What is Reiki

Unconditional Love, Compassion, and Reconnection

Those are the ingrendients with which I would describe the energy of Reiki; facilitating well-being, balance and awareness. By imposition of the practitioner’s hands; a Reiki care therefore aims to harmonize the 3 dimensions of your being; the body, the mind, and the soul (emotional). In addition, it can nurture your body’s self-healing capabilities, and increase your level of consciousness.

Reiki can calm your mind, soothe your nervous system, and relieve pain. It can also harmonize you globally and facilitate your awareness and personal growth. This body-mind-soul interaction is possible through your chakras system; the « energy » organs of the human body.

Reiki energy “knows” the person’s needs and will work accordingly. It is pure “unconditional” love! Therefore, it does not need to be forced to meet certain expectations. The only intention practitioners should have is to channel it and allow to be guided by it. The most impactful experiences happen when we allow the process to flow!

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History of the Usui Shiki Ryoho Reikiabout Reiki healing method

It was in Japan, around 1890, that Reiki was rediscovered by Mikao Usui in old Buddhist scrolls; after several years of research. That gave him the knowledge, but not the power to heal. Looking for answers; he went for a 21-days meditation on Mount Kurama. At the very last day; he had a transcending experience where he felt connected to that sacred energy.

Running down the mountain with enthusiasm; he scraped his toe and started bleeding. He proceeded to wrap his toe with his hands. After a few minutes, the pain was gone and the bleeding had stopped. Now having the capacity to heal and soothe with his hands; he went on to test it on other people. After that, he started treating people in a homeless camp.

Then, after a few years; he realized that treating the mind was as important as treating the body. He then decided to go and share his reiki healing method and teachings from village to village. This brought him followers which he later trained.

Master Hayashi

Among those followers was Chujiro Hayashi; a former medical officer in the Japanese Navy. Before Usui’s passing, he chose Hayashi to become the next Grand Master of the lineage. Hayashi had set up a school clinic in Kyoto. Over time, he observed varying intentions and levels of devotion amongst students. That brought him to split Reiki into 3 levels of learning.

Master Takata

One day, a woman named Hawayo Takata came to Japan from Hawaii to undergo surgery for a gallbladder tumor. However, an insisting inner voice kept telling her there was another alternative possible. She was guided towards Hayashi’s clinic. After several treatments, Ms. Takata was completely healed and became, with a little insistence and perseverance, the first woman to be introduced to the Reiki. Over time, Hayashi could only recognize her devotion, and accepted to train her.

After a year of training, Takata went back to her home in Kauai (Hawaii) to set up her clinic and training center. This is when Reiki started to get international attention. In 1940, as rumors of war were spreading, Hayashi wanted no part in it. He felt it was time to pass the torch. He gathered his masters an asked Takata to become the next Grand Master.

Master Furomoto reiki healing method

Master Takata devoted herself to Reiki until her death in 1980; not without having passed the torch to her granddaughter Phyllis Lei Furomoto. However, feeling too overwhelmed by the task at hand and the number of people to oversee; she chose her colleague Paul Mitchell as head of discipline.

Master Furomoto was the instigator of the Reiki Alliance (which I am a member of); an international community bringing together Reiki teachers around the world. The goal was to preserve the foundations and supervise the practice and teachings of Reiki. She died in 2019.

Master Reindl

The current Grand Master and bearer of the lineage since 2021 is Johannes Reindl, with Paul Mitchell still acting as head of discipline.