Kamal Tolia & Lotus Healing Seva Group

For the fourth year running, Lotus Healing Seva Group carried out a Reiki Level 1 training camp for the girls at the Hawkers Market Girls Centre. Every year, girls 16 – 24 years old, school leavers or dropouts, from the slums of Nairobi, are identified by the centre for a year’s training programme in basic accounts, health and hygiene, computer skills, cooking, stitching, working with beads, and other survival skills. LHSG have partnered with them to teach the girls Reiki very year.

So on 12^th February 2014, Mamta, Nalina, Lata and Kamal attuned and trained 17 girls in Reiki Level 1. They were assisted in this process by the manager of the centre Isabel Asenwa, a Reiki Level 2 channel herself, and by Yvonne, a Reiki Level 2 channel from last year. Mamta gave the introduction to Reiki and explained the Five Principles of Reiki.

The girls took to Reiki like a fish to water! They willingly lay down for the attunement, after which they reported feeling very relaxed and warm as the energy passed through them! One of them shared that a headache she had since the morning disappeared after the attunement! Then, in a very short time they mastered the art of healing themselves, and after a lunch break, readily partnered up to heal each other.

Before the end of the programme, the importance of healing themselves and of drinking lots of water for 21 days was imparted to them. They were also encouraged to give healing to others. Finally they were explained about energy exchange. As a means of giving back for the gift of Reiki they had received, they pledged to pray that the knowledge of Reiki be spread to everyone, and to join the LHSG volunteers every Wednesday to give Reiki to the ICU patients at M P Shah Hospital and to the cancer patients at the Faraja Cancer Support Centre.

This brings to 30 the number of Reiki camps (all Levels) conducted by Lotus Healing Seva Group members worldwide —– Kenya, India, UK and UAE in which 944 people have benefited!

Kamal Tolia
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Lotus Healing Seva Group has been associated with this shelter in Nairobi for victims of child labour, sexual, mental and emotional abuse and child refugees. The shelter accommodates these girls and tries to rehabilitate them. The girls are between the ages of 10 – 18 years.

We have been giving them hands on and distant Reiki healing sessions and attuned them to Reiki level 1 so that they can treat themselves and others. This has helped tremendously in healing them through and through. We have also been donating various items to them over the past year.

 I received a request from the house mistress Lillian and the manager Dorothy that the girls get very depressed over Christmas time, so please could we bring them some balloons to cheer them up for Christmas? They were also low on rations, so would appreciate some.

Lotus Healing Seva Group rose to the Seva occasion once again! Lata made a lovely big cake and on Friday 20^th December, Nalina and I took it to the shelter with a bale each of maize meal, white flour, porridge flour, some red beans, green grams, tea, sugar, biscuits, ice cream yogurt, chocolates, balloons and a Christmas tree with lights.

The girls were over the moon with the gifts! Their smiles in the pictures say it all!

And the best part is that they had kept up with doing Reiki on themselves. We made them give Reiki to the newcomers in the shelter who, needless to say, enjoyed it very much! They also did Reiki on each other. Nalina gave them a small talk on sharing their gift of Reiki with others by treating their friends to a healing session.

Wishing them Goodbye, we left the shelter, promising to return in January to teach the new comers Reiki.

Kamal Tolia 

                                Lillian and the girls with the donated items

                                                                 All Smiles!

                                           The Yummy Christmas Cake!

                                                               Group Reiki!

                                           Reiki treatment for a friend!

                           Nalina giving a talk on sharing the gift of Reiki