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Reiki Healing- The Development of Usui Reiki
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. 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. 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 Shinpei Goto, 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.
In March,1922 Usui's personal and business life was failing. As a sensitive spiritualist, Usui Sensei had
previously spent much time meditating at power spots on Mt. Kurama. So he decided to travel to this holy
mountain where he enrolled in Isyu Guo, a twenty-one-day training course. 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 newabilities and he realized he
had received a wonderful new gift - the ability to give healing to others without depleting his own energy!
Accepting the responsiblity to practice and teach this new gift, Usui Sensei created a Reiki school called
the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai. He also further developed Reiki creating the various levels of trainng, adding
3 symbols to the practice and developing an attunement method
Reiki. He was born August 15, 1865 in the village of Yago in the Yamagata district of Gifu prefecture,
Japan. 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. 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 Shinpei Goto, 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.
In March,1922 Usui's personal and business life was failing. As a sensitive spiritualist, Usui Sensei had
previously spent much time meditating at power spots on Mt. Kurama. So he decided to travel to this holy
mountain where he enrolled in Isyu Guo, a twenty-one-day training course. 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 newabilities and he realized he
had received a wonderful new gift - the ability to give healing to others without depleting his own energy!
Accepting the responsiblity to practice and teach this new gift, Usui Sensei created a Reiki school called
the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai. He also further developed Reiki creating the various levels of trainng, adding
3 symbols to the practice and developing an attunement method
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 3 Reiki II symbols, the Usui
hand positions, the attunement process and the Reiki ideals. After being asked to do so by Usui sensei,
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 Hayashi Healing Guide
that included detailed hand positions for specific illnesses and conditions. He changed the way Reiki
sessions were given by having the client lay on a table and be treated by 2 practitioners. He simplified the
attunement process and may have been the one to add the master symbol, thus increasing the
effectiveness of the attunements. (Although this may have been added by Mrs. Takata.) This may be why
Takata only give a limited number of attunements for each level, whereas Dr. Usui recommended the
student receive as many attunements or reiju’s as possible.
Dr. Chujiro Hayashi
Dr. Mikao Usui
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, 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 emphysema. She
rested for several weeks to prepare for the 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.
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, 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 emphysema. She
rested for several weeks to prepare for the 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.
Reiki comes to the West
Hawayo Takata
At the Reiki clinic, she began receiving treatments. She had never heard of Reiki before and did not know what it was. Using byosen scanning
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.
Takata did not teach or practice Reiki the same way she had learned from Dr. Hayahsi. She chose to modifiy the system by creating her own
hand position method she called the foundation treatment. In addition, she eliminated what we in the west have come to call the Japanese Reiki
techniques, which include byosen scanning, kenyoku and gyoshi ho to name a few. In effect, she simplifed the system making it easier to learn.
Even so, her system is effective and we must honor her for being an innovator.
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
Barbara McCullough
Beth Grey
Ursula Baylow (deceased)
Paul Mitchell
Iris Ishikura (deceased)
Fran Brown
Barbara Weber Ray
Ethel Lombardi
Wanja Twan
Virginia Samdahl (deceased)
Phyllis Lei Furumoto
Dorothy Baba (deceased)
Mary McFaden
John Gray
Rick Bockner
Bethel Phaigh (deceased)
Harry Kuboi
Patricia Ewing
Shinobu Saito
Kay Yamashita (Takata's Sister)
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, Japan, India and other parts of the world. There
are now an estimated 1,000,000 Reiki Masters with as many as 4,000,000 people having been initiated into Reiki throughout the world.
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.
Takata did not teach or practice Reiki the same way she had learned from Dr. Hayahsi. She chose to modifiy the system by creating her own
hand position method she called the foundation treatment. In addition, she eliminated what we in the west have come to call the Japanese Reiki
techniques, which include byosen scanning, kenyoku and gyoshi ho to name a few. In effect, she simplifed the system making it easier to learn.
Even so, her system is effective and we must honor her for being an innovator.
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
Barbara McCullough
Beth Grey
Ursula Baylow (deceased)
Paul Mitchell
Iris Ishikura (deceased)
Fran Brown
Barbara Weber Ray
Ethel Lombardi
Wanja Twan
Virginia Samdahl (deceased)
Phyllis Lei Furumoto
Dorothy Baba (deceased)
Mary McFaden
John Gray
Rick Bockner
Bethel Phaigh (deceased)
Harry Kuboi
Patricia Ewing
Shinobu Saito
Kay Yamashita (Takata's Sister)
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, Japan, India and other parts of the world. There
are now an estimated 1,000,000 Reiki Masters with as many as 4,000,000 people having been initiated into Reiki throughout the world.
