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Demystifying Reiki

Reiki, a Japanese energy healing technique, is a safe and non-invasive practice in which the practitioner acts as an energy conduit transferring energy from the environment to the patient or client. This facilitates the patient’s innate healing ability and enables one’s body system to balance itself from within.

Lately, modern science has started to catch up with this energy healing technology as more subtle energy sensing devices have become available. “Now one can see the effects of Reiki with the naked eye,” said Makiko Suzuki Fliss, PhD scientist and Reiki Master teacher at RAYKI School.

Reiki enables the practitioner to utilize subtle energy generated by the earth, along with “Ki,” which is commonly referred to as “life force energy.” Reiki healers are trained and tuned to sense these subtle energies.

Makiko trained at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and various institutions including Johns Hopkins University and Meiji University in Japan. She is a Reiki Master of various lineages and has worked in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Makiko teaches Reiki classes in NJ, NC, and SC and also offers private Reiki sessions. For more information, visit RAYKISchool.com.

 

Health Briefs
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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