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Kamini Asrani (LHSG India) and I gave two presentation on Reiki during which the healing benefits of Reiki were explained and mass healing was done for all participants. These events were held at the Times of India building and the Hindu Gymkhana on 26^th Dec and 27^th Dec respectively. The healing received by the participants had such fantastic and immediate results, that we had a flood of requests there and then to hold a Reiki workshop!

Accordingly, on 30^th Dec, LHSG opened its heart and the doors of the Spiritual Centre in Mumbai, to admit 58 men women and children to its first Reiki Level 1 Free Camp! Although the room was small, and we were a bit cramped, it did not in any way diminish the enthusiasm of the participants, which was literally palpable throughout the day. Lying down for the attunement also proved a challenge, as there was no way that all could be accommodated in a single room. There was excitement in the air as they spread out in 3 rooms and eagerly awaited their attunement. ‘AUM’ was chanted 3 times, to calm them down before the actual transfer of the attunement began.

After a break in which tea and refreshments were served, they did self healing, marveling at the new found Reiki power in their hands. After lunch, once again they had to spread out in the three rooms to do partner healing and group healing. But then we had another challenge coming our way. Apparently one of the rooms we were using had been booked at 3 pm by a ‘Bhajan’ (holy songs of worship) singing group. Luckily, by that time we had finished our healing and got back to our initial room. I was concerned about how I would continue teaching with singing going on next door, but to my surprise, it did not interfere in any way. So, to the background accompaniment of melodious voices singing Hindu bhajans of the Lord, we concluded the last part of the Reiki workshop.

By the end of the workshop, the participants had, (no surprises here) healing experiences to relate …… pains gone, acidity gone, more relaxed, asthma calmed. One of them, who had been chronically ill, felt pain free for the first time in years!

At 4.30 pm, their faces glowing with Reiki the happy participants and us did the ‘Circle of Love and Prayers’. Seeing the joy on their faces, my heart too was filled with joy and gratitude. I was humbled and grateful that yet again, I had been given this beautiful opportunity to be an instrument of the Lord / Universe to do his / her work of spreading Love and Light through the power of Reiki!

Kamal Tolia

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Seva: Free Reiki Booster Attunements Worldwide 1st Dec.

LHSG Kenya (Thursday Group)

By Kamal Tolia

Our last Seva for our 6^th anniversary celebrations was to offer Free Reiki booster attunements to Reiki channels worldwide. This happened on 1^st December 2011. For this purpose, Reiki Master Teachers Ayala, Monica, Nalina, Laxmi, Prafulla and I met together to send  Distant Reiki Attunements.

In all, 167 attunements were done, at various levels of Reiki: 1, 2 and 3A. The people that benefitted from these free attunements were our LHSG members, their families and friends  from all over the world: New York USA, UK, UAE, India, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Netherlands, Israel, Iceland, Romania, South Africa, Canada, Tanzania and of course Kenya.

A Reiki Booster Attunement has a twofold effect. If you are a regular Reiki practitioner, it enhances your healing power. If you have not been practicing regularly and hardly feel the flow of Reiki in your hands, it re introduces Reiki in your life. In both cases, you are healed even as you get attuned. We thought that sending attunements was a befitting way to do Seva for all us Reiki and Light workers worldwide, who normally are so busy healing the world, they hardly have time to heal themselves!

Below are the responses of some of the Recipients. Thank you for your replies!

Harsha LHSG Sat. ……. I would like to thank you for the attunement yesterday , it was amazing as always felt lots of heat and lots of energy thank you all very much for the same.

