The Reiki Manual: A Training Guide for Reiki Students, Practitioners, and Masters

by Penelope Quest, Kathy Roberts (With)

Overview

The definitive text on Reiki -- for students, practitioners, and Masters alike -- from one of the most respected Reiki teachers today.

Reiki is a holistic system for balancing, healing, and harmonizing all aspects of the person-body, mind, emotions, and spirit-encouraging deep relaxation and the release of stress and tension, and promoting awareness and spiritual growth. This comprehensive manual provides much-needed support for students and teachers who want to follow the best practices.

Covering Reiki levels 1, 2, and 3, this book conveys information in an accessible, structured, and interactive way to enhance the reader’s understanding, knowledge, and experience of the practice. The final section of the manual contains reference material specifically for students who wish to become professional practitioners, and for Masters who want to broaden their training. This section also offers the foundation for additional courses or workshops on topics such as health and safety and managing a successful practice.

The Reiki Manual can be used:

• as student preparation before a Reiki class;
• as a textbook during Reiki courses;
• as post-course reading, or for reviewing what has already been learned (it includes revision questions and revision activities);
• by Reiki practitioners to help them practice in the best, most professional way;
• and by Reiki Masters as a guide to devise and deliver a Reiki course.

  More extensive than any other Reiki book on the market, The Reiki Manual will be referred to by lay readers as well as devoted students for many years to come!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101948569
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/04/2017
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Penelope Quest is a highly respected Reiki author and trainer. She has been teaching Reiki since 1994 and has been a consultant on Reiki to both the Open University and the NHS. She was on the Education and Accreditation Committee of the Reiki Regulatory Working Group responsible for producing an acceptable core curriculum for Reiki Practitioner training. Her previous books include Reiki for Life, The Reiki Manual, The Basics of Reiki, and Living the Reiki Way.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction I

Part 1 The Reiki Training Program

1 How to Use This Manual 5

2 Reiki Training 10

Part 2 Reiki Theory And Practice For Level 1/First Degree

3 What Is Reiki? 21

4 The Origins and History of Reiki 29

5 The Reiki Principles or Ideals 39

6 The Hand Positions for Reiki Treatments 46

7 Using Reiki for Self-healing 64

8 Using Reiki to Treat Family and Friends 78

9 Using Reiki with Animals, Plants and Objects 92

10 Using Reiki to Heal Personal and Global Situations 100

Part 3 Reiki Theory And Practice For Level 2/Second Degree

11 The Reiki Symbols 107

12 Using the Reiki Symbols for Yourself and Others 114

13 Distant Treatments and Healing with Reiki 128

Part 4 Setting Up As A Professional Practitioner

14 Regulating the Practice of Reiki 139

15 Knowledge of Reiki 153

16 Anatomy and Physiology 158

17 Communicating with Clients 173

18 Providing Reiki to Clients 184

19 Practice Management 193

20 Professional Standards, Ethics and Codes of Practice 204

21 Legal Requirements 212

22 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 231

Part 5 Becoming A Reiki Master (Level 3)

23 Reiki 3 Training (Master Practitioner/Master Teacher) 239

24 Teaching Reiki Level 1/First Degree 250

25 Teaching Reiki Level 2/Second Degree 260

26 Teaching Reiki Level 3/Reiki Master 268

Part 6 Appendices

Appendix 1 Styles of Reiki 281

Appendix 2 The Science of Energy and Its Relationship to Reiki 288

Appendix 3 Energy Protection and Cleansing Techniques 295

Appendix 4 The Reiki Level 2 Symbols 304

Appendix 5 Sample Reiki Diary/Treatment Journal 306

Appendix 6 Sample Treatment Record Sheet 310

Appendix 7 Sample Equipment Lists 313

Appendix 8 Review Questions Answers 315

Glossary 320

Resources 326

Index 336

Editorial Reviews

Reiki is the gentle, systematic channeling of universal healing energy developed in early 20th-century Japan by Mikao Usui and brought to the West by Hawayo Takata. Since Takata's death in 1980, Reiki has significantly grown in worldwide recognition and popularity, reconnected with its Japanese roots, and propagated a host of offshoot systems by various masters of the technique. Quest, who also wrote the authoritative Reiki for Life, objectively acknowledges and explains the conflicting lore and the various derivations while focusing on the core principles and technique fundamentals central to all Reiki practice. She succeeds in delivering a comprehensive and inspirational curriculum that codifies the teaching and practice of Reiki healing. VERDICT The logical presentation and richly detailed how-to content make this the ideal book for any reader interested in this form of alternative healing. From the Reiki master teacher all the way to the neophyte seeker—if you have only one Reiki book on the shelf, this should be it. An instant classic.—Janet Tapper, Univ. of Western States Lib., Portland, OR

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