The Kobo Trust has been looking after vulnerable children that have been displaced, abused, abandoned and exploited since the last 10 years. Rehabilitation, education, and health care are its primary concerns.
The Director Clara Garcias Castells and the Operations Manager Wilfred Omondi James of The Kobo Trust approached Lotus Healing Seva Group to train the children in their care in Reiki in the hope that Reiki healing would help the children heal from their past traumas.
Of course LHSG was happy to oblige! So on 29th November 2018, LHSG Sevaks Anuradha Nath, Neena Gupta, Jenna Amersi and I drove to the Kobo Trust Premises in Lavington and imparted the knowledge and practice of Reiki Level 1 to 24 children, young adults and officials of the Kobo Trust and other social workers of children and youth.
It was one of the most tender and heart touching Reiki camp I have conducted. The children were so loving and grateful. They were also a smart, switched on lot, they grasped all that was taught in a trice, and soon became excellent Reiki healers!
At the end, the children gave us beautiful roses as a token of appreciation. I was so touched by this gesture. This is the first time LHSG has been appreciated with flowers!
The whole event has been captured in pictures and video, which say it much better than I could describe in words. Please do watch them.
The International Vegetarian Union held its 46th Veg fest 2018 on 24th November 2018. They have the annual festival in different countries in the world. This year they chose to have it in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Lotus Healing Seva Group was honoured to be asked to take part by Priti Shah of M A Matth Charitable Trust.
The festival was organized by the founder of Shrivednat Trust, Vaishali Shah and held at the Oshwal Centre, Nairobi. There were stalls of various Vegetarian and Vegan produce, Healthy Living, Eco conservation, and of course our Reiki Healing.
Visitors to our stall were given a history of LHSG, our seva projects, and our 3 missions: to increase the awareness of Reiki, to give Reiki to sick people, animals and plants, and to train people in Reiki.
Keeping the first and second mission in mind, LHSG Sevaks Rekha Chauhan, Anuradha Nath, Cooky Vora, Nalina Rupani, Punita Acharya, Bhavna Baga, Laveena Keswani and I, Kamal Tolia gave Reiki to 41 people for various issues. And as usual, the visitors walked away amazed at the healing effects of Reiki.
Here are some of their comments …..
Felt so nice ….. with lots of heat from the healers hands …
I nad a strong headache … its gone!!!
Felt very relaxed and light in my body …
I felt so relaxed and sleepy .. and the pain is better …
Felt relaxed and centred … will recommend to others ….
Relieved of psychological and muscle stress ….
Felt the pains of cramps subside ….
Felt some kind of energy flow … would like to know more about Reiki ….
Felt much better … healed of trauma …..
Great experience ….
Very calming and rejuvenating … received some very useful insights and information …
Tension released … energy created positivity … and calm and relaxing …
Pin in right wrist and thumb … felt 75% pain relief …
Put my foot down … did not hurt … normally it does ….
Uninhibited laughter and smiles galore were the reigning vibrations on 31st october at the Shri Sanatana Dharma Sabha Temple in Nairobi. Peals of laughter and joy rent the air as the children ran races and played games on the field with their super hero Batman, and as they watched enthralled the puppet show outside the temple hall.
This was Lotus Healing Seva Group’s Annual Fun Day Seva No. 7 to celebrate its 13th Anniversary of doing Seva. We had invited 218 children and adults that we had taught Reiki over the years, 120 from Mukuru Outreach Kenya Academy, 50 from The Compassionate Hands Centre Orphanage For the Mentally and Physically Disabled, 38 from The Talia Agler Girls Shelter for abused and trafficked girls, and 10 from the Hawkers Market Girls Centre.
Thirty Four trees / plants were planted on the grounds of the temple by the children and staff, using Reiki and chanting Aum Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. The disabled in wheel chairs also had fun making Loom bands, playing some board games, and enjoying the fresh air.
Besides a filling and tasty lunch, they were given bananas on arrival and biscuits and lollipops on departure.