 Kamini LHSG India …… Hi. Aum. I would like to share my experience I lay down in bed at 7 am (the choosen time) First I felt a shower of light which was entering me through the centre of my head (the bindu chakra) it was passing through my whole body and exiting from my feet as though clearing me. This went on for 2or3 mins after which the flow of light stopped going out of my feet and so started filling me up .When I was filled up the light energy started flowing through my hands this too continued for a while and then the inflow became stronger and stronger till it was a river of light energy and I (Kamini) was not there at all This went on for awhile and then slowly it came to a stop. I got up in a while and did my meditation, Reiki healing and prayers. Thanks, Love

Anamaria LHSG Romania …. I want to tell you that :  I saw like ”sky opening” and I received a lot of light, like beams and very delicate petals of pure light, like” patching” my body, in a magnificent way. I saw also a very frowned figure (like curios and angry), but I told him that I love him and he disappeared and instead I started to see a lot of green light. After a while the ”sky hole” closed itself, but I still feel awesome. Thank you again , With gratitude of meeting you and your group, L&L

Shobhna LHSG Kenya Sat. …. Aum  and  Namaste. I  feel  very  light  and  happy  and  my  neck  feels  really  good  after  having  some  problems. My  throat  chakras  must  have  needed  that  attunement. Thank  you  very  much. With  best regards, love n light,

Vaishali LHSG Kenya Sat. ….. The Reiki Booster Attunement was amazing, the minute my time was up I could feel the crown and agya chakra started tingling, hencewhen I lay on my back on the bed I felt this warmth over come me and the whole body. Soon after a little while my body all of a sudden disappeared from below me and all I could sense was my head. After which I could feel myself floating in the mist of clouds high above the planet earth. Like I was in some other world where I felt peace and very light, like I wasn’t carrying any burdens, that I was free from everything…It was the most amazing feeling I had, I just float around sensing this powerful energy entering me and there was a lot of white light that surrounded me. I must say that i slept very well that night….. I would like to thank you and all the other members that took part in this. From my side I am very grateful and appreciate the positive energy that was sent to me…… Much love and Light

Joan LHSG UK ……. Dear Kamal and your lovely team  (Monica, Ayala, Nalina, Prafulla and Laxmi) ….Thank you all so much for your precious contribution in manifesting the beautiful Reiki Booster Attunements. …. Just before the appointed time I prepared myself and my room and waited.   At precisely 10 am (my chosen time)   I immediately knew that the attunement had begun because I felt a pulsating wave of energy around my body and I felt myself grow lighter - almost weightless.    This lasted only for a few moments and then I felt a tremendous feeling of love in my heart as if it would burst.   I also saw a beautiful colour of very pale mauve.    After that it all leveled out and I just felt very peaceful. It was a wonderful experience and I feel truly blessed to have received this attunement….. With love and gratitude, Namaste

Kirti, Palak and Maitri, LHSG UAE. ….. Namaste Aunty,….

For Kirti :  It was very very good n I could immediately feel when it started… I had flashes of purple light, in proper rhythm… It was for a long time… Heaviness in the forehead…

I could feel something going in my head from the crown chakra, as if some power…

It was in white colour… And like all the attunements, this time also the same vision – left side sea n right side mountain…The water blue colour and the mountains of rock-brown colour… Saw it as I m sitting on the shore, alone…

For Palak : It was heavy in forehead but yet the feeling was of calmness… Flashes of light…

 For Maitri : It was very heavy in the heart chakra… After a few mins it was getting difficult for her to stay still… She felt congestion in chest n heaviness…

This was making disturbing her n so was getting distracted but stayed till she felt it was over… Thank you very much Aunty and to others from all 3 of us…. God bless You and all those who did this superb Seva of giving booster attunements to all of us, everywhere… Thank you,

Dipti LHSG Kenya Sat. And Nira…. Dear Kamal Aunty,…. We would like to first thank Monica, Ayala, Nalina, Prafulla, Laxmi and yourself for taking the time to send us a Reiki Booster attunement. ….. The experience was indeed very pleasant and relaxing. Nira and I both fell asleep and was a very calming and peaceful experience. Once we woke up we felt re-energized and had a sense of peace…. Thank you once again for this experience. Love and Light,

Hita LHSG Kenya Sat…. Reiki Booter Attunement was so nice and wow !!!! I have no words…. I felt so calm, lots of white light flowing and there was like a ring moving around crown chakra with so much speed. Then I sent the Reiki to mother earth and as usual it was flowing nonstop… Love and Light

