Kamal Tolia & Lotus Healing Seva Group

In keeping with our mission of spreading the knowledge of Reiki by training one and all in the use of this gentle healing energy, Lotus Healing Seva Kenya Group visited the Sai Seva School in the Kawangare slums of Nairobi for the second time this year. The purpose was to take the 62 children and teachers that had completed Reiki level 1 earlier this year to the next level Reiki 2 and to train 5 adults (teachers and the school chef) to Reiki level 1. this was done with teh kind permission of teh school patrons Bubbles Sian and Heena Shah.

As right as rain (and I mean it literally) the weather displayed its usual pattern of the season …. Heavy downpours from the day before continued on the day itself, Thursday 19^th May 2016. The deluge was enough to consider calling off the event …. But defeat does not figure in LHSG’s vocabulary, so armed with our rain shoes and rain coats and umbrellas we proceeded by car to our destination, walked the muddy, slippery slopes to the school, to the children awaiting our arrival eagerly. One look at their excited faces and we knew we had made the right decision to proceed with the camp!

I had 29 young children and 2 teachers in my group. They had been faithfully practicing Reiki on themselves, their parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, neighbours with positive results. They took to the Level 2 training like a fish to water, learning the Reiki symbols with alacrity! After the attunement they did the self-healing and distant healing for people, situations, relationships, future and past events and group healing for the Earth. And so it is that 62 new Reiki level 2 healers were created that day!

There was a sumptuous lunch of Vegetable burgers, Kenyan chappati and milk and they were given fruit smoothies and cakes donated by LHSG member Lata to take home.

Sevaks Neena Gupta and Pratima Dutt assisted me in training my group.  Sevak Sheela Shah, assisted by Sevaks Sriniddhi Rao and Anuradha Nath trained another group of 31 children and teachers to Reiki Level 2, while Sevak Punita Acharya taught Reiki level 1 to the 5 teachers and school chef. Please read their accounts and do watch the pictures and videos that follow.

Sevak Kamal Tolia

LHSG Founder Member

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The Reiki I camp at the Sai school in Kawangare a couple of months back was an exceptionally beautiful experience that, I was looking forward to conduct the follow up Reiki II camp at this wonderful school. And I wasn’t disappointed. The very wet rainny Thursday morning with flooded roads and slow heavy traffic did little to hinder our spirits. In spite of everything, we arrived at the school on time, to find the children eagerly waiting for us. We had 62 children, including teachers for Reiki ll and 7 adults for Reiki l. With Kamalji’s guidance, we quickly sorted ourselves and started. Punita, on her own, conducted the Reiki l group, Kamalji with Neena and Pratima conducted one Reiki ll group while I with Anuradha and Nidhi conducted the other Reiki ll group.

Like clockwork, everything was going smoothly and I found myself actually enjoying the cool wet  weather. As the children were about to be awoken from their “attuned” slumber, I noticed one boy rather restless and fidgety. Thinking he might need to use the facilities, I went ahead and aroused everyone awake. I quickly realized that Adrian, the restless boy, wasn’t in need of the facilities but was actually in pain. Something was wrong with his right eye and he was crying in pain. One of the teachers stepped in and took him out of the class to see what was the problem. As soon as they left, I guided the whole group to send Adrian some Reiki. In about 10 mins, Adrian returned, completely dry eyed with a big smile. He seemed completely healed and joined us as if nothing had happened. On inquiring, Adrian confirmed that he was totally fine. And for the rest of time he was pain free and participated happily with the rest of the children. The power of Reiki.

When we resumed after lunch, I made sure at every junction, to bring Adrian’s speedy recovery as the prime proof of the power of symbols, distant healing and group healing. What more could I have asked for. The rest of the session was completed without any incidents.

The children were happy and excited to be able to now practice their new found skill.

My humble gratitude to Reiki for being instrumental in making this whole seva experience so satisfying. Last but not least, thank you my Lotus family for everything that you do. ????????

Sevak Sheela Shah

LHSG member

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The month of May is supposed to have rain in moderation, but this year has been an exception. It has been raining heavily through-out. For some reason this didn’t effect the 80 children and adults of the Sai Sewa School in Kawangware, nor did it effect the Lotus Healing Sewa Group Sewaks.

