I was in the grocery store last week waiting in line to pay. A woman in the line next to me started talking to me and asked me what I did. This happens pretty often, and I usually respond to people, “I do Reiki.” The woman immediately replied that she knew what Reiki is, and…
The groundbreaking five-episode series following Reiki’s journey from Japanese therapy to global practice is now available on streaming video. Renowned Reiki scholar Justin Stein, PhD., covers the history of Reiki from Mikao Usui’s time in the early 1900s through Hawayo Takata’s teaching tours of the United States and Canada in the late 1970s. Dr. Stein…
I’ve received a number of questions recently about Usui Shiki Ryoho, the system of Reiki I teach. People have asked what it is exactly, how it differs from other forms of Reiki, and how to choose a Reiki teacher. In the world today there are a dizzying array of practices with the name Reiki. The…
Many prospective students ask why our first degree Reiki class at NYC Reiki Center is so long – 16 Hours, over 2 days. Why spend a weekend in our Midtown office when there are 1-hour Reiki workshops and online Reiki training elsewhere? We can’t answer that for you, but we can tell you what to…
Last week I received an email from our Japanese to English translator, Dylan Luers Toda, that made my heart skip a beat. He wrote that he completed the translation of chapter 2 ahead of schedule and had attached it to his email. His translation of chapter 1 was amazing, and I’ve been waiting years to…
A Century of Reiki with Dr. Justin Stein A five-part Zoom series following Reiki’s journey from Japanese therapy to global practice. Announcing a groundbreaking 5-hour Webinar series with renowned Reiki scholar Justin Stein, PhD., who will cover the history of Reiki from Usui’s time through Hawayo Takata’s teaching tours of the United States and…
It’s been a year since we met Dr. Justin Stein in Kyoto, where he led our group of Reiki students on a Reiki History tour throughout Japan. The pilgrimage seeded and nurtured so many projects – from finding new ways to offer these tours to more students to finding our project advisor for our dream…
Today on my 50th birthday I signed the contract for an academic English language translation of the 1933 Reiki book by Kaiji Tomita. Tomita was a student of Reiki founder Mikao Usui, and as such, this book offers perhaps the best chance at understanding some of what Usui was teaching almost 100 years ago. Many…
Warm wishes for a Happy, Healthy New Year! 2019 was a momentous year in Reiki – for our global community, our personal practice, and our plans for the future. In the Spring, the global Reiki community bid farewell to Phyllis Lei Furumoto, the Grandmaster of Usui Shiki Ryoho who passed in March at her home…
Last week, we bid our final farewells to Usui Shiki Ryoho Grandmaster Phyllis Lei Furumoto in Kapa’a, Kauai, Hawaii. Reiki Masters and practitioners, as well as members of Phyllis’ and her widow Joyce Winough’s families, traveled from all corners of the globe – Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Israel, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the UK and beyond.…