Reiki News Magazine
Contributors
The International Center for Reiki Training

The Reiki News magazine honors all lineages and schools of Reiki and offers articles written by some of the most experienced and knowledable Reiki masters and practitioners in the world.

Below is a list of those who have contributed.

Contributors to the Reiki News Magazine

Diane Ruth Shewmaker Author of All Love: A Guidebook for Healing with Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki and SKHM and Reiki master of many systems including Traditional Usui, Tibetan, Shamballa, Karuna Reiki®, and Blue Star Celestial. Diane has been a healer for 22 years and is also a spiritual psychotherapist. Diane is a regular contributor to the magazine.

Walter Lübeck Author of over 20 books including: The Complete Reiki Handbook, Reiki for First Aid, Rainbow Reiki, Reiki, The Way of the Heart and The Spirit of Reiki, Walter who is based in Germany is one of the most prolific writers in the Reiki community. He is also founder of the Reiki-Do Institute and creator of the Rainbow Reiki system of healing, having received his Reiki 1 training in 1987 and he became a Reiki master in 1989 with Brigitte Müller (Furumoto lineage). He teaches classes in Europe and many other countries around the world. Walter is a regular contributor to the magazine.

Arjava Petter has been teaching Reiki since 1993, but his deeper and internationally celebrated involvement with Reiki began when he "discovered" the grave and memorial of Reiki founder Dr. Mikao Usui in Tokyo and original documents by Dr. Usui and his students. His research culminated in the publication of his six international bestselling books: Reiki Fire; Reiki, the Legacy of Dr. Usui; The Original Reiki Handbook of Dr. Mikao Usui; The Spirit of Reiki; Reiki, Best Practices; and The Reiki Techniques of Dr. Hayashi.

Mari Hall "I believe Reiki helps us to come into a place where we can discover this inner source of peace and support. Reiki helps us to create an inner landscape for our meeting with the divine." Mari Hall is author of several books on Reiki including Practical Reiki, Reiki for Common Ailments, Reiki for the Soul and Reiki, practical ways to harmony. She is also founder of International Association of Reiki based in the Czech Republic. She received Reiki I&II in 1980 from Iris Ishikura and received her mastership from Marguerite Shelton in 1988. Mari is a regular contributor to the magazine.

Laurelle Shanti Gaia Author of Karuna Reiki^®, Advanced Healing Energy for Our Evolving World, she is also director of teacher licensing for the ICRT and founder of the Infinite Light Healing Studies Center. She received Reiki I in 1988 and became a master with William Lee Rand in 1991.

Penelope Quest . Penny was initiated into Reiki I in 1991, Reiki II in 1992, and became an Usui/Tibetan Reiki Master in 1994. In 1996 she took the Karuna Reiki® master training and at this time chose to leave her career as a lecturer and senior manager at a college to devote more time to teaching and writing about Reiki. Her first book titled Reiki was published in 1999 and a second edition retitled An Introduction to Reiki was published in 2001. Her second book, Reiki For Life, was published in June 2002. Penny is currently writing her third book, Self Healing With Reiki, which will be available in September 2003. Penny is a regular contributor to the magazine.

Amy Roland Author of several books, including Traditional Reiki for Our Times, which is available in Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Lithuanian, as well as English, she received Reiki I & II in 1987 from Beth Gray and received her mastership from Frank DuGan in 1994. In addition to teaching Reiki in the Western style, she is certified in the Japanese style Usui Reiki Ryoho, and "modern" or Gendai Reiki, both of which she received from Tom Rigler. During her fifteen years of practicing and teaching Reiki, she has also been ordained as a minister and certified as a hypnotherapist. Amy is a regular contributor to the magazine.

