New Reiki Manuals For Classes

by Stephen Bruno

Three new Reiki manuals

My many Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki students know that I believe in teaching comprehensively updated certification classes.

Beginning with the Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Level I, (Shoden) First Degree and Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Level II, (Okuden) Second Degree Practitioner Certification classes on May 25 & 26, 2019 in Cedaredge, Colorado, I’m introducing two new wonderful manuals to supplement my thorough classroom teaching.

Students are required to purchase the latest edition of Reiki for Beginners: The Reiki “First Degree” manual and the latest edition of Reiki for Practitioners: The Reiki “Second Degree” manual.

For the next Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Level III Third Degree (Shinpiden), Reiki Master Teacher Certification on Saturday, July 27, and Sunday, July 28, 2019, in Cedaredge, Colorado, the latest edition of The Reiki Master Teacher manual is included with the registration fee.

I am using these three new Reiki manuals until next year when my Reiki manuals are published.

The table of contents for each of the three new manuals is provided below.

Reiki I Table of Contents includes:
Lineage……………………………………………………………………………………………………………9
BACKGROUND ……………………………………………………………………………………………10
What is Reiki?…………………………………………………………………………………………….10
What Energy?……………………………………………………………………………………………..11
The Reiki Symbol ……………………………………………………………………………………….12
Reiki and Chi Kung …………………………………………………………………………………….13
Suggested Reading………………………………………………………………………………………14
Books …………………………………………………………………………………………………….14
Web sites………………………………………………………………………………………………..14
Where did Reiki come from?………………………………………………………………………..15
The History of Reiki ………………………………………………………………………………..15
Japan in Usui’s time …………………………………………………………………………………15
Usui’s Life ………………………………………………………………………………………………16
The Roots of Reiki…………………………………………………………………………………..17
Usui’s Associates……………………………………………………………………………………..17
Usui the Man…………………………………………………………………………………………..18
Usui’s Motivation…………………………………………………………………………………….18
Usui Sensei Teaches his System………………………………………………………………..19
How Usui Taught…………………………………………………………………………………….20
Some Unusual Students ……………………………………………………………………………21
Dr Chujiro Hayashi………………………………………………………………………………….22
Hawayo Takata ……………………………………………………………………………………….23
Reiki in Japan………………………………………………………………………………………….25
Learning Reiki ……………………………………………………………………………………………….26
Who learns Reiki?……………………………………………………………………………………….26
Short term effects of Reiki……………………………………………………………………………27
‘Clearing Out’ ………………………………………………………………………………………….28
Powerful Reactions on the day of the course……………………………………………….28
Resolving Health Problems……………………………………………………………………….29
Longer term effects of Reiki…………………………………………………………………………30
Believing that Reiki actually works……………………………………………………………….32
FOLLOWING THE SYSTEM …………………………………………………………………………34
What did Mikao Usui teach?…………………………………………………………………………34
The Original System ……………………………………………………………………………………35
First Degree (Shoden)………………………………………………………………………………….36
How can we follow the teachings? ………………………………………………………………..36
Reiju empowerments ……………………………………………………………………………….37
Mikao Usui’s Precepts and Mindfulness …………………………………………………….38
Daily energy exercises ……………………………………………………………………………..38
Self-healing practices……………………………………………………………………………….38
Treating others ………………………………………………………………………………………..38
Reiki Evolution courses and their content ………………………………………………………39
MIKAO USUI’S PRECEPTS & MINDFULNESS……………………………………………..40
Precepts and Buddhism………………………………………………………………………………..40
The origin of Mikao Usui’s precepts ……………………………………………………………..40
These are Mikao Usui’s precepts…………………………………………………………………..41
The importance of the precepts……………………………………………………………………..42

