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CNHC News – October 2018

Stoptober is back The Public Health England and NHS Stoptober campaign is back from 1st October. CNHC is encouraging registrants and other complementary therapy practitioners to support this public health initiative by making patients aware of the variety of services...

CNHC News – September 2018

King's College Research Project A project aiming to understand what happens during Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) consultations is being undertaken as part of a PhD project at King's College London. This project contributes to King's College London's...

New! Discounts Exclusive to Members

New Member Benefit This year, the Management Committee decided to work on widening the number of benefits for our members. The idea is to find a pool of businesses which would provide discounts to our members. The services and products can be both business related and...

CNHC News & Notices August 2018

Reiki Profession Specific Board Election The election process for the Reiki Profession Specific Board (PSB) will begin on Monday 1 October 2018. PSB members are elected by registrants in order to give CNHC registered practitioners a direct say in who will act as...

CNHC News & Notices July 2018

The launch of the first NHS Natural Health School Last month the NHS Natural Health School opened its doors at the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre in Harrogate. The school is the first of its kind and was created in response to complementary therapy services...

REIKI: What’s it all about?

Should I try it? What will it do for me? Reiki is a beautifully simple yet deeply profound Japanese method for self-development and healing. Reiki means “spiritual energy” – REI, meaning spiritual and KI, meaning energy It was founded by Mikao Usui in Japan in the...

Reiki in Hospitals

I have been very fortunate to join the Full Circle Fund Therapies team offering Reiki to support very sick children and adults, their carers and staff in areas of critical need at St George’s Hospital, SW London. The training has been delivered from a clinical...

Reiki for Animals – Yorkshire Cat Rescue

Yorkshire Cat Rescue is a forward-looking rescue centre with the owner and management appreciating the value of Reiki and the benefit that it can offer to the cats in their care. A manager from Yorkshire Cat Rescue approached Friends Of Baxter and asked if Reiki could...

Reiki in Schools

There is an exciting collaboration with Cranmer Primary School following conversations with the Headteacher (herself a Reiki Master Practitioner) about well-being of staff and staff retention. Currently six teaching professionals have been trained to Reiki level 1,...

Reiju and Reiki Share

As part of the Reiki Awareness Week connect with like minded Reiki friends at two events on 14th June. [mk_blockquote style="line-style" text_size="16" align="left" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Reiju Wednesday 14th June at 11.30am A morning of Reiju,...

Reiki and Disability

Many people with disabilities use Reiki, whether being treated by another, for self-treatment or to treat another, often finding their way to using the energy after receiving it themselves. Reiki is an important part of life at places such as Lincolnshire House,...

Reiki and Cancer

Sadly, cancer has become a very common illness in the past decade, with terrible predictions being made about it affecting even more (up to one in four) people in the very near future. We’ve all got used to the camaraderie of fighting the disease – from doctors to...