Energy Healing Through Reiki: Level 1, 2 and Master Teachings

By Melissa Crowhurst

"Energy Healing Through Reiki: Level 1, 2 and Master Teachings" is not your typical Reiki book. It's a fresh, new approach to an age-old methodology to harness the healing power around us and within us.
It helps de-mystify the process of energy healing, provides easy steps to follow, and ultimately guides the reader back into trusting their intuition so they can follow their own path to mastery.
In this book - which covers Reiki Level 1, Reiki Level 2, and Reiki Master teachings, you'll learn how to perform energy healing on yourself, friends, family, and even pets - and in a way which is so simple, yet profoundly effective!
Learning energy healing with Reiki isn't hard, it's an intuitive and wonderful process which every single one of us can tap into!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melissa Crowhurst
• Release date: Mar 23, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463030585

Melissa Crowhurst

In the early 2000s, Melissa embarked on a journey of self-discovery which lead to a very rewarding and beautiful spiritual awakening. She has since mastered the healing arts of massage and Reiki; sharpened her intuitive skills and awareness; as well as created her own ‘spin’ on healing, which she refers to as “loving energy healing”.Melissa is the Founder and lead instructor of Natural Healer - a board certified, accredited school with the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP) and an accredited institution with the International Natural Healers Association (INHA) and Complementary Therapists Accredited Association (CTAA) - and is a Usui Reiki Master Teacher (2014) and Practitioner, an Accredited Training Provider (IAOT), CPE Provider and Full Member of the Massage Association of Australia (MAA), President of the Natural Healer Society (NHS), Certified Meditation Teacher (MSA), and Massage Therapist (DMA). She is also an inspirational business coach, author, podcaster, blogger, and speaker who loves creating easy, actionable ways for people to heal themselves and others.#biglove

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INTRODUCTION

Your exciting new journey has begun and I congratulate you on taking the first step to learning the beautiful process of energy healing through Reiki! I’m really proud of you – not only because you’re forging forward to learn a new skill – but because you’ve chosen to utilize the natural, effective, and beautiful energy around you to help yourself, and perhaps even others, to heal.

USE YOUR INTUITION

Although it’s essentially a form of energy healing, I’ll simply refer to the technique as Reiki throughout the book. The techniques you’ll learn are based on Mrs. Hawayo Takata’s Western Reiki (西洋レイキ, Seiyō reiki) style.

While this particular form of Reiki revolves around using set hand patterns as a guide to conduct healing sessions, I personally believe that your intuition is truly the best guide for effective energy healing. So while you’ll learn some hand placements to help get you started, you’ll note that throughout the book I urge you to further develop that intuitive ability within you to truly blossom your skills.

As such, as you progress in the book, it will become clear that what you’re learning from me isn’t strictly Western Reiki. My practice naturally evolved over many years of experience, meditation, evolution, and humility – thus you’ll find that I teach aspects of both the Traditional Reiki and Western Reiki methods. I encourage students to follow the ‘vein’ which resonates most with them, if not both.

REIKI LEVELS

I’d like to take a moment to point out that Reiki is usually taught in degrees or by levels. The First Degree comprises of the elementary teachings, where you get attuned, learn the basics and hand placements.

The Second Degree involves enhancing your skills with symbols, allowing for stronger healings – even distance ones! And the Third Degree (Master Level) is attained by performing attunements and undertaking more advanced symbols – so by the time you’ve hit this point, you’re performing the techniques of a Reiki Master.

You’ll learn all you need to know about being a Reiki Master in this book – which means all levels will be covered – as opposed to learning one level at a time, over a long period of time. I’m doing this because I don’t believe there’s any reason why Reiki should have to take years or decades to master.

Remember, everybody is different; some of you will learn very quickly and achieve Master skills within several weeks, while others will take many months or even years.

However, I promise if you diligently follow this book, make the basic principles of Reiki part of your life, and stay true to the goodness of your heart, you will confidently use these techniques on yourself or others well within a year!

LEARNING AND PRACTICING

There are a number of elements to learn and practice as you progress through this book so make sure you take your time. Remember, at any point during this journey, you can reduce or quicken your learning pace.

