What is Reiki?

Our bodies carry an innate capacity to heal. Reiki ("RAY-kee") is a healing art developed in Japan more than a century ago that uses gentle touch to support this natural healing process and promote balance in every aspect of our being.

It has no religious affiliation, doctrine, or need for belief to be effective. Though it remains a folk art and spiritual practice, Reiki is now offered in hospitals, hospice programs, and medical settings worldwide.

Usui Shiki Ryōhō

While many forms of Reiki exist today, the tradition I practice has been passed through the lineage of Mikao Usui, Chujiro Hayashi, Hawayo Takata, Phyllis Lei Furumoto, and Johannes Reindl. I was taught by Susan Mitchell—a student of Hawayo Takata and Phyllis Lei Furumoto.

This specific form of practice is known as Usui Shiki Ryōhō, which Hawayo Takata termed in English the Usui System of Natural Healing.