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02 May 2010
Two years ago Hayden Roulston was a dead man riding.
The Ashburton cyclist had been knocked for six by a heart scare that medical experts said would end his potentially brilliant career.
Following on from an assault case after a late-night incident at a Timaru bar which cost him a contract with Lance Armstrong's Discovery team, to many he appeared washed up.
Roulston had just been diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia a condition which left him short of breath, pushed his heart rate to dangerous levels, and put him at risk of dying every time he got on his bike.
Cue a "chance meeting" with a woman who practised reiki, a Japanese hands-on healing process for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing.
Reiki is based on the idea that an unseen life force energy flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If your life force energy is low, then you are more likely to get sick or feel stress. If it is high, you are more capable of being happy and healthy.
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