April 3, 2008
Ki, Qi, Chi, Prana
The Vital Energy
that Sustains Living Beings, the Life Force
Universal Life Energy, Breath-Energy, Living Energy
Karen Garofalo
Reiki Practitioner, Second Degree
Certified
Valley Spirit Center
23005 Kilkenny Lane
Red Bluff, California 96080
Phone: 530-200-0750
E-mail: karen@egreenway.com
Reiki Practitioner Services by Appointment Only
Karen Garofalo was certified for
completing the First Degree in the
Usui Shiki Ryoho System of Natural Healing on April 2, 2006.
The Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Master who taught her was
Susanna
Luebcke, M.D.
Karen Garofalo was certified for
completing the Second Degree in the
Usui Shiki Ryoho System of Natural Healing on June 23, 2007.
The Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Master who taught her was Jessie Woods.
Karen is now studying with Reiki Master, Jessie Woods, and other students in Red Bluff, California.
Karen Garofalo also practices
Yoga and
Qigong with her husband, Mike.
She is an active gardener
in the North Sacramento Valley of California.
She works as an Special Education Instructional Aide for
the Tehama County Department of Education.
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Reiki
Bibliography, Links and Resources
Abundance Through Reiki. By Paula Horan.
Alternative Healing Arts.
Webpage of Dr. Susanna Luebcke. Includes webpages
on: Emotional Body Healing, Nadis Energy Treatment, Energy Essences, and Usui
Shiki
Ryoho Reiki. Dr. Luebcke was raised in Berlin, Germany. She trained and practiced
medicine as a General Practitioner and Allergy specialist for 20 years. In 1993,
she moved
to Eastern Oregon to focus on alternative healing arts. Susanna Luebcke:
P. O. Box 83,
Sprague River, Oregon 97639. 541-892-2992. Email: harvsusi@earthlink.net.
Pat Cougar's Reiki
Chico, California
Empowerment Through Reiki.
The Path to Personal and Global Transformation. By Paula
Horan. Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, Lotus Press, 2002. 157
pages. BKEG. ISBN: 0941524841.
Essential Reiki: A Complete Guide to an Ancient Healing Art. By Diane
Stein. Freedom,
California, Crossing Press Inc., 1996. Bibliography, 155 pages.
BKEG.
ISBN: 0895947366.
15
Minute Reiki: Health and Healing at Your Fingertips. By Chris and
Penny Parkes.
Hammersmith, London, Thorsons, 2004. Index, 208 pages. BKEG.
ISBN: 0007158912.
Karen Garofalo
Reiki: Usui Shiki Ryoho Valley Spirit Center, Red Bluff, California.
Halls of Reiki
By Ed Bacon.
Hayashi Reiki Manual: Traditional Japanese Healing Techniques. By Frank Arjava Petter,
Tadao Yamaguchi, and Chujiro Hayashi.
Inner Reiki : A Practical Guide for Healing and Meditation. By Tanmaya Honervogt.
Introduction
to Reiki Ryoho. The Southwestern Reiki Ryoho Association.
Magick
of Reiki. Focused Energy for Healing, Ritual and Spiritual
Development. By Christopher
Penczak. St. Paul, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2005.
Appendices, bibliography, 276 pages.
ISBN: 073870573X. BKEG Collection.
Mohan Makkar's Reiki Magic: The Usui System. By Mohan Makkar.
One
Degree Beyond: A Reiki Journey into Energy Medicine. By Jane Anne
Narrin.
2nd Edition. Seattle, Washington, Little White Buffalo Publishing Cottage,
1998.
Appendices, index, 314 pages. BKEG. ISBN: 096585454X.
The Original Reiki Handbook of Dr. Mikao
Usui: The Traditional Usui Reiki Ryoho Treatment
Positions and Numerous Reiki Techniques for Health and Well-Being. By Dr.
Mikao Usui and
Frank Arjava Petter. 80 pages. ISBN: 0941524876.
The Power of Reiki: An Ancient Hands-On Healing Technique. By Tanmaya Honervogt.
Reiki.
Sandi Leir Shuffrey. England, Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. Index,
183 pages.
ISBN: 0658008994. BKEG.
Reiki
Alliance - Membership
Reiki Best Practices: Wonderful Tools of Healing. By Walter Luebeck and Frank
Arjava Petter.
Reiki: Beyond the Usui System. By Karyn K. Mitchell.
