Foundations of Reiki Ryoho

A comprehensive guide to the first and second degrees of Usui Reiki Ryoho as well as Reiki’s history and Western evolution

Acknowledgments

Notes about Orthography and Terminology

PART 1
Shoden: The First Degree

1 Defining Reiki Reiki Reflections: Your Own Definition

2 Learning Reiki

3 Reiki History

4 The Reiki Precepts
Personalized Precepts
Meditations on the Precepts
Gokai Sansho

5 How Reiki Heals

6 Connecting to Reiki
Energy Exercise 1: Expanding the Energy
Energy Exercise 2: Directing the Flow of Reiki Energy
Energy Exercise 3: The Energy Ball
Reiki Chalice Meditation

7 Understanding
Byōsen Byōsen Graphing

8 Japanese Reiki Techniques
Gasshō Meiso
Kenyoku Hō
Reiki Shower
Reiji Hō
Byōsen Reikan Hō
Chiryō
Koki Hō
Gyōshi Hō
Heso Chiryō
Tanden Chiryō or Gedoku Hō

9 Practicing Reiki

10 Hand Positions for Self-Treatment

11 Hand Positions for Treating Others

12 Additional Reiki Techniques
Aura Sweeping
Chakra Tune-Up with Reiki
Treating the Three Tanden
Meridian Tune-Ups with the Fingers
Reiki Manifestation
Charging Crystals with Reiki
Opening and Closing Spiral
Expanding Your Light

PART 2
Okuden: The Second Degree

13 Introducing the Second Degree

14 The Reiki Symbols

15 The First Symbol: Choku Rei
Strengthening Your Lightbody
Creating Sacred Space
Sealing the Treatment

16 The Second Symbol: Sei Heki
Empowering Affirmations
Treating Psychogenic Conditions
Deprogramming Technique

17 The Third Symbol: Hon Sha Ze Shō Nen
Distance Healing
Healing with a Surrogate
Sending Reiki to the Past or Future

18 More Japanese Reiki Techniques
Gyōshi Hō and Koki Hō Revisited
Jaki Kiri Jōka Hō
Hatsurei Hō
Nentatsu Hō
Sei Heki Chiryō Hō
Enkaku Chiryō Hō
Enkaku Byōsen Reikan Hō
Shashin Chiryō Hō

19 Additional Okuden Tools and Techniques
Programming Crystals and Gemstones with the Symbols
The Reiki Box
Your Reiki Bank Account
Better Sleep with the Reiki Symbols
Symbol Meditation

Conclusion

APPENDIX A
Subtle Anatomy

APPENDIX B
Pronunciation Guide

APPENDIX C
Glossary of Japanese Terms

APPENDIX D
Glossary of Names

Notes

Bibliography

Index