
Reiki For Dummies
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Reiki is a subtle, non-invasive form of healing that uses spiritually guided life force energy, and 60% of top hospitals in the United States now offer it as complementary treatment for anxiety, depression, pain relief, and more. Reiki For Dummies is a clear and easy-to-follow guide to the origins of Reiki, where you can study Reiki, what it can do for you, what to expect in a session, and how to use Reiki at home. This book takes you through the principles, practice, and uses of Reiki--even if you're skeptical or taking your first Reiki class. Dummies is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in benefiting from Reiki or becoming a Reiki healer. Discover how Reiki fits in with other healing practices, and how it just might transform your life. This book makes it easy.
* Learn what Reiki is and how to find a Reiki practitioner
* Prepare for your Reiki session and set realistic goals and expectations
* Explore Reiki classes, symbols, and techniques
* Get started performing Reiki with basic hand positions and self-treatment
* Discover the fascinating history and evolution of this Japanese healing practice
This edition has been expanded with new information on self-Reiki, mind-body healing with Reiki, and becoming a Reiki professional. Plus, you'll find the latest Reiki resources to expand your healing journey.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1 Getting Started with Reiki
- Chapter 1 Reiki: Connecting with Life-Force Energy
- Discovering What Reiki Is and Isn't
- What Reiki is
- What Reiki isn't
- Describing the System of Reiki
- Examining the Energy of Reiki
- Defining universal energy
- Detecting subtle energy
- Understanding how Reiki works
- Distinguishing Reiki from other forms of energy healing
- Exploring the History of Reiki
- Getting Connected with Reiki
- Trying a Reiki session
- Taking Reiki classes
- Choosing a Reiki Practitioner or Master
- Experiencing the Benefits of Reiki
- Healing a physical illness
- Healing emotions
- Getting insights or inspiration
- Going further in spiritual development
- Looking at the Reiki Symbols
- Chapter 2 Navigating Your Body's Energy Systems
- Describing Subtle Energy
- Discovering Your Body's Energy Anatomy
- Knowing the body's physical and energetic anatomy
- Sensing your body's electromagnetic field: The aura
- Pinpointing the acupuncture system: The meridians
- Locating your energy centers: The chakras
- Detecting Your Subtle Energy System with Reiki
- Chapter 3 Exploring Reiki's Roots and Branches
- Mikao Usui: The Founder of Reiki
- Finding Reiki on the mountaintop
- Teaching Reiki to others
- Mikao Usui's legacy
- Considering Reiki before Mikao Usui
- Exploring the Medical Approach: Chujiro Hayashi
- Bringing Reiki from East to West: Hawayo Takata
- Learning Reiki for herself
- Takata's versions of Reiki history
- Seeing Reiki in Japan and the West
- Reiki in Japan
- Japanese and Western Reiki today
- Looking at Reiki Branch Lineage
- Japanese Usui Reiki branches
- Western Usui Reiki branches
- Choosing a Reiki Branch for Yourself
- Letting Reiki Branches Differ
- Forecasting the Future of Reiki
- Chapter 4 Looking at the Reiki Principles
- Describing the Reiki Principles
- Staying in the present: Just for today
- Going through the five Reiki Principles
- Incorporating the Reiki Principles into Your Daily Life
- Sharing Additional Versions of Reiki Principles
- Just for today, be humble
- Honor your parents, teachers, elders
- Part 2 Experiencing Reiki for Yourself
- Chapter 5 Getting the Reiki Treatment
- Finding the Right Reiki Practitioner for You
- Locating a professional practitioner
- Interviewing your potential practitioner
- Preparing Yourself for Your First Reiki Session
- Exploring a Reiki Session from Beginning to End
- What to expect before the session
- Undergoing the Reiki session
- Session accomplished: After the Reiki session
- Repeating Your Reiki Experience
- Using Reiki in Tandem with Other Therapies
- Committing Yourself to Healing with Reiki
- Chapter 6 Letting Your Entire Family Experience Reiki
- Helping Yourself with Reiki
- Cycling through Life with Reiki
- Starting with pregnancy
- Cherishing childhood with Reiki
- Traipsing through the teenage years with Reiki
- Gracing the senior years with Reiki
- Concluding life with Reiki
- Using Reiki for the Family Pet
- Knowing when to use Reiki
- Finding the right pet practitioner
- Listening to animals
- Using different techniques
- Part 3 Becoming Well Versed in Reiki
- Chapter 7 Seeking Reiki Training and Classes
- Examining Reasons to Study Reiki
- Asking the Right Questions about Reiki Classes and Teachers
- Knowing the Reiki Classes and Certification
- Distinguishing types of Reiki courses
- Preparing before your Reiki class
- Looking at individual Reiki levels
- Defining a Reiki Master
- Answering Questions about Attunements
- Do I need to receive an attunement to access this high-level energy?