The Sevaks that did this seva were: LHSG Kenya Members Monica Gokaldas, Punita Acharya, Mamta Advani, Amy Galland, Anuradha Nath, Bhavna Baga, Bindi Shah, Bubbles Dadhialla, Cooky Vora, Dhwani Haria, Karima Jiwa, Lata Kanji, Laveena Keswani, Nalina Rupani, Neena Guota, Neha Shah, Nuri Abdul, Ola Odume, Pratima Dutt, Rekha Chauhan, Safura Hussein, Shalini Srivastava, Sharanya Rao, Shriffa Keshavjee, Sheela Shah, and myself, Kamal Tolia and LHSG Netherlands Member Fareen Abdul.
So many activities naturally meant as many videos! They have been posted here below. I would urge you to watch each and every one of them …. I promise you, they will make your day or even days! Their fun and joy, by resonance, will induce fun and joy in you too!
………. And I want to share a couple of moments that really moved me yesterday and left me in wonder and gratitude.
I saw a waist down paralyzed young boy, Samuel, hand feeding another boy Mwangi suffering from cerebral palsy, some of his own bean curry soup at lunch.
I witnessed two girls hold and support and guide a young boy, Emmanuel, who is fully blind, on the bouncing castle
Joyce, a 28 year old girl who is also paralyzed waist down and also a little mentally challenged (I don’t know what the politically correct word is, forgive me), was able to articulate and share with me her secret mutterings and prayers under breath..and they were beautiful!
I saw kids giving up their ride on the merry-go-round and encircling Emmanuel in a safe embrace so that he too could enjoy the ride…
I got help from a complete stranger when young Emmanuel needed a pee.
And countless other fleeting moments of grace and giving and sharing between us LSHG sisters.
Thank you so much for this experience, I thought I was there to give but I got so so much back!
Although I was meant to guide my group of nine students to tree planting – I got busy doing photography of the event. I am grateful to my partner Bhavna for being so loving and caring towards the physically/mentally challenged children. Some of these kids like Jack, Mercy, Fay, Baraka didn’t want to leave our hands at all and seemed quite happy with us.
Due to my duty of photography I was all over the ground and the corridor where the puppet show was conducted. I was very touched by Sharanya and her daughter Ananya who were so patient, caring and loving towards the wheelchair borne children. They played board games with them while the others had physical activities ongoing with the superhero Batman. This mother and daughter duo taught these children and a few ladies from HMGC how to make bracelets which was quite an engrossing fun activity for them.
Fareen who happened to be in Nairobi and joined us for this seva was also all out with her unconditional love oozing out visibly as she spent time looking after the differently abled kids.
As I took interviews of the teachers I learnt that most kids had never had such an outing before. This was very humbling for me as I realized that we take things for granted too often while there are some who haven’t experienced the joys of such moments ever For the girls from TAGS it was a safe outing and they loved mingling with others in the freedom that the day had gifted them. The Halloween Day that surely had no tricks but loads of treats for many under the care of LHSG hence became a Funoleen Day.
As always, with Reiki blessings, the weather was perfect and all the Ruai and Mukuru children, teachers, HMGC girls, TAG girls and LHSG ladies had a brilliant fun day. Gratitude to the maximum. Personally I’m happy for the opportunity to end the year with this camp. Talking to my group of 8 boys, was rather impressed they have been using Reiki in their daily lives in the form of distant healing and hands on healing. I also got assurance from my group that they’ll plant trees the “Lotus” way from now on. Thank you everyone for the excellent team work as always. Lnl.
What a great day it was our LHSG fun day…..I will call it a magical day….every thing was perfect the weather, all the events, the food and all the activities. The children were so well behaved, innocent and obedient. I enjoyed every moment being with them. Thank you Kamalji ….thank you universe for giving me the opportunity.
May I add my gratitude to a great “fun-filled” day for the beautiful “Reiki children”!! It was also good to be one with all of you too!! God heard our prayers and put the best energies together!!
A very big gratitude for the fun -filled day, gratitude to those innocent children. They make us realize not to take all for granted, teach us to share and care! Gratitude to Reiki, which goes beyond healing at physical level, gratitude to dedicated teachers and selfless Seva of our healing group members. Thank you for this opportunity and I look forward to many more such Seva opportunities
The Fun day was a day of precious memories that I will always cherish. The air was full of joy and excitement. The sound of shrieks and laughter surrounded us and my heart was full of love and happiness! These innocent, sweet children definitely brought out the child in us as we played with them!
The laughter of the special needs children from Ruai brought tears of joy to my eyes!
