Reik Acceptance

THE EVOLUTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF REIKI

In 1998 the United States Congress Established the NCCAM (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) at the NIH (National Institute of Health).

This was due in part because people were dissatisfied with conventional medicine and were seeking alternatives on their own. These alternatives had been a part of Eastern culture for centuries and they were not considered odd or unusual in other parts of the world at all. Americans began to look at that and say, ‘hey, if it works for them, why couldn’t it work for me? After all, they’ve been using these methods for centuries with good results – that’s a really long clinical trial, I’m going to try it’.

It was at that point that the United States Congress recognized people were using alternative therapies, don’t forget, this is the government I’m speaking about; they couldn’t have Americans running around rampant healing themselves – what a fine mess that would be. They needed control! So the center was established and it is still in force today accepting new alternative therapies as a complement to, and part of, conventional medical treatments.

STATISTICS

Currently, Americans spend more than $33 billion annually on alternative therapies exceeding the annual out-of-pocket spending for all U.S. hospitalizations. Think about that. It’s huge!

In a recent survey, more than 92% of doctors from a wide range of specialties recommended alternative therapies to their patients.

In addition, 88% of the doctors reported using alternative therapies themselves.

In was in 1998 that 64% of U.S. medical schools (Including Harvard and Yale who specifically offer Reiki) offered elective courses in Complementary Alternative Medicine or included CAM topics in required courses. Today that number is almost 98%.

People use Complementary Alternative Medicine not only because they are dissatisfied with conventional medicine, but because these health care alternatives mirror their own values, beliefs, and philosophical orientations toward health care and life itself.

Reiki has gained great recognition in the last few years as an effective integrative medical tool and is being utilized at many of the top hospitals in the world with tremendous success.

There are so many hospitals offering Reiki today. It has literally become part of the repertoire during the admission process: name, address, phone, religion, next of kin, do you want Reiki with that?

Here are just a few of the hospitals where Reiki is offered:

Beth Israel, Boston; Columbia Presbyterian, New York; Dana-Farber, Boston; Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, NYC; Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY.

Keep in mind, these are just a few of the hospitals offering Reiki treatments and these are not little hospitals, they are highly regarded and well respected hospitals that are forging ahead with complementary alternative medical care for their patients.

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