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The Usui System of Reiki Healing
What Is Reiki?
"Reiki" (ray - key) is a Japanese word meaning "universal life
energy," the energy found in all things. The Usui System of Reiki Healing, or Usui
Shiki Ryoho, applies this energy through gentle touch for the purpose of
healing.
Among the many thousands of Reiki students all over the world, most will agree that
"universal life energy" is only a minimal description of Reiki's extraordinary
force. In her early diary, Hawayo Takata, the woman who brought the Usui System of Reiki
out of Japan, stated, "This power (Reiki) is unfathomable, immeasurable, and being a
universal life force, it is incomprehensible to man. Yet, every single living being is
receiving its blessings daily, awake and asleep."
What Is Reiki Supposed To Do?
The Usui System of Reiki can be a personal tool for healing and growth, a way to give
energy to family and friends, or a gentle complementary therapy in integrative
medicine.
A Reiki treatment supports the whole person — physically, emotionally, mentally and
spiritually. It is simple to learn and can be given as self-treatments, used as a
"home remedy", or applied in a clinical setting to enhance health and emotional
well-being.
When a Reiki Practitioner places his/her hands on an area of their own or a client's
clothed body, Reiki flows through the practitioner into the client. This transfer may be
felt as any type of sensation—heat, cold, vibration, tingling, unusual heaviness, or
sometimes as no sensation at all. A full Reiki treatment takes about 60 to 90
minutes.
Reiki has specifically been noted in both peer-reviewed clinical journals and
anecdotal reports/testimonials (Publications)
to relax muscles, still the mind, and ease pain. Hands-on treatment has been
scientifically proven to accelerate healing. Many health professionals are effectively
incorporating the use of Reiki into their individual practices. The National
Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (NCCAM) recognizes Reiki and has this description on it's web site: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/reiki/
Those who learn Reiki find that it can be successfully administered very simply in all
kinds of settings: home, clinic, hospital, or any place where people experience stressed
muscles, accidents, exhaustion, or personal trauma. Many programs have been created for
AIDS patients, victims of war, and hospice care settings, to name a few.
On the physical level, Reiki can bring relaxation to stressed muscles, decrease
pain, accelerate the healing time of bones and wounds, diminish the tissue involvement of
burns and bruises, and much more.
On a mental and emotional level, anxiety is reduced, a sense of well-being is
increased and another level of relaxation can be felt. At this degree of deep relaxation,
a rebalancing of energies can occur and the natural healing ability of the body is
enhanced.
On a spiritual level, people have stated they feel revitalized and newly awakened
after a full-body session.
Where Does the Usui System of Reiki Healing Come From?
The Usui System of Reiki is named after its founder, Dr. Mikao Usui (1865-1926). Relying
on an oral history, we know that Dr. Usui was an educator in Kyoto in the late 1800's. He
began an investigation into the healing phenomena of history's greatest spiritual
teachers. Through travel, study, research, and meditation, he developed the healing
practice of Reiki and spent the rest of his life applying and teaching this method.
Usui's work continued in pre-war Tokyo at a clinic run by Chujiro Hayashi. A patient, Mrs.
Hawayo Takata of Hawaii, recovered from her serious ailments at Hayashi's Reiki clinic,
and became his first known western student. She practiced and taught throughout the US and
Canada from 1937 to her death in 1980. Her granddaughter, Phyllis Furumoto now carries on
her work. Today millions of people practice Reiki throughout the world.
How Can I Learn More? The Usui System of Reiki Healing has spread through an oral
tradition of teaching, sharing information, and exchanging treatments. Reiki is not
something that can be learned by reading a book—it is something to experience by
receiving a treatment, taking a class, and talking with Reiki Practitioners, students, and
Masters.
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