The instinct to heal by touch is as old as humankind. But the practice of Reiki takes the power of hands-on healing to deeper, subtler, and more profound levels. This comprehensive guide demystifies the practice, providing insights to this ancient healing art. Essential Reiki presents full information on all three degrees of this healing system, most of it in print for the first time. With detailed explanations of the “attunements,” or energy clearings, that Reiki practitioners must receive in order to progress in their practice, this guide is indispensable background reading for anyone on the Reiki path. You’ll learn how to use touch to self heal, how to interpret Reiki symbols (a long kept secret from the lay reader), how to distance heal, how to pass attunements, and much more. While no book can replace the experience of energetic healing, Essential Reiki provides everything else that the healer, practitioner, and teacher of this system needs.