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Reiki is a hands-on energy healing system of great power and simplicity. The Japanese word "Reiki" has been commonly translated as "Universal Life-force Energy." While this is a valid interpretation, it is more accurate to translate Reiki as "spirit" or "an atmosphere or feeling of mystery." For me, this is the mystery of the human spirit and our connection on an energetic level to our World and our Cosmos. Reiki helps us open more deeply to an awareness of this connection and to an understanding of the nature of our Spirits. Reiki traces it's history to Japan, where it was founded by Mikao Usui around the turn of the 20th century. The art of Reiki has since spread throughout the world bringing healing and awareness to many people. To understand this healing system one must first understand the concept of "Ki" (equivalent to the Chinese "Chi," the Hindu "Prana" or Wilhelm Reich's "Orgone Energy"). Ki has been defined as "energy, air, breath, wind, vital breath, vital essence." Ki is within us and around us. It is the essential life-force of the Earth, the planets, the stars, the heavens, and all life forms. As a part of their training, Reiki practitioners receive attunements which open their energy channels and increase their capacity to receive and transmit Ki. While everything that has life has Ki, a Reiki attunement connects the practitioner in an increased way to this limitless source. There are two ways to experience Reiki. You can experience Reiki by receiving a session from a Reiki practitioner or you can learn to be a Reiki practitioner by receiving Reiki attunements and training.
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Benefits of Reiki |
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body-mind-spirit has natural wisdom which constantly strives for the state of
balance and optimal functioning known as homeostasis. Injuries &
trauma, physical, psycho-emotional and spiritual, can impair the body's
ability to achieve homeostasis, resulting in dis-ease. Reiki works with
your natural wisdom to promote vitality, balance, peace and wholeness on the physical, emotional, mental &
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The path of Reiki has been a sacred one for
me. I could not begin to enumerate the many
blessings that Reiki has brought into my life. It
has been my great delight to discover that my experience of Reiki continues to grow
and deepen over time. My relationship to Reiki has been an unfolding one, which continues
to take me further into the realms of healing and to expand my connection with the Great
Mystery. REIKI - LEVEL I At present, I primarily teach Reiki I & II individually in the context of a Transformational Partnership. Contact Ananaia for more information. REIKI MASTER-TEACHER For me, becoming a Reiki Master was a deep and sacred step in my journey on the Path of the Healer. I generally teach as part of a healing mentorship journey or in the context of an extended healing class. If you are interested in studying Reiki Masters with me, please feel free to contact me.
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A Brief History of Reiki* |
After spending many years in his search he meditated at Kurama Yama in the region of an energy "hotspot". He is said to have sat there for 21 days after which he was given the information that he sought to complete his system. He then spent seven years in the poor district of Kyoto and then opened a school in Tokyo, where he passed on the information to sixteen students before dying on March 9, 1926 in Fukuyama. He was not a doctor as some have claimed; his title was Sensei (teacher).The names of some of these students are known. There were three naval offices: Taketomi, Hayashi and Ushida (Giuda). His principal student was Eguchi who studied in 1923. Chujiro Hayashi was born in 1878 and took the training in 1925. He used the knowledge to open a healing clinic in Tokyo. Hayashi developed a set of hand positions suitable for clinical use of the system; his clinic employed a method of healing that required several practitioners work on one client at the same time to maximize the flow of energy. As well as training his practitioners, Hayashi trained several people to teach the system. One of these was a Japanese American from Hawaii named Hawayo Takata. She had turned up at his clinic with a terminal illness, which was later cured. She was made a teacher/master (one of thirteen) on February 21, 1938. Her teacher/master certificate is notarized in Honolulu and does not confer the title of Grand Master. Hayashi also trained a man named Tatsumi who died on October 2, 1996 at an age of over 90 years. Tatsumi had kept notes of his training and allowed tracings to be made of his symbols and sketches. Takata’s successors spread the system throughout the West. However, over time the teachings have become modified and have lost much of their original focus. In Japan a group of dedicated teachers have revived the original teachings, which are now being taught in the U.S. by the Traditional Japanese Reiki Association. Traditional Japanese Reiki is a close reconstruction of Usui’s original system and is based on material provided by Tatsumi-sensei.* My Reiki classes will provide attunements in the method of Reiki brought to America by Ms. Takata. This Westernized style is commonly referred to as the "Usui Shiki Ryoho method of Reiki". The two systems are compatible and can be effectively blended together. The training in my classes will incorporate information from both systems. * My thanks to the Traditional Japanese Reiki Association for providing the preceding historical information |
Reiki Reading |
To learn more about Reiki, you may wish to take Reiki training or read: Reiki: Healing Yourself & Others; A Photo-Instructional Art Book by Marsha Burack, Lo Ro Productions, 1995. |