Raj LHSG Kenya Thursday….. Dear Kamal ……  As you are aware I hardly get any experiences, but on the 1st was just out of the world. … I had asked for that time as I am always in my pray room, this time I felt you came up with a flame of white in your hand and this you placed in the middle of my forhead. … Then a few minutes later the whole attuners were standing and are pouring water from jugs onto the whole world, the water kept pouring and this went on for a while. …. That whole day I just felt my head was very light and I was just feeling so blissful and have never felt like this…. Then throughout that day, 1st December, I was bursting with love in my heart and I just wanted to hug everyone I saw!!!…. It was so uncontrollable that I first asked all my morning yoga class to hug themselves, then when I saw my house help in the morning I gave her a hug!!!…. Just felt like hugging everyone!! …. Thank you all.

Krista LHSG Holland …..The booster attunement was great. It’s like magic, every time again and again. I felt it very strongly. In fact, I was still busy lighting candles and getting ready at the agreed time when I felt it coming. I had to quickly down and let it come over me completely. I have been feeling very clear in my mind and body since that day. I feel very healthy, if that makes sense… My daughter Kat,  (9years) got her attunement while she was sleeping at night. She woke up with a grand smile and told me she had had wonderful dreams. She had dreamt she received great grades for all of her subjects, which made her very happy. …. So all very good experiences. Kate has been practicing self healing again and she says it is much stronger than before. Many, many thanks for the booster! …. L&L

Zareena LHSG USA ….. My booster was absolutely fabulous.  It was relaxing and I felt at peace like a blanket had enveloped me….. Thank you so much.

Bina Shah LHSG UK, Leader …. Thank you for the booster attunement. There was wonderful energy at the beginning and then white and purple light and felt lots of peace and love. Thank you to all!

Priti Mehta LHSG UAE …. Thanks for sending me Reiki booster attunements. It was a great experience. First 10 min I was just lying down but after that I feel that rainbow light was entering into my body through my scalp and it was a wonderful experience. After that I was in deep meditation. GREAT!!!!!!!  EXPERIENCE.

Seva No. 2 Reiki Level 2 Camp, 19^th Nov 2011

By Kamal Tolia

LHSG Kenya (Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday Group) continued the celebrations by holding yet another Reiki level 2 camp on 19^th November, for the Slum people in Nairobi. Like all previous camps it was a successful affair!

30 people were initiated into the Level 2 Reiki energy at the Ram Mandir Hall in Parklands. There were men, women and children, the youngest being 7 years old. Needless to say, the Lotus Healing Seva Group felt privileged to do this Seva for these underprivileged people. Some of these people had had very little schooling. Although they found the symbols challenging, they did very well.

A group of them had been meeting every week after Completing Reiki Level 1 to heal each other, their friends, neighbours and family. They had even been ‘sending’ Reiki to their families up country in Kenya …… with wonderful results! They did this without any knowledge of Reiki Symbols! This just goes to prove that WHEN YOU HEAL WITH LOVE, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!

The LHSG Sevaks for this camp were: Jean, Dee, Raj, Ayala, Prafulla, Kailesh, Varsha, Yatinder, Kamal, Ushma, Faith, Yvonne, and Sheila.
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Seva No 4: Reiki healing and presents to the children in the oncology wards, Kenyatta National Hospital 27 Nov 2011

By Dee Hockey LHSG Kenya (Thursday group)

On Sunday 27th November a group from the Saturday Lotus Healing Seva group plus Jean and Dee from the Thursday group went to visit the children’s Oncology wards at the Kenyatta National Hospital to give the children Reiki and some lovely gifts of story books, colouring and activity books and crayons. We also gave them some toothpaste and pampers. When she arrived Kamal said she thought we had far to many presents and we wouldn’t need them all. Well that was definitely not the case, it turned out to be like the feeding of the 5 thousand!!

This visit was organised by Shamim from the Saturday group and she had arranged with Mr Ithai to meet us and show us around the wards. He met us along with quite a few of his colleagues who also escorted us.

