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Article by Master, Doctor Nguyen