What do the precepts mean to you? ……………………………………………………………….42
Just for Today …………………………………………………………………………………………42
Do not Anger, do not Worry……………………………………………………………………..43
Be Humble ……………………………………………………………………………………………..43
Be Honest in your dealings with people ……………………………………………………..43
Be Compassionate……………………………………………………………………………………43
“Releasing” exercise ……………………………………………………………………………………45
Mindfulness and Mikao Usui’s system…………………………………………………………..46
Mindfulness and the precepts…………………………………………………………………….47
REIJU……………………………………………………………………………………………………………48
What are empowerments?…………………………………………………………………………….48
Repeating your empowerments……………………………………………………………………..49
What are “attunements” ……………………………………………………………………………….49
Are distant ‘connections’ effective? ………………………………………………………………50
Why do we need attunements or empowerments?……………………………………………50
What will I feel when I receive an empowerment? ………………………………………….51
Students’ Experiences: receiving Reiju empowerments……………………………………52
EXPERIENCING ENERGY ……………………………………………………………………………54
Feel Energy Between your Hands………………………………………………………………….54
Feel Energy on a Partner’s Hand …………………………………………………………………..55
Feel Energy on a Partner’s Head & Shoulders ………………………………………………..56
Push Someone off Balance using Energy ……………………………………………………….57
Play with ‘Energy Balls’………………………………………………………………………………58
Students’ Experiences: playing with energy and scanning………………………………..58
DAILY ENERGY EXERCISES……………………………………………………………………….62
The Tanden ………………………………………………………………………………………………..62
Two Simple Energy Exercises………………………………………………………………………63
Kenyoku…………………………………………………………………………………………………63
Joshin Kokkyu Ho……………………………………………………………………………………65
A simple sequence …………………………………………………………………………………..66
‘Hatsu Rei Ho’ …………………………………………………………………………………………….66
Stage One: Relax……………………………………………………………………………………..67
Stage Two: Mokunen (Focusing)……………………………………………………………….67
Stage Three: Kenyoku………………………………………………………………………………67
Stage Four: Connect to Reiki…………………………………………………………………….69
Stage Five: Joshin Kokkyu Ho ………………………………………………………………….69
Stage Six: Gassho ……………………………………………………………………………………70
Stage Seven: Seishin Toitsu………………………………………………………………………70
Stage Eight: Gokai Sansho (optional)…………………………………………………………71
Stage Nine: Mokunen ………………………………………………………………………………71
Essay on Seishin Toitsu ……………………………………………………………………………….72
Receiving distant empowerments ………………………………………………………………….73
Other uses for parts of Hatsu Rei Ho……………………………………………………………..74
Kenyoku (Dry Bathing) ……………………………………………………………………………74
Joshin Kokkyu Ho……………………………………………………………………………………74
Gassho……………………………………………………………………………………………………74
Other ways of making your Reiki Strong ……………………………………………………….75
Treat Other People …………………………………………………………………………………..75
Practice Other Energy Cultivation Techniques…………………………………………….75
Students’ experiences: Hatsurei ho………………………………………………………………..76
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REGULAR SELF-TREATMENTS…………………………………………………………………..79
Healing meditation………………………………………………………………………………………79
Self-treatment meditation……………………………………………………………………………..80
Alternative approaches……………………………………………………………………………..82
Why these particular hand positions? …………………………………………………………83
Advantages of the Self-treatment meditation ………………………………………………83
Students’ experiences: Self-treatment meditation ………………………………………..84
Intuitive Hands-on Self-treatments………………………………………………………………..86
“Western-style” Hands-on Self-treatments……………………………………………………..86
Treating ‘difficult-to-reach’ areas………………………………………………………………90
Using Western self-treatments in practice …………………………………………………..90
Combining Japanese and Western approaches …………………………………………….91
The effects of Self-treatments……………………………………………………………………….91
WORKING ON OTHER PEOPLE …………………………………………………………………..92
Experiencing treatments……………………………………………………………………………….92
What you will feel when treating others…………………………………………………………93
The Early Stages ……………………………………………………………………………………..94
Aches and Pains ………………………………………………………………………………………94
Nausea and Queasiness…………………………………………………………………………….95
Coolness…………………………………………………………………………………………………95
An Absence of Sensations ………………………………………………………………………..95
Effects noticed after the treatment has finished……………………………………………96
What people feel when they are treated………………………………………………………….97
Relaxation, sometimes very deep relaxation ……………………………………………….97
Heat or warmth from your hands……………………………………………………………….97
Seeing colours…………………………………………………………………………………………97
Floating or sinking …………………………………………………………………………………..98
‘Movement’ or ‘drawing’……………………………………………………………………………98
Disorientation………………………………………………………………………………………….98
Memories coming to the surface………………………………………………………………..98
Pressure or difficulty in breathing………………………………………………………………98