I was teaching level 1 reiki for the second time and this was a different experience. I had 5 teachers who were very keen to learn Reiki.

I started by asking if they knew anything about Reiki and one of the teachers told me how he had had a wonderful experience with it. He said he had a terrible headache and the teacher who had previously done reiki level 1 came to his rescue and gave him healing just before the last lesson. He went home, had dinner, and went to sleep – without taking any medication. He woke up in the morning

(had already forgotten that he had had a headache the previous day) and at 10am he bumped into the teacher who had given him reiki and he asked if it had made a difference? The teacher said he was totally fine and had actually forgotten about the headache.

As the day progressed the questions they asked had pleasantly surprised me. One teacher asked if it was ok to give Reiki to his pregnant wife? I replied saying that yes of course, it will be very good for the baby as he will be more calmer and it will also help the mum.

I was asked can it help my diabetes and blood pressure? My reply was yes, provided you gave yourself healing everyday. I was promised a feed back after a month. My hopes are raised and am waiting eagerly to hear from her.

I feel blessed of having had this opportunity to teach and make a difference in people’s lives.

Gratitude! Gratitude! Gratitude…..

Sevak Punita Acharya

LHSG Founder Member

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vedios:
https://youtu.be/0JG0xJYGClQ
https://youtu.be/FihfYp-Meoo

On 28^th April 2016, Lotus Healing Seva Group held 2 simultaneous Reiki training camps for the girls of Talia Agler Girls Shelter in Wangige, Nairobi. Twelve girls and the social worker Margaret who had done Reiki level 1 a few months back were trained in Reiki level 2, while 16 new girls at the shelter and their teacher and assistant teacher were trained in Reiki level 1.

The shelter houses girls aged 8 – 20 years that have been exploited, abused, abandoned and trafficked. Through Reiki, it is LHSG’s mission to help these girls heal from their physical, mental and emotional traumas.

Please read on for the write ups of Mamta who conducted the Reiki level 2 camp and of Punita who conducted the Reiki level 1 camp ….

Kamal Tolia

LHSG Founder Member

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Our Reiki camp at TAGS was a  lovely experience!

We had 18 girls for level 1 and 12 girls for level 2! They were very enthusiastically waiting for us. We were 6 volunteers Punita ,Nuri, Neena , Jean , Dee and me.

I found the girls totally dedicated and it was lovely to see how they managed to do everything even as some of them would rush out to change their babies quickly or even bring them in and feed them so that they would not miss out on anything!  One girl did the entire level 2-self healing and distant healing with one hand as she held her baby with the other hand throughout  ! !

The girls were extremely happy to learn Reiki 2 and even wanted to do level 3!

I feel grateful to have had the opportunity to do this sewa and touch their lives in some little way !

The biggest joy I feel is that these girls have changed drastically from being  quiet and withdrawn to confident and happy since Reiki came into  their lives! The most amazing thing is that they reached out to the new girls by giving them Reiki treatments to help them feel better! They are really true healers!

Mamta Advani

LHSG Member

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On 28th of April 2016 LHSG went to the Talia Agler Girls shelter to teach 16 students and 2 teachers Reiki level 1. Our group leader Mrs Kamal Tolia had appointed me to teach this group. This was my first time to teach.

The girls were very receptive.  They were between the age group of 9-16. In order to break the ice, I asked them if they knew how Reiki would help them in their lives. And these were the answers I got……

*It helps you to heal yourself

*it helps you stay calm

*it can heal your family member who are sick

* it helps you relax

* it helps you to sleep better

At this point, I had a jaw-dropping moment! I was so impressed with all these young girls.

I attuned them and they were not at all restless or fidgity. I went on to teach them and their concentration span was so good that nothing had to be repeated twice.

When it came to self healing they were doing it so well, but partner healing impressed me the most. Not once did I tell them what to do next………kudos to these enthusiastic healers.

When I started teaching the 5 principles they was just being recited without even a glance at the paper. Another Wow moment for me!

I felt so blessed attuning these lovely souls and my heart was filled with Gratitude, that I could empower these young girls!

Last but not least I couldn’t have done it without my colleague Nuri with whom I had the perfect team play.

Lots of love and light

Punita Acharya

LHSG Founder Member.

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Videos:
https://youtu.be/Yb892gxSSSo

https://youtu.be/pX70XpZna2g