Johrei

What is Johrei?
Johrei aims to help balance our Mind, Body and Spirit. It integrates emotional, physical and spiritual needs to tackle illness and restore our health. Jo utilises the the three following approaches in combination massage, facial massage with acupressure and hopi ear candling:

• Emotional: non-verbal as well as verbal support for emotional problems through establishing a therapeutic relationship, creating a healing environment and active listening during the consultation
• Physical: physical treatments and tension relief involving finger pressure and massage, similar to Shiatsu, and stimulation of lymphatic system using gentle stroking actions
• Spiritual: involving both hands on and hands off energy channelling. Such methods aid in the dispersal of negativities, relief of stress and stimulate the kidneys to eliminate toxins from the body.

What is Johrei good for?
Johrei is known to have long lasting effects on a wide range of problems. It is effective in particularly with stress related problems for example neck, shoulder and back pain, heart condition, high blood pressure, digestive problems, eczema, sciatica, menstrual problems, fatigue and lack of energy.

What should I expect in a treatment?
Johrei treatment is given fully clothed in three stages:

• The history of your condition and life situation is discussed in order to achieve a clear understanding. This is the time when you are given an opportunity to talk about any emotional or spiritual issues you may have. You are not obliged to talk about anything that makes you feel uncomfortable.
• Assessment and baseline treatment sitting on a treatment stool in which both your physical and energetic states are assessed
• Targeted treatment lying on the therapy bed in which the practitioner targets Johrei treatment for the specific problem from which you may be suffering.

Historical background
Johrei is a therapeutic art, which was developed in Japan during the 1920’s by the Japanese artist, healer and spiritual leader, Meishu-Sama. He suffered from numerous tragedies such as the loss of his wife during childbirth, and life threatening illnesses. This led him on a spiritual journey, which enabled him to discover his ability to heal others and find the importance of embracing spirituality in daily lives and having a chemical-free all natural diet based on natural farming techniques, which he called Nature Farming.

Unlike other healthcare systems, Meishu-Sama also placed an emphasis on BEAUTY as being of importance to our health and well being. Though studying conventional and traditional medicine of his time and the way we become ill, he perfected his healing technique, which he called Johrei.

Johrei is based on the understanding that both physical and non-physical aspects exist in our lives, and that our non-physical aspects namely our minds and spirit, greatly influence our physical well-being. Our modern lifestyle constantly exposes us to pollutant and toxins that affect our body and stress and negativities that cast “clouds” in our spirit.

The insight Meishu-Sama had was that our body has an inbuilt and natural function, which automatically works to eliminate toxins and disperse the “clouds”. He called this the Process of Purification. This is often associated with some discomfort; we have learnt to think of it as a minor illness such as (common colds and diarrhoea) that need to be with suppressed. Instead he found that the practice of Johrei could help to guide and encourage this natural elimination process without the discomfort and sometimes life threatening symptoms, which can be associated with more serious illness.

Johrei art of living
Meishu-Sama likened our life’s to a work of art and called the healing process with Johrei, the Art of Life. He saw BEAUTY in every day life as a very important notion as it can be emotionally uplifting and increases our spiritual awareness. Thus flower arrangement and art became an integral part of Johrei practice known as the Art of Beauty. Meishu-Sama also emphasised the importance of a natural and healthy diet, one that is based on fresh organic local and seasonal farm produce that is free from harmful chemicals and is high in vital energy. He called this natural farming technique The Art of Farming.

Johrei can help the following conditions

What the papers say

“I’d gone with bad back pain which had disappeared the next day” Rebecca Frank, ZEST

“Afterwards I felt calm, but also more cheerful and energetic” Ingrid Kennedy, Independent

“When he had finished, I felt supremely relaxed and physically lighter” Polly Vernon, ES Magazine

Johrei is fully endorsed by Dr Rosy Daniel, renowned international holistic medical consultant at Harley Street Clinic, former medical director of Bristol Cancer Help Centre and the author of “The Cancer Prevention Book” and by Dr. Michael Dixon OBE, Chairman on the NHS Alliance.

Jo Sollinger is a practices Johrei healing at the Haelan Clinic.

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