01_599070 ffirs.qxd 9/28/05 7:34 PM Page iii Reiki FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Nina L.Paul,PhD 01_599070 ffirs.qxd 9/28/05 7:34 PM Page ii 01_599070 ffirs.qxd 9/28/05 7:34 PM Page i Reiki FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_599070 ffirs.qxd 9/28/05 7:34 PM Page ii 01_599070 ffirs.qxd 9/28/05 7:34 PM Page iii Reiki FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Nina L.Paul,PhD 01_599070 ffirs_4.qxd 3/6/07 4:01 PM Page iv Reiki For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permit- ted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600. 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She started down this path at SUNY Purchase, where she received her bachelor’s degree in biology and performed research in the field of neuroimmunology. She also published articles for her college news- paper on scientific research topics. After working in medical publishing at Rockefeller University Press (Journal of Clinical Investigation), she received her master’s degree and PhD in infectious disease epidemiology (the study of diseases) and immunology from Yale University. After leaving Yale, Nina pursued postdoctoral research in London and Oxford, England. Nina’s research focused on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and related viruses and their interaction with the immune system. Nina also taught science to schoolchildren of different ages and abilities in New Mexico and volunteered at a hospital-based Cancer Information Centre in England. She worked in the field of evidence-based medicine and contributed to the Cochrane Library (a medical database). She is also the author of Living with Hepatitis C For Dummies. Nina believes in a multifaceted approach to health. She became a master of Reiki, which is a universal life-force energy that is transmitted through the hands. She is both a practitioner and a teacher of Reiki and uses Reiki as a way to help herself and others. Check out Nina’s Web site at www.ninapaul.info. 01_599070 ffirs.qxd 9/28/05 7:34 PM Page vi 01_599070 ffirs.qxd 9/28/05 7:34 PM Page vii Dedication I dedicate this book to my father, Marvin Paul, the greatest of them all. 01_599070 ffirs.qxd 9/28/05 7:34 PM Page viii