Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword vii
The inspiration 1
What you’ll find in this book 3
A caveat 3
What’s Reiki? 4
What it’s not 5
Components 5
Benefits 5
A brief history 6
Levels of Reiki training 7
The precepts 8
Embodying the precepts 10
How to work with the precepts 10
Visualization 11
Using your body 11
Chanting 11
The 3 energy centers 12
Gassho 14
Kenyoku Hô (dry bathing) 16
Joshin Kokyu Hô 19
Hands-on healing self-care protocol 21
How to prepare for self-care protocol 21
Hand positions 22
Additional meditations 31
Seishin Toitsu 32
3 diamonds 34
Tanden Chiryo-Hô 36
Reiki shower 38
Hatsurei Hô 41
Working with the symbols and mantras 46
Symbol 1 47
Symbol 2 47
Symbol 3 48
Symbol 4 48
Meditating with the symbols 49
Stepping into the symbols 49
Visualizing the symbols 50
Visualizing the symbols in the Hara 51
Chanting the mantras 51
Bright spheres 52
Heartfelt thank-yous 54
About Nathalie 55