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    Reiki I: Exploring the Basics
    Reiki I: Exploring the Basics
    Reiki I: Exploring the Basics
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    Reiki I: Exploring the Basics

    By Margaret Cheasebro

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    Many books exist with helpful information about learning the relaxing, healing art of practicing Reiki. What makes Reiki I: Exploring the Basics stand out is that it pulls together from many different sources a vast amount of information about Reiki that is helpful for anyone, whether they are thinking of learning about Reiki or have practiced it for a long time.

    The book includes information about how Reiki works, the origin and history of Reiki, the aura, the chakras and how they can affect a person’s health. It includes pictures and information about Reiki hand positions for healing yourself and hand positions for healing others. It addresses how those hand positions can help a person’s physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. It explains what foods, activities and thinking habits a person needs to practice in the days leading up to receiving the Reiki I attunement from a Reiki Master of your choice.

    There are so many details about Reiki to learn and remember. This book will give you what you need to know in an easy-to-read writing style. It is a valuable reference book for anyone studying or practicing Reiki. However, it is not a substitute for a Reiki I attunement. To get that attunement, you must attend a Reiki I workshop and receive an attunement given by a Reiki Master.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMargaret Cheasebro
    Release dateApr 11, 2022
    ISBN9781005327927
    Reiki I: Exploring the Basics
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    Margaret Cheasebro

    Margaret Cheasebro is a Reiki Master. She has a bachelor’s degree in humanities with an English emphasis, a master's degree in psychology, counseling and guidance, and a Ph.D. in metaphysics. She has provided Reiki treatments at an alternative health clinic and at a local college, and she has taught Reiki I, Reiki II and Reiki Master workshops.A retired elementary school counselor, she is a national award winning author, who writes articles on a variety of subjects, among them people, places and cultures of the Four Corners area where the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah meet. She also has written several books. The following are her most recent ones.The Healing Tree, a young adult fantasy softcover novel, was a finalist in the 2015 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. When three children meet on their way to summer camp in northwest New Mexico, they don’t think they know each other. But they discover that through time they have been chased by an evil woman who wants their blood so she can stay young and their powerful connection to nature so she can control the world. To their horror, the children find the evil woman is waiting for them at camp. With help from a cottonwood, they time travel to an ancient Pueblo village, where a traveling medicine man assists them. Mysterious Baba, the camp’s caretaker, also helps them as they and star warriors try to thwart the evil woman’s plans to rule the world. Can the young people believe in themselves and their skills enough to stop the evil woman before she ruins the world? Purchase at amazon.com.Her non-fiction softcover book, Healing with Trees: Finding a Path to Wholeness, was a finalist in the 2017 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. It explores the benefits of being around trees. The book includes exercises for such things as grounding and dealing with difficult emotions, and it has a section on tools for dealing with everyday challenges. Purchase at amazon.com.Her children’s fiction picture book, If I Were a Tree, What Would I Be?, tells about two children who love trees. They can hear them with their hearts. They become friends with a cottonwood. The tree teaches them how to deal with bullies and how to stay focused in school. They help the cottonwood in several ways. Purchase at https://www.balboapress.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/803706-if-i-were-a-tree-what-would-i-be or at https://www.ifiwereatreewhatwouldibe.comShe writes blogs related to trees and other aspects of nature at her two websites, https://www.margaretcheasebro.com and https://www.ifiwereatreewhatwouldibe.com.

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      Book preview

      Reiki I - Margaret Cheasebro

      REIKI I

      EXPLORING THE BASICS

      OTHER BOOKS BY MARGARET CHEASEBRO

      Reiki II: Expanding Your Skills

      Reiki III: Mastering the Healing Art

      The Healing Tree

      Healing with Trees: Finding a Path to Wholeness

      If I Were a Tree, What Would I Be?

      DISCLAIMER

      This book is based on many years of experience giving Reiki treatments to myself and others and on a great deal of research I’ve done about Reiki and related subjects.

      I have done my best to provide all the information you will need to understand what Reiki is and how to practice it once you have received Reiki I training from a Reiki Master in person.

      Although it’s very likely that if you learn this information and receive a Reiki I attunement, you can practice Reiki successfully, I’m not responsible if it doesn’t work for you. However, I can’t imagine it not working if you learn the information, follow all the directions and receive a Reiki I attunement from a Reiki Master in person.

      I do not have a medical background. What I have written about regarding how Reiki works with the physical body is based on my understanding of what knowledgeable people have written in many books, magazine articles and in other formats as well as from my own experiences as a Reiki Master. If there are any mistakes, they are a result of my misunderstandings.

