On Thursday 19th September a large group of us (15) from our LHSG went to visit an old persons home in Parklands, Nairobi.
When we arrived the residents were sitting outside in the court yard. We were greeted by Nargis, from our group, who spends a great deal of time at the home helping the residents. She does their haircuts and helps them to exercise as a voluntary Sewa. They obviously really love her too! Nargis explained who we were and told them a little bit about Reiki, which many of them had heard about.
The Residents were very keen for us to start healing them straight away. So without further ado we divided the group into pairs and got to work. We healed everyone’s chakras first and then concentrated on any specific problems. Everyone was very grateful and eager to make sure they were not forgotten or missed out. It was a very emotional experience and many people were crying or bursting into song for us.
Many of us had brought gifts for the Residents and after the healing they were given a snack of cakes, bananas, juice/tea and biscuits which they enjoyed.
While there Raj gave a short session of her wonderful “Laughter Yoga” and we were all relaxed and happy afterwards. Nargis led an exercise session and she really got us all loosened up.
The Mother of the Home – Shanaz , greeted us all and gave us a little history about the place. She was very concerned that we were careful about anything we wrote about the home and the residents. We reassured her we would be very discreet. Then it was time to leave and all were very grateful and sad to see us go, asking us to come again.
As we left, Shariffa’s comment summed up the morning, she said “It was like a party and we gave them abundance of the heart and a little joy of life”.
by Dee Hockey(LHSG Kenya)
Members share their experiences …..
Mamta ….
Gratitude to the Universe for this beautiful opportunity and to Nargis.It was an overwhelming experience.I too felt like Monica that they were looked after v well but the sorrow of loneliness was visible in their eyes. Giving them reiki filled my heart with joy and when they prayed together for us and blessed us so beautifully-we had tears in our eyes! !
The lady I was doing reiki for had gone through a lot -Surgeries for both her breasts due to cancer, severe infections following the surgeries and then her leg was amputated.
Still she sat their with a smile receiving reiki graciously and blessing.She lived in total acceptance and surrender! And that is what she taught me!
I am so grateful to have got this beautiful seva opportunity!
Raj …..
Aum,
I am
Gratitude to the creator and Nargis, who gave us this opportunity of sewa.
I have for the past four years wanting to run a home for the aged, and after the experience on Thursday it has become a more stronger feeling of going to do it.
As soon as I started to give Reiki the lady felt so good and at one stage she said “shukar”nothing is paining now. How blessed I felt that I was an instrument to this sewa.
Tears of joy when we left as they all had a smile and a great wave for us.
Thank you Reiki,thank you universe and thank you all for this sewa that we were able to do.
love,light,laughter
Nargis ….. gratitude and thanks for all those who gave their time love and reiki it was truly a wonderful experience for me too i ws touched with all the compassion and love they gave all the seniors they all were so happy more happy than i have seen them in quiet a while and may you all be blessed for the wonderful sewa! and am proud to be a member of lhsg god bless you all lnl nargis
It was indeed a great opportunity given to us by Nargis. I was touched deeply. Though I knew the residents of the Home were being well looked after and fed yet their lonely eyes spoke what the words fail to utter. I cried tears not from eyes, but from my heart that day.
It was a very humbling experience and they were all very happy at receiving the Reiki energy. Shantiben, whom I gave healing seemed to be in lot of pain in her left arm and couldn’t even lift it. She was all smiles after the healing and said her hand felt much better. She was so willing to speak to anyone and I felt great conversing with her despite my failure to communicate well in Gujrati. She showed me her wedding ring which had her name inscribed on it. That made me feel, there is a lot she wants to share, her past memories, her happy memories, may be her children but probably there is no one to listen to her tales.
She had poor eyesight and required new glasses. Her spectacles seemed all smudgy and very old and worn out. My heart went out to that quiet feeble woman.
I also gave Reiki to another gentleman who did not want me to touch him anywhere and then Nargis told me to give him distant reiki and I did that. He seemed quite oblivious of what we were doing and kept looking here and there strangely.
Since It was the first day of the Hindu Month of Shraadh when we remember and honour our ancestors, I dedicated the Sewa of the day to my ancestors.
Singing with the dear old souls and listening to them, laughing with them makes us realise that just giving time and healing we bring love and light to so many. A little time goes a long way. Shariffa