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Brian Brunius demonstrated how to perform Reiki on a student seated in a chair

Chair Reiki Demonstration

About ReikiBy Brian BruniusAugust 27, 2017Leave a comment

Many students have asked how to do Reiki on someone sitting in a chair. Brian Brunius demonstrates this great technique for delivering Reiki to a seated person when you do not have a massage table for your treatment. Using this method you will not strain your back, as so often happens when doing Reiki on…

Photo of the book "We Are All Healers" by Sally Hammond and a Photo of Hawayo Takata

A Chance Meeting with Mrs. Hawayo Takata

About Reiki, Reiki HistoryBy Brian BruniusAugust 26, 2017Leave a comment

Book Overview: We are all Healers, by Sally Hammond The following passages, excerpted from Sally Hammond’s classic 1974 book (Ballantine Books, New York) about spiritual healing, We are all Healers, document a brief encounter she had with Mrs. Hawayo Takata at a conference on spiritual healing in 1971. The excerpt starts on page 283, and…

Photo of Reiki Grandmaster Pyllis Lei Furumoto with the words "Reiki and the Power of Oral Tradition."

Meet Grand Master Phyllis Lei Furumoto

About Reiki, Events, Lineage, Reiki & Spirituality, Reiki HistoryBy Brian BruniusJuly 25, 2015Leave a comment

REIKI AND THE POWER OF ORAL TRADITION with Grand Master Phyllis Lei Furumoto Saturday, July 25,2015 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. San Francisco LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER 1800 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA WORKSHOP FEE: $100 REGISTRATION: http://www.sfreikicenter.com/events

Photo of Christopher Tellez, Phyllis Lei Furumoto, and Brian Brunius

A Day with Phyllis Furumoto

About Reiki, Lineage, Reiki & SpiritualityBy Brian BruniusFebruary 1, 2015Leave a comment

On Saturday, January 31st, 2015, Christopher Tellez of the San Francisco Reiki Center hosted a one-day conference featuring Phyllis Lei Furumoto, the Grandmaster of Usui Shiki Ryoho, the traditional practice of Reiki brought to America by her grandmother, Hawayo Takata. More than fifty Reiki practitioners and masters attended the event. A wonderful lunch was catered…

I’m Coming Home to Reiki

About Reiki, Reiki SongsBy Brian BruniusAugust 23, 2014Leave a comment

This song was presented by Ellen Montague to the Reiki community at the 2014 NW Reiki Gathering at the Breitenbush Hot Springs in Oregon. This recording was made of the entire gathering singing the song while Ellen Montague led us. Ellen Montague of Salem, Oregon is a Reiki master, massage therapist, and practitioner of lomilomi,…

Hawayo Takata’s Recipes

About Reiki, Reiki HistoryBy Brian BruniusApril 3, 2013Leave a comment

I was recently reading Brigitte Müller and Horst H. Günther’s 1995 “A Complete Book of Reiki Healing.” In it the authors give two recipes they attribute to Hawayo Takata. I have seen similar versions of these recipes in others books, and thought it might be worth repeating them here. As many know, Takata believed that…

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