Reiki Energy Medicine: Bringing Healing Touch into Home, Hospital, and Hospice.
By
Libby Barnett, Maggie Chambers, and Susan Davidson.
Reiki
for First Aid. By Walter Lubeck. Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, Lotus
Light Publications,
1995. 154 pages. BKEG. ISBN: 0914955268.
Reiki
Handbook: A Manual for Students and Therapists of the Usui Shiki Ryhoho System
of Healing. By Larry Arnold and Sandy Nevius. PSI Press, 4th
Edition, 1992. 160 pages.
BKEG. ISBN: 0962550019.
Reiki
Magazin A German language publication.
Reiki
Plus Natural Healing. By David G. Jarrell. Celina, Tennessee,
Hibernia West, 1983, 1991.
Index, 79 pages. ISBN: 0963469002. BKEG. David Jarrell,
Reiki Master, founder of the Reiki
Plus System of Natural Healing and the Reiki Plus Institute.
Reiki
Plus Professional Practitioner's Manual for Second Degree. By David G.
Jarrell. Celina,
Tennessee, Hibernia West, 1992, 1994. 96 pages. BKEG. ISBN:
0963469010.
Reiki
Ryoho The Southwestern Reiki Ryoho Assocation.
Various informative webpages by
Adonea.
Reiki Ryoho at
the Valley Spirit Center. Red Bluff, California. Karen
Garofalo.
Reiki: The Healing Touch. By William Lee Rand.
Reiki - The Legacy of Dr. Usui. By Frank Arjava Petter.
The
Reiki Touch. By William Lee Rand. Colorado, Sounds True,
2005. Includes DVD
video, audio CD meditations, music CD, 100 page workbook, and 30 illustrated
cards.
BKEG. ISBN: 159179370X.
The
Reiki Threshold Vancouver, Canada
Reiki: The Usui System of Natural Healing. By Hawayo Takata and Paul David Mitchell.
Ushi
Reiki Reiki Touch.
Usui Reiki: Level One Manual. By Francine Milford.
Usui
Shiki Ryoho - An Interview with Paul Mitchell
Usui System of Reiki: Usui Shiki Ryoho
Valley Spirit
Center: Reiki, Qigong, Taijiquan
Working Winds
A retreat Center near Klamath Falls, Oregon. Robert and Sharon
Chinook.
Chinook Aerie Retreat Center.
Valley Spirit
Center Red Bluff, California
Usui Reiki Lineage
Dr.
Mikao Usui, 1865-1926
Christian and Buddhist Scholar, Teacher, School Administrator
Founder of the Usui System of Reiki
1st Generation
Mr. Chujiro Hayashi, 1878-1940, Retired Naval
Officer,
Reiki Grand Master (1925) and Teacher
2nd Generation
Mrs. Hawayo Takata, 1900-1980 (Reiki
Grandmaster, 1938)
3rd Generation
Certified 22 Usui Reiki Masters
Mrs. Phyllis Lei Furumoto, Grand-daughter of Mrs.
Takata (Reiki Grandmaster, 1975)
4th Generation
Lore
Massar (Reiki Master, 1988) and Solveig Imlau (Reiki Master)
5th Generation
Dr. Susanna
Luebcke (Reiki Master)
5th Generation
Jessie Woods (Reiki Master)
5th Generation
Jessie Woods was certified as a Reiki
Master in 2006 by Dr. Susanna Luebcke.
Karen
Garofalo (Reiki Second Degree, 2007)
5th Generation
Qigong (Chi Kung)
Bibliography, Links, Resources
"Qigong" refers to the many Chinese methods or disciplines for "discovering, gathering,
circulating, purifying, directing, conserving, storing, transforming, dissolving, or transmitting"
(Roger Jahnke) the vital life forces, or the energy, of the body. The
words Ki (Japanese) and
Qi or Chi (Chinese) use the same ideographic
character.
Cloud Hands: Qigong and T'ai Chi Chuan Bibliographies, links, resources, guides, lessons.
The Complete Book of Chinese Health and Healing. By Daniel Reid.
Random House,
1994. 484 pages. ISBN: 0877739293.
Eight
Section Brocade Qigong By Michael and
Karen Garofalo. 320Kb.
The Essential Qigong Training
Course. 100 Days to increase Energy, Physical Health, and Spiritual
Well-Being. By Kenneth Cohen. Boulder, Colorado, Sounds
True, 2005. Includes a 59 page weekly
workbook, a Qigong DVD, 5 audio CDs, and one Qi Healing DVD. ISBN: 1591790905.