A feeling of intense cold…………………………………………………………………………..99
Emotional release…………………………………………………………………………………….99
‘Physical release’ …………………………………………………………………………………….99
The effect of Reiki on people you treat ………………………………………………………..100
Physical Problems………………………………………………………………………………….101
Mental and Emotional problems………………………………………………………………104
Anorexia……………………………………………………………………………………………….105
Multiple Addictions ……………………………………………………………………………….106
A whole range of problems……………………………………………………………………..106
Treating a Dog ………………………………………………………………………………………106
Giving Reiki treatments ……………………………………………………………………………..108
Situations when you should not treat someone…………………………………………..108
Different treatment approaches………………………………………………………………..109
“Short Blasts”……………………………………………………………………………………………111
Seated Reiki treatments………………………………………………………………………………112
Starting the treatment……………………………………………………………………………..113
Merging with the energy…………………………………………………………………………113
Merging with the recipient………………………………………………………………………113
Finishing the treatment …………………………………………………………………………..113
Hand positions for seated treatments ………………………………………………………..114
Students’ experiences: treating head and shoulders…………………………………….118
“Full” Reiki treatments ………………………………………………………………………………121
Starting the treatment……………………………………………………………………………..122
Merging with the energy…………………………………………………………………………122
Merging with the recipient………………………………………………………………………122
Finishing the treatment …………………………………………………………………………..122
Working from the Tanden……………………………………………………………………….123
‘Connecting’ to the energy………………………………………………………………………124
“Reiki On” ……………………………………………………………………………………………124
How to hold your hands as you treat ………………………………………………………..125
Your state of mind when you treat……………………………………………………………125
Letting your hands tell you how long to treat…………………………………………….126
Feeling the Energy Field…………………………………………………………………………126
Scanning……………………………………………………………………………………………….128
Students’ experiences: Scanning………………………………………………………………130
Intuitive working……………………………………………………………………………………132
Focusing on results ………………………………………………………………………………..132
Creating a Conducive Atmosphere …………………………………………………………..132
Treating ‘both sides’ ……………………………………………………………………………….133
A few other suggestions about treatments …………………………………………………133
Hand Positions: Supine Treatments………………………………………………………….134
Dealing with Physical Discomfort when you treat ……………………………………..140
Back treatments……………………………………………………………………………………..146
The Hand Positions, Thoughts & Emotions ………………………………………………148
Using Reiki with other Therapies ………………………………………………………………..150
‘Hands-On’ Therapies……………………………………………………………………………..150
Spiritual Healing ……………………………………………………………………………………151
Crystal Healing ……………………………………………………………………………………..151
Treating Plants and Animals……………………………………………………………………….152
Treating Plants ………………………………………………………………………………………152
Treating Animals …………………………………………………………………………………..152
Students’ experiences: treating plants and animals …………………………………….154
Distant Healing …………………………………………………………………………………………155
Self-Treatment meditation approach…………………………………………………………155
An even simpler approach ………………………………………………………………………156
FIRST DEGREE ‘HOMEWORK’ ………………………………………………………………….157
Work on Yourself ……………………………………………………………………………………..157
Receive Reiju on Mondays …………………………………………………………………………158
Live the Precepts……………………………………………………………………………………….158
Practice on others ………………………………………………………………………………………159
Moving on to Second Degree ……………………………………………………………………..160
APPENDIX………………………………………………………………………………………………….161
Sources of information about Japanese Reiki………………………………………………..161
Frank Arjava Petter………………………………………………………………………………..161
Hiroshi Doi……………………………………………………………………………………………161
Chris Marsh…………………………………………………………………………………………..162
The Usui Memorial……………………………………………………………………………………163
Mikao Usui Talks about his System …………………………………………………………….167
Poems of the Meiji Emperor……………………………………………………………………….171
Reiki II Table of Contents includes:
Lineage……………………………………………………………………………………………………………9
Following the System ……………………………………………………………………………………..10
What did Mikao Usui teach?…………………………………………………………………………10
The Original System ……………………………………………………………………………………11
‘Standard’ Western-style Second Degree ……………………………………………………….12
Mikao Usui’s First Degree (Shoden) ……………………………………………………………..12
Mikao Usui’s Second Degree (Okuden)…………………………………………………………13
Zenki ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..13
Kouki……………………………………………………………………………………………………..14
The Use of Symbols in Usui’s system ………………………………………………………..14
How can we follow the teachings? ………………………………………………………………..15
Reiju empowerments ……………………………………………………………………………….16
Mikao Usui’s Precepts and Mindfulness …………………………………………………….16
