Search
See What’s coming up
Children, Parents & Reiki
Posted in: Blog by DeborahK on February 21, 2011
The relationship between a parent and child can be one of the most profoundly special and intense relationships one may ever experience. As parents we want to love, protect and teach our children. But let us not forget, our children, can also be our greatest teachers in life. They mirror who we are, who we want to be and who we don’t want to be.
When the relationship between the parent and child doesn’t reflect that of the “ideal”, as parents we immediately try to fix the problem, sort it out or look for something or someone to blame. We cannot fathom how or when it all started to go wrong…. we begin frantically to look to external sources to help us deal with our issues; libraries of books, parenting courses, advice from willing friends and let’s not forget family members who are always at the ready with their own helpful advice.
Sometimes we do find techniques and solutions that work for a while, but inevitably we return to the same issues over and over again. So why is this? We have forgotten to look at one very important source….We have forgotten to look at the internal…Yes, we have forgotten to look within ourselves. In Reiki we find the answers deep within, in sometimes brief moments of clarity, we find answers to our frustrating questions…answers that none of the books or courses will ever provide on their own.
In my Children’s Reiki workshops, it is with the above in mind that I always encourage the parents to stay with their children. Some stay reluctantly, their hopes of getting some free time away from possibly a demanding child dashed, some stay with no attachment to the event either way, and some stay because they wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world at that moment.
During the workshop something magical happens, although the parents for the main part are just observers and the children do all the “work”, both the parent and child leave the workshop, their relationship having reached a new level of very often unimaginable depth. Some verbalise their feelings, while others, generally the most talkative of the bunch, are suddenly lost for words. The glow on their faces and the happiness in their eyes leave no room for words. I wave goodbye to my new students, young and old, feeling so grateful for being part of this experience.
As I head off to pick up my own children I am often overcome with emotion….I know, for some of these children and their parents it is only the beginning of a new journey together…where it will take them who knows. You could say teaching Reiki to children is not about teaching Reiki at all but about transforming relationships….the most precious relationship.
I am jolted out of my moment of bliss by my own three, highly energetic children, who on these days always seem to greet me with extra tight hugs and kisses!!!!!!