Main description:

This all-encompassing guide to reiki will inform you of every aspect of this ancient healing practice. Expert reiki master Tanmaya Honervogt explores the history of reiki and its background, then explains how reiki's healing powers work. This comprehensive book also features and extensive list of treatable common ailments, and a section on the spirit-healing qualities of reiki. There are also handy tips and advice for becoming a reiki master starting up a public practice. Covering every aspect of this intriguing therapy, this is an indispensable book for student and teacher alike at every level.

Contents:

The Origins of Reiki History and background * Dr Usui and Reiki * The importance of Reiki today The Theory of Reiki How Reiki works * How the attunement process works * How knowledge builds during the degrees * Finding the right Reiki course for you The First Degree Preparing for attunement * The attunement position * First degree hand positions * Self-healing for beginners * Enhancing awareness and gaining clarity The Second Degree The Reiki symbols and mantras * Second degree hand positions * Advanced self-healing and healing others The Third Degree * The fourth symbol * Third degree hand positions * Distant healing * Aura smoothing positions * Mental healing positions Reiki Treatments for Total Well-being The complete range of Reiki hand positions * Full Reiki treatment * Short Reiki treatment Reiki for Common Ailments Headaches and migraines * Middle and lower back pain * Neck and shoulder pain * Stress relief and relaxation * Asthma * Coughs and colds * Sleep difficulties * Tinnitus * Sciatic pain * Detox * Digestive disorders * Period pains * Menopause * Allergies Reiki for Healing the Spirit Treating and harmonising the chakras * Chakra breathing * Grounding * Relationship healing * Group healing * Communication sequence * Hara centring * Self-confidence treatment * Heart protection * Dealing with worry and separation * Psychic protection * Lifestyle issues * Bereavement Becoming a Reiki Practitioner Preparing for Master training * Setting up a practice * Therapist/client issues