Working with earth ki and heavenly ki……………………………………………………….17
Experiencing a state of oneness …………………………………………………………………17
Treating others at Second Degree level ………………………………………………………17
Reiki Evolution courses and their content ………………………………………………………18
Reiju……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..19
Experiencing Earth Ki and Heavenly Ki ……………………………………………………………21
How to Draw the Reiki Symbols …………………………………………………………………..21
The First Symbol: Cho Ku Rei – earth ki ……………………………………………………….22
Pronunciation Guide ………………………………………………………………………………..22
Drawing Instructions………………………………………………………………………………..22
The Second Symbol: Sei He Ki – heavenly ki …………………………………………………23
Pronunciation Guide ………………………………………………………………………………..23
Drawing Instructions………………………………………………………………………………..23
Where did the symbols come from? ………………………………………………………………24
Why do I need to experience earth ki and heavenly ki? ……………………………………24
Energy Meditations……………………………………………………………………………………..24
How will the energies feel when I meditate on them?………………………………………25
Focusing on the Tanden……………………………………………………………………………….26
Symbol meditation focused on the Tanden……………………………………………………..26
Meditation not focused on Tanden ………………………………………………………………..27
Feeling the symbols’ energies in your hands…………………………………………………..27
Students’ experiences of meditating on CKR and SHK ……………………………………28
Experiencing Oneness……………………………………………………………………………………..31
The Third Symbol: Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen……………………………………………………….32
Pronunciation Guide ………………………………………………………………………………..32
Drawing Instructions………………………………………………………………………………..32
Where did the ‘distant healing’ symbol come from?………………………………………..33
Approaches to carrying out distant healing …………………………………………………….34
Self-Treatment meditation approach…………………………………………………………..34
An even simpler approach ………………………………………………………………………..35
‘Western style” distant healing methods…………………………………………………………36
Distant Healing Method #1: Cupping your hands ………………………………………..37
“Stacking” HSZSN ………………………………………………………………………………….38
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Distant Healing Method #2: using your leg as a prop …………………………………..38
Using CKR and SHK when sending distant healing …………………………………….39
Using Distant Healing creatively…………………………………………………………………..39
Heal your Past…………………………………………………………………………………………39
Send Reiki to the Future …………………………………………………………………………..40
Try an experiment……………………………………………………………………………………40
Distant Healing Books ……………………………………………………………………………..40
Distant Healing Boxes ……………………………………………………………………………..40
Reiki Your Day……………………………………………………………………………………….41
Reiki Your Bed ……………………………………………………………………………………….41
Some Case Histories ……………………………………………………………………………………41
The Ethics of Distant Healing……………………………………………………………………….42
Distant Space Clearing…………………………………………………………………………………43
Finding your own style ………………………………………………………………………………..44
Students’ experiences of carrying out distant healing ………………………………………45
Working on Other People ………………………………………………………………………………..48
Using CKR and SHK when you treat …………………………………………………………….49
How to Draw CKR and SHK when you treat………………………………………………49
We recommend this approach to using CKR and SHK when treating…………….50
How do I decide what symbol to use, if any, when I treat?……………………………51
Should I mix the energies of CKR and SHK when treating? …………………………51
Using only one symbol during a treatment………………………………………………….52
How will the CKR and SHK energies feel when I treat someone? …………………52
What will the recipient feel when treated with CKR and SHK? …………………….53
Students’ experiences of using CKR and SHK to treat others……………………………53
Using HSZSN when you treat……………………………………………………………………….54
Working with Intuition ………………………………………………………………………………..55
How to perform Reiji ho…………………………………………………………………………..57
Trying too hard?………………………………………………………………………………………58
Practical Aspects of Reiji Ho…………………………………………………………………….59
‘Flamboyant’ hand movements………………………………………………………………….59
Using Reiji ho instead of scanning …………………………………………………………….60
Developing your Reiji ho further……………………………………………………………….60
A Reiji Ho ‘Mudra’………………………………………………………………………………….61
Taggart’s First Experience of Reiji Ho ……………………………………………………….61
Students’ experiences of performing Reiji ho ……………………………………………..62
The Power of Intent …………………………………………………………………………………….64
The ‘Many Hands’ technique…………………………………………………………………….65
‘Beaming’ Reiki……………………………………………………………………………………….66
‘Radiating’ Reiki………………………………………………………………………………………66
Healing through Staring: ‘Gyoshi Ho’ ………………………………………………………..67
Healing with the Breath: ‘Koki Ho’ ……………………………………………………………68
Reiki as a Therapy ………………………………………………………………………………………….69