The first ward we visited was the ” Israeli” ward  because all the renovations had been paid for by the Israeli Embassy. However all except 3 of the children had gone off to church. We spoke to the remaining children and gave them some presents, then we gave them Reiki. The other children from this ward were out side after Church and some were playing football, but others were quite ill in wheel chairs. They were very excited to be given books and colours and they received a lot of Reiki from us. Many photographs were taken and they sung us a lovely song.

At this point we did not realise we had 4 more cancer wards to visit in the main part of the hospital! This was a very different experience because there were just so many little children running around everywhere. They wanted to touch us and see what we were carrying and they kept trying to open the bags of gifts. We were ushered into the first ward which contained about 10 cots, each with 2 sick little children in. Apart from the patients there were many siblings and relatives all crammed into the small room and many other children were trying to get inside the ward especially when we started to give out the presents we had. It was very difficult to know who were the patients and who were the visitors. We were then taken to the next ward where much the same thing happend. As we left each ward we gave some Reiki to each room.

We were still being followed by all these tiny little people desperate for a book who were told they could not have one unless they were on their bed, however this instruction fell on deaf ears! After the 2nd ward we realised we had nearly run out of presents so Kamal and some of the other ladies decided to give the last few things to the children who were in the corridor, which caused a near riot!!!  We who were at the back quickly started giving Reiki to the situation and it calmed down, thankfully before poor Kamal was mobbed!

It was a chastening experience for us all to see so many sick children and I think we all wished we could have done more. We felt the hospital was quite clean and considering how many sick children there were the staff were doing a great job of caring for them.

Thank you for organising the visit Shamim and I think it made us all realise that we need an unending supply of gifts if we are going to repeat the trip!

The Sevaks that did Seva at the KNH were: Jean, Fhanreet, Vaishali, Ushma, Amita, Dipti, Shobhna, Sandeep, Shamim, Dee and Kamal. Please read some of their comments below:

Sandeep LHSG Saturday….The visit to KNH/Children’s ward was full of emotions for me. An eye opener and 2 lessons I took home, once again: ”don’t take it for granted” and “learn to count blessings than complaining for what is missing”. Those kids despite their medical/physical situation were full of light and smiles. Today, I value even more the words we were taught in Reiki Level 1 “Just for today I will live the attitude of gratitude”.

Shobhna LHSG Saturday ….The visit to KNH to oncology children’s ward on sunday was amazing. In spite of their illnesses most of the children were very warm and cheerful souls. It was a sheer pleasure to offer them seva with love and light. I felt bad for not having enough presents for them. But we did  not  know their exact numbers.My apologies to those souls who were totally  disappointed and showed it by crying loudly for not getting  a  colouring book or crayons. We can feel other person’s pain when we  visit such places. As a rule we take too much for granted. I have put these children in my list for healing on a daily basis.

Dipti Haria LHSG Saturday …… the Sunday Seva was a very gratifying and humbling experience.  There is no better feeling than knowing we have made a positive impact on  these very special children s’ lives.  We should continue helping these wonderful children and giving them Reiki on a continuous basis.

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Seva No 3. Healing Special Children and their Mums and Sisters., 26 Nov. 2011

By Kamal Tolia

On Saturday 26^th November 2011, the LHSG Kenya Saturday, Thursday and Youth Groups gathered in Sandeep’s house for the second Seva in the celebratory month of November. And what Seva was that? To give Hands on Reiki healing to mentally and / or physically challenged youngsters and their Mums and sisters.

The visitors arrived at about 3.30 pm. Kamal Tolia introduced the Lotus Healing Seva Group and its activities, and Ela Shah, the wonderful lady who runs the day care for these children in her house, introduced herself and the others. One of the children, Janak, had just had his birthday the day before, and wanted everybody to sing for him, so we all sang ‘Happy Birthday’.

Chairs were arranged in a circle in Sandeep’s lovely, picturesque front yard. After the children and their mums were seated, Lotus Healing Seva Group members went to work in pairs. Some gave Reiki to the children, while others gave healing to the mums and sisters. All took a lot of healing, the children even commenting on how hot the practitioner’s hands felt. Even the Mums said they felt sooooo good and relaxed after the treatment.

