Alternative Healing
...nsive study of the healing phenomenon of history's greatest spiritual teachers. The word reiki comes from two Japanese words rei, which means spirit, essence or soul, and on a deeper level, divine intelligence. Ki on the other hand means vital life force energy or universal life energy. The original system by Usui was called Usui Reiki Ryoho. There are many variants of reiki being practiced these days. They include traditional reiki as practiced in America, traditional Japanese reiki developed by students in Japan and practiced in Canada. There are also various non-traditional reiki styles practiced by independent reiki masters. It is an art that can be passed from master to student. Level one of reiki teaches and enables you to administer healing with the reiki energy. Level two is about some very effective tools to add to your healing work. The three symbols of reiki are taught in level two. The second level of reiki allows you to send reiki energy across distance and time. Level three is traditionally the training where one learns how to teach reiki and pass attunements. The student is attuned to the master symbol. When one is ready to teach reiki the person can take the master's training and pass i...