Usui Reiki

Reiki is believed to have begun in Tibet several thousand years ago. Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese educator in Kyoto, Japan, rediscovered the root system in the mid-to late 1800s.

Over his extensive twenty-one-year study of the healing phenomena, he discovered ancient sounds and symbols that are linked directly to the human body and nervous system which activate the universal life energy for healing.

Usui became empowered to use these sounds and symbols to heal. He called this form of healing Reiki and taught it throughout Japan until his death around 1893. The tradition was passed through several grandmasters of reiki such as Dr. Chujiro Hyashi, Hawayo Takata, and Phyllis Lei Furumoto.

Reiki was introduced to the Western world in the mid-1970s. Since then its use has spread dramatically worldwide. Usui Reiki is arguably the best known form of Reiki.

There are a few forms of Reiki being practiced now. The Usui System of Natural Healing balances and strengthens the body's energy, promoting its ability to heal itself. 

Reiki is best described as a Japanese method of meditation, concentration, and energetic focus that results in an enhanced feeling of peace and wellness for oneself or others.  When a person is relaxed, focused, and peaceful, it allows the natural body functions to promote health and healing.   Although Reiki, as we are describing it, is a somewhat recent manifestation, it actually is based on long-standing principles and these concepts continue to evolve.