Development of the Usui system of Healing
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There has been a lot of speculation about
where Reiki came from, but there has
been little confirmation of most of these
ideas. Some say that Reiki originated from
Buddhism or that it contains Buddhist
concepts or techniques. I spoke with a
Japanese Reiki master who is also a
Buddhist and has done historical research
into Reiki in Japan. He said that he could
see no connection between Reiki and
Buddhism and that he felt that Reiki is
religiously neutral. While Dr. Usui may
have been a Buddhist, he had also
studied Christianity and had lived with a
Christian family for a time. It is clear he
had a very broad background in many
religious teachings and philosophies
The clearest and most authentic
understanding we have been able to
discover is that Dr. Usui originated the
system of healing he taught and practiced
based first on his mystical experience on
Mt. Kurama and then later by making use
of his studies in many different areas of
knowledge. Usui Reiki has no connection
to Buddhism, nor is it connected to
Tibetan Buddhism or Tibetan shamanism
or any other religion. One of the stories
says Dr. Usui discovered the Reiki
symbols in a Tibetan sutra, but even
though people have carefully looked, no
one has been able to find a Tibetan sutra
with Reiki symbols in it. This is further
validated by Dr. Usui’s own writing in which
he says, "Our Reiki Ryoho is something
absolutely original and cannot be
compared with any other (spiritual) path in
the world."
where Reiki came from, but there has
been little confirmation of most of these
ideas. Some say that Reiki originated from
Buddhism or that it contains Buddhist
concepts or techniques. I spoke with a
Japanese Reiki master who is also a
Buddhist and has done historical research
into Reiki in Japan. He said that he could
see no connection between Reiki and
Buddhism and that he felt that Reiki is
religiously neutral. While Dr. Usui may
have been a Buddhist, he had also
studied Christianity and had lived with a
Christian family for a time. It is clear he
had a very broad background in many
religious teachings and philosophies
The clearest and most authentic
understanding we have been able to
discover is that Dr. Usui originated the
system of healing he taught and practiced
based first on his mystical experience on
Mt. Kurama and then later by making use
of his studies in many different areas of
knowledge. Usui Reiki has no connection
to Buddhism, nor is it connected to
Tibetan Buddhism or Tibetan shamanism
or any other religion. One of the stories
says Dr. Usui discovered the Reiki
symbols in a Tibetan sutra, but even
though people have carefully looked, no
one has been able to find a Tibetan sutra
with Reiki symbols in it. This is further
validated by Dr. Usui’s own writing in which
he says, "Our Reiki Ryoho is something
absolutely original and cannot be
compared with any other (spiritual) path in
the world."
Reiki In JapanThe Usui Reiki Ryoho
GakkaiDr. Usui discovered Reiki during a
mystical experience on Mt. Kurama, a
sacred mountain north of Kyoto, Japan in
March 1922. A few months later he
started a Reiki organization called the
Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai who's purpose
was to practice and teach Reiki. He was
the first president. After he died, he was
followed by a succession of presidents:
Mr. Ushida, Mr. Iichi Taketome, Mr.
Yoshiharu Watanabe, Mr. Toyoichi
Wanami, Ms. Kimiko Koyama and the
current successor to Dr. Usui as of 1998
is Mr. Kondo. Contrary to what has been
said by some in the west, there is no
"lineage bearer" or "Grandmaster" in the
system of healing started by Dr. Usui,
only the succession of presidents listed
above. While Dr. Hayashi was a
respected Reiki master, he was never in
charge of the Usui system of Reiki.Reiki is
a generic word in Japan, and is used to
describe many types of healing and
spiritual work. It is not exclusive to the
system of healing based on Dr. Usui's
method. The system of healing that
evolved from Dr. Usui's method is called
the Usui System of Natural Healing or
Usui Reiki Ryoho.
GakkaiDr. Usui discovered Reiki during a
mystical experience on Mt. Kurama, a
sacred mountain north of Kyoto, Japan in
March 1922. A few months later he
started a Reiki organization called the
Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai who's purpose
was to practice and teach Reiki. He was
the first president. After he died, he was
followed by a succession of presidents:
Mr. Ushida, Mr. Iichi Taketome, Mr.
Yoshiharu Watanabe, Mr. Toyoichi
Wanami, Ms. Kimiko Koyama and the
current successor to Dr. Usui as of 1998
is Mr. Kondo. Contrary to what has been
said by some in the west, there is no
"lineage bearer" or "Grandmaster" in the
system of healing started by Dr. Usui,
only the succession of presidents listed
above. While Dr. Hayashi was a
respected Reiki master, he was never in
charge of the Usui system of Reiki.Reiki is
a generic word in Japan, and is used to
describe many types of healing and
spiritual work. It is not exclusive to the
system of healing based on Dr. Usui's
method. The system of healing that
evolved from Dr. Usui's method is called
the Usui System of Natural Healing or
Usui Reiki Ryoho.
It's our experience that all the healing methods are fundamentally the same. They all work with changing
patterns.
Far more important than the type of healing method you employ, is your receptivity to the work, your
connection with the healer, and the healer's gifts. One of the obstacles for a healer is a busy mind. This is
why meditation is an important part of our preparation for your session. As healers, a clear mind helps
connect us with Universal Energy. We strive to be free from all judgments, ideas, beliefs and concepts when
in session.
Please feel free to contact us for a free consultation. Rita Singh: Reiki Master
Shammy Singh : Energy Medicine and Pranic Healer
patterns.
Far more important than the type of healing method you employ, is your receptivity to the work, your
connection with the healer, and the healer's gifts. One of the obstacles for a healer is a busy mind. This is
why meditation is an important part of our preparation for your session. As healers, a clear mind helps
connect us with Universal Energy. We strive to be free from all judgments, ideas, beliefs and concepts when
in session.
Please feel free to contact us for a free consultation. Rita Singh: Reiki Master
Shammy Singh : Energy Medicine and Pranic Healer
Reiki Healing Sessions
You can get Reiki Healing
anywhere in the world. It
works just the same at a
distance.
anywhere in the world. It
works just the same at a
distance.