A Guide to Your Practice of Reiki Energy Healing

Complementary or alternative medicine, now more accurately called integrative medicine, is one of the fastest growing aspects of health care today. And in the field of integrative medicine Reiki is one of the fastest growing disciplines. There are over a million practitioners in the Western world and the number increases daily. Reiki is simple, easily learned, easily practiced, and it works - the effects are measurable and often profound. Because Reiki trainings at the first and second levels are usually conducted over a weekend, practitioners at all levels are looking for more to read about this simple and profound technique.

This book, Reiki - A Guide to Your Practice of Reiki Energy Healing, discusses the two major aspects of Reiki practice: self healing; and using this technique with others to support their process of healing, whatever that may be. This book gives clear and readable information on: the anatomy and physiology of the body, treatment positions and what they effect; philosophic, spiritual and emotional components of healing, ethics and etiquette of treatment..

This book covers three major areas:

1. Background information on the physical and emotional processes of healing in the body, discussion of the philosophic components of this system and energetic healing in general, including a comparison of varying forms of energetic healing

2. Clear discussion of the anatomy and physiology of major organs, glands and systems and how they work together in the body; specific discussion of treatment positions and what they serve, including line drawings to illustrate hand positions with clear instructions for each; discussion of "emotional physiology", or how emotions can interrelate with the physical body and its functions; discussion of spiritual aspects of healing..

3. Discussion of the practice of Reiki on self and others, including ethics and etiquette of treatment, and guidelines for becoming a professional practitioner

Written by a teaching Master with over thirteen years experience, this is A useful reference book for both the personal and professional practitioner.