Reiki - Simple way for healing drug addiction

Drug Addiction is a health problem, not neccessarily moral failing or weakness of character. 

This was the message that Obama Administration put forward for their new drug strategy in April 2013. World over reforms have been made in countries to eradicate the growing problem of drug addiction. Take for instance -Sao Paolo in Brazil efforts are in full swing to cure the disease of drug addiction at rapid pace, in North East India Rehabiliation centres for Women have open to help cure the disease and likes of it.

There could be various reasons as to why one gets into drug disease like- poverty, emotional/physcial/sexual abuse, lack of family support, heart break, pressure from friends to be cool- peer pressure, experimentation, deep rooted past feelings, ill health, mental health and more.

Apart from medical treatment/therapies, reiki and chakra healing can also complement and help in some ways to heal the drug addiction. Drugs primarliy lead to wear and tear + holes in the auric fields, sometimes its just on the physical auric field, sometimes it is in the higher subtle bodies Below are  list of the chakras and  drugs -

Chakra	Drug	Simple tip -reiki
Root/Mooladhara Chakra	Heroin or other depressants	Heal all the chakras especially the front and back root chakra, mantra recitation LAM during reiki session, followed by tree root meditation. Suggest-  root chakra mudras/asanas by yoga teacher.
Hara/Swadhisthana Chakra	Opium, morphine, codeine, cocaine, ecstasy, crack or other uppers	Heal all the chakras, heal front hara chakra for 10-15 min and heal back chakra for 10 min, mantra recitation – VAM. Suggest-  scaral chakra mudras/asanas by yoga teacher
Manipura Chakra	Amphetamine, methamphetamine or other synthetic drugs, alcohol	Heal all chakras, heal front and back manipura chakra, heal the space between the heart and the manipura chakra , clean the navel and apply sarso oil mixed with neem, chant RAM throughout while reiki
Heart Chakra	Nictotine	Heal all chakras, heal front and back heart chakra each for 10 minutes  preferably by placing rose quartz or combined with Kriya Yoga Meditation, chant YAM
Throat Chakra	Tobacco	Heal all chakras, heal back and front chakras, heal upper neck jaws, chant HAM
Third eye Chakra	Mariujana/Bhang, Cannabis	Heal all chakras, heal front and back third eye chakras, heal the place of medulla oblongata , chant AUM/OM followed by Deep Meditation.
Crown /Bliss Chakra		Prayer and Meditation

What I have found by interaction and research is that any medical treatment/alternative therapies these sessions should focus on examining damaged emotional state, re-build of self worth, self- belief & concepts, adaptabiltiy to living again in the external environment, re-build control, strength to face the world, acceptance of self .

Since drug addiction is a disease, just like any disease it is important to determine the extend the addiction of the indiviual based on medical/alternative therapies. The person is very defensive, aggressive and well as vulnerable/delicate at the same time. The aim is to help the person in the grip of the drugs to unlearn a habit and ensure a consistent & stable recovery. The journey is long but not unachievable. :)

Double Breath Meditation- Kriya Yoga way

Yuktushewar Giri- Teacher of Yogananda in
Meditation state 

The eventual goal of any indiviual is to be happy and peaceful, the means could be any ( good or bad , material or spiritual). Meditation or concentration is one such aspect which calms and soothes the mind. We should remember that all lies within us, one of new teachers ( of Kriya Yoga) taught me- that the spine has 1000 volts ; one modality to activate is by meditation. Lets look at one the simple breath awareness meditation practice:-

Steps for Double Breath Meditation Technique- Kriya Yoga way/inspired-

• Sit on the ground in Padma-asna or sit on a chair but dont strain the spine or legs
• Preferably keep you spine straight 
• Ground yourself - by preferably doing any of the grounding exercises or pranyam
• Keep your hands in gyan mudra or simply open your palms
• Close your eyes- and say the attitude of gratitude by thanking the universe
• Bring you focus to your breath 
• Inhale sharply through the nose - with one long and one short breaths ( double breaths- but deep breaths- note the stomach moving up )
• Hold the breath and tense/vibrate your body ( hold it till the count of 5-8 atleast)
• Exhale through the mouth ( huh- huh)- with one short and one long exhalation ( double exhale)- notice the stomach moving in
• Practice this for about 10-12 times regularly 

It is essential to note every time you breathe in feel the positivity & upon every exhalation breathing out the negatvity. Practice daily or during any other excersise and feel the difference :)

Enjoy the bliss !!

