Reiki is an ancient art of healing that was rediscovered by Dr. Maiko Usui. He spent many years searching for the secret of healing and after a 21 day fast on a sacred mountain, he received the ability to heal and the Reiki sacred symbols. When he returned he founded the tradition of Usui Reiki from which all other forms of reiki are based on. Usui passed away in 1926. In the United States Reiki was passed on through Dr. Usui’s student Dr. Chujiro Hayashi, through his student Hawayo Takata. Most of the Reiki lineages today trace back to the Reiki Masters she created. 

  Reiki is a hands on healing system that uses attunements and channeled symbols to prepare the practitioner to be a vessel for healing others. The healer doesn’t use their own energy, the energy of reiki flows through them into the person to be healed, it doesn’t need to be directed. Reiki is not affiliated with any religion and is practiced by people of all faiths. 

  Reiki Practitioners are attuned thru 3 levels, Reiki I, which introduces you to the energy, Reiki II which opens you up to most of the Reiki energy and Reiki Master, which attunes you to teach others. Reiki can be administered with the patient in the same room or at a distance. You can send reiki to heal issues in the past or future. It can also be used to clear and energize spaces and objects, like crystals and sacred objects.