RE: finding complementary class sessions

[Guest guest]

Hi Toni,

 

 

 

My thoughts are to do the session that your instincts tell you to do.

 

I am not a massage therapist either but use Reiki a lot with my clients.

Because I was trained to use my intuition when using Reiki I often find

myself using an acupressure type movement on the body. It is not strictly

massage nor is it the traditional Reiki introduced to the west by Mrs

Takata, using just the 12 hand positions. Even though you may not be able to

use massage in the strictest sense of the word, you may be able to learn

from the sessions you attend and apply them to Reiki and the other work you

do.

 

Channelling energy into the base of the spine for pain relief during child

birth is not massage and if you use minimal pressure and allow the energy to

do the work, neither is it acupressure. The results, however may be just the

same or more profound because of the energetic influence.

 

I live and work in Australia so I cannot comment about what is legal or not.

 

 

 

Hope this helps,

 

Love and Light, Ninox

 

 

 

..

 

 

<http://geo./serv?s=97359714/grpId=150935/grpspId=1705060827/msgId=

8051/stime=1224439484/nc1=5191951/nc2=5191946/nc3=4025304>

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your reply, Ninox. You're right. I have been overthinking the

whole choice process, and it is clouding my judgment. Thank you for adding

clarity.

 

--

Blessings,

Toni

http://organic-birth.com

 

 

-------------- Original message ----------------------

" Bluemoon " <bluemoon

> Hi Toni,

>

>

>

> My thoughts are to do the session that your instincts tell you to do.

>

> I am not a massage therapist either but use Reiki a lot with my clients.

> Because I was trained to use my intuition when using Reiki I often find

> myself using an acupressure type movement on the body. It is not strictly

> massage nor is it the traditional Reiki introduced to the west by Mrs

> Takata, using just the 12 hand positions. Even though you may not be able to

> use massage in the strictest sense of the word, you may be able to learn

> from the sessions you attend and apply them to Reiki and the other work you

> do.

>

> Channelling energy into the base of the spine for pain relief during child

> birth is not massage and if you use minimal pressure and allow the energy to

> do the work, neither is it acupressure. The results, however may be just the

> same or more profound because of the energetic influence.

>

> I live and work in Australia so I cannot comment about what is legal or not.

>

>

>

> Hope this helps,

>

> Love and Light, Ninox

>

>

>

> .

>

>

> <http://geo./serv?s=97359714/grpId=150935/grpspId=1705060827/msgId=

> 8051/stime=1224439484/nc1=5191951/nc2=5191946/nc3=4025304>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I agree with Ninox; on a personal level, it would probably be Friday

or Saturday for me, those are the ones that attract me. But you have

to go with what resonates for you. No education is wasted, even if we

don't use it for income, so do follow your intuition.

 

Blessings,

Crow

 

, reikiIII wrote:

>

> I sent this question to Body_Work, but I guess it was the wrong

place to send it since I got no responses.

>

>

> I am attending a birth conference for a day in March. I am agonizing

what day to choose because I want to choose sessions that will

complement my reiki services. I am not an LMT, so while the

massage-related classes are calling to me, I don't want to spend time

learning something I could not legally provide. I am hoping for some

feedback. My choices are:

>

> WED: A full day's massage class on prenatal massage, massage tips

for labor & birth and postpartum or day of midwifery skills practice

(would be great if I had an apprenticeship in the works... but I don't)

>

> THURS: A full day with a Mexican midwife learning Mexican massage

methods for fertility, pregnancy, labor & birth. Since these are not

methods currently offered by most LMTs, would this fall under the same

legalities?

>

> FRI: Several useful general sessions, and the choices to be made are

on sessions offering info on massage, acupressure, craniosacral

therapy, etc as they pertain to labor; and another on massage for

labor/birth; later that night is a session on movement to help open

the pelvis for birth.

>

> SAT: More general sessions, a session on art therapy to help clients

release fears and past traumas for birth; and a session on comfort

measures for labor

>

> SUN: Only session I'm really interested in on Sunday is bodywork for

babies... so I think choosing Sunday would be a long shot.

>

> I know some of you do massage. Do you know how I would find the

legalities of what must be licensed to perform in a state and what is

not? I'm sure most of the midwives and apprentices that learn these

skills are not LMTs... would it fall under part of their scope of

practice? I can only go to one day, so I want to choose wisely.

>

> Thanks!

> --

> Blessings,

> Toni

> http://organic-birth.com

>