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Reiki Ryoho (therapy) is the art of hands on healing originating in Japan in
1922, established by Mikao Usui (臼井甕男1865-1926). Reiki itself can be described
as the universal energy of existence, which flows through all life and matter.
It is completely natural and non-invasive, and when a Reiki therapy is received
from a trained practitioner, it can assist in the healing of both body and mind.
Treatments are carried out by the practitioner placing their hands directly on
the recipient, who remains fully dressed throughout the session, normally laying
on a treatment couch. By doing this hands on, the practitioner effectively acts
as a conduit for Reiki energy to pass through him or her in greater abundance,
assisting and boosting the natural healing ability of the recipient’s body.
Reiki works not only on physical issues but can also improve mental health and
outlook, and over the past few decades has become increasingly popular
throughout the world especially in Europe and the USA, becoming recognized as an
effective and important holistic health treatment. Trials and studies are now
being held in hospitals and front-line medical staff. In Japan however, despite
being the home of Reiki, the situation has been strikingly different. Although
Reiki in Japan has, in recent years, been slowly growing in popularity, the
majority of Japanese people still do not know or accept this wonderful
non-religious healing practice. Before WWII Reiki had become very popular in
Japan and was widely practiced, but from 1945, partly because of connections to
the Japanese Navy and also because of medical laws instituted by the occupying
forces, the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai (the organisation established by Usui
sensei) was obliged to stop openly practicing Reiki in order to avoid being shut
down. Despite this however some individuals quietly continued to use Reiki from
their homes, for friends and family. With the dramatic change of ideology in
post-war Japan, people gradually lost interest and belief in traditional Eastern
healing arts and it is only over the last thirty years, following its journey
from pre-war Japan, first to Hawaii and then throughout the West, that Reiki has
been reintroduced to Japan and is now once again being openly practiced. This
Reiki practice however was a Western version of Reiki with varying degrees of
change and influence in the way it is practiced, and many of the teachings are
therefore either missing important, essential elements from the original system
or have been changed completely. It was thought that Reiki had died out in Japan
and from the time Western Reiki first reappeared all those years ago, many
students had been trying to find the original teachings free from Western
influence, and this lead to the door of Chiyoko Yamaguchi…