Pamela Miles is founding director of the Institute for the Advancement of Complementary Therapies, and has over thirty years experience as a clinician, educator, and lecturer in natural healing. Ms. Miles began practicing Reiki in 1986 and was initiated as a Reiki master in 1990. She has developed complementary Reiki treatment programs for major New York City hospitals and has participated in the design and implementation of several clinical trials on Reiki, including an NIH-funded study of Reiki in the treatment of stroke patients and a study on the use of Reiki in the management of HIV/AIDS. Pamela is a regular contributor to the magazine.

William Lee Rand, is publisher of the Reiki News Magazine. William received Reiki I in 1981, Reiki II in 1982, and became a Reiki Master in 1989. He received the Reiki master level of training from five Reiki masters. He has made three trips to Japan to research Reiki and also received Reiki I&II training from Mrs. Yamaguchi who received her master or shinpiden directly from Dr. Hayashi. He also received his Gendai master training from Hiroshi Doi and his Komyo Reiki mastership from Hyakuten Inamoto. For more on William Rand, Click Here. William is a regular contributor to the magazine.

Jeri Mills, M.D. In her article in the summer 2003 issue, Reiki in Hospitals, How I introduced Reiki Treatments into my Obstetrics and Gynecology Practice, Dr. Mills says: "My C-section rate declined from five or six per month to no more than one per month. My surgery patients were going home one or two days after major operations, their hospital stays a day or two shorter than expected, and they were requiring much less pain medication than other patients." This is the first article of a regular column in which I will describe the experiences of people who have made Reiki treatments available in hospitals and other clinical settings. Many hospitals and clinics now offer Reiki as a regular part of their services. Reiki has proven to be a useful adjunct to Western Medical therapy. It has decreased the side effects of medical treatments, helped to provide pain control, and hastened recovery times. It is my purpose to provide inspiration, ideas, and resources for those wanting to provide this service.

Dr. Mills is a physician, board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. She is also a veterinarian, a Certified Reiki Master Teacher and author of the book Tapestry of Healing: Where Reiki and Medicine Intertwine. She has lectured extensively about the integration of Western medicine and Energy medicine. At present, she is devoting her time to writing and teaching. Her goal is to serve as a bridge between Eastern and Western medicine.

Karen Harrison, Ed.S., LPC, LMFT In her article, Reiki Aura Clearing and Psychotherapy in the summer 2003 issue, Karen says: "I have found Reiki to be a useful adjunct to my counseling practice. It has improved the quality of my work and decreased the number of sessions necessary to produce significant healing and recovery for many of my patients." Karen Harrison has been a Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Counselor for twelve years and a Reiki practitioner for the past ten years and has recently become a Licensed Reiki Master Teacher with the ICRT. She is in private practice and also supervises therapists working on their licensure credentials after they finish their graduate degrees. She was an adjunct professor of marriage and family therapy at the University of Missouri--Kansas City for five years. Karen has served on the spiritual counseling staff of her church for eight years.

Ann Eskridge has been involved with media for almost thirty years as a reporter, writer, teacher, and video producer. She has written freelance articles for numerous magazines and newspapers and is also the author of a children's book, "The Sanctuary," published by Cobblehill. She also wrote a script that was made into a movie, Brother Future. She is an Advanced Reiki Practitioner, and wrote the Reiki Romance article in featured in the Winter 2003 issue.

James L. Oschman, Ph.D. "In a few decades scientists went from a conviction that there is no such thing as an energy field around the human body to a certainty that such fields exist and are medically important," says Jim in his interview in the Winter 2002 issue, Science and the Human Energy Field on page 32. This article provides the most thorough and in-depth scientific explanation of Reiki that has yet been written! Doctor Oschman spent twenty years as a research biologist before becoming interested in the scientific study of holistic healing. He is one of the world's foremost authorities on the scientific understanding of holistic medicine and hands-on healing. His book Energy Medicine and his soon-to-be-published book, Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance, are must reading for anyone wanting a scientific understanding of hands-on healing or who is using hands-on healing in a hospital or clinical setting. He lectures in the US and Europe and can be reached at phone 603-742-3789, fax 609-742-4695.

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