Record Keeping ………………………………………………………………………………………….69
What to say at the start of a treatment…………………………………………………………….70
What to do at the end of a treatment………………………………………………………………71
Client advice sheet ………………………………………………………………………………………72
Reiki Insurance …………………………………………………………………………………………..72
Reiki Associations ………………………………………………………………………………………73
Useful Reiki Books……………………………………………………………………………………..73
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Useful Reiki web sites …………………………………………………………………………………74
Music to use when treating …………………………………………………………………………..74
Treatment table suppliers……………………………………………………………………………..74
Books about promotion, marketing & running your own business …………………….75
Treatment ‘techniques’ ……………………………………………………………………………………76
Western uses of the Reiki symbols ………………………………………………………………..76
Western use of CKR ……………………………………………………………………………………77
Space Clearing ………………………………………………………………………………………..77
Protection ……………………………………………………………………………………………….77
ChoKuRei and cheap wine………………………………………………………………………..78
ChoKuRei and Batteries …………………………………………………………………………..78
ChoKuRei and Food ………………………………………………………………………………..78
Western use of SHK…………………………………………………………………………………….78
Positive Affirmations……………………………………………………………………………….78
Other Uses for SeiHeKi ……………………………………………………………………………79
Further Novel Uses for the Reiki Symbols……………………………………………………..79
Treating Low Energy Levels ………………………………………………………………………..81
Channelling energy from ChoKuRei ………………………………………………………….81
Reversing the Treatment Direction…………………………………………………………….81
Opening the Foot Chakra………………………………………………………………………….81
Focusing Reiki like a Laser Beam …………………………………………………………………82
Detoxification technique………………………………………………………………………………83
The ‘Blood Exchange’ ………………………………………………………………………………83
Keteuki Kokan (Blood Cleansing Technique)……………………………………………..83
Increasing the flow of energy when you treat………………………………………………….84
The Huiyin ……………………………………………………………………………………………..84
Connecting the Circuit ……………………………………………………………………………..84
Locating the Huiyin point …………………………………………………………………………85
Strength of the Contraction……………………………………………………………………….85
Practical use of the Huiyin………………………………………………………………………..85
Huiyin and Attunements …………………………………………………………………………..85
Other Energy Techniques use the Huiyin ……………………………………………………86
Second Degree ‘homework’ …………………………………………………………………………….87
Work on Yourself ……………………………………………………………………………………….87
Receive Reiju on Mondays …………………………………………………………………………..87
Live the Precepts…………………………………………………………………………………………88
Work on others……………………………………………………………………………………………88
Moving on from Second Degree……………………………………………………………………89
The Reiki Deepening Course…………………………………………………………………….89
The Reiki Master / Teacher Course ……………………………………………………………89
Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………………………….91
Grounding and Protection…………………………………………………………………………….91
‘Grounding’…………………………………………………………………………………………….91
Protection ……………………………………………………………………………………………….92
Article: “Psychic Protection” ………………………………………………………………………..94
Auras……………………………………………………………………………………………………..94
Energy Vampires! ……………………………………………………………………………………95
How do you change the vibrations?……………………………………………………………95
Protection ……………………………………………………………………………………………….96
Should you leave the protective bubble in place at all times? ………………………..96
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Cars, Houses, Holidays, etc. ……………………………………………………………………..97
Going on holiday?……………………………………………………………………………………98
Have you got charisma?……………………………………………………………………………98
Clearing energy……………………………………………………………………………………….98
Common sense………………………………………………………………………………………..98
Chakras ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..99
Chakra correspondences …………………………………………………………………………100
When the Chakras are closed…………………………………………………………………..100
When the chakras are open and balanced ………………………………………………….101
When the Chakras are Spinning too fast……………………………………………………102
Treating children……………………………………………………………………………………….103
The Reiki Practitioner and the Law ……………………………………………………………..104
Further Legal information……………………………………………………………………….108
Reiki in Hospitals…………………………………………………………………………………..109
Health and Safety Guidelines………………………………………………………………………110
Risk Assessments…………………………………………………………………………………..110
Manual Handling …………………………………………………………………………………..110
Riddor ………………………………………………………………………………………………….111
Slips & Trips…………………………………………………………………………………………111
VDUs …………………………………………………………………………………………………..111
Use of Electrical Equipment ……………………………………………………………………112
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment (PUWER) ………………………………112
Insurance………………………………………………………………………………………………112
Health and Safety Policy Statements ………………………………………………………..112