- What about repeating attunements?
- What will happen to me during the attunement?
- What happens after the attunement?
- Chapter 8 Discovering the Reiki Symbols
- Understanding Reiki Symbols
- Making it easy to connect
- Looking at the background of the symbols
- Using symbols without an attunement
- Removing the secrecy, keeping the sacred
- Taking a Close Look at the Four Reiki Symbols
- Cho Ku Rei
- Sei Hei Ki
- Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen
- Dai Ko Myo
- Drawing the Reiki Symbols
- Activating the Reiki Symbols
- Visualizing the symbols
- Saying the names of the symbols
- Looking at More Symbols, Reiki and Otherwise
- Chapter 9 Connecting with Reiki Energy Techniques
- Connecting with the Reiki Energy
- Combining Prayer and Intention with Reiki
- Meditating to Connect with Reiki Energy
- Prayerful hands: Gassho
- Breathing meditation: Joshin Kokyu Ho
- Focusing technique: Seishin Toitsu
- Chakra meditation
- Contracting the Hui Yin
- Receiving Guidance through Intuition
- Chapter 10 Applying Reiki to Yourself
- Putting Yourself First
- Discovering the benefits of self-Reiki
- Creating ways to incorporate self-Reiki
- Preparing to Give Yourself Reiki
- Treating Yourself with Reiki
- Listing the self-Reiki hand positions
- Branching out to other positions
- Personalizing Your Self-Reiki Practice
- Being creative
- Using Reiki for first aid self-care
- Giving yourself a Reiki Shower
- Chapter 11 Healing Others with Reiki Positions and Techniques
- Examining Full-Body Hand Positions
- Starting at the head
- Moving down the front of the body
- Switching to the back of the body
- Don't forget the legs and feet!
- Considering additional Reiki positions
- Knowing Where to Go and When to Leave
- Deciding on hand placement
- Moving on
- Using Reiki without Touching the Body
- Beaming Reiki energy from across the room
- Using your breath and your eyes
- Balancing Chakras with Reiki
- Chapter 12 Reiki Rocks! Using Crystals with Reiki
- Exploring the Healing Power of Crystals
- Sensing the energy of crystals
- Knowing the lore of crystals
- Distinguishing among Crystals, Rocks, and Gems
- Finding the Right Crystals for You
- Considering the crystal's shape
- Choosing which crystal to use
- Staying Crystal Clear: Cleaning a Crystal's Energy
- Knowing how to cleanse your crystal
- Jakikiri Joka Ho: Using Reiki to clean inanimate objects
- Giving Your Crystal a Reiki Charge
- Bringing Crystals to the Reiki Table
- Knowing which crystals to use
- Placing the crystals during a Reiki session
- Part 4 Sharing Reiki with Others
- Chapter 13 Putting Together a Reiki Healing Session
- Developing Your Reiki Style
- Preparing Yourself to Give Reiki
- Getting Your Surroundings Ready
- Merging Different Healing Practices
- Considering Ethics and Boundaries
- Recognizing that each person or situation is unique
- Sharing information with others
- Respecting boundaries
- Going through the Session
- Starting the session
- Taking notes mid-session
- Ending the session
- Cleaning and Protecting
- Exploring the technique of aura cleansing
- Using the Kenyoku Ho technique
- Protecting yourself with the Power symbol
- Cleansing the Reiki room
- Chapter 14 Experiencing Reiki in a Group Setting
- Participating in Reiki Events
- Finding Reiki events
- Knowing what to expect
- Reaping the benefits
- Harnessing the Power of Group Reiki
- Giving group Reiki sessions
- Meditating in a Reiki group
- Passing energy around in a circle
- Sending distant Reiki as a group
- Receiving a group Reiki session
- Going on a Reiki Retreat
- Taking Reiki to the Community
- Chapter 15 Sending Reiki Where Needed
- Like a Prayer: Understanding How Reiki Can Be Sent
- Sending Reiki to people who are far away
- Sending Reiki to the future
- Sending Reiki to the past
- Sending Reiki to different places and situations
- Getting Permission to Send Distant Reiki
- Receiving consent from the recipient
- Sharing what you learn with the recipient
- Getting Prepared for Distant Reiki
- Performing the Distant Reiki Session
- Using visuals for the distant session
- Performing the distant Reiki technique
- Creating the session structure
