Reiki and Beyond

Why Another Reiki Book? My husband and I are rule benders, not followers. As we entered the Reiki world we honored and respected what our teachers gave us but eventually had to expand the boundaries as experience, new information, and greater understanding came to us. We were also fortunate to have had the opportunity to live in the Hilo area of the Big Island of Hawai'i for six years. Hilo is where Mrs. Takata, the woman responsible for bringing Reiki to the Western world, established...
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Why Another Reiki Book? My husband and I are rule benders, not followers. As we entered the Reiki world we honored and respected what our teachers gave us but eventually had to expand the boundaries as experience, new information, and greater understanding came to us. We were also fortunate to have had the opportunity to live in the Hilo area of the Big Island of Hawai'i for six years. Hilo is where Mrs. Takata, the woman responsible for bringing Reiki to the Western world, established one of her Reiki clinics and we would pass it each time we traveled to the grocery store. Seeing the building gave the intangible a greater concrete reality. The greatest influence however, was in living shoulder to shoulder with island folks and witnessing how ancient knowledge and beliefs infuse their 21st century lives. For island residents there is no separation between spiritual, religious and technical. The Hawaiian tradition recognizes there is an energy that connects all life, they call this energy mana. This energy force can be sensed but not seen, like the Ki of Reiki. Most people can only relate to a world they can see, but Hawaiians have a greater sensitivity and respect, possibly from living surrounded by water. Their acceptance and reason offered logic to what might have seemed mythical and outside rationale to our otherwise conventional training. It offered even greater understanding of what Reiki had introduced and seemed an open invitation for us to test the limits. As you grow in your Reiki experience you'll find that there are many interesting Reiki books to read. The exact history and spiritual practice of the originator of the Usui method and how he taught was written jointly by Mikao Usui, and Christine Grimm. It is a book serious students might find of interest. There are also others just as fascinating based on each authors views and personal journeys. They might cover how you feel when first using this energy, or how to work with animals, or a greater focus on distance healings. Each one has a different twist, containing excellent information for targeted levels and areas of interest.Within the pages of this book we share with you the conventional Reiki training we were given and also tools to expand your consciousness and go beyond. Aloha,e komo mai. (Welcome, and come in) Malana Ashlie