 

Reiki Master Teacher Table of Contents includes:
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
YOUR REIKI LINEAGES ………………………………………………………………………………… 10
PICTURE OF MIKAO USUI ……………………………………………………………………………… 12
OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE ………………………………………………………………….. 13
USING THE COURSE AUDIO CDS AND DVD …………………………………………………….. 14
Audio CDs ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 14
DVD ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15
STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES …………………………………………………………………………….. 15
THE ORIGINAL SYSTEM ………………………………………………………………………….. 16
A FEW REVELATIONS…………………………………………………………………………………… 16
Usui’s System wasn’t Called Reiki ……………………………………………………………. 17
Usui’s System wasn’t about Treating People ……………………………………………… 17
Usui’s System didn’t use Symbols ……………………………………………………………… 17
ORIGINS OF USUI’S SYSTEM ………………………………………………………………………….. 18
OVERVIEW OF WHAT USUI TAUGHT……………………………………………………………….. 18
First Degree (Shoden)……………………………………………………………………………… 18
A Little about the Precepts ……………………………………………………………………….. 19
Second Degree (Okuden) …………………………………………………………………………. 20
Zenki ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20
Kouki …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21
Treatment Techniques ……………………………………………………………………………… 21
Meditations ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 21
Master levels (Shinpiden and Shihan) ……………………………………………………….. 22
EXPERIENCING ENERGIES ……………………………………………………………………… 23
INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………………………… 23
SYMBOLS …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25
SECOND DEGREE SYMBOLS ………………………………………………………………………….. 27
Cho Ku Rei …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 27
Sei He Ki ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 28
Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen ……………………………………………………………………………….. 29
SOUL HEALING …………………………………………………………………………………………… 32
The Usui Master symbol ………………………………………………………………………….. 32
Uses of the Usui Master Symbol ……………………………………………………………….. 34
Tibetan’ Master Symbol …………………………………………………………………………… 37
PRODUCING BALANCE …………………………………………………………………………………. 39
The Fire Dragon …………………………………………………………………………………….. 39
Channelled Symbols ………………………………………………………………………………… 40
The Spirit Column …………………………………………………………………………………… 41
FOCUSING ON THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS ………………………………………………………. 42
The Mental Spiral …………………………………………………………………………………… 42
The Heart Chakra symbol ………………………………………………………………………… 43
DEALING WITH KARMA ………………………………………………………………………………… 45
The Emotional Butterfly …………………………………………………………………………… 45
The ‘Grace’ symbol …………………………………………………………………………………. 46
SYMBOL MEDITATIONS ………………………………………………………………………………… 50
Meditation #1 …………………………………………………………………………………………. 50
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Meditation #2 …………………………………………………………………………………………. 50
Other Meditative Approaches …………………………………………………………………… 51
STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES …………………………………………………………………………….. 51
THE REIKI KOTODAMA ………………………………………………………………………………… 55
Background info ……………………………………………………………………………………… 55
Why the Kotodama were taught ………………………………………………………………… 56
Kotodama Pronunciation …………………………………………………………………………. 57
Kotodama Meditations …………………………………………………………………………….. 58
Comparing Kotodama and Symbol energies ………………………………………………. 59
Kotodama and Treatments ……………………………………………………………………….. 59
Kotodama and Distant Healing ………………………………………………………………… 60
Kotodama and Crystals……………………………………………………………………………. 60
Using the Kotodama on your self………………………………………………………………. 60
Kotodama and Chakras …………………………………………………………………………… 61
STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES …………………………………………………………………………….. 61
FREESTYLE PRACTICE ……………………………………………………………………………. 66
INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………………………… 66
TREATING AT REIKI1 & REIKI2 LEVELS ………………………………………………………….. 66
First Degree …………………………………………………………………………………………… 66
Reiki Second Degree ……………………………………………………………………………….. 67
THE USE OF INTENT …………………………………………………………………………………….. 69
Intent during Reiki Treatments …………………………………………………………………. 69
“Eye” and “Breath” Techniques………………………………………………………………. 70
“Radiating” Reiki …………………………………………………………………………………… 70
Intent and Distant Healing……………………………………………………………………….. 70
Distant Healing without symbols ………………………………………………………………. 71
“Remote Treatments” ……………………………………………………………………………… 71