When you get to portions of the book which provide steps and prompts to practice, be sure to do so – and log your notes in the provided workbook (for your own reference and records)! Most importantly, trust your intuition and enjoy the learning process.

You can conduct as many self-healings as you like; but, please only conduct Reiki on others with their consent and once you’ve learned everything within this book. Please note that while you’ll be learning the skills of a Reiki Master, you will not be certified as one unless you complete my corresponding course and passed my final exam.

Now, before you immerse yourself in the glory of universal loving energy, I want to add one last reminder: As long as you come from a place of love, you can do no wrong. You are beautiful just as you are.

I’m thrilled to see you learn how to acknowledge your innate beauty and goodness to share with others.

Namaste,

♥ Melissa

#biglove

Chapter 1:

THE BASICS

(Reiki Level 1)

WHAT IS REIKI?

Reiki is essentially a beautiful form of energy healing.

To explain this properly, let’s go back a few steps. Energy is at the core of everybody and everything – it’s the essential, unifying element for the universe. And when I say unifying, I truly mean it.

Even the scientific community has proven and officially recognized that a field of energy exists everywhere and surrounds us all the time. You might have seen it referred to as The Energy Field or The Field in other publications; what’s more exciting is that this web of energy not only affects us, but it is us.

With this knowledge in hand, we now know everything must be energetically connected to everything else, at some degree, including you and me.

When you think about it, that’s pretty major stuff, but we often talk about energy without much notice: "Wow, you have a lot of energy today! or perhaps I’m tired, I have no energy! Or have you ever noticed when you’re around a really up vibe person, you get a bit of a pick me up" just being near them? Or when someone’s energy is really low or negative, it makes you feel bummed out?

So, if we’re intrinsically part of universal energy, why so much ebb and flow in us? Why up one day, down the next?

It’s because when we focus on certain negative aspects of life, we can constrict our ability to connect with our universal source.

Sort of like when you’re in a stressful situation – your breathing can become shallow because your focus is so intense – you end up restricting the very thing you need to survive. But when you start to feel uneasy from lack of oxygen, your focus goes back to breathing; therefore, permitting the flow of air to become strong again.

Japanese symbol for Reiki

So, like the breathing example above, when we focus on connecting, we open up to our source. Wouldn’t it be beneficial to learn how to focus on allowing universal energy to flow through us again, so we can achieve optimum health and happiness, as well as help others, too? Yes, of course.

Enter Reiki.

Often pronounced as ray-key in the West, Reiki is comprised of two Japanese words: Rei, meaning Universal; and Ki, which is Life Force Energy. Of course, there are variations to this definition because the English translations are not exact. But based on mine, Reiki means: Universal Life Force Energy. Throughout this book, I will refer to it as Universal Life Force Energy, Universal Energy, or simply Energy; just know that I refer to the same thing when I use these different terms.

So what exactly is Reiki?

It’s a non-invasive healing technique whereby you channel the glorious universal life force energy through you then to your focus – which may be yourself, somebody else, an animal, or even an object.

This universal energy isn’t chaotic and happenstance; it’s intelligent, so once you’re able to channel it – it will go to your intended and do what’s necessary for their healing or greatest good.

Your hands will be integral tools for you; however, they’re not necessarily needed. Reiki can be done with or without physical touch in order to stimulate your own, or someone or something else’s, natural ability to heal. In saying that, using your hands helps you get the feel for the energy. As you become more experienced in Reiki, you may not always need your hands.

WHO CAN PERFORM REIKI?

In all actuality, Reiki can be performed by absolutely anybody! And that’s because it’s an inherent part of ‘who we are’. You may be asking yourself "Why bother to read a book or take a course to learn how to use it then?"

Well, for most people, you might have the ability to do something, but not the tools or knowledge to use

Reviews for Energy Healing Through Reiki

[Maria · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Melissa is a great teacher. It is easy to learn through her courses. She embodies the idea of keeping it simple when teaching Reiki. I’m very happy I found her course.

[Amanda Faye · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love Melissa's book because it's right to the point. I took her online course before reading this book and that is also right to the point and easily has all the information you need. She gives you the tools, all you have to do is practice!