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Nina L. Paul. Reiki For Dummies
Reiki For Dummies® To view this book's Cheat Sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and search for “Reiki For Dummies Cheat Sheet” in the Search box. Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Guide
Pages
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Getting Started with Reiki
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
UNIVERSAL REIKI — WITH HUMOR AND HUMANITY
Exploring the History of Reiki
Getting Connected with Reiki
Trying a Reiki session
WHERE REIKI CAN TAKE YOU
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
MANIFESTING WITH REIKI
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
Seeing your aura
Reiki and the aura
Pinpointing the acupuncture system: The meridians
Listing the meridians
Treating the meridians
Locating your energy centers: The chakras
Detecting Your Subtle Energy System with Reiki
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
PASSING REIKI ON
Takata’s versions of Reiki history
THE TRUE ROLE OF HAWAYO TAKATA
Seeing Reiki in Japan and the West
Reiki in Japan
Japanese and Western Reiki today
LISTING THE REIKI TECHNIQUES
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
Looking at the Reiki Principles
Describing the Reiki Principles
Staying in the present: Just for today
Going through the five Reiki Principles
Do not anger
Do not worry
Be grateful
Do your work
Be kind to others
Incorporating the Reiki Principles into Your Daily Life
SAYING IT IN JAPANESE
Sharing Additional Versions of Reiki Principles
Just for today, be humble
Honor your parents, teachers, elders
REIKI PRINCIPLES FROM HAWAYO TAKATA
Experiencing Reiki for Yourself
Getting the Reiki Treatment
Finding the Right Reiki Practitioner for You
A FIRST REIKI EXPERIENCE
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
Filling out forms
Entering the Reiki room in a spa or Reiki center
Lying down on the table
Tailoring the experience in a hospital bed or hospice at home
Staying comfortable
Undergoing the Reiki session
Relaxing during the session
Experiencing the sensations of Reiki
Approaching the end of your session
Session accomplished: After the Reiki session
Getting grounded
Detoxing
Maintaining that good feeling
Capturing the “aha!” moment
Repeating Your Reiki Experience
Using Reiki in Tandem with Other Therapies
REIKI WAS LOVE AT FIRST SLEEP
Committing Yourself to Healing with Reiki
Letting Your Entire Family Experience Reiki
Helping Yourself with Reiki
Cycling through Life with Reiki
REIKI AT THE BEGINNING OF LIFE
Starting with pregnancy
Cherishing childhood with Reiki
Receiving Reiki
Learning and practicing Reiki
Traipsing through the teenage years with Reiki
Receiving Reiki
Studying and practicing Reiki
REIKI IN THE FAMILY
Gracing the senior years with Reiki
Receiving Reiki
Discovering and practicing Reiki
ENERGY IS AGELESS AND FOREVER
Concluding life with Reiki
REIKI AT THE END OF LIFE: A PERSONAL JOURNEY
Using Reiki for the Family Pet
Knowing when to use Reiki
Finding the right pet practitioner
Listening to animals
REIKI AND THE HORSE NAMED BANDIT
Using different techniques
Becoming Well Versed in Reiki
Seeking Reiki Training and Classes
Examining Reasons to Study Reiki
Asking the Right Questions about Reiki Classes and Teachers
WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY, THE TEACHER APPEARS
Knowing the Reiki Classes and Certification
Distinguishing types of Reiki courses
Traditional in-person classes
Long-distance or virtual classes
Preparing before your Reiki class
Looking at individual Reiki levels
Reiki 1st-degree course
Reiki 2nd-degree course
Reiki 3rd-degree course: Master course
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?