      Reiki is not meant to be a replacement for medical care but, rather, a supplement to it. I suggest that if you have any medical concerns, you discuss them with your doctor before you try Reiki.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter 1 – My Introduction to Reiki

      Illustration of Reiki symbol and its meaning

      Chapter 2 – How Reiki Works

      Reiki Removes Energy Blockages

      Earth Has Electromagnetic Field

      Illustration of electrostatic field

      Reiki Enhances Medical Treatments

      Reiki Energy Affects the Autonomic Nervous System

      Reiki Does Not Deplete Our Energy

      Reiki Will Flow Even If You Feel Sick

      How Reiki Passes from Teacher to Student

      How to Tell What a Reiki Attunement Is

      Reiki and Angels

      How to Prepare for the Reiki I Attunement

      What You Can Expect after the Reiki I Attunement

      Perfection Is Not Required to Receive Attunements

      Chapter 3 – Origins and History of Reiki

      Mikao Usui

      Japanese Information about Usui

      Usui Practices Reiki

      The Original Reiki Ideals

      Dr. Usui’s Treatment Methods

      Dr. Chujiro Hayashi

      Hawayo Takata

      Takata Plays Leading Role in Bringing Reiki to the West

      Takata’s Foundation Treatment

      Chapter 4 – Layers of the Aura

      Etheric Body

      Astral or Emotional Body

      Mental Body

      Causal Body

      Barbara Brennan’s Layers of the Aura

      Illustration of Brennan’s Layers of the Aura

      Reiki Helps the Aura to Heal

      How Energy Flows through Our Body

      Hara Line

      Illustration of Individuation Point

      Conception and Governing Vessels

      Illustration of Energy Traveling through Conception and Governing Vessels

      Chapter 5 – The Chakras

      Root Chakra

      Sacral Chakra

      Solar Plexus Chakra

      Illustration of Belt Flow Exercise

      Heart Chakra

      Throat Chakra

      Brow Chakra

      Crown Chakra

      Self I-Dentity Ho’oponopono

      Chapter 6 – Reiki Hand Positions for Self-Healing

      How to Hold Your Hands

      The Importance of Being Grounded

      What to Do When Reiki Doesn’t Seem to Be Enough

      The Reiki Self-Healing Positions

      Position 1 –Hands over Eyes

      Illustration for Position 1

      Position 2 – Hands Cupped at Sides of Brow and up onto Crown

      Illustration for Position 2

      Position 3 – Hands over Cheeks, Thumbs Just under Ears

      Illustration for Position 3

      Position 4 – Hands Cup Back of Head

      Illustration for Position 4

      Illustration for Alternate Position 4

      Position 5 – Hands by Throat

      Illustration for Position 5

      Illustration for Alternate Position 5

      Position 6 – Over the Heart

      Illustration for Position 6

      Illustration for Alternate Position 6

      Illustration for Another Alternate Position 6

      Position 7 – At Solar Plexus

      Illustration for Position 7

      Position 8 – Over the Abdomen

      Illustration for Position 8

      Position 9 – Over the Pubic Bone

      Illustration for Position 9

      Illustration for Alternate Position 9

      Position 10 – Thighs

      Illustration for Position 10

      Position 11 – Front of the Knees

      Illustration for Position 11

      Illustration for Alternate Position 11

      Illustration for another Alternate Position 11

      Position 12 – Back of the Neck

      Illustration for Position 12

      Position 13 – Over Back of the Heart

      Illustration for Position 13

      Position 14 – Middle Back (solar plexus)

