Reiki
is a natural healing method thousands of years old
that
heals on all
levels:
physical, emotional, mental andspiritual. Reiki is
Universal
life force
energy,
that which sustains life and promotes healing in
all living
things.
Reiki
practitioners are channels forthispowerful
healing energy.Traditional Usui Reiki
consists
of three
levels or
degrees. A Reiki student isinitiated by a Reiki
master by
way ofattunements, which
connects the
new practitioner
to
the healing energy. This powerful healing
method can be
learned by anyone. Reiki is not
a religion or religious cult.It
has no dogma or specific doctrine ofbeliefs. A
recipient of Reiki energy willreceive benefits whether that
personbelieves
in the power of Reiki or not. Schedule a Reiki treatment for yourself
today and experience this wonderful healing energy.
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The Halls of Reiki
-Mission Statement-
To
provide information, education, assistance and ongoing support for
those guided to be Reiki healers, and for those who are seeking
alternatives; and to make Reiki available and affordable to everyone
worldwide.
Dr. Mikao Usui,
or Usui
Sensei as he is called by his students in Japan, is the founder of the
Usui System of Reiki. He was born August 15, 1865 in the village of
Yago in the Yamagata district of Gifu prefecture, Japan. It is thought
that he entered a Tendai Buddhist school on or near Mt. Kurama ("horse
saddle mountain") at age four. He also studied kiko, the Japanese
version of qigong, which is a health and healing discipline based on
the development and use of life energy. The young Usui found that these
healing methods required the practitioner to build up and then deplete
his own life energy when giving treatments. He wondered if it were
possible to do healing work without depleting one’s own energy. He went
on to study in Japan, China and Europe and ended up spontaneously
receiving Reiki during a meditation practice on Mt. Kurama.
Usui Sensei had an avid interest in learning and worked hard at his
studies. He traveled to Europe and China to further his education. His
curriculum included medicine, psychology, and religion as well as
fortune telling, which Asians have long considered to be a worthy
skill. It is thought that he was from a wealthy family, as in Japan
only the wealthy could afford to send their children to school.
Eventually he became the secretary to Pei Gotoushin, head of the
department of health and welfare who later became the Mayor of Tokyo.
The connections Usui Sensei made at this job helped him to become a
successful businessman. Usui Sensei was also a member of the Rei Jyutu
Ka, a metaphysical group dedicated to developing psychic abilities.
In 1914 Usui’s personal and business life was failing. As a sensitive
spiritualist, Usui Sensei had spent much time meditating at power spots
on Mt. Kurama where he had received his early Buddhist training. So he
decided to travel to this holy mountain, where he enrolled in Isyu Guo,
a twenty-one-day training course sponsored by the Tendai Buddhist
Temple located there. We do not know for certain what he was required
to do during this training, but it is likely that fasting, meditation,
chanting and prayers were part of the practice. In addition, we know
there is a small waterfall on Mt. Kurama where even today people go to
meditate. This meditation involves standing under the waterfall and
allowing the waters to strike and flow over the top of the head, a
practice which is said to activate the crown chakra. Japanese Reiki
Masters think that Usui Sensei may have used this meditation as part of
his practice. In any case, it was during the Isyu Guo training that the
great Reiki energy entered his crown chakra. This greatly enhanced his
healing abilities and he realized he had received a wonderful new gift
- the ability to give healing to others without depleting his own
energy!
Dr. Chujiro
Hayashi
Dr. Hayashi was
a retired
naval officer. He received the Reiki Master initiation from Dr. Usui
about 1925 at the age of 47. Up to this point, the Usui system of
healing consisted of the energy itself, the symbols, the attunement
process and the Reiki ideals. This was what Dr. Usui had received
during his mystical experience on Mt. Kurama. Dr. Hayashi went on to
develop the Usui system of healing. He opened a Reiki clinic in Tokyo
and kept detailed records of the treatments given. He used this
information to create the standard hand positions, the system of three
degrees and their initiation procedures.
Hawayo Takata
Reiki comes to
the West.
Hawayo Takata was born at dawn on December 24th, 1900, on the island of
Kauai, Hawaii. Her parents were Japanese immigrants and her father
worked in the sugar cane fields. She worked very hard as she was
growing up. She eventually married the bookkeeper of the plantation
where she was employed. His name was Saichi Takata and they had two
daughters. In October of 1930, Saichi died at the age of thirty-four
leaving Mrs. Takata to raise their two children.
In order to provide for her family, she had to work very hard with
little rest. After five years she developed severe abdominal pain, a
lung condition and had a nervous breakdown.