- Using Distant Reiki to Heal Yourself
- Sending Reiki to Many at Once
- Chapter 16 Combining Reiki Healing with Other Health Practices
- Discovering the Healing Power of Reiki
- Healing what hurts and achieving balance
- Considering the spectrum of illness and wellness
- Understanding how Reiki heals at many levels
- Seeing Reiki as energy medicine
- Supporting the healing process with Reiki
- Getting as much (or as little) Reiki as you need
- Integrating Reiki with Medical Care and Settings
- Knowing that Reiki can't do it all
- Adding Reiki to the balancing act of health
- Recognizing Reiki and health care professionals
- Connecting Reiki to different health care conditions
- Offering Reiki in hospitals
- Using Reiki to help medicines
- Using Different Reiki Techniques for Illness or Pain
- Using Reiki in Special Situations
- Reiki in first-aid situations
- Reiki and surgery
- Reiki during labor and birth
- Reiki and chemotherapy or radiation
- Reiki around the time of death
- Reiki and hospice
- Matching Reiki with Bodywork
- Using Reiki with Counseling
- Using Reiki to Change Habits and Heal Addictions
- Overcoming addictions
- Trying a technique for addictions and habits
- Chapter 17 Becoming a Professional Reiki Healer
- Surveying Some Requirements for Becoming a Reiki Professional
- Minimum requirements for practice and teaching
- Types of certification and standards
- Knowing the Benefits of Becoming a Reiki Professional
- Finding Ways to Turn Your Passion for Reiki into a Vocation
- Maintaining Integrity in Your Work with Reiki
- Following the Reiki Principles
- Preparing yourself to work as a Reiki professional
- Knowing your place as a Reiki professional
- Setting Up Your Reiki Business
- Making a plan
- Knowing the legal issues of practicing Reiki
- Pricing your services fairly
- Finding a healing space
- Getting the right equipment
- Being Part of the Reiki Community
- Collaborating with other Reiki healers
- Staying up-to-date in the world of Reiki
- Finding Reiki Opportunities
- Chapter 18 Connecting with Reiki Online
- Comparing Reiki Online to Reiki in Person
- Maintaining Reiki Presence While You're Online
- Going online with the Reiki Principles
- Staying present and connected
- Finding Reiki Information Online
- Getting started
- Knowing what to look for in a Reiki website or social media page
- Receiving a Reiki Session Remotely
- The basics of distant Reiki
- Types of online sessions
- Communication after a session
- Requests for free Reiki healing
- Studying Reiki Online
- Recognizing that online Reiki training is a controversial topic
- Choosing among online Reiki training options
- Seeing the Benefits of an Online Presence for Reiki Providers and Teachers
- Part 5 The Part of Tens
- Chapter 19 Ten Uses for Reiki in Everyday Situations
- Helping Plants Reach Their Potential
- Boosting Your Food's Fortitude
- Shoring Up Your Water
- Making the Most of Your Medicine
- Calming Computer Problems
- Managing Money with Reiki
- Bolstering Your Transportation
- Cleaning and Clearing Out Clutter
- Protecting Loved Ones
- Shielding Your Home
- Chapter 20 Ten Uses for Reiki as a Tool for Personal Growth
- Receiving Healing with Reiki
- Going Inward with Meditation
- Honoring the Reiki Principles
- Getting Attuned to Reiki
- Keeping a Journal
- Empowering Your Affirmations with Reiki
- Giving Reiki as Service
- Empowering Your Intentions
- Letting Your Intuition Blossom
- Using Reiki Symbols
- Chapter 21 Ten Misconceptions about Reiki
- Reiki Is a New Age Practice
- There's No Proof for Reiki
- You Must Believe in Reiki to Benefit from It
- You Must Pay for Reiki for It to Benefit You
- There's Only One Right Form or School of Reiki
- Reiki Is a Religion
- You Know How Reiki Will Heal You
- Your Reiki Practitioner's Energy Heals You
- Reiki Can Cure Anything
- Reiki Can Be Used Instead of Medicine
- Chapter 22 Ten Nontraditional Reiki Symbols
- Double Cho Ku Rei
- Tibetan Dai Ko Myo
- Tibetan Fire Serpent
- Raku
- Zonar
- Harth
- Halu
- Antakharana
- Om
- Shoshana
- Part 6 Appendixes
- Appendix A Great Reiki Resources
- Appendix B Glossary
- Index
- EULA
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