Our 7th event was a Reiki Level 2 training on 4th October at the Ram Mandir hall in Parklands. Three matatus (buses) brought them, 123 in number …. Children, teachers and parents of Mukuru Outreach Academy form the Mukuru Sanai slums of Nairobi , and a few infants and toddlers with them! They were welcomed and given bananas and made to settle in the room.
The children said the school prayer which was nothing but the 5 Reiki principles they had learned in Level 1! And they had another surprise; They recited a poem on Reiki which had been written by their headmaster Enock, together with all the actions! We were bowled over! They shared how Reiki had helped them heal their and their families aches and pains, and that they were excited to move on to Level 2.
Introduction of the symbols followed and then the attunement, self- healing, some distant healing and then lunch, which they ate heartily. After lunch, it was becoming apparent that it was difficult to teach the large numbers as one group, so we divided them into 4 groups for the rest of the teaching.
They grasped everything nicely, although the parents had a difficult time understanding the training because of the language barrier. But overall, the session went well, in spite of a few challenges of the sound echoing in the hall, and the delayed arrival of lunch.
We finished by 3.15 pm. After reminders to continue healing themselves and others and to do distant healing, Reiki certificates and ‘Goody bags’ containing note books, a pot of Vaseline and biscuits were given to them, before we bid them kwaheri (good bye).
LHSG continues to be grateful to the Universe and God for these seva opportunities and reiterate our pledge to continue uplifting the poor and needy of our society.
The Sevaks who did a sterling job of this seva were Monica Gokaldas, Punita Acharya, Mamta Advani Sheela Shah, Dhwani Haria, Cooky Vora, Shanthi Shetty, Sharanya Rao, Lata Kanji, Ola (Naomi), Neha Shah, Nina Sehgal, Amy Galland, Bindi Shah, Bubbles Dhadialla, Pratima Dutt, Safura Hassan, Shalini Srivastav, and myself Kamal Tolia.
Thank you goes to the Ram Mandir Committee for allowing us the use of their hall. Special thanks also goes to Monica Gokaldas for her hard work to make sure it all went well and for liaising with the management before, during and after this event.
Many thanks for reading. Please do read below and watch the videos that say it all so effectively.
Kamal Tolia
LHSG Founder Member.
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The Camp was a great seva opportunity for me as this came up during the fortnight dedicated to the ancestors as per the Hindu calendar. I was happy to be dedicating my seva towards my ancestors and their memory.
The Ram Mandir function Hall was spacious enough to accommodate the children, parents and teachers that came from Mukuru Sinai. Despite a short delay in arrival of the learners we progressed well ahead with teaching them the reiki symbols and the various aspects of distance healing, the significance of Reiki Box, Group Healing, and Mother Earth.
I am grateful to this seva opportunity as I learnt a big lesson myself. The children who were in my group appeared to have lack of focus but eventually displayed effective healing knowledge and Reiki Flow. Some of them wanted to display perfection by adding their school and grade along with their names on their Reiki Boxes and some of the healing requests in their envelopes were amazingly smart. They wanted good grades in exams, they wanted good health for their parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts and even wrote names of people whom they wanted to see in cordial relationships.
This taught me not to under estimate anyone by mere appearance and to understand their language barrier as well. I also appreciated that the situations they asked healing for were not as materialistic as people often ask for. I thank Kamal Tolia for conceiving this idea of teaching them all Reiki level 2 and empowering them further.
Monica Gokaldas
LHSG Founder Member
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Our level 2 Mukuru camp was as always a beautiful opportunity to serve, share , learn and teach!
The Reiki poem that the children recited touched my heart deeply. Their effort to memorize,practice and execute it was perfect.
Empowered with Reiki they have learnt that now they can help people around them in many different ways even if they can’t do so financially.
My deepest gratitude to the universe for bringing them to us and to Kamalji for teaching us firm determination on the path of Sewa!
Mamta Advani
LHSG Kenya Member
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I’m full of gratitude to have been part of another successful Reiki II camp. The challenges were met with committed perseverance to impart the lessons of Reiki with complete faith. The children were well behaved and commendable for applying themselves to learn and understand the different points of Reiki II. My gratitude to my Lotus sisters who were responsible for all the back ground and also to the team work of today that was superb. Kamalji, gratitude to you always for your valuable guidance to every detail. May we be blessed with more opportunities to spread the goodness of Reiki. Lnl
Sheela Shah
LHSG Kenya Member
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I am, yesterday’s Seva was full of heart warming and gratitude to Reiki, Universe, soul sisters, students and above all to Kamalji for encouragement and perfect guidance. I am looking forward to such opportunities of Seva again and again.
Karima Jiwa
LHSG Kenya Member
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Thank you for having me be a part of yesterday. the mukuru students and community are so special. it is an honor to share Reiki with them
Amy Galland
LHSG Kenya Member
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Seva opportunities like yesterday are like rare gems… thanks to our driving force Kamalji and Monicaji.
So much to learn from Mukuru students and families… patience, humbleness, strength, politeness come what may.
Gratitude from the heart!
Cooky Vora
LHSG Kenya Member
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