Soon after this, one of her sisters died and it was the responsibility
of Hawayo to travel to Japan where her parents had moved to deliver the
news. She also felt she could receive help for her health in Japan. She
took a steamship and was accompanied by her sister-in-law. After
informing her parents of the death of her sister, she entered a
hospital. It was found that she had a tumor, gallstones and
appendicitis. After resting several weeks, she was ready for the needed
operation.
On the operating table, just before the surgery was to begin, Hawayo
heard a voice. The voice said, "The operation is not necessary. The
operation is not necessary." She had never heard a voice speak to her
like this before. She wondered what it meant. The voice repeated the
message a third time even louder. She knew she was wide awake and had
not imagined the voice. It was so unusual, yet so compelling that she
decided to ask the doctor. She got off the operating table, wrapped a
sheet around herself and asked to speak to the doctor. When the doctor
finally came, she asked if he knew of any other way that her problems
could be helped. The doctor knew of Dr. Hayashi's Reiki clinic and told
Hawayo about it. This was something she wanted to try.
At the Reiki clinic, she began receiving treatments. She had never
heard of Reiki before and did not know what it was. Using their Reiki
hands the practitioners could sense what was wrong with Mrs. Takata.
Their diagnosis very closely matched the doctor's at the hospital. This
impressed her and gave her confidence in what they were doing.
Two Reiki practitioners would treat her each day. The heat from their
hands was so strong that she thought they were using some kind of
equipment. She looked around, but saw none. Seeing the large sleeves of
the Japanese kimono one of the practitioners was wearing, she thought
she had found the location of the equipment. She grabbed the sleeves,
but found nothing. The startled practitioner wanted to know what she
was doing and when she explained, he began to laugh. Then he told her
about Reiki and how it worked.
Mrs. Takata received daily treatments and got progressively better. In
four months, she was completely healed. Impressed with the results, she
wanted to learn Reiki. However, it was explained that Reiki was
Japanese and that it was intended to stay in Japan. It could not be
taught to an outsider. Mrs. Takata talked to the surgeon at the
hospital and convinced him to ask Dr. Hayashi to allow her to learn
Reiki. Since Dr. Hayashi wanted to teach Reiki to another woman besides
his wife, and since Mrs. Takata was so persistent, he decided that she
should be the one. In the Spring of 1936, Mrs. Takata received First
Degree Reiki. She worked with Dr. Hayashi for one year and then
received Second Degree Reiki.
Mrs. Takata returned to Hawaii in 1937. She was soon followed by Dr.
Hayashi and his daughter who came to help establish Reiki in Hawaii. In
the Winter of 1938, Dr. Hayashi initiated Hawayo Takata as a Reiki
Master. She was the thirteenth and last Reiki Master Dr. Hayashi
initiated.
Between 1970 and her transition on December 11, 1980, Mrs. Takata
initiated twenty-two Reiki Masters. Below is a list of the Reiki
Masters she initiated. This is the list she gave to her sister before
she passed through transition.
George
Araki
Phyllis
Lei Furumoto
Barbara
McCullough
Dorothy
Baba
(deceased)
Beth
Grey
Mary
McFaden
Ursula
Baylow
John
Gray
Paul
Mitchell
Rick
Bockner
Iris
Ishikura
(deceased)
Bethel
Phaigh
(deceased)
Fran
Brown
Harry
Kuboi
Barbara
Weber Ray
Patricia
Ewing
Ethel
Lombardi
Shinobu
Saito
Wanja
Twan
Kay
Yamashita
(Takata's Sister)
Virginia
Samdahl
Barbara
Brown
The original twenty-two teachers have taught others. In the decade
since Mrs. Takata experienced transition, Reiki has spread rapidly in
the West. It is now practiced throughout North and South America,
Europe, New Zealand, Australia and other parts of the world. There are
now an estimated 50,000 Reiki Masters with as many as 1,000,000 people
practicing Reiki throughout the world.
"I
am so thankful I found you! The time and attention you give
to
your students is great, and I've been able to start giving Reiki
treatments with absolute confidence. Thank you!" - Lauri G.
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"I just wanted
to let you know
the attunements were simply amazing.
A lot of heat! I will be ordering a few other course very
soon."
- Tom L.
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"Try
Reiki. This alternative medicine treatment can manipulate your energy
and cure what ails you."
- Dr.
Mehmet Oz
*His
wife Lisa is a
Reiki Master and has been using it in the Oz family for years.