This excellent book is holistic in the very truest sense. Not only dealing in the most informative way with the fascinating subject of Reiki, it also acts as an indispensable workbook to aid self-development. It is suited to practitioners of every level of Reiki as well as complete beginners and it is a book I shall turn to time and again.
Professor Jayne Goddard, President, Complementary Medical Association
Everyone has the ability to become a healer, of both themselves and others. The practice of Reiki has dramatically changed my life, and the lives of all who have practised or received this lovely, healing energy. In 15-Minute Reiki, Chris and Penny Parkes easily show the advantages of practising Reiki for as little as 15 minutes a day. I would highly endorse it!
Dawna Walter, Reiki Master and presenter of The Life Laundry
What a great book! When the clock is ticking, this book actually teaches you how to find the time for Reiki. 15-Minute Reiki is an important book for anyone already interested in Reiki and a must for anyone considering training.
Lawrence Ellyard, author of Reiki Healer
This book shows you how Reiki can enhance your life. It contains many self-empowerment tools for happy, healthy, harmonious living. Chris and Penny Parkes are Reiki Masters/teachers and life coaches as well.
Tanmaya Honervogt, International Reiki Master-Teacher
Parallel with conventional medicine, Reiki is a wonderful tool for healing yourself and others. Chris and Penny Parkes show you how you can use it to transform your life. As well as treating all kinds of physical conditions, you learn how to eliminate energy drains, harness your inner power, nurture your spiritual well-being and live the life of your dreams. Read it and be inspired.
Uri Geller
15-Minute Reiki is a necessary reminder of how to integrate Reiki into our busy lives. Chris and Penny show how easy, simple, and helpful it is to use Reikis very profound gift.
Kimberly Fleisher, Founder, The Reiki School and Clinic of Philadelphia
15-Minute Reiki is highly recommended to anyone considering Reiki training and to practitioners at all levels. Although Reiki must be experienced to be fully understood, this book deals effectively with a variety of questions that can arise. The written exercises can be used by anyone to improve their life.
Kathryn Mannyng, Certified Reiki Practitioner and Musician of Minnesota
For Yvette
whose courage and positive outlook are
an inspiration to all who know her
A day is a miniature eternity.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Many people have told us they would love to include Reiki in their lives, but there simply wasnt the time. If there were, there wasnt the energy, the space, the motivation or the know-how to make Reiki a meaningful and inspiring part of everyday living. If this sounds familiar, then this book is written for you.
Would you like more harmony, less stress and more balance in your life? Well, youre not alone. Many people are tired of fast-paced, fragmented lifestyles and are interested in a more meaningful life with time for reflection and energy to invest in physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.
Whether you are a stressed-out executive, a student, a home-worker, someone juggling a busy home life with a career, or someone who is continually tired with the help of Reiki you can make positive changes. We will share with you many ways to overcome the obstacles that prevent you living a fulfilling life.
Reiki is a wonderfully simple, hands-on healing art. It is an effective method of relaxation and stress-relief. It restores harmony, increases vitality and can treat almost any ailment.
It is our intention to pass on some tools to heal yourself and become the perfect healer that you intrinsically are. Reiki can enable you to take charge of your own health and well-being. Using the various techniques, you will discover the many benefits of this extraordinary and fascinating energy medicine.
Wishing you well in your quest to understand the mystery and beauty of life through the use of Reiki.
IN LOVE AND LIGHT
CHRIS AND PENNY PARKES
15-Minute Reiki is divided into four sections to make it practical, easy to use and straightforward to read.
Part One helps you get a feel for Reiki by explaining what it is and how you can use it. Even if you are already an experienced practitioner or a teacher of Reiki, it also includes new information and an updated history of its origins.
Part Two illustrates how Reiki can be used to treat specific illnesses or injuries, even when time is limited. It contains useful information on a range of ailments, from everyday complaints to chronic conditions and first aid. For the Reiki practitioner it contains special ways to treat specific imbalances. This part can be read a little at a time or used for reference when required. In addition, there are tips to keep you healthy, strong and less susceptible to illness.
Part Three puts the theory into action, with exercises for self-healing and transformation. It includes strategies that will enable you to bring more energy, balance and harmony into your life, so you can harness your inner power and live your dreams.
Part Four describes the different levels of Reiki training, and includes lots of practical guidance. It includes answers to frequently asked questions such as how to find the right teacher and how to become a practitioner. For those who have taken Reiki training, it covers new ground and suggests creative ways of using it.
While Reiki is in essence a straightforward healing art, each person will develop his or her own way of relating to it. This book is designed to be an accessible guide to enable Reiki to fit in with your life, rather than the other way around.
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.
Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve
them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The word Reiki refers to a simple, hands-on healing technique discovered by Dr Mikao Usui in Japan in the early 1900s. Its popularity has spread all over the world, particularly throughout America and Western Europe.
Dr Usui called this energy medicine Reiki, meaning life-force energy. It describes a process of healing that is brought about through the use of hands laid on the body in certain positions. This healing art is passed from teacher to student by a series of mystic attunements that are carried out during a Reiki training course.
The empowerments help each person to open up to and receive an increased amount of life-force energy. As the energetic amplification varies at each stage, the study of Reiki is divided up into three levels or degrees.
In quantum physics, energy is recognized as the fundamental substance of which the universe is composed. Our physical universe, while seeming solid, is actually composed of densely vibrating energy particles. All these particles vibrate at different speeds, and their speed holds the pattern of their physical form. Physicists describe particles not as isolated grains of matter, but as interconnections in an inseparable cosmic web.
Our own physical bodies are composed of energy. Everything within and around us is, too. The various parts of the body are made up of energy patterns. These patterns have many different forms and densities. These forms can remain constant or be subject to change. Some alter quickly and easily. An example of this is human thought. Other forms of energy take more time to change, such as human tissue. Denser energy forms, such as rocks, take much longer to change, yet even these can be altered by a lighter, finer energy, such as water, though this occurs over a very long period.
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