The Self-Treatment Meditation …………………………………………………………………. 71
Intent and Hands-On Self-Treatments ……………………………………………………….. 72
Focusing on Organs and Chakras …………………………………………………………….. 72
Intent and the Nature of the Energy you Channel ……………………………………….. 72
“Frequency Setting” ……………………………………………………………………………….. 73
THE USE OF INTUITION ………………………………………………………………………………… 75
Extending your Intuition ………………………………………………………………………….. 75
Basic Reiji Ho ………………………………………………………………………………………… 75
Selective Reiji Ho ……………………………………………………………………………………. 75
Imaginary Reiji Ho …………………………………………………………………………………. 76
Remote Intuitive Work……………………………………………………………………………… 76
Remote Scanning …………………………………………………………………………………….. 76
Intuition and Remote Treatments ………………………………………………………………. 77
Enhancing Your Perception ……………………………………………………………………… 77
Directly Experiencing Someone’s Chakras ………………………………………………… 77
Using Visual shortcuts/constructs……………………………………………………………… 78
Exploring a Chakra’s Levels ……………………………………………………………………. 78
Looking Within ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 79
Experiencing One’s Chakras ……………………………………………………………………. 79
Internal Scanning by Flooding with Light ………………………………………………….. 80
Using Intuition and Intent on one’s Self …………………………………………………….. 80
Using a Pendulum …………………………………………………………………………………… 80
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Dowsing Chakras ……………………………………………………………………………………. 82
Moving Beyond Pendulums………………………………………………………………………. 83
Other uses during Treatments …………………………………………………………………… 83
Other Questions to ask …………………………………………………………………………….. 83
STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES …………………………………………………………………………….. 83
WESTERN ‘ATTUNEMENTS’ ……………………………………………………………………. 87
BACKGROUND …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 87
SOME CONTROVERSY …………………………………………………………………………………… 88
MAKING SENSE OF ATTUNEMENTS ………………………………………………………………… 90
BASIC ATTUNEMENT FORMAT ………………………………………………………………………. 90
THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT AND THE VIOLET BREATH ………………………………………. 91
The Huiyin point …………………………………………………………………………………….. 91
The Violet Breath ……………………………………………………………………………………. 93
THE SECOND DEGREE ATTUNEMENT ……………………………………………………………… 95
Setting the Scene – detailed instructions ………………………………………………….. 100
Opening the Student – detailed instructions ……………………………………………… 102
Putting the Symbols In – detailed instructions ………………………………………….. 104
Closing Things Down – detailed instructions ……………………………………………. 108
A Few Practical Points ………………………………………………………………………….. 111
REIKI MASTER ATTUNEMENT ……………………………………………………………………… 113
Differences between Master and Second Degree attunements …………………….. 113
Setting the Scene …………………………………………………………………………………… 113
Opening the Student ………………………………………………………………………………. 115
Putting the Symbols In …………………………………………………………………………… 116
Closing Things Down …………………………………………………………………………….. 118
FIRST DEGREE ATTUNEMENTS …………………………………………………………………….. 119
Differences between First and Second Degree attunements ………………………… 119
Attunement #1 ………………………………………………………………………………………. 121
Attunement #2 ………………………………………………………………………………………. 122
Attunement #3 ………………………………………………………………………………………. 125
SUMMARY OF ATTUNEMENTS ……………………………………………………………………… 127
Attunement Summary Sheets …………………………………………………………………… 128
STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES …………………………………………………………………………… 131
ATTUNING TO OTHER SYMBOLS ………………………………………………………………….. 133
DO WE NEED TO ‘ATTUNE’ TO A SYMBOL? ………………………………………………………. 134
HEALING ATTUNEMENTS ……………………………………………………………………………. 135
Instructions ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 135
TATSUMI’S RITUAL ……………………………………………………………………………………. 138
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………….. 138
Preparation ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 138
First Degree …………………………………………………………………………………………. 138
Second Degree/Master levels ………………………………………………………………….. 139
JAPANESE EMPOWERMENTS ……………………………………………………………….. 140
BACKGROUND …………………………………………………………………………………………… 140
USUI AND THE ORIGINS OF REIJU …………………………………………………………………. 141
GIVING REIJU ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 143
Introductory Stage ………………………………………………………………………………… 143
Individual Empowerments ……………………………………………………………………… 146
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FIRST DEGREE EMPOWERMENTS ………………………………………………………………….. 152
SECOND DEGREE EMPOWERMENTS ………………………………………………………………. 152
‘Buddhist approach’ ……………………………………………………………………………… 152
‘Shinto approach’ …………………………………………………………………………………. 152
