In Focus Reiki: Your Personal Guide, Hardcover

Divided into chapters channeling each body area and its common ailments and aches--including those on our pets--and fully illustrated, In Focus Reiki teaches the basics to this increasingly popular practice to reduce stress, depression, anxiety, and physical pain and tap into your inner healer.

Combined from the Japanese words Rei, meaning "God's wisdom, universal life, or higher power" and Ki, meaning "life force or energy," reiki is the healing practice of balancing our "universal life energy" around our bodies. Founded in the early twentieth century by Japanese Buddhist monk Mikao Usui with the underlying belief that our bodies have the natural ability to heal, reiki transfers healing energy by using the placement of hands to blocked areas.

The In Focus series applies a modern approach to teaching the classic body, mind, and spirit subjects, using expert authors in their respective fields and featuring relevant visual material to smartly and purposely illustrate key topics within each subject. As a bonus, seven illustrated meditation cards based on reiki principles are also included to give readers a quick, go-to reference guide containing the most important information on the subject, for easy practice and retention.

Des Hynes had a long career in the Royal Navy, traveling the world and observing a variety of beliefs and lifestyles, but it was watching how reiki healing helped his wife Viv cope with her cancer treatment that led him to become a Fire Reiki Master Healer. He went on to take an interest in how energy healing and the mind and body work together. He believes that the mind matters when it comes to health.