Tea and tasty snacks prepared by Sandeep and Clara were served after the treatment. The children had brought chocolates of different flavours which they had made themselves! They shared them with everybody. The chocolates were delicious, and enjoyed by all!

We felt very privileged to be healing these special children, and very humbled to be chosen for this task. So moved were we by this experience, that we wanted to repeat the healing for them on Saturdays and also teach them Reiki so they could heal themselves too. The visitors welcomed these ideas enthusiastically. These plans will be effected in January next year. In the meantime, we have placed them in our healing lists, so they will receive healing every week.

Tejal, Fhanreet, Hardeep, Daksha, Shobhna, Dipti, Shamim, Hita, Ushma, Amita, Sandeep, Clara, Kamlesh, Raj, Nalina, Harleen, Bhavik, Aleena, Simran, and Kamal were the sevaks for this event. Ela Shah and some of the the LHSG members express their feelings here.

Ela …. Dear Kamal Tolia and the Lotus Healing Seva Group, 

On behalf of my special children and their mothers, I would very much like to say a big thank you to all the Saturday group for having us and specially Mrs. Sandeep Bhambra who hosted the session at her place and for the lovely tea….. To us you were like an angel, sent by God above, to cleanse our soul of sadness and stress and fill it with love and relaxation. You were our inspiration and we thank you all for showing us the way to better natural healing abilities….. Your caring concern and the love you showed us, the whole world I would tell, what your friendship, and love means to us. Taking time to help us was a very nice thing to do. I know that you are people who sacrifice for others without thinking. Thank you…. I, Ela Shah would like to share how the first Reiki session helped my two daughters, Anishee and Hirashi that day. They both have disturbed sleep normally but that night they both went to sleep early and they slept throughout till next day 11am. In fact they had to be woken up from their deep sleep. It was like after a very long long time they had a peaceful sleep. It was really amazing…. Rekha, mother of Sarit had also this to say: Both she and her son Sarit had a very peaceful sleep that night, …something they had not experienced for a long, long time! …… Words can’t express the gratitude I feel when I think about what you all have done. I will say thanks for the support and concern and thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. It has helped us immensely and the spark in us. Thank you

Sandeep …. Happiness always looks small if you hold it in your hands,
but when you learn to share it, you will realize how big and precious it is.
We are grateful that our home was chosen to give healing to those special kids.

Raj …. The gift of doing sewa on the special youngsters was a great bonus. These youngsters were so receptive to Reiki and actually were happy at the end. You could see that some of them were asking for more Reiki on certain parts of their bodies. There was nothing but love flowing from their eyes and how easily they accepted us and called us a family…… I certainly felt very blessed that we were fortunate enough to do this great sewa.

Shobhna ….   I   think  it  was  a  wonderful  opportunity and a very touching  experience    to  offer  seva  on  Saturday  to  the  mentally  and  physically  challenged  children  who  had  come  with  their  mothers. I  salute  the  mothers  who  are  doing  so  much  for  these children  round  the  clock. It  was  a  continuous  flow  of  energy of  love  and  light  going  to  the  Children. I  was  very  happy  to  offer  seva  to  them  and  was  most  impressed  by  Janak (one  of  the  children in  that  group) who  said  his  prayers before  starting  to  have  his  snack  given  to  him  by his mum. Janak  also  invited  myself  and  Tejal  to  go  to  the yacht  club  for  his  birthday  party  and  he  insisted  we  are  all  a  family. I  feel  he  must  have  sensed  the  love  we  showed  him. God  bless  them  all. I  feel  we  should  offer  seva  of  reiki  to  them  on  regular  basis.

Hardeep …. It touches ones heart when one sees these children and how beautiful and innocent they are…..It was an eye opener for me and made me realize that we should constantly thank God instead of complaining about irrelevant things..

