A one-day immersion based on The Usui Reiki Handbook
Mikao Usui trained his students using a small group of practices designed to refine the practitioner’s inner condition. Through steady practice, these methods shaped attention, conduct, and awareness.
In early Reiki training, students worked with practices such as the Reiki Precepts, meditation, contemplation of gyosei, and self-treatment. Through these disciplines the practitioner gradually refined their condition, and from that cultivated condition the ability to help others naturally developed.
Today many Reiki practitioners have never been introduced to the training methods Usui used to develop his students. These practices formed the foundation of early Reiki training and were intended to be worked with daily.
In this one-day class we will explore these practices and experience them directly. Rather than discussing them only in theory, you will work with the methods Usui taught his students and learn how they can become part of your own daily practice.
What You’ll Learn:
During this workshop we will explore the core practices Mikao Usui taught his students,
including:
• The role of the Reiki Precepts in shaping attention and conduct
• The meaning of kokoro, the integrated condition of thought, emotion, and body
• Reiki meditation (jyoshin kokyu-ho) and its role in stabilizing the practitioner
• The contemplative practice of gyosei, reflecting on the poetry of the Meiji Emperor
• The role of self-treatment in integrating Reiki into your own body
• Several treatment methods described in Usui’s teachings
These practices form a coherent system that gradually refines the practitioner and supports the
ability to help others.
By the End of This Class You Will:
• Understand the structure of Usui’s training system
• Experience the meaning of kokoro in your own practice
• Practice the meditation method used in early Reiki training
• Learn how to work with gyosei contemplation
• Integrate self-treatment into your daily practice
• Understand how the cultivation of the practitioner supports Reiki treatment
How the Day Is Structured?
Morning Session
In the morning we explore the foundations of Usui’s training system and the meaning of kokoro. Through guided exercises you will observe how thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations function together as a single integrated field of experience.
Afternoon Session
In the afternoon we will practice each of the training methods Usui taught his students, including meditation, contemplation of gyosei poetry, self-treatment, and several treatment methods. The goal of the class is not simply to learn techniques, but to experience how these practices gradually refine the practitioner.
Who This Class Is For?
This class is intended for Reiki practitioners who already have experience practicing Reiki and who would like to deepen their understanding of the training system Mikao Usui created for his students.
Practitioners from all Reiki lineages are welcome.
Books Required for the Class
Students attending this workshop are required to have already purchased and read the following two books prior to the class. These texts provide the foundation for the teachings and practices explored during the immersion. They are also designed to support continued study and practice after the workshop, serving as ongoing reference and reflection materials for students as they deepen their Reiki practice.
Teachings and Practices from the Founder’s Manual
This book presents the teachings Mikao Usui left his students and explains the training system behind the practices explored in the class. The handbook describes the role of the Precepts, meditation, gyosei contemplation, self-treatment, and treatment methods within Usui’s system of self-cultivation.
The Usui Reiki Handbook Companion Workbook
The companion workbook contains guided reflection exercises and writing space for recording your experience with each practice during the class. Many students continue using the workbook after the workshop as a journal for their daily practice.
Course Format
Sunday, May 31
🗓️ Duration: 7 hours.
🕙 Schedule: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (with a lunch break around 1 PM)
Class size is limited so that all students can fully participate in the practices and discussion.
Commitment: $375