Self-Healing Reiki: Freeing the Symbols, Attunements, and Techniques

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Summary: Very easy to understand, a perfect place to start learning..
Review: ..about reiki. My husband and I are both finding it well-written and easy to follow. It is not meant to be a fully comprehensive course on "all things reiki" but is an excellent introduction and practical application manual. Kudos and good karma to the author, who demystifies a healing technique easily accessible to all.

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Summary: At Last!
Review: Finally a book that gives you more than information about Reiki. With the attunement videos I have been able to become a Reiki Master and start teaching Reiki. All of the other books I have read are very interesting, but send you to a Master for attunements. I live in a small town and there are no Reiki Masters available. This is a Godsend for me. Also, I do not think a person should be able to write a review if they have not read the book or tried the attunements!!!

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Summary: A truly generous gift of healing
Review: Having read a couple of books on Reiki, I was a little frustrated about the clandestine approach to passing on what is supposedly guniversal healingh. And given one is led to believe that Reiki attunements can only be successfully passed on person to person, I was a bit dubious about the claims of Barbara Emerson to be able to offer these via her book and/or videos. But with an open heart and mind I did the first attunement from the instructions in her book - and I was very impressed with the results. I do healing similar to Reiki, and found after the attunement that my hands were much more sensitive to the energy of another person and could give healing with stronger energy than before. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in starting Reiki or other forms of healing using the hands. Barbara Emerson, thank you for your generosity of healing spirit.

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Summary: A truly generous gift of healing
Review: Having read a couple of books on Reiki, I was a little frustrated about the clandestine approach to passing on what is supposedly guniversal healingh. And given one is led to believe that Reiki attunements can only be successfully passed on person to person, I was a bit dubious about the claims of Barbara Emerson to be able to offer these via her book and/or videos. But with an open heart and mind I did the first attunement from the instructions in her book - and I was very impressed with the results. I do healing similar to Reiki, and found after the attunement that my hands were much more sensitive to the energy of another person and could give healing with stronger energy than before. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in starting Reiki or other forms of healing using the hands. Barbara Emerson, thank you for your generosity of healing spirit.

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Summary: you will get what you pay for
Review: I am a reiki junkie/Master-Teacher, though I consider reiki MY tool for self-development. I bought this book and sold it as soon as I read it once. Why? There are many books that have come out now that are superb and give you better/correct information. Diane Stein is still the best. If you want to learn something right, get the right materials. This one is not it, however well-written it is. Reiki has its roots in the East and when a student learns healing or a mantra in the East, a Guru is an essential part of the dynamic. Anything else is cheating yourself of the experience and the lesson. There are free teachers available. Ask and you shall receive, although payment is only an exchange of energy, since all things in yoga have to be in balance. You may have an "experience" when you watch a video, but that is not it folks. When you get attuned, get the real thing. Money is not everything, the experience is.

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Summary: surprised me
Review: I have not read this book. Was very surprised that you can now buy a video and become attuned. Anything is possible. My only comment without even reading this book, if money is an issue (in which my fees are affordable), you are probably getting something, however you miss out on the sacredness of receiving the attunements. I would not want an attunement from anyone who received them through video.

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Summary: Great, great, great
Review: I HAVE read the book and received all three attunements and I can't tell you how wonderful they were. The energy and love radiates out of Barbara during the videos. I would highly recommend the book and videos to anyone who wants to become a practitioner.

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Summary: Self Healing Reiki... Worked for me....
Review: I have read the book, and watched the video... I am very please with the results from this book. I live in Nashville, and moved from the West coast a couple of years ago. I still have friends that want me to do an attunement over the phone, or thru web cam. I have had success doing attunements long distance, This book, combined with the video is an excellent tool, to give the most novice individual the knowledge, and technique to receive a viable attunement. I would reccomend this book to anybody who is interested in Reiki, and how it can & will work for you.

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Summary: Self Healing Reiki... Worked for me....
Review: I have read the book, and watched the video... I am very please with the results from this book. I live in Nashville, and moved from the West coast a couple of years ago. I still have friends that want me to do an attunement over the phone, or thru web cam. I have had success doing attunements long distance, This book, combined with the video is an excellent tool, to give the most novice individual the knowledge, and technique to receive a viable attunement. I would reccomend this book to anybody who is interested in Reiki, and how it can & will work for you.

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Summary: good stepping stone
Review: I liked that it offers the option of a "Home Attunement." It was the first of its kind that I've seen to offer video courses along with its book... although, the video is not as accessible- you can't really by it in stores and I'm not sure if it comes in DVD format, as others I've come across.

I DEFINETLY recomend this book to those who have time to order and watch the vids. I know it can bennefit many.