Where does that leave the Reiki symbols? ………………………………………………… 153
MASTER LEVEL EMPOWERMENTS ………………………………………………………………… 153
THE BENEFITS OF REIJU EMPOWERMENTS …………………………………………………….. 154
WESTERN REIJU VARIATIONS ……………………………………………………………………… 154
STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES …………………………………………………………………………… 154
DISTANT CONNECTIONS ……………………………………………………………………………… 157
Distant Reiju ………………………………………………………………………………………… 157
Distant Attunements ………………………………………………………………………………. 160
‘Intention Attunements’ ………………………………………………………………………….. 160
More Controversy …………………………………………………………………………………. 161
SELF-EMPOWERMENT ………………………………………………………………………………. 163
Distant Reiju on yourself ……………………………………………………………………….. 163
Using your ‘Energy Body’ ………………………………………………………………………. 163
Self-Empowerments ‘from the inside’ ………………………………………………………. 163
MEDITATIONS …………………………………………………………………………………………. 165
OVERVIEW OF USUI’S MEDITATIONS ……………………………………………………………. 165
First Degree …………………………………………………………………………………………. 165
Second Degree ……………………………………………………………………………………… 165
Master Level…………………………………………………………………………………………. 166
MINDFULNESS …………………………………………………………………………………………… 166
THE HARA DEFINING EXERCISE …………………………………………………………………… 168
Makoto No Kokyu – the breath of truth ……………………………………………………. 168
Makoto No Kokyu, Part Two ………………………………………………………………….. 172
BUDDHIST-STYLE MEDITATIONS ………………………………………………………………….. 173
Chi No Kokyu – the breath of earth …………………………………………………………. 173
Ten No Kokyu – the breath of heaven ………………………………………………………. 174
Jin No Kokyu – the breath of being …………………………………………………………. 174
Suwari Kokkyu ho – seated Ki breathing ………………………………………………….. 175
MASTER LEVEL MEDITATIONS …………………………………………………………………….. 175
The Energy-Ball Self-empowerment ………………………………………………………… 176
MICROCOSMIC ORBIT MEDITATION ……………………………………………………………… 177
Simplified version………………………………………………………………………………….. 177
Microcosmic Orbit Diagram…………………………………………………………………… 178
Part One of the Longer Meditation ………………………………………………………….. 179
Part Two – Manifesting Goals…………………………………………………………………. 179
Part Three ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 180
LOTUS REPENTANCE MEDITATION ………………………………………………………………. 181
Outside the meditation hall or spiritual practice area ……………………………….. 181
Inside the meditation hall or spiritual practice area ………………………………….. 183
MISCELLANEOUS WESTERN TECHNIQUES ………………………………………… 186
REIKI ‘PSYCHIC SURGERY’ ………………………………………………………………………….. 186
Instructions ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 186
REIKI AND CRYSTALS ………………………………………………………………………………… 189
Distant Healing using Crystals ……………………………………………………………….. 189
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Creating and using a ‘Reiki Grid’ ……………………………………………………………. 189
THE ANTAHKARANA ………………………………………………………………………………….. 191
Uses of the Antahkarana ………………………………………………………………………… 192
Meditation using the Antahkarana…………………………………………………………… 192
The Antahkarana symbols ………………………………………………………………………. 192
APPENDIX ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 194
ANTAHKARANAS……………………………………………………………………………………….. 194
RUNNING REIKI COURSES …………………………………………………………………….. 195
MISCELLANEOUS …………………………………………………………………………………… 200
COURSE CERTIFICATES ………………………………………………………………………………. 200
BUSINESS CARDS ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 200
REIKI LEAFLETS ………………………………………………………………………………………… 200
RECOMMENDED BOOKS ……………………………………………………………………………… 201

4 comments on “New Reiki Manuals For Classes”

  1. Health & Food Coach Jana Lee says:
    April 9, 2019 at 11:02 pm

    I had no idea that someone else put out “new” Reiki books. Nce to have it updated for your May classes, until your Reiki books get published, which is what everyone is waiting for.

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  2. Deborah Krug says:
    April 11, 2019 at 12:59 am

    Hi Bruno,
    What is the price? I have certificates l, I wouldn’t mind a meeting to with you. Perhaps a review wouldn’t hurt. I do not have a practice. I live in the country. Being a Christian I would like your perspective of this?

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  3. Earon Maneotis says:
    May 17, 2019 at 5:43 pm

    So looking forward to buying these new books although I know I’ve got a great teacher , new friends, and a strong foundation in Reiki thanks to you Stephen. Reiki has changed my life dramatically for the better. Thank you doesn’t even Express my gratitude.

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