Reiki And The Seven Chakras: Your Essential Guide to the First Level

by Richard Ellis

Reiki is a unique system of healing that allows you to harness and transmit energy through your hands, restoring balance and harmony within the body and bringing relief to a wide range of physical and emotional problems.

This book, by renowned Reiki teacher Richard Ellis, illustrates all the hand positions used for the first level of Reiki, but it goes much further and shows them in their relation to the seven chakras. Chakras are the main energy points of the body and provide the anatomy of energy healing. These are different for everyone, and so to practise Reiki effectively you need to understand a person's chakras, which will in turn explain the type of person they are and the health problems they are vulnerable to. For example, one person may have an excessive first chakra, making them prone to obesity or digestive problems, and to pessimism, while another may be deficient, making them vulnerable to anorexia and restlessness. You would therefore approach these two people differently.

Reiki and the Seven Chakras captures the feeling of wonder that surrounds Reiki, but it is also an immensely practical guide. So many of the current books on Reiki are very dry, following a formula of detailing the history of Reiki healing and then showing you how to do it. This one breaks the mould and is written from a very personal point of view, which makes it incredibly interesting to read and also very accessible - essential if you are to understand the true nature and potential of Reiki.

Genres: Spirituality, Health, Nonfiction

226 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

Richard Ellis is an author of two books and a complementary health practitioner specialising in the relationship between mind and body. He is a Master Teacher of Reiki, a Clinical Hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner.

Richard’s career in complementary therapy began in the early 1990’s completing his formal training as a Reiki instructor by early 1995 at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland. Following a period of international teaching tours Richard was approached to write his first book ‘Empower your life with Reiki’ published by hodder & Stoughton in 1999. This book was published in the United States by Sterling Publishing and re-titled ‘Practical Reiki’and went on to be translated into several languages.

Following the success of Practical Reiki, Richard started work on his second book ‘Reiki and the Seven Chakras’ published in 2002 by Vermillion. It has been translated into several languages and has sold over 40,000 copies in the English language.

Richard’s keen interest in the chakra system, the nature of disease and the link between mind and body, led him to develop his own training program utilizing posture analysis and non verbal communication called The Body Never Lies.

In addition to his writing and healing work, Richard has studied various forms of bodywork and holds Diplomas in NLP and Clinical Hypnotherapy. Richard continues to research methods of enhancing his busy practice and classes.

Richard runs his practice from Dorset England where he lives with his partner and three children.

Reviews

[Kit Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always recommend this book to people starting out in Reiki, but it's also good for seasoned practitioners to expand your knowledge of the chakras.

Richard's writing style is direct, simple, and humble, conveying deep truth wonderfully. Much of what is said is profound if taken seriously. I'm currently re-reading it and finding pockets of wisdom that I didn't see the first time.

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good explanations. It's time to experience a real Reiki session now. The proof of the pudding...

[Patrickd · Rating 4 out of 5]

It only covers levels one and two but it is by far one of the few Reiki books with actual information on the chakras.

[linda lipinski · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book about reiki and chakras

[Dereth · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a nice xploration into the charka system with interesting meditations on specific chakra healings. I don't know that I would call it "the essential guide" as it has in the title, but it's still pretty good.

[Shawn Pearson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I discovered Richards book by accident whilst researching the Chakras, I found it to be an easy and enjoyable read.
It also helped me get back into Reiki after a 11 year stop. This book is a must for Level 1 Reiki practitioners.

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dull reading, and my reiki training booklet had pretty much the same info in 30 pages.