Reiki Journeys: Understanding Pain for Reiki Practitioners

By Eve Smyth & Chris Manella

Pain is a messenger—but are you listening? In this groundbreaking collaboration between Reiki Master Teacher Eve Smith and licensed physical therapist Chris Manella, readers are invited to decode the true story of pain. Whether you are a Reiki practitioner or someone living with chronic discomfort, this book will change how you understand what your body is trying to tell you.

Drawing on years of experience and cross-disciplinary insight, Understanding Pain Through Reiki reveals:

What different types of pain are trying to communicate
How physical habits and unprocessed emotions create pain
How to understand different types of pain
Why Reiki often leads you to an unexpected part of the body
Case studies that demonstrate how Reiki supports lasting change

This is not a book about curing pain. It’s a guide to assisting your clients in pain management.

Whether you're just beginning your Reiki journey or are an experienced practitioner ready to deepen your understanding of pain's energetic roots, this book offers practical tools and compassionate wisdom. Learn how to listen with your hands, respond with insight, and become a guide in your client's return to balance.

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Do you feel…

• Like you're constantly aware that life could be easier?
• Like you tend to live from a place of stress or anxiety rather than love, joy, and abundance?
• Like your brain gets stuck on or tends towards a negative cycle of thinking?
• Like you know that you’re so close to reaching what you would like to achieve but it’s just out of reach?
• Like fear might be blocking you from what you know you can achieve?

This list describes most of us (me included!). I started Reiki to work on balancing and healing parts of my body. The life described in bullet point 2 full of joy, love, and abundance were something that was a surprise, like the delightful bloom of an orchid after many years. This gorgeous bloom did not come quickly or overnight, but through years of practicing Reiki.