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
LOOKING AT SYMBOLOLOGY
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
A FAVORITE REIKI SYMBOL
Connecting with Reiki Energy Techniques
Connecting with the Reiki Energy
STEPPING OUT OF THE WAY
Combining Prayer and Intention with Reiki
Meditating to Connect with Reiki Energy
MEDITATION TO MEET YOUR REIKI GUIDES
Prayerful hands: Gassho
GASSHO ARCHITECTURE
Breathing meditation: Joshin Kokyu Ho
BREATHING TO THE BELLY
Focusing technique: Seishin Toitsu
Chakra meditation
Contracting the Hui Yin
Receiving Guidance through Intuition
Applying Reiki to Yourself
Putting Yourself First
Discovering the benefits of self-Reiki
Creating ways to incorporate self-Reiki
GIVING YOURSELF A SHORT REIKI SESSION
Preparing to Give Yourself Reiki
Treating Yourself with Reiki
Listing the self-Reiki hand positions
Starting at the head
Moving down the front of the body
Switching to the back
Don’t forget the legs and feet
Branching out to other positions
TREATING YOURSELF FOR ILLNESS
Personalizing Your Self-Reiki Practice
Being creative
Using Reiki for first aid self-care
Giving yourself a Reiki Shower
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
Guided by spirit: Reiji Ho
Byosen Reikhan Ho: Scanning the body
Moving on
Using Reiki without Touching the Body
Beaming Reiki energy from across the room
Using your breath and your eyes
Gyosi Ho
Koki Ho
Balancing Chakras with Reiki
Reiki Rocks! Using Crystals with Reiki
Exploring the Healing Power of Crystals
Sensing the energy of crystals
ARE YOU A CRYSTAL COLLECTOR?
Knowing the lore of crystals
MAKING RAINBOWS WITH CUT GLASS CRYSTAL
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
SETTING UP A CRYSTAL HEALING GRID FOR DISTANT REIKI
Bringing Crystals to the Reiki Table
Knowing which crystals to use
Placing the crystals during a Reiki session
USING CRYSTALS IN A GRID FORMATION AROUND A REIKI RECIPIENT
Sharing Reiki with Others
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
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
SOME STORIES OF EXPERIENCING GROUP REIKI
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
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
Helping to heal the earth with distant Reiki
Helping to heal conflicts
REIKI ON A LARGER SCALE
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
USING REIKI TO CONNECT FROM A DISTANCE
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
Using Reiki to reduce stress
Using Reiki to release energy blocks
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
STEPS FOR THE HEALING JOURNEY
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
REIKI IN THE WAITING ROOM
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 FROM A BIRTH DOULA
Reiki and chemotherapy or radiation
Reiki around the time of death
TRUE STORY: DISTANCE REIKI HEALS AN ANKLE INFECTION
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
Becoming a Professional Reiki Healer
Surveying Some Requirements for Becoming a Reiki Professional
Minimum requirements for practice and teaching
Types of certification and standards
CERTIFICATION IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
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
CONSIDERING THE REIKI TABLE
Being Part of the Reiki Community
Collaborating with other Reiki healers
Staying up-to-date in the world of Reiki
Finding Reiki Opportunities
CONSIDERING YOUR REIKI CLASSES FROM START TO FINISH
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
Preparing yourself before going online
Following your intuition while you’re online
Using clearing and protecting techniques
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
FINDING CREATIVE INSPIRATION FROM REIKI ONLINE
The Part of Tens
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
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
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
Ten Nontraditional Reiki Symbols
Double Cho Ku Rei
Tibetan Dai Ko Myo
Tibetan Fire Serpent
Raku
Zonar
Harth
Halu
Antakharana
Om
Shoshana
Appendixes
Great Reiki Resources
Reiki Codes of Ethics
Reiki Organizations Around the World
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States
Reiki Branches
Japanese Usui Reiki branches
Western Usui Reiki branches
Nontraditional Reiki branches
Reiki Energy, History, and Healing
Reiki and Medicine
Books
Articles
Websites
Clinical trials using Reiki
Alternative medicine in the United States
A Bit on Reiki History and Crystals
Reiki historical materials
Crystals
Glossary
Index. A
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About the Author
Dedication
Author’s Acknowledgements
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