Penelope Quest - Self-Healing with Reiki: How to Create Wholeness, Harmony & Balance for Body, Mind & Spirit

SELF-HEALING
WITH
REIKI

SELF-HEALING
WITH
REIKI

How to Create Wholeness, Harmony & Balance for Body, Mind & Spirit

PENELOPE QUEST

JEREMY P. TARCHER/PENGUIN

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New York

Penelope Quest is a Usui Reiki Master who has been practicing Reiki since 1991 and teaching it since 1994. As a member of the UK Reiki Federation, in 2005 she helped devise a core curriculum for Reiki Practitioner training. Her bestselling Reiki titles, Reiki for Life, The Basics of Reiki, Living the Reiki Way and The Reiki Manual, have received international acclaim.

JEREMY P. TARCHER/PENGUIN

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First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Limited.

First trade paperback edition published in 2009 by Piatkus.

First American edition published in 2012 by Tarcher/Penguin.

Copyright 2003 by Penelope Quest

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Quest, Penelope.

Self-healing with reiki : how to create wholeness, harmony & balance for body, mind & spirit / Penelope Quest.1st American ed.

p. cm.

Originally published: Great Britain : Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Limited, 2003.

ISBN: 978-1-101-58735-5

1. Reiki (Healing system) 2. Self-care, Health. I. Title.

RZ403.R45Q84 2012 2012012909

615.852dc23

Illustrations by Rodney Paull

While the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors, or for changes that occur after publication. Further, the publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

Neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering professional advice or services to the individual reader. The ideas, procedures, and suggestions contained in this book are not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician. All matters regarding your health require medical supervision. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly arising from any information or suggestion in this book.

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Disclaimer

This book gives nonspecific, general information to help you in your quest for physical fitness, good health and general well-being. It should not be relied on as a substitute for proper medical consultation. While all suggested treatments and techniques are offered in good faith, the author and publisher cannot accept responsibility for the results of your actions in using any of the information in this book for yourself, or for any illness arising out of the failure to seek medical advice from a doctor.

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the many people who have helped, directly or indirectly, with this book, especially my Reiki Masters Kristin Bonney and William Lee Rand, who were instrumental in starting me on my fascinating journey with Reiki, and Andy Bowling, Ann Rogers, and Rick Rivard, who taught me the original Usui techniques from the Japanese lineage. In addition I would like to thank the many other Reiki Masters who have inspired or informed me in different ways, including Hiroshi Doi, Frank Arjava Petter, Mari Hall, Light and Adonea, Carol and Mark Melling, Wendy Monks, Rev. Simon-John Barlow, Paula Horan, Walter Lubeck, and others I have met and exchanged views with along the way.

Also I would like to thank the many spiritual teachers and writers who have helped to form my ideas and beliefs, especially Gill Edwards, Deepak Chopra, Caroline Myss, Neale Donald Walsch, Louise L. Hay, Mike Robinson, and others too numerous to mention. In addition I would like to say how grateful I am to all my Reiki students for the love and learning they have brought me, and in particular Adrienne Earp and her father, Gordon Earp, whose cheerful courage and unshakable faith in Reiki and self-healing were truly inspiring during the last few months of her life.

I would also like to express my thanks to my son and daughter, Chris and Kathy Roberts, for their loving support, and of course to the staff at Piatkus and Tarcher for their practical help and advice, and to Rodney Paull for his excellent illustrations.

A Personal Self-healing Journey

Since the early 1990s there has been an explosion of interest in personal health issues, including all forms of healing and complementary therapy, particularly in the West. Reiki has become one of the best-known and most widely practiced healing systems, partly because it is simple to use and quick and easy to learn, and millions of people all over the world have learned how to channel Reiki (a Japanese word meaning spiritual energy) in order to help themselves and other people.

Self-healing with Reiki is aimed at everyone who has Reiki, at any level, whether they have just completed a First Degree course, have practiced their Second Degree skills for a few years or have been teaching Reiki for decades as a Reiki Master, because self-healing is the most important part of Reiki practice. Healer, Heal Thyself is a popular mistranslation of Hippocrates edict Physician, Heal Thyself, and whatever a persons motivation is when learning Reikimany people come in to Reiki with the intention of helping others, rather than themselvesit is crucial to use Reiki regularly on yourself both for your own benefit and in order to be better able to help others.

Dr. Mikao Usui, the founder of the healing system that we call Reiki, taught that by healing yourself you also have a healing effect on others, and he referred to his teachings as a method to achieve personal perfection, with an emphasis on attaining health and happiness. Dr. Usuis teachings were based more on spiritual practice than on hands-on healing, although it did form a part of his system when it was required. Indeed, the ability to perform healingwhat was known as