Dipti Haria ….. the Saturday Seva was a very gratifying and humbling experience.  There is no better feeling than knowing we have made a positive impact on  these very special children s’ lives.  We should continue helping these wonderful children and giving them Reiki on a continuous basis.

Hita …… I was so pleased that I was given an opportunity to do seva on 26th November. I felt so good and energetic after the seva. It was a special connection with those kids like a family.
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Seva: Healing Lake Toronto and Remembrance Day in the month of Nov. 2011

By Priya Betala  LHSG (Mini Group)

Well I decided I would heal for 15 minutes every Saturday of November.

1. Waters
2. Remembrance Day falling on November 11 a day that marks the anniversary of the official end of the World War I hostilities.  In memory of all Remembrance Day commemorates those who died in armed conflicts, particularly in and since World War I.

It was a feeling of satisfaction to heal all those who died not in World War I but any war or any country where people lost lives fighting to give future generations a better world. And the Reiki flowed through beautifully.

I somewhere feel they are just like us healers who had same intention to make world a better place. It felt so good that though we are in December and our anniversary month is over but I feel good to continue this one.

Again it was wonderful experience healing the waters and adding to Lake Ontario. I did this last year too but that was distant and so was it going to be this year, but your email to try healing bottle of water and adding it to Lake Ontario was  a good idea.

If we could add this intention in our weekly list of ‘healing all those souls who died in armed conflict for justice be healed with love from those who bear the fruits of their sacrifice’ it would be a great Seva.

Light & Peace

Seva: Reiki healing to the East River, New York, Nov, 2011

By Rashmi Thakar (LHSG Mini Group)

I gave healing to the East River which is a river near my house once a week for 4 weeks in the month of November. I filled a bottle with water from the tap and then went to the River and gave it healing.

I started to do it around 4:30pm and I took the bottle in my hand and gave it Reiki. I drew the symbols on the bottle and on the river and wished it all the positive thoughts such as LOVE, good health, forgiveness and happiness and that it heals and gives positive energy to the people who live around the river and that it stays calm and not increase during bad weather and that it helps the people and not be destructive during weather storms like when we had the hurricane Irene and to give good vibrations to all the rivers that are connected to it. The river connects to the Hudson River and then to the Atlantic Ocean.

When I gave the healing I felt a sense of peace and felt it took a lot of energy. The Reiki went on and would not stop. So after 10 minutes or so I ended it by giving it continuous healing. I finally poured the water into the river chanting “AUM” several times. The water was normally calm after I did this.

Love and Light to all.

Seva: Healing the Arabian Sea, Healing and feeding the poor, and Distant healing, in Nov. 2011

By Kamini LHSG India

I would like to share all that I did this November to celebrate the 6th anniversary of LHSG. In our busy lives we forget to do Seva. It is this Seva that awakens our faith in the good, and brings Ishwara into our daily life.

With great joy I did Reiki for the waters of the earth. Living near the ocean was very advantageous. Every day for 9days a bootle of the Arabian Sea water was collected by my cooks daughter  and brought home to me. I would give Reiki to it saying mantras (this is my normal way of doing Reiki). Then in the evening, the water was poured back into the ocean. The whole process was repeated the next day. The thoughts that crossed my mind were: 1) I wish that I could gather all the waters and give Reiki to them 2) My mind would be full of hope 3) At times I was floating in a Reiki ocean 4) Through the waters I felt connected to the whole world, that is, a sense of Oneness.

Next I went to a Sai Baba Mandir and fed the poor. First I gave Reiki with mantras to the food and then gave it to the poor. While they were eating I gave them Reiki, at the same time thanking the Lord for giving me the opportunity to do this Seva.

Thirdly I requested the wife of a sick neighbour if I could send him Reiki. Five to six years ago, this same person had refused to take Reiki but this time he readily agreed. (The distance form was used). The first 2days when I gave Reiki the person was lying down, then the next 2days he would come sitting in bed later he came sitting in a chair and on the 6and 7th day he would get up and walk away after the reiki was finished. I take that as a sign that God was telling me that he is healing well.

