Recommended Books
There are an abundance
of Reiki books on the market, the ones that I have listed below I personally
have found to be the most helpful to me for varying reasons. Some include
personal accounts of peoples journeys with Reiki, how it has changed their
lives and how the 21 day clearing process on each attunement affected
them. Other books concentrate on research into the origins of Reiki and
others describe the attunement process and have published the Reiki symbols.
We each have our own individual paths to tread, so, as with choosing a
Reiki Master, its best to use your intuition and you will find the book
you are personally looking for and which answers your questions. I have
also included some recommendations on other books relating to spiritual
and psychic healing, Kinesiology, Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan medicine
as I have found the information and techniques in these useful in my healing
work.
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Kajsa Krishni Borang Price £6.39
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A very good introduction to Reiki. This was the first Reiki book I bought. It was a joy to read and gives some idea of peoples reactions to the Reiki Attunements from the perspective and observations of the Reiki master teacher. Kajsa writes about her own spiritual journey and how she found Reiki and also brings in the story of the lady who initiated her and of how this Reiki Master came to be initiated into Reiki by Mrs Takata, the Japanese lady who brought Reiki to USA. The author uses the traditional story of Dr. Usui that was used when Reiki was first introduced to the West, but apart from this, the real essence of the transforming power of this healing energy comes through in this book |
| Reiki
Tanmaya Honervogt Price £10.39 |
A
beautifully illustrated book, with lots of wonderful colour photographs
to link in with many personal testimonies of the Reiki attunements
and the changes these have made in peoples lives. A really good book
for anyone who is starting on their Reiki journey and wants to get
more of an idea about the Reiki 'Experience' rather than the history
of Reiki and its origins. Thoroughly recommended.
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| Essential
Reiki
Diane Stein price £ 14.99 |
This
book was quite controversial when it was first published because it
made available to the general public, for the first time, the Reiki
Symbols used in the Reiki attunements/ healing and instructions on
the attunement process. These symbols up until that time were only
shown and made available to someone who had been initiated/attuned
to the Reiki energy and were regarded as secret.
Diane explains her reasons why she made the decision to publish them and I Think they are interesting, and her motivations come from a genuine heartfelt wish to make the knowledge of Reiki more available to the wider public. With her extensive descriptions of the symbols and their spiritual meanings I feel that the sacredness of them has not been lost. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is thinking about doing a Reiki 1 class, because it covers aspects of Reiki and other energy work that some Reiki teachers do not always bring into their teaching, until maybe Reiki Master training, which could take someone up to three years to feel ready to undertake. These aspects of the training are essential in fully understanding how energy moves through the chakras and circulates around the body through certain channels. The information that is available in this book will enable anyone who has not been taught certain energy techniques in Reiki 1 to start practising the techniques at the beginning of their Reiki training. They can start integrating them into their lives and develop a more thorough understanding of their own energies in their body, not only the channelled Reiki energy. The energy techniques which are part of the system called 'Qi Gong' are an essential part of being a Reiki Master and passing attunements in Usui Tibetan Reiki (non-traditional Reiki). It is much better to have had a few years practising them, than only learning about them when you are being taught at Reiki Master level!. Diane also gives an interpretation of Reiki as part of the Bodhisattva path to enlightenment in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and explains that the Reiki symbols and path may have possible links to the Vajrayana Tantric symbols and their corresponding meanings. |
| Psycic
Healing With Spirit Guides And Angels
£11.71 Diane Stein
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I
thoroughly recommend this book.
I found this book a very inspiring read. It covers not only Reiki, but also explains different methods and meditations for developing your psychic connections to your spirit guides and to your own inner awareness. It also covers clearing Karma from past lives and this life and opening the channels of communication to the spiritual plane. In her most recent book 'Energy Balancing', she develops this further, with very detailed explanations of the chakras and their links to the many levels of our energy fields. She also discusses the subject of Soul Retrieval. Diane Stein is a talented writer and is gifted with the ability to explain quite difficult concepts relating to the above subjects in an easily accessible manner. She also brings in her own experiences on her healing journey and how the methods she describes in her book have enabled a transformation in her life. Anyone who has suffered an abusive childhood will be helped enormously by reading this book. It gives methods and meditations for healing these issues and empowering the core soul/self. I would, however, say that the feminist slant in her writing could make men reading her books feel a little excluded, But the basic message in this and her other books, is, that through doing these meditations, visualisations and energy exercises, everyone can find their own innate inner strength, integrity and healing energy. |
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Dharma Reiki
Lama Yeshe £14.99
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A
very interesting read. Lama Yeshe describes his research and discoveries
linking Reiki to the Tibetan Medicine Buddha teachings and the 'Tantra
of the Lightening Flash' and how certain aspects of this form of Reiki
that were, and are, taught in Japan are missing from the way it is
taught in some schools of Reiki in the West. He has also published
in this book part of the diaries of Dr Usui, which are filled with
quite humorous descriptions of Dr Usui's impressions of Western culture
in the late 19th century.
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| Energy
Medicine
Donna Eden £11.99
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An
absolutely groundbreaking book regarding Energy Kinesiology and energy
work in general. This book is also written in an easily understandable
way, and covers not only Kinesiology muscle testing techniques that
can be used by the reader for energy balancing the body, but also
describes working with the chakras.
Donna is a naturally intuitive healer, and although this book does not cover Reiki, it really is a must for anyone involved in energy work, massage therapy or who is a medical practitioner practising allopathic or complementary medicine. |
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Tibetan Book of Living And Dying
Sogyal Rinpoche £8.99
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A
thought provoking read that covers the authors viewpoints on the western
preoccupation with materialism and the way we treat the living and
dying. I recommend this book to anyone interested in Tibetan Buddhism.
The timeless message of the Buddha, was that, there are methods that
can be used for the alleviation of the 'suffering' that is so often
a part of the human experience. It is also a very joyful celebration
of our potential in life to overcome our personal difficulties/traumas
and realise our own inherent Buddha nature of Wisdom and Compassion.
The ideas conveyed in this book are quite different from the way we view death in the West, or have done so in the last hundred years or so, and provide an alternative viewpoint on the only experience in our lives that we can be really certain about having to face.! The book is very useful for anyone who is working with the dying in a professional sense, i.e. in hospices and hospitals and also for anyone who has a terminal illness or who is supporting a friend or close relative who is facing death. Anyone who has been touched by the death of someone close will find great comfort from reading this book. |
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and the Healing Buddha
Maureen J. Kelly £11.19
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I
recommend this book to anyone who has some understanding of Tibetan
Buddhism and especially the tantric practices of the Medicine Buddha
or who has been attuned to the Reiki energy and is interested in both
subjects.
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Healing Through Balance Dr. Yeshe Donden £9.95
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A good introduction on Tibetan Medicine, and its particular understanding of the causes of disease and its methods of diagnosis and treatment. |
