I am absolutely convinced that the Reiki right before and after surgery and during recovery helped with Alexa’s healing as well as helped put her in a good space mentally. I could tell that she was much better prepared this time around. And it was so helpful for me to learn that she wasn’t afraid and that she understood what was going on. That was my biggest concern. Having gone through so many surgeries with her, I know that her recovery this time around was faster. Her surgeon and the nurses who tended to her all commented on how quickly she healed and how little inflammation there was. Would she have healed and done OK without the Reiki? Yes. But her recovery wouldn’t have been quite as fast and we probably would have seen the usual predictable little bumps in her recovery that we didn’t see this time. And, just as importantly, her head was in a really good place during her entire confinement.