Reiki: The True Story is a comprehensive investigation of Reiki as both a healing practice and a lifelong path of spiritual awakening. Author and Reiki expert Don Beckett weaves together a new story about Reiki’s origins and its founder’s true vision. The foundation of this book is the teachings of a group of Reiki founder Makao Usui’s original students, who held their master’s knowledge in secrecy for more than seventy years. After a general introduction to Reiki, Beckett presents a thorough history of the discipline (including the testimony of some of Usui’s students) as well as an in-depth manual for practice. The author rounds out his exploration with material from world renowned, contemporary Reiki Masters, Beckett’s own insights into the nature of Reiki energy, as well as information about the chakra system, yin and yang, and the Five Transformations. The book concludes with a chapter entitled “Beyond Reiki,” which bridges knowledge of Reiki with the lesser-known practice of Johrei. Thorough explanations coupled with cutting-edge discoveries about Reiki’s past make this a compelling volume for novice and experienced practitioners alike.

Reiki: The True Story is a comprehensive investigation of Reiki as both a healing practice and a lifelong path of spiritual awakening. Author and Reiki expert Don Beckett weaves together a new story about Reiki’s origins and its founder’s true vision. The foundation of this book is the teachings of a group of Reiki founder Makao Usui’s original students, who held their master’s knowledge in secrecy for more than seventy years. After a general introduction to Reiki, Beckett presents a thorough history of the discipline (including the testimony of some of Usui’s students) as well as an in-depth manual for practice. The author rounds out his exploration with material from world renowned, contemporary Reiki Masters, Beckett’s own insights into the nature of Reiki energy, as well as information about the chakra system, yin and yang, and the Five Transformations. The book concludes with a chapter entitled “Beyond Reiki,” which bridges knowledge of Reiki with the lesser-known practice of Johrei. Thorough explanations coupled with cutting-edge discoveries about Reiki’s past make this a compelling volume for novice and experienced practitioners alike.

Reiki History: Real Reiki® from Japan to the Western World is an in-depth history based on primary, contemporaneous sources. "Reiki" is a Japanese word for an ancient science of energy often used for healing on all levels. Hawayo Takata, a Japanese-American born in 1900 in Hawaii, learned Reiki in Japan and brought it to the Western world. Reiki History traces Takata's life and the rising popularity of Reiki. The story continues with Mrs. Takata's successor to the intact science, Dr. Barbara Ray, whose work and dedication made Real Reiki® available throughout the Western world. Pulling together many original sources never before published, this book explores an historical tapestry from the Japanese in Hawaii in the nineteenth century all the way to students learning Real Reiki® worldwide today.

Reiki, pronounced “ray-key,” means Universal Life Force. This energy is all around us and we can channel it. The Reiki method of hands-on healing is an ancient one, rediscovered by Mikao Usui in early 20th Century Japan. John Harvey Gray was the third of the original twenty-two Reiki Master Instructors created to carry on the Reiki Tradition by Hawayo Takata, a Japanese-American woman who first brought Reiki to the West. Mrs. Takata was trained in Japan by Chujiro Hayashi, a direct disciple of Usui. John Harvey Gray received his entire training from Mrs. Takata. He is considered to be the longest-practicing Reiki Master Instructor in the West. John and his wife Lourdes offer the authentic Reiki method as Takata taught it, along with a wealth of information distilled from their combined experience teaching over 750 workshops and treating thousands of clients. Discover the history of Reiki, how it works and how attitudes that create dis-ease in the mind and emotions affect the physical body. Learn specific techniques including body-scanning procedures to discover areas of reduced vitality flow, hand positioning to maximize the effects of a Reiki treatment, self-treatment and emergency procedures. John and Lourdes tell their personal stories and discuss the meaning of Reiki mastership. Hand to Hand offers both beginner and experienced master a rich and solid foundation for the practice of this popular method of energy healing.

Reiki has been an essential part of the life of the author for many years. This book has been written for those who never cease to be amazed by the power of Reiki and for those who may not have yet experienced but are about to be amazed by the power of Reiki. The content of this book will demonstrate to you the beauty and power of Reiki energy. From time to time in our lives we find ourselves in need of help, and seemingly out of nowhere the answer comes. The answers come to many at such a time in the form of Reiki. For those of you who know nothing at all about Reiki, read this book with an open heart and a non-judgmental mind. For those that are familiar with Reiki, this book will reinforce that which you already know, and for those of you who are fortunate to know Philip and have been treated with Reiki by him, you will absolutely be sure that REIKI WORKS.