{"id":217,"date":"2015-04-01T10:07:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T09:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/?p=217"},"modified":"2019-05-13T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:35:59","slug":"reiki-therapy-for-carers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/2015\/04\/01\/reiki-therapy-for-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Reiki therapy for carers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Name:<\/strong> Isobel Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proposed idea:<\/strong> Fortnightly reiki therapy offered for carers and bereaved carers. Support offered by Sarah Renwick, who will use the acquired equipment one day per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Start-up funding received:<\/strong> \u00a31301 for equipment and initial room hire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project start date:<\/strong> 20th October 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sustainability measures:<\/strong> Users of the service donate \u00a35 \/session to cover running costs and keep the service going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Isobel on the background to her idea:<\/strong> As a carer, I was given free Reiki Therapy in Aberfeldy and then Perth. The benefit I received from this treatment was utterly amazing. Relaxing, healing in muscle pain and generally very therapeutic. Isobel\u2019s reflections on the process:<\/strong> I wasn\u2019t up against any barriers at first but I needed support. I didn’t think of financial support at first, and then the financial support option came along and that did make a difference because I got little things that I would never have taken for myself, which has made the therapy much easier to apply. It has really taken off! The first and third Monday of the month. I had the second session full before the first session was finished. I had limited myself to the linen that I needed which meant that I\u2019d have to get home and wash them and get them dried, and ironed\u2026that\u2019s the worst bit. But with the funding I was able to buy another two sets and that has made a big difference. I am not so rushed and I don\u2019t get panicky. And being able to have a stool on wheels so I don\u2019t need to pull a chair along, I can just wheel it, that\u2019s made a big difference too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the main thing is the support I have had from the project! From Fiona in particular. She has been outstanding, because she is always at the end of the phone. Even when she is in a meeting she gets back to me. At the moment I am meeting with Craig Lewis, the senior charge nurse from the older people\u2019s mental health team, and he is looking to see if I can get accommodation for the service at the community hospital in Pitlochry. And also from a friend down at Aldour Court because they have two little rooms. I\u2019m still waiting to hear if we can have one of those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Image by Pablo Nicol\u00e1s Taibi Cicare)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Name: Isobel Wilson Proposed idea: Fortnightly reiki therapy offered for carers and bereaved carers. Support offered by Sarah Renwick, who will use the acquired equipment one day per month. Start-up funding received: \u00a31301 for equipment and initial room hire. Project start date: 20th October 2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[9436],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
There are so many carers in Pitlochry who do not have access to this therapy that with the qualifications I now have, I feel I am able to give back to the community of Pitlochry some of the benefits I received through Reiki Therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n