Car free Cyclovia Tucson in downtown on April 7

Cyclovia Tucson is now in it’s fourth year and is a free, family friendly event for bicyclists, skateboarders, skaters, joggers, walkers, etc. who follow the street maps along the route which is closed to traffic. (We bicycled one of these earlier routes near the University of Arizona, and it is lots of fun, with activities along the way, such as arts & crafts, exhibits, puppet shows, demonstrations freebies, etc.)

Here’s the specifics below for the April 7 Cyclovia, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. It’s being advertised as “car free, and care-free”.

The North End
(Armory Park & Tucson Children’s Museum)
Axé Capoeira Tucson
BICAS Bike Rental
Jumping Castle by Cox
Safford K-8 Magnet School Band

The East Side
(Santa Rita Park & Restaurant Row)
Interactive Games by Pima County
Giant Chess Set
The Pima County Book Bike

The South End
(Arizona Children’s Association & Mission View Elementary School)
DJ Javi
Mission View Chill Zone

The West Side
Santa Rosa Park
Fur and Flower
Your Bike Station by El Grupo
Free Bike Helmets for Kids (while supplies last)
Kids’ Bicycle Obstacle Course
Pima County Loop Information
Bicycle Commuting & Safety Info

Ochoa Elementary School
Literacy Station
Dance Movement Station
Arts and Crafts Station by U of A Early Childhood Learning Center

En Route Activities:

(Near 4th Ave and 24th St)

– TriSports Activity Van: basketball hoops, FREE water bottles!!!
– Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicylist: bicycle-plate decorating, bicycle prizes, guided rides
– Sun Tran “bike-on-the-bus” demo
– REI

And save the date for the 2nd Cyclovia Tucson event this year on April 28, also 10 to 3 p.m. in North and Central Tucson. Click here for route.

“Cyclovia Tucson is a project of Living Streets Alliance, a local non-profit organization whose mission is to promote healthy communities by empowering people to transform our streets into vibrant places for walking, bicycling, socializing, and play. Living Streets Alliance is improving access to alternative modes of transportation in the region through outreach, education, advocacy and research”.

Is Reiki for real?

REI: A Japanese word meaning “universal”
KI: A Japanese word meaning vital life force energy which penetrates and connects all.
REIKI is universal life force energy in manifestation through touch.
(from www.hospitalreiki.com)

“Reiki is an ancient Japanese method of natural healing based on channeling energy (KI) through the hands. Although this gentle touch therapy is not a substitute for medical care, however it is gentle, non-invasive and non-manipulative so is therefore safe to use regardless of the state of one’s health. It is estimated that there are more than one hundred thousand people practicing this ancient healing art throughout the world today. Recent studies further show that to date, over one million people in the USA alone have experienced Reiki.”

A Reiki practitioner moves her/his hands over a patient’s body, remaining a few minutes as energy is drawn by the patient through the practitioner, no more than 10-15 minutes in total for a session.

But many people at University Medical Center (UMC) seem to think it works to relieve stress and heal patients. It was introduced in 2001 to cancer patients at UMC by social worker Marsha Drozdoff, ACSW. She is a certified master teacher and experienced its healing benefits herself after being diagnosed with a neurological disorder. Marsha is using it at with radiation oncology patients and monthly Reiki group-sharing for cancer survivors at UMC. Contact her at 520-694-4605, or email info@hospitalreiki.com

Seems to me (a Japanese American) that this should be truly something Asian and spiritual, but I have to try it more than a brief experience once at a health fair. The Reiki practitioner did move her hands/arms slightly over different sections of my body (not massaging), saying that it would help my overall health.

I suppose it can’t hurt, through actual healing — by transference of energy by gentle human touch, or even psychosomatically by the placebo effect.

Have any of you tried Reiki? Have you found it helpful?

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