Exploring Reiki: 108 Questions and Answers »

Paula Laxmi Horan is the author of Empowerment through Reiki, Abundance through Reiki and The Ultimate Reiki Touch, all of which have sold steadily for more than fifteen years. She has been practicing and teaching Reiki worldwide since the mid-80s. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology and has studied and taught massage therapy at the Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing in San Diego, California. She resides in Goa, India, where she is the founding director of Seven Palms Spa Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Since its introduction to the West a little more than twenty years ago, Reiki has grown from a small circle of a few hundred practitioners scattered across the United States and Canada to millions of people in practically every country on the globe. Reiki's expansion has been fast, surprising and very successful. The system has become so widely accepted that insurers in several countries now cover Reiki treatments in their plans.

Exploring Reiki introduces this increasingly popular form of hands-on healing by answering the 108 most often-asked questions relating to its practice in common-sense, reader-friendly language. It covers all the practical issues a complete beginner would want to know about while still providing an in-depth and all-round presentation. As a result, Exploring Reiki is as helpful to the curious browser who wishes to get first hand information from an experienced practitioner as it is to the experienced initiate with questions about a particular aspect of this subtle art of healing.

Working with the subtle energy of Reiki can contribute to disease prevention and to everyday harmony, as well as to combating specific, acute, or chronic problems. Three articles in the appendix demonstrate how Reiki fits into the larger context of holistic healing and a saner approach to health care.