Kamal Tolia & Lotus Healing Seva Group

Six weeks ago LHSG Kenya was asked to visit a home for young girls with a view to donating stuff to them.

Punita and I went one morning not really knowing what to expect. Little did we know that we would be in for a shock! For what we saw broke our heart!

It was a young girls’ shelter that we were taken to. We were introduced to seven young girls aged 12 – 16 years, and one had a tiny baby! Two girls were from Kenya, victims of child labour. The remaining five were victims of child trafficking and child labour, two were from Congo, two from Ethiopia and one from Uganda. And sadly, all had been sexually abused.

Even as Punita and I listened to the Director of the home explain the situation, the only thought that kept running through our minds was how forlorn the girls looked, how badly they needed healing! Immediately we started sending love and Light from our hearts to them.

We decided to give them weekly Reiki sessions. Every Friday for 4 weeks we went to the shelter to give them hands on Reiki. Even though the shelter is far from Nairobi, we made and carried out this commitment. We knew these little souls needed our help!

And the result was fantastic, to say the least! After just 2 sessions, the girls started to open up … they smiled, they sang! When we went the third time, they hugged us and told us how much they loved us! They were sleeping better, and were no longer the scared little girls we had encountered a few weeks ago! They were able to express themselves with confidence, and they laughed more! They had been healed!

But our work does not stop there. Very sadly, there have been new additions to the home. So we will continue going there to share our love and light with them, continue giving Reiki, continue helping them heal.

We also donated Sanitary towels, pampers, mattresses, bed sheets, pillow cases and towels. With a view to help them heal emotionally, we gave them lots of colouring pencils and paints and drawing books, so they could express themselves in colour, and we bought each of them a plant to water and look after.

Due to the sensitive nature of this assignment, we could not take out any photographs.

The Sevaks that did this Seva were: Mamta, Punita, Anuradha, Shalini, Sharifa, Ashraff, Dee, Kamal, Lata, Balvinder and Raj.

True to our promise, LHSG members Mamta, Punita, Shariffa, Faith, Fhanreet, Shazmeen and I were ready and waiting on Saturday 14^th July, at the Ram Mandir Hall to receive our guests from the Mukuru Sinai Slums. Unfortunately, due to the bus driver not being familiar with Parklands, they got ‘lost’ and arrived more than an hour late.

But, they made up for the lateness with their sheer enthusiasm! Very quickly, they settled down and in no time the attunement process was underway. Although there were a few babies who needed distraction, which Faith provided by ‘bimbarezaing’ them, the attunement went very well. All 26 adults (men and women), and 5 children woke up after the attunement, ready to share their experiences …… Feeling lifted, energy passing through their bodies, seeing ‘Light’, etc.  …… They were fully attuned to the first Level of Reiki!

Self healing of chakras followed next, and then a break for tea, followed by Self healing of the whole body. Healing others was demonstrated. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we could not go over the manuals they had been given, but I promised to visit them soon to go over any portion of the manual that they may need help in.

The importance of healing oneself every day was stressed, and of praying for others as an energy exchange for the gift of Reiki. Then it was graduation time! Each one came up proudly to receive their certificate and a rose. Finally, they were given bottles of water, some chocolates and biscuits for their journey back!

Thus was our 36th Seva Camp completed. The Lotus Healing Seva Group smiled as they packed away the banner, the manuals, the altar …… glowing with the rewarding feeling of having done Reiki seva one more time, and secure in the knowledge that there is no better way to live than to give …..!

By Kamal Tolia

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