Reiki and Self Sabotaging

Sabotage in simple words equals to deliberate destruction. Hence Self Sabotage = Deliberate destruction of the self. or undermining a plan/effort. In more often that not, the individual knows that something is good is about to happen and they make sure and try all the way for "it" to not happen... its almost like "things not working out" is a known place and the individual knows how to work around it .... Quite sad but its almost like an addictive unknown pattern in some of us. !!!!
This aspect reminds me of the four of cups of the Osho zen tarot with a person if dhyani mudra --emotionally blaming self and hurt and listening to every other voice around and unhappy :(....

Associated Chakras-  Root Chakra and Hara chakra are the two centres which can be associated with self sabotaging behavior  Emotional boundaries, security, acceptance of self not worrying about the future, lack of trust in oneself  in life and the decisions one takes, opposite of self confidence is self sabotaging-- so significant lack of self confidence, past repressed memories or painful words said by others eg: some one calling you idiot and u start claiming that u are an idiot too later :( ... the list is endless :( for root chakra damage.

Reiki is one of the modalities by which the self sabotaging behavior can be managed or modified.  Lets look at how reiki can work in some self sabotaging areas of an life :-

a) Trying to resist change in almost every aspect of your life.( Back root chakra and heart chakra)
b) Past memories of being labeled channeling in the mind-  eg: "You are dumb" saying this to a child repeatedly will make him/her doubt herself all or most of the time.( Lack of self esteem- Root and Manipura chakra)
c) Feeling that you are undeserving of any happiness or good will in life ( How sad- All three lower chakras)
d) People who are control freaks and want to control their lives to every level ( Root chakra)
e) People with addictive behaviour or substance behaviours might find it very comforting in a certain place. ( eg:  a drug addict who finds drugs are his/her only world and this is the drug place is where he/she will be accpeted and in the outside other world others will not accept them anymore -i.e: Serious damaged root chakra and severly blocked heart )
f) Severly draining and abusive relationships ( physical, verbal or emotional mainly) wherein one is constantly subject to character assisination or nit pricking in the relationship ( Severely blocks hara chakra, skewed self perception or image, self hatred, self pity)
g) Sometimes some people are over senesitive to criticism and it leads to a pattern of self sabotaging ( Blocked heart leading to blocked root which in turn leads to blocked hara chakra)
h)  Overdoing some aspects of your life that you have little time for the other areas ( eg: lack of work- life balance could lead to serious issues)
i) Negative self talk and constantly abusing oneself for any reason or not ( eg: a person who has chronic illness might curse oneself everyday )- blocked root chakra

There are many more areas where self-sabotage behavior fits in , one just have to find that pattern which is acting as a deterrent.

On a basic level how does reiki help-   Reiki helps to clear off the negative pattern from the subconscious mind and the self limiting patterns to identify them and release them. These could be arising from childhood issues, perception issues, identity issues and in some cases past lives issues. In most cases once the hurt is identified it is much more easier to find ways or steps to release. Typically since most of the patterns are root chakra related they usually work out well if stable step by step slow plan is made ( remember root is the heaviest of the chakras).

How to make things work by reiki and other modalities

• Healing all chakras, esp root chakra, spine, liver by either reiki or other modalities.. Use all three symbols taught in level 2, and the master symbol of level 3a or 3b ( most effective)
• Practising hatha yoga - recommend go a specific yoga practitioner 
• Meditiation for calm mind, Kriya yoga, sahaj yoga and others.
• Maintain a dairy or journal about feelings and try to everyday write less negative and more positve things about self
• Join a group or club which is tolerant of you and your behaviour and less judgemental ( if you are substance addict suggest going to some reach programs in your near by community)
• On a chit of paper write down what is bothering and also how you would want to situation to be and burn that paper
• On a chit of paper write down how you would want your life to be and put it in a box and give it loving reiki everyday-- if you dont know reiki just put your hands with power of intention
• Try and surround yourself with loving people with whom you feel connected with and do act of service for them . They say bhakti yoga is the biggest act-- serve loved ones ( if not unknown people in distress)
• If you believe in God, pray to God and imerse in lord's love :)
• Try self hypnosis & if possible or just imagine a chord between you and the state/attitude and you are cutting that chord everyday.
• Love yourself ... know that you're higher self is bigger and better than you... so love yourself 
• Practice this- write this " If I werent afraid I would've ...........fill in this" .. write as many as you can repeat it everyday, this way it will help to identify what is truly blocking you.

Reiki and the above are just complementary to the help one is getting from the hospitals or doctors in treatment of self sabotaging behaviours.

I would highly like to recommend this site http://www.uncommonhelp.me/articles/stop-self-sabotage-behaviour/ -for understanding of aspects of self sabotaging and how to help oneself .. there are also some lovely articles related to many more aspects of life :

Love yourself --"Khud ko khud se kabhi na pare karo"  or " Dont ever leave your ownself"- this what Lord Krishna told me once :)