BKEG
Collection.
The Healing Promise of
Qi: Creating Extraordinary Wellness Through Qigong and Tai Chi.
By Roger Jahnke, O.M.D.. Chicago, Contemporary Books, 2002. Index, notes, extensive
recommended reading list, 316 pages. ISBN: 0809295288.
Healing Ways: The Teachings of Kenneth Cohen
Northern
California T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Directory
Qigong:
Bibliography, Links, Resources, Quotes and Notes
Relaxtion
(Sung): Loose, Open, Free, Yielding, Responsive
Standing
Meditation (Zhan Shuang)
Valley Spirit
Center Red Bluff, California
The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy
Healing. By Kenneth S. Cohen.
Foreword by Larry Dossey. New York Ballantine Books, 1997. Index, notes, appendices, 427
pages. ISBN: 0345421094. One of our favorite books: comprehensive, informative, practical,
and scientific. BKEG Collection.
Massage
Bibliography, Links and Resources
Acupressure's
Potent Points: A Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments.
By Michael Reed. Bantam, 1990. 272 pages. ISBN: 0553349708.
Bodywisdom: An Easy-To-Use Handbook of Simple Exercises and Self-Massage
Techniques for Busy People. By Amiyo Ruhnke and Anando
Wurzburger.
Tuttle Publishing, 1996. ISBN: 0804830819.
Bodywork.
What Type of Massage to Get and How to Make the Most of It. By
Thomas
Claire. New York, William Morrow, Quill, 1995. Index, bibliography,
glossary, notes,
resources, 440 pages. BKEG. ISBN: 0688149529.
Chi
Self-Massage: The Taoist Way of Rejuvenation. By Mantak
Chia. Healing
Tao Books, 1991. Reissue Edition. 176 pages. ISBN: 0935621016.
Chinese
Qigong Massage: General Massage. By Yang Jwing-Ming and Alan
Dougall. YMAA Pub., 1992. 336 pages. ISBN: 0940871254.
Chinese
Self-Massage Therapy: The Easy Way to Health. By Fan
Ya-Li.
Blue Poppy Press, 1999. 154 pages. ISBN: 0936185740.
Do-In 2:
The Art of Rejuvenation Through Self-Massage and Breathing Exercises.
By Jacques de Langre. Happiness Press, 1978. 52 pages. ISBN:
B0006X205O.
A Gift
for Healing: How You Can Use Therapeutic Touch. By Deborah Cowens.
Three Rivers Press, 1996. 254 pages. ISBN: 0517886510.
Healing
Self-Massage: Over 100 Simple Techniques for Re-energizing Body and Mind.
By Kristine Kaoverii Weber. Collins and Brown, 2005. 96 pages.
ISBN: 1843402114.
Jobs'
Body: A Handbook for Bodywork. By Deane Juhan. Foreword by
Ken Dychtwald.
Barrytown, New York, Station Hill Press, 1987. Index, bibliography, 365
pages. BKEG.
ISBN: 0882681346.
KindTouch
Massage: Self-Massage for Health and Well-Being. By Lynne
Walters
and Kathleen M. Webster. Sterling Pub., 2002. Book and CD
combination. 146 pages.
ISBN: 0806915439.
Me-ssage:
A Natural Method of Full Body Self-Massage. By Judy Unell.
Trafford,
2003. 48 pages. ISBN: 1553697499.
Qigong: Links,
Bibliography, Resources, Quotes, Notes
Qigong
Massage - Self Massage. Instructional videotape by Yang
Jwing-Ming.
YMAA Publications, 1999.
Self-Massage:
A Complete 15-Minutes-A-Day Massage System for Health and Healing.
By Jacqueline Young. Thorsons Pub., 1992. 128 pages.
ISBN: 0722525109.
Self-Massage
for Your Eyes. By Simon Wang. Part of the Chinese Health Library
Series. East Health Development Group, 1998. ISBN: 0964160560.
Sexual
Reflexology: Activating the Taoist Points of Love. By Mantak Chia and
William U. Wei. Destiny Books, 2003. 2nd Edition. 192
pages. ISBN: 0892810882.
Stretching and Flexibility: Links, Bibliography, Resouces, Quotes, Notes
Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Website
Taijiquan: Links,
Bibliography, Resources, Quotes, Notes
Trigger
Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief.
