Reiji-Ho: Letting Reiki Show the Way
[In Usui Sensei’s, Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho — “Usui Reiki Healing Method for the Improvement of Mind and Body”( I心身改善臼井靈氣療法) — there are practices that feel like they cut straight to the heart of what this work is really about. Reiji-ho is one of them. The name itself (霊示法) translates roughly to “the method […]
The Importance of Self-Treatment in Reiki: Walking the Path
In Reiki, self-treatment is not optional. It is foundational. Within Koshin Reiki as transmitted by Brian Brunius, Reiki is consistently taught not merely as a hands-on healing method, but as a Way—a lived spiritual practice. Reiki is something we do, something we walk, something that gradually shapes our consciousness. And at the heart of that […]
When Practice Stops Needing Explanation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the years, I’ve noticed a quiet shift in how people arrive at Reiki. In the beginning, students want clarity. They want to know what is happening, whether they are doing it correctly, and how to make it work better. Questions are natural, and they have their place. Explanations help orient the mind while the […]
Reiki’s Real History and Global Journey
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Most Reiki students learn a simple tale: Mikao Usui fasted on Kurama mountain, received a revelation, and a healing system was born in a flash of light. But the real history, the one revealed through the work of Reiki historian Justin B. Stein, PhD, is far more interesting. It’s more human, more complex, […]
Announcing Koshin Reiki
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Why I Am Naming This Lineage Now [/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”20″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Reiki has always evolved through human hands. It was shaped by the people who practiced it, the cultures that received it, and the lineages that carried it across oceans. When I chose to name the Koshin Reiki Style, I did so to honor […]