Author Description

Mark Ashford is a Tibetan Usui Reiki Master Teacher.Reiki has a very ancient Shaman heritage dating back to a time long before Buddhism was introduced into Tibet in the 7th century AD and eventually by the 11th century had become the official religion.Most histories of Reiki start in the early 1800's with the discovery of the ancient healing tradition in Sanskrit texts and Buddhist temples by Dr. Mikao Usui. His work and teaching his first students is credited with bringing this wonderful heritage first to Japan, and then through his students, to Hawaii and the west.The Shaman healing traditions assimilated by early Tibetan Buddhism, Yogic traditions, and the power of Sanskrit as a written language to pass the oral Shaman knowledge down through history to us today.This eBook will be a living book. It includes a fuller, and broader history of Reiki and how the healing tradition is interconnected with Yoga and Yogic traditions. It ends with a section on daily practices and observations and with the use of Reiki healing.The book will be added to periodically.