
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
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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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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Deborah, click on the Contact Stephen tab on the top of the page and ask the questions and give your email there and I’ll respond.
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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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