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ABOUT USUI REIKI ~ WHY AND HOW WE TEACH IT
THE ROOTS OF REIKI - A BRIEF HISTORY
I offer potential students the traditional history and roots of Reiki here to give context to why I teach it as a core part of the Energy Training that I offer.
Reiki is a spiritually-based system of working with energy whose roots are well over 2,500 years old and embody the original traditional teachings of early Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism. It is the oldest known form of Reiki and the source of all other systems of Reiki, migrating from Tibet and India to Southeast Asia and China, then to Japan via Buddhist lamas and adepts.
"Usui" refers to the specific lineage of this form of Reiki, named for founder Dr. Mikao Usui, a Buddhist and Doctor of Theology who rediscovered this system from ancient texts originating from Gautama Buddha, and began sharing it with his students as a complementary therapy to address physical, emotional, and mental diseases. Sources report that Dr. Usui taught Reiki to over 2000 people during his lifetime, sixteen of whom continued their training to reach the equivalent to our Western third degree, or Master/Teacher level.
Mrs. Hawayo Hiromi Takata, a Japanese-American born in Hawaii, helped introduce Reiki to the US by bringing it to Hawaii, where she taught until her death in 1980. Dr. Usui's original Reiki manuscript, found in 1994, cited the origins to be from Gautama Buddha and the Buddhist text, Tantra of the Lightning Flash. References have been made its origins being the way of healing practiced by Jesus. It is assumed, however, that Mrs. Takata created this reference to make Reiki more palatable and acceptable in the US.
INCREASED AWARENESS OF LIFE-ENHANCING ENERGY
We are naturally connected to the Universal Life Force, the life-enhancing energy from which everything flows and is part of. Our perception of this connection can become weaker as the busy-ness of our external world takes precedence as "reality." All of Life flows from 'Ki,' energy - God/Creator, which creates and animates us and all living things. Its names are many. This 'Ki' is the same 'Ki" in the name "Reiki" which means Universal Life Force Energy in Japanese, is an amazing method/practice to learn to reconnect on a deeper level to the Love that is the source of all life, to navigate more gracefully the creativity and purpose of our life. Rather than being just for "hands on healing," this practice deepens our own inner awareness of the animating part of everything in our world that is always available for our well-being, the "inner well" from which our creativity flows and in the many ways that shows up for us.
Usui Reiki is one of my core offerings because of its ancient, undiluted teachings as well as the rigorous attention to keeping intact the purity of this lineage's teaching and information.
Connection to the spirit of life is one of life's many gifts for all of us. The deeper the connection, the easier life flows, enhancing everything positive that we already do for ourselves. For that reason, I share Reiki teachings from the perspectives of an artist, musician, writer and "healer," offering this class for all individuals, especially creatives. Everything is naturally connected to the Creative Life Force and so we share from a place of no boundaries or labels of any offering being "spiritual" or otherwise.
I hope you will join us in becoming part of this beautiful practice and lineage. Our world needs this magic!
TRADITIONAL LEVEL I, II and III USUI REIKI WORKSHOPS
FOR WOMEN and MEN
Private Hendersonville, NC Location
* Level I, II and III: Email Myrrh for upcoming dates: creativedivinestudios@gmail.com
Description of Each Level of Usui Reiki:
- Level I Reiki Introductory Workshop/Attunement: Introduces students to Usui Reiki. It teaches how to consciously connect to, strengthen and work with this flow of Life Force in all areas of life through the practice of Usui Reiki. This Traditional Usui Reiki teaching is the most ancient form of Reiki, over 2500 yrs old, some claim it to be the original form of energy healing. It has been passed down through a lineage originated in sacred texts written by the Buddha.
Students receive the energetic attunement, which opens and strengthens all energy channels to a deeper awareness, clears and aligns the chakras, and thus enhances own health, well-being, intuition, personal energy and inner guidance. This beginning Level I workshop focuses on self-healing, specifically healing the physical body, and can help students more easily manage stress, ease depression and pain, and help heal physical issues. Students also receive a beautiful Reiki Certificate suitable for framing.
- Level II Practitioner Level Workshop/Attunement: Takes students into the Practitioner Level of Reiki. Students learn the symbols for working at a higher energetic level with others, in person and by distance, and receive the Level II Usui Reiki attunement and certificate. Some have called this the "booster rocket" into advanced Reiki.
- Level III Master/Teacher Workshop/Attunement: Takes students into the advanced Master/Teacher Level of Usui Reiki. Students will receive the Master and Teacher Level certificate, attunement and will learn the advanced Master level symbols and protocols for more powerful healing, and the Teacher level symbols and process for teaching Reiki and passing attunements to their future students. Lots of time will be spent in learning advanced healing techniques and practice in passing attunements. After the class, we will share a celebratory potluck meal!