      Illustration for Position 14

      Position 15 – Lower Back

      Illustration for Position 15

      Position 16 – Back of Spine

      Illustration for Position 16

      Position 17 – Backs of the Knees and Ankles

      Illustration for Position 17

      Illustration for Alternate Position 17

      Illustration for another Alternate Position 17

      Position 18 – Bottoms of Feet

      Illustration for Position 18

      Chapter 7 – Reiki Hand Positions for Healing Others

      Switched Energy and Its Effects

      Making the Reiki Session Comfortable for the Client

      A Cautionary Note

      Byosen Scan

      Reiki Hand Positions for Healing Others

      Position 1 – Hands over Eyes

      Illustration for Position 1

      Position 2 – Cup Hands at Sides of Brow

      Illustration for Position 2

      Position 3 – Hands over Cheeks, Thumbs under Ears

      Illustration for Position 3

      Position 4 – Hands Cup Back of Head

      Illustration for Position 4

      Position 5 – Hands by Throat

      Illustration for Position 5

      Position 6 – Over the Heart

      Illustration for Position 6

      Illustration for Alternate Position 6

      Position 7 – At the Solar Plexus Below the Breasts

      Illustration for Position 7

      Position 8 – Over the Abdomen

      Illustration for Position 8

      Illustration for Alternate Position 8

      Position 9 – Over the Pubic Bone

      Illustration for Position 9

      Position 10 – Thighs

      Illustration for Position 10

      Position 11 – The Knees and Ankles

      Illustration for Position 11

      Illustration for Alternate Position 11

      Illustration for another Alternate Pattern 11

      Illustration for Crossed Pattern Position 11

      Have the Person Turn Over

      Position 12 – Back of the Neck

      Illustration for Position 12

      Position 13 – Back of the Heart

      Illustration for Position 13

      Position 14 – Middle Back

      Illustration for Position 14

      Position 15 – Lower Back

      Illustration for Position 15

      Position 16 – Back of Spine

      Illustration for Position 16

      Position 17 – Backs of the Knees and Ankles

      Illustration for Position 17

      Illustration for Alternate Position 17

      Illustration for Alternate Position 17

      Illustration for Alternate Cross Pattern Position 17

      Position 18 – Bottoms of Feet

      Illustration for Position 18

      Repeat the Byosen Scan

      Ending the Session

      Chapter 8 – Deciding When or If You’re Ready for the Next Step

      Notes

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      REIKI I

      EXPLORING THE BASICS

      By Margaret Cheasebro, PhD

      Smashwords Edition

      Reiki 1: Exploring the Basics

      Written by Margaret Cheasebro

      Copyright © 2022 Margaret Cheasebro

      Cover and Interior Design Blank Page Design Shop

      Published by Margaret Cheasebro

      Names, characters, and incidents depicted in this book are derived from research into the history and practice of Reiki. Any reference to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is done so with best efforts of the author to achieve accuracy and completeness of information based on the available research materials. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the US Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever, including photocopying, recording, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without written permission from the author.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      CHAPTER 1

      MY INTRODUCTION TO REIKI

      I had a vague notion that Reiki was some kind of relaxing technique, but that’s all I knew until I experienced it. My world changed when I stepped through the front door of a single wide mobile home in northwest New Mexico and found myself in a living room that was the work space for a Reiki practitioner.

      When my massage therapist suggested I go to this woman, I didn’t realize she was not only a Reiki Master but also a medicine woman, who had discovered her healing abilities as a child. Short in stature with long hair, a smiling face and tattoos on her arm, she welcomed me into her Reiki room. It contained a massage table, feathers, rattles, tuning forks, ear cones, live plants, a water fall, and an assortment of other tools. Without preamble, she told me to lie on the table. I heard rattles, felt feathers and soon fell into a restful state deeper than sleep.

      When the session ended, I felt so refreshed that I wanted to experience more. After several treatments, she suggested that I could give Reiki to myself if I received the Reiki I attunement in a special one-on-one ceremony.

      Because I loved the way Reiki made me feel, I agreed to move forward even though I wasn’t sure what an attunement was. She told me to read Essential Reiki: A Complete Guide to an Ancient Healing Art by Diane Stein. I bought the book, and read it as well as Reiki, the Healing Touch: First and Second Degree Manual by William Lee Rand. Armed with a better understand of what I was getting into, I called her to schedule the attunement.

      The ceremony took less than half an hour. I sat on a piano stool with my eyes closed and followed her directions as she moved around me, drawing symbols in my hands and doing something above my head and down my back. When the ceremony ended, I began to cry. Something had opened and expanded in me.

      This is not new to you, she said. You have been a Reiki healer before. Your guides are so happy you have chosen this pathway again.

      For about a week after the attunement, my body buzzed with so much energy I felt like

      I’d stuck my finger in a light socket. I discovered that touching trees helped ease the overcharged energy. Trees willingly took some of it from me.

      I gave myself Reiki every day for a month and a half before I scheduled a Reiki II attunement, which took me deeper into the healing method. I began to practice on friends, and their responses increased my confidence. They told me that they found relief from pain or discovered better ways to handle personal relationships and challenging events. Many of them told me that my hands felt hot when I touched them.

      I wanted to learn more so I could teach Reiki and practice it on an even deeper level. Six months later, I received the Reiki Master attunement from the medicine woman. Her method didn’t include much teaching, so I read everything I could about Reiki.

      For a year and a half I gave free Reiki sessions at a local community college to introduce Reiki to others and to give myself practice. Then I began working with other professionals at a local alternative healing clinic.

      A year after receiving my Reiki Master attunement, I taught Reiki to three other people

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