447. REIKI: Para principiantes

by Victor Archuleta

Press Here! Reiki for Beginners offers a modern approach to the ancient, Japanese Buddhist healing practice. Easily accessible information and fun, contemporary illustrations make this the perfect introduction.

Reiki is a non-invasive Japanese approach to natural health which reduces stress and promotes healing. Reiki is practiced by "laying on hands"; channeling the unseen "life force energy" that flows through the body and creates life. If your life force energy is low, you are more likely to be stressed, anxious, and ill. With these sophisticated techniques, you will begin to feel the life force energy flow through you more rapidly. Reiki is a full body treatment, and thus, supports the whole person’s emotions, mind, body and spirit, and create feelings of peace and well being.

The Press Here! series offers contemporary takes on traditional hands-on healing practices for a new generation of practitioners. These introductory guides feature easy-to-access organization, clear instructions, and beautiful illustrations of each technique. Other Press Here! topics include massage, reflexology, and acupressure.
 

Genres: Spirituality, Health, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[Glenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reiki is a non-invasive Japanese approach to natural health which reduces stress and promotes healing. You will love this book learning all about reiki. This book is very well written with detailed instruction. This is an hands on book to give you instructions on how to do reiki. It is packed full with information on destress. Add it to your library collection and use it as often as needed,
I was given this book from Quarto Knows for an honest review.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well-structured, very helpful guide to Reiki.

I'd recommend it to anyone interested in Reiki, and anyone who's had some experience with it and would like a comprehensive guide for reference.

[Audille Bardon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really love how that book has been made. Colorful and helpful.
I like the practice description, the healing help.
The only reason why not five stars is because I didn’t get the main goal of Reiki at first, the introduction & explication, benefits of Reiki is explained very shortly in a page or two and since it is called «Reiki for beginners » I would have expected a bit more explication about it, I kinda had to read the intro three times before starting to get what it was about..
Overall, I would recommend this book!

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this is ok for beginners, but I would have liked an explanation of why it says to do things (like the position of the hands) instead of just telling us to do it. I did like how it was in an infographic form. I think if your well advanced in the subject (I'm not), then you could use it as a quick reference chart. But overall, I think there is a better book out there for me on Reiki (I just needed to finish it for my Defense Against the Dark Arts O.W.L for the Magical Readathon).

[Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having bounced off Reiki previously, this was an excellent way to get back into it.

The introduction to Reiki is informative and accessible while getting the reader right into the space required to explore practice. All the steps of a session are well outlined and explained so readers will feel comfortable experimenting with Reiki. The guides for hand placements (for both self treatment and for use on others) are clearly illustrated and described.

Where this book really shines is in the guidance about how to design a session specifically tailored for each recipient. By categorizing ailments and related hand positions by chakra, location and/or body system each practitioner can tailor a treatment based on whatever combination of needs needs to be met. This part of the book and cards serves as a great reference for all the ways Reiki can be used and applied.

This would be a great book for anyone interested in starting Reiki, but it also would be an excellent addition to the shelves of experienced practitioners and instructors.

[Kathleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Press Here! Reiki for Beginners Book and Card Deck is a superb guide to the practice of Reiki, or the Japanese word for Universal Life Energy. Energy flows through your body and when that energy is blocked, it causes illness. Press Here is literal: the book shows you, though illustrations and descriptions, exactly how to place your hands in energy work.

Touch and meditation work together in all chapters of this well organized guide. Victor Archuleta shows how to do work on yourself alone or on others, progressing from your head to your feet. Chakras, meaning wheels in Sanskrit, are energy points. Blocked chakras can lead to problems in the areas in the body that correspond to specific chakras. An explanation of chakras is followed by “hands on” work. A list of ailments referring to the pages that show how to relieve them concludes this outstanding self help book. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group and Victor Archuleta for this ARC.

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Press Here! Reiki for Beginners Book and Card Set: Your Guide to Subtle Energy Therapy by Victor Archuleta
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group – Fair Winds
Genre: Health, Mind & Body | Religion & Spirituality
Publication Date: April 20, 2021

Press Here! Reiki for Beginners Book and Card Set: Your Guide to Subtle Energy Therapy by Victor Archuleta is a great resource for learning Reiki.

There is detailed information throughout the whole book. I found the ailment directory at the back of the book to be incredibly helpful! It's like a quick reference guide to apply all the information you learned in the book.

Before reading this, I knew nothing about Reiki. I look forward to trying out what I learned from this book.

I'm so grateful to Victor Archuleta, Quarto Publishing Group – Fair Winds, and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

[Back to One · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read and a nice introduction to Reiki that explains what the process is and how to do it on yourself. There is a good explanation of chakras and how to balance them for yourself.

As a Reiki practitioner, it is a bit misleading because it states that you can do this on others as well. There are several steps needed in order to do Reiki on others, namely the study of Reiki under a master. This study helps students understand history and ethics, as well as being initiated as a practitioner.

[Eline · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mooi vormgegeven boek. Ik wou het lezen om mij wat meer te verdiepen in Reiki en had gehoopt op een betere (langere) intro met eventueel wat meer geschiedenis. Het boek voldeed op dat vlak niet helemaal aan mijn verwachtingen. Het boek is meer een leidraad voor wie onmiddellijk met de oefeningen wilt starten om bepaalde klachten aan te pakken.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting and informative! This is a handy tool and breaks it down in simple, easy to understand steps. I’m not sure how easy it would be to do this to yourself without training. While this is a great guide and includes a lot of information, I didn’t find it useful. My thanks to the publisher for the advance reader in exchange for my honest review.

[Mandy Hazen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book takes an empathetic approach and gives bite size approaches and allows you to have kindness and patience with yourself when dealing with life. This is so necessary for everyone to read in life. Highly recommend. Especially loved the reflection to true life to humanize my feelings and relate. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reiki is Japanese way of healing, and you don't really need to be sick to use this method. You can do some by yourself and some with help of others. And since Reiki is some kind of meditation, you need to calm yourself and have peace with yourself to be able to do this practice better.

[Adrián Trüly · Rating 3 out of 5]

El libro es de excelente calidad, la información proporcionada también.
Lleva muchas ilustraciones que ayudan a comprender muchísimo mejor la lectura, aunque es bastante básico.
Al final del libro me parecía un poco repetitivo, pero cumple su función de enseñar sobre el Reiki.

[Ale Rojas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great boom! Very easy to understand and to put in practice

[Alexandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

A decent introduction and reference (book and cards) to reiki and how to to do it. Different ways to help the body or ailments.

[Jas Deol · Rating 4 out of 5]

very informative.

[Leonore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good tips. Keep practicing. 😉

[Alexandra Oduber · Rating 3 out of 5]

The aliment directory is incredibly useful, and the Reiki affirmations and prayer are great additions. It's a simple guide and very basic indeed.
Looking forward to putting it into practice 🧘‍♀️✨