Florida) is another case of, here they go again. I

have to ask how many listees are really comfortable with the direction the

industry (NCE, AMTA, etc) is leading our trade.

 

If you are not comfortable and/or really do not like it, please do contact me

offlist. I have approached the National League of Cities folk and am

awaiting an info packet as to how to get a information/educational booth

going at their convention in LA December 3-5th.. To see what they are about,

go to...

http://mail.cwire.com/orgs/California.Cities/

 

In the California AMTA newsletter it was announced they would be there. I am

sure NCTMB and others will be there, also. I think it is time for hitting

the public officials en masse with the fact there is more than one powerful

political group interested in having something to say as to where this trade

should be headed.

 

The idea of an organized resistance has to come to fruition or YOU will

become spoil for the victors. Decriminalize massage in the licensed states

and keep the unlicensed states free.

 

The Rev)

 

 

To the International Reiki Community

(Re: Florida regulation):

 

Please cut and paste and distribute the following as widely as possible as

soon as possible, especially to those affected in Florida.

 

Thanks, Ellen

(Ellen Louise Kahne)

www.ReikiPeaceNetwork.com

 

Dear Kitiana, et al

 

You wrote and posted the following:

> <<Attempt at Reiki Legistration

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> Posted by ShadowWolf on September 07, 1999 at 08:45:38:

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> Dear Friends,

>

> First I wish to let you all know I am well but have very little access to a

> computer until I get settled in my own place here is Florida and that is the

> main reason I have been so quiet lately.

>

> As some may be aware the practice of Reiki in Florida is experiencing an

> attempt at control by a specific group of people in the healing field,

namely

> the people that teach Massage.

>

> I will state at this time that there is currently no " Law " regarding this

but

> that it is the position of the Massage Board that Reiki falls under them.

> That is the total authority regarding it as there is nothing else in writing

> as yet. This means that the Massage Board investigators can choose how they

> react {take action} against anyone who practices Reiki in Florida without

> having a Massage Theraphy Licence.

>

> This is a very important issue and effects many people residing in Florida

> and will eventually effect others in other states as well.

>

> There will be a Board meeting on Oct 28-29 { the location should be in the

> Tampa Area this time} which I have written to and asked to be included in

the

> Board.

>

> Let us understand some basic reality here.

> Reiki is and always has been a seperate healing moidality that enhances

other

> modalities and it has never required any specific medical knowledge and has

> never been a part of any other modality.

>

> To require everyone practicing Reiki to become a massage therapist is

> outrageous and pointless and this effort must be stopped.

>

> Many of us have Massage training, some are certified and licenced Massage

> practitioners while others just have learned it and choose not to do it for

a

> living, but it is clear to all that one has nothing to do with the other.

>

> Reiki is a gift which every living being pocesses and as such it can not nor

> should it be, controled by a specific group.

>

> If it is possible for you to attend the Board meeting in Oct you will have

to

> write to them at:

>

> Board of Massage

> 2020 Capitol Circle S.E.

> Bin C09

> Tallahasse, Fl. 32399-3259

>

> Attention Board Members

>

> The cut off date for being included in the meeting is Sept 29th so please

> write ASAP so you can be included and speak up.

>

> I can be reached at wolfspower

>

> ShadowWolf>>

>

> First of all, Kitiana (ShadowWolf) thank you for posting this. I hope you

> will spread this information to the entire Reiki community, including to

> those Reiki Masters and practitioners who are massage therapists.

>

> There has been a concerted effort by the Joint Council (which is the

national

> massage school lobby) to include non massage body, energy, postural and

> movement therapies under the heading of massage. This would be great for

the

> massage school lobby, which stands to gain a great deal of income from

> forcing people who are not interested in becoming massage therapists into

> being required to do so, or in criminalizing those who don't, as an example

> to others.

>

> Many Reiki practitioners have objections to being forced to do unclothed

body

> work or to being forced to learn it, in order to do Reiki.

>

> Reiki is not massage. It is spiritual laying on of hands healing which is

> protected under First Amendment constitutional rights. Otherwise, the

> Florida (and other) state authorities may as well come into churches,

> synogogues and spiritual gatherings where laying on of hands healing of all

> types is being done and arrest the priests, nuns, ministers and lay

> (eucharistic minister) and healers of all types.

>

> Most importantly, we do not " diagnose " or " treat " illness using Reiki, which

> is a technique of spiritual laying on of hands healing which does no harm,

> regardless of the context in which it is used for relaxation, de-stressing

or

> self empowerment, all of which promote healing in the deepest sense.

>

> You may want to check my website for further information and articles on the

> regulatory battle in New York, which is similar to yours, and the Texas

> battle for the preservation of the right to do Reiki:

>

> <A HREF= " http://www.ReikiPeaceNetwork.com " >The Reiki Peace

Network-Teaching> Peace Through Reiki</A>

> http://www.ReikiPeaceNetwork.com

>

> I suggest you distribute this email, or your own, as widely as possible,

with

> an eye to organizing the Florida Reiki community. When your meeting takes

> place at the Massage Board, you should have the place packed and filled with

> press coverage, as well (someone in your Florida community had better do

> press releases, in advance to all local newspapers and AP, Wall Street

> Journal and international news services).

>

> If I can help you in any way, please don't hesitate to ask. We have fought

> this battle successfully in New York. We have kept Reiki free of regulation

> here and in Texas. Now it's your turn, but it can be effectively turned

> around. Do not lose heart.

>

> With Love, Peace, Blessings and Healing, Ellen

> Ellen Louise Kahne, Reiki Master

> founder, Reiki Peace Network and Reiki University

>