Mount Kurama Changes People Slowly
One of the strange things about Mount Kurama is that almost nothing on the mountain mentions Reiki. People arrive expecting otherwise. After all, this is the mountain associated with Mikao Usui’s retreat in 1922. Reiki practitioners come from all over the world imagining there will be giant monuments, museums, sacred markers, or at least signs […]
Mikao Usui Taught Reiki as a Practice of Self-Cultivation
A Common Misunderstanding If you spend enough time around Reiki, you begin to notice something. People describe it in different ways. It is called a healing method, a way to develop intuition, or a spiritual practice. Each of these descriptions points to something real, but none of them fully answers a more basic question. What […]
The Usui Reiki Handbook: Returning to the Foundation of Practice
There is a quiet problem in modern Reiki practice. Most people learn techniques. They learn hand positions, symbols, and ways of treating others. But the foundation of the system is often unclear. Practice becomes inconsistent. Understanding remains partial. Over time, many practitioners feel that something is missing, even if they cannot name it. What is […]
The Missing Discipline in Reiki Training
Most Reiki practitioners have never trained the way Usui intended. They place their hands. They learn techniques. They may even teach. But the disciplined structure that shaped perception, conduct, and stability in early Reiki training is largely absent from modern practice. In Usui’s system, training was not built around a single method, but around a […]
The Making of the Koshin Reiki Seal
As Koshin Reiki began to take form and the website came together, it became clear that something essential was missing. It wasn’t a logo or branding. What was needed was a seal, a hanko to represent Koshin no Michi, the path of Koshin Reiki. At the same time, I knew I needed a personal seal […]
Koshin Reiki: A Complete System of Reiki Practice & Training
A New Book A new book has been published today: Koshin Reiki: A Complete System of Reiki Practice & Training. This text presents the system of Reiki as it was taught to me by my teacher, John Harvey Gray, and as it has been practiced and carried forward within this lineage. Koshin Reiki is a […]
The Role of the Practitioner
If you spend enough time around Reiki, you will begin to notice something. Two people can place their hands in the same way, for the same amount of time, using the same training, and yet the quality of what happens can be somewhat different. At first, this can be confusing. Students often assume the difference […]
On Technique and Depth
After some time in Reiki practice, it is natural to become interested in the technique. You may begin to notice differences in how people place their hands, how long they stay in certain positions, or how they approach specific conditions. You may come across teachings that describe more structured methods or systems that promise more […]
What Actually Matters in Reiki Practice
If you’ve been practicing Reiki for some time, you may have noticed that there are many different explanations of what Reiki is and how it should be practiced. Some emphasize healing. Some emphasize technique. Some emphasize spiritual development. Some point back to Japan and speak about “original” or “traditional” forms. And at a certain point, […]