Reiki, The True Story in Chicago — August 2012

• Saturday & Sunday, August 18-19, at the Body Mind Spirit Expo:
  Don Beckett and Reiki, The True Story

  Saturday, 10:00 - 7:00 . . . Sunday, 11:00 - 6:00

  Body Mind Spirit is Chicago's Favorite Holistic Expo . . . with Free Parking!
  North Shore Performing Arts Center, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Chicago - Skokie, Illinois

  Author and Reiki teacher Don Beckett presents his book Reiki, The True Story — a comprehensive and well documented account of Usui Reiki, based largely on information from students who were taught by Mikao Usui himself. Don has been practicing Reiki since 1991 and teaching it since 1999 (in the U.S., Bali, Romania, Turkey, Italy, and Serbia).

  LECTURE: Saturday, August 18 / 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. / Room 4:
  Don will speak about Working with the Energies of Reiki and Shinki . . . and everyone present will have the opportunity to experience Shinki.

  Saturday 10:00 - 7:00 and Sunday 11:00 - 6:00 / Booth 129: Please visit Don at the booth! Stop by and talk Reiki, and get an autographed copy of Reiki, The True Story. You can also get a Reiki session with Mary Hammel, RMT (and her fantastic, hand-made eye pillows : ^ )! And you can register for classes with Don and Mary, held the following weekend (descriptions immediately below).

  
  

• Saturday, August 25 — SHODEN (Reiki 1) — 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago - North Shore Conference Center

  9599 Skokie Blvd, Chicago - Skokie, Illinois

  This beautiful Conference Center is next to the Body Mind Spirit Expo site. We invite you to join us there, the Saturday following the Expo, to learn the effectiveness and simplicity of first-level Reiki (Shoden).

  In this class we will explore:
  — What is Reiki?
  — How does it work?
  — What Mikao Usui taught.
  — The Reiki Principles and their importance.

  We will also practice an energy-cleansing procedure and a self-empowerment procedure. Four energetic initiations will be given, and we will practice giving and receiving hands-on Reiki. At the end of the day, you will be a certified Reiki practitioner.
  — $265 cash or $275 plastic
  — $25 discount if you buy a copy of Reiki, The True Story from us!
  — $50 nonrefundable deposit required when you register
  — CONTACT: Mary Hammel —

  
  

• Sunday, August 26 — SHINKI, the ultimate Source-energy — 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago - North Shore Conference Center

  9599 Skokie Blvd, Chicago - Skokie, Illinois

  We invite you to join us, the Sunday following the Expo, to learn a method of directly accessing an energy of higher vibration and greater subtlety than even Reiki. This energy is called Shinki — the ultimate Source-energy.

  In this class we will explore:
  — What is Shinki?
  — How does it work?
  — How the Shinki method came into being.

  Like Mikao Usui's Reiki method, our Shinki method combines a meditative state with a tangible, definable, energy vibration. And the Shinki method is even more a method of not-doing than is the case with Reiki. In Shinki, no hand positions are taught, no directing of the energy. The only technique is being in a state of Shinki. In the class, we will practice that together, as a group, several times . . . and, by the end of the day, you will be able to access Shinki yourself and to share it with others.
  — $60 cash or $75 plastic
  — $30 nonrefundable deposit required when you register
  — CONTACT: Mary Hammel —

  
  

Don Beckett is internationally respected as a teacher of Reiki and Jourei — two subtle energies (and methods of using them) that bring about healing (physical, emotional, mental) and spiritual awakening. His book Reiki, The True Story is a much-needed look at the history and practice of Reiki as revealed by students of Mikao Usui (the founder) himself — plus Don's insights after 17 years in Reiki. Comprehensive and thoroughly documented, Reiki, The True Story is used by many as a Reiki teaching manual.