Lastly (when I finished 8days of Reiki to my neighbour) on the 9th day, I bathed, prepared a sweet as prasad and sat down for my Reiki. When I finished I shared the sweet with as many people as I could. This again invoked a happy joyous feeling of Oneness.

Thank you, Love and Light to all.

From LHSG India 6th Anniversary

From LHSG India 6th Anniversary

From LHSG India 6th Anniversary

Seva: Healing members of the public in London, 13 Nov 2011

By Mala Tolia LHSG UK

With all the LHSG Anniversary celebrations happening internationally, we, in the UK were scratching our heads and thinking how we could contribute!

Several attempts later, along came an unexpected opportunity to do Seva; Anita Raj (LHSG UK) had a telephone call from the Oshwal Community UK to invite us to participate at The Hook House in Potters Bar on 13/11/11 where they were holding a Health Awareness Fayre.

Last year, during one of Kamal Tolia’s visits to the UK ,when she created exposure for us we had participated at a similar event .

So, on 13/11/11, we set off full of excitement and anticipation on a bright and very sunny (very British) morning: Bena Shah (our leader), Neha Mamtora, Bijan Popat and Mala Tolia.

Upon our arrival to the venue, we were amazed at how well organised everything was! They had the Fayre open on two floors: the first floor for stalls such as Mental health organisations, Cancer Research organisatons, Hospices and Hospitals. The ground floor was dedicated to Doctors, Consultants, Opticians and Dentists. Here they were carrying out health checks from Asthma to Tumours! You name it, they were testing for it!!
We had been given a ‘stall’ on the stage on the first floor; it was a large cubicle with several chairs and a background of beautiful bandhnis in relaxing colours to create a calm quiet ambience and very private.

Next to our cubicle were placed stalls for Pranic healing, Reflexology and Indian Head Massage. The atmosphere, even at 10am was electric in the entire Hall! The entire place was packed early on a Sunday!

We had been allocated two volunteers to look after us -the healers-and they made sure we had everything we needed; they were at our beck and call, literally. They made us feel very welcome and comfortable.

Our first thoughts, in spite of the warm welcome were, ‘how will the public find us?’ Though we had a prominent position on the stage and of course we had our LHSG banner screaming our presence for all to see!, we were ‘tucked away’ to give us and our clients the quiet and privacy required.

We were then told that the Committee had set up a table at the heart of the hall where people would register to have the treatment and pay £5.00, they would then come to us with their receipt be seen. This worked really well as the clients were paced out and kept coming through in an orderly fashion.

Savita Karekar and Bhavna Dewji joined us to assist in the healing as did Chandan, one of the Oshwal volunteers who has done Reiki level 3; all were a great help especially after Chandan had been initiated in our LHSG healing protocol by Bena.

Our clients varied from people just wanting healing for peace and relaxation to suffering from cancer. Some were exposed to Reiki for the first time and found it very relaxing.
Bena Shah was approached by a couple of group leaders from other organisations who would like us to commit to dates in the new year to give healing to the elderly group etc. again great exposure and opportunity to do more Seva.

My highlight was making a breakthrough to St Luke’s Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Research. We have been trying for a while to get approval from such organisations to allow us to heal their patients but not had any success due to the tight laws and legalities in this country.

In the new year, we will be able to give healing to focus groups locally to Cancer research, Mencap- organisation for the mentally ill-and the Hospice.

So, all in all, it was a very rewarding day; we gave healing to some 45 people and raised £225, half of it was given to the Oshwal Centre, as previously agreed, so LHSG collected £122.50 after Savita’s husband donated £10.

We all felt very elated and satisfyingly tired at the end of the day. Job Satisfaction knew no limits!!!!

Bijan said she felt she was very privileged to be a part of something that made a difference to people’s lives. Neha felt it was an altogether humbling experience as all her clients were glowing after treatments from her!! Bhavna Dewji said she couldn’t believe the vibrational energy that was going through her and into her clients, who also felt it!!
We can’t wait to do more of this in the New Year and expand the group’s personna at the same time.