By Clair Davies. New Harbinger Pub., 2001. 267 pages. ISBN:
1572242507.
Valley Spirit
Center - Massage Red Bluff, California
Yoga: Links,
Bibliography, Resources, Quotes, Notes
Inspirational
Quotations
Quotes, Sayings, Poems
"For optimal health, we need body and spirit, exercise and meditation, awareness of the inner
world and the outer. In other words, health requires balance and moderation. The goal of qigong
may be summarized as xing ming shuang xiu, "spirit and body equally refined and cultivated."
Cultivate your whole being, as you would cultivate a garden - with attention, care, and even love."
- Kenneth Cohen, Essential Qigong, 2005, p. 2
"Usui Shiki Ryoho (the Usui System of Natural Healing), known as Reiki, is a form of healing
and spiritual awakening, received and developed 100 years ago by a Japanese man, Mikao Usui,
and brought to the West via Hawaii in 1937. It is passed on from one person to another through
specific initiation rites, teachings and defined forms of practice. The Japanese word
reiki can
be translated as 'universal or spiritually guided life force' and the Usui System is a way of working
with reiki for healing of self and others. The word healing is used in the sense of regaining harmony
and wholeness and Usui Shiki Ryoho addresses the whole person, physical, emotional, mental
and spiritual."
- The
Usui System of Reiki The Reiki Association
"Just trust life:
Life will bring you high,
I only you are careful in selecting
In the maze of events,
Those influences or those paths
Which can being you each time
A Little more upward.
Life has to be discovered
And build step by step
A great charm ..."
- Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"Interestingly, one definition of the word 'Reiki' is 'a system that has come into being through
a moment of enlightenment'. Originally, Usui referred to his system as 'Te-ate' (pronounced
'tee-ah-tay'), which means 'hand healing' or 'hand application'. According to the Japanese
author Michio Kushi, Te-ate is a traditional Japanese form of healing that has been practised
for centuries. He mentions that George Ohsawa, the founder of modern macrobiotics, taught
this palm healing throughout Japan, the US and Europe. Kushi referred to Reiki as one of
the modern forms of this art to emerge in Japan, and also mentions Johrei (Purification of
Spirit) and Mahikari (True Light) as more recent developments
Reiki is a technique or method that is based firmly on the esoteric principles that were represented
in Japan in the early part of last century. Usui brought together, in a unique way, the principles of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, energy transfer techniques like Chi Kung (in its Japanese form of kiko),
Tendai Buddhism in terms of energy exercises, empowerments and spiritual teachings, and
Shintoism in terms of techniques used to control the energies. The symbols that came to be used
later in Reiki's history also have their roots in Tendai Buddhism and Shintoism. This was done in a
way that allows anyone to be connected permanently to a source of healing energy, and being able
to channel it without having to undergo many years of practice, and they can learn to pass this ability
on to other people very simply."
- Mikao Usui, ReikiJoy.net
"The Usui System of Reiki can be a personal tool for healing and growth, a way to give energy
to family and friends, or a gentle complementary therapy in holistic medicine.
A Reiki treatment supports the whole person — physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
It is simple to learn and can be applied in a clinical setting, given as self-treatments, or used
as a "home remedy" to enhance health and emotional well-being.
When a Reiki practitioner places his/her hands on an area of their own or a client's clothed body,
Reiki flows through the practitioner into the client. This transfer may be felt as any type of
sensation—
heat, cold, vibration, tingling, unusual heaviness, or sometimes as no sensation at all.
A full Reiki
treatment takes about 60 to 90 minutes.
Reiki has specifically been documented to relax muscles, still the mind, and ease pain. Hands-on
treatment has been scientifically proven to accelerate healing. Many health professionals are
effectively incorporating the use of Reiki into their individual practices."
- The Reiki
Alliance
"The Usui System of Reiki Healing is first a healing practice focusing on self-treatment.
Daily practice is ideal. The practice balances and strengthens the functions and health
of the physical body, enhances relaxation and self-awareness, and quiets and nourishes
the spirit. Out of the practice of self-treatment, it becomes natural to treat family and friends
with the same benefits.
Applying Reiki is practical and useful. It accelerates and strengthens any healing process
from bruising to chronic illness to mental/emotional imbalance. Reiki can be used at any
time and in any situation when we can lay our hands on ourselves or another."
- The Reiki Touch
Red Bluff, Tehama County, North Sacramento Valley, California
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