MIKAO USUI
What is Reiki?
As a practice, Reiki involves helping to create a state of energetic balance which releases stress, relieves pain, and promotes self-healing.
Pronounced RAY-key, Reiki is Japanese for Divinely-guided Life Force energy, or Spiritually-guided energy. There are two parts to the word. “Rei” means Universal, or all encompassing and all knowing. “Rei” is the same as Higher Power. “Ki” means Life Force energy, and is the same as Chi in Chinese, Ti in Hawaiian, and Qi in Japanese. “Ki” is the energy that runs through everything at all times. It is the energy that binds all living things together.
There is an unlimited amount of Ki flowing into and around Earth that anyone can harness for healing or strength. Put this together with Universal wisdom, and you have the most powerful source of energy healing available, reiki.
For the purposes of this course, “reiki” with a lower case “r” refers to the energy that flows all around and enlivens us. “Reiki” with an upper case “R” refers to a committed practice of using “reiki” for healing.
A Brief History
One thing to now about Reiki is that there are countless interpretations and iterations of its history. The story I am about to share with you is the one I learned in my first Reiki class. You should do your own due diligence to y our satisfaction.