Mastering Reiki: A Practicing and Teaching Primer (Paperback)

by John Tompkins Jr (Author) "The first thing most of us asked as students of Reiki was, "What is Reiki?..." (more)
Key Phrases: tan tien, distance healing, base chakra, Reiki Master, Cho Ku Rei, Reiki Principles (more...)

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Product Description
Gain a Greater Understanding of Reiki Practices and Principles

Written specifically for Reiki practitioners, this insightful and positive guide presents an in-depth exploration of Reiki healing and the human energy system. It also offers a balanced and respectful examination of the issues, opportunities, and challenges facing Reiki practitioners. Each chapter provides ideas that can lead to better practice, better teaching, and better application of the Reiki principles in your own life, including:

Techniques for keeping your personal energy positive, including a look at the role of the five affirmations in cultivating Reiki energyInstructions for creating a Reiki box for sending energy to several people at onceAppendices on using healing sound, color, and in Reiki treatmentsA complete format for teaching Reiki, for those interested in becoming instructors Filled with stories, insights, and knowledge gained from the author's own healing and teaching practice, this book is a valuable resource for those who wish to further their knowledge of the Reiki tradition of healing.

About the Author
John Tompkins, Jr., (Tennessee) has been a Reiki practitioner for eight years. Having attained the Reiki II Degree, and then the Reiki Master Degree after a year of apprenticeship, he has been instructing students for seven years. He practices Reiki by itself and as part of an Integrative Medicine practice.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738702064
• ISBN-13: 978-0738702063
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,063,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Addition to Your Studies on Reiki, June 30, 2002

By	Boudica (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

As a Reiki Master/Teacher, I talk to many teachers and listen to many students discuss their first Reiki attunment.

There is a tendency these days to give a cheap Reiki first level attunment, with a quick lesson and a scrap of paper to explain it all. I have had many people who received first level attunments tell me it was a fake, a fraud and they got nothing out of it except losing their $$$.

Mr. Tompkins presents us with a book that would be a great augment to any first level practitioner who feels that the instructions were left out of their attunment.

Mr. Tompkins offers a very clear and exact manual on how to use your Reiki attunment to get the most out of this healing art. The pictures offer instruction that are clear and easy to follow.

There is a section about being professional as a Reiki practitioner. There are also correspondences for crystals and stones, and even for keeping personal records. Mr. Tompkins covers a lot of ground here, and makes this a book that is worth having in your personal library.

This book augments the first level Reiki attunment very well, and is worth a personal recommendation for those who did not seem to get out of their first attunment what they might have expected.

For those who did get a good foundation for their first attunment, this book might do well to cover those little nagging items that your teacher may have forgotten to add. Teachers are not perfect, and we do tend to get bogged down sometimes with some item or another that has us forgetting to cover another important part of our lesson. Here is a handbook that could fill in a blank or two.

This is a good reference book and it's good to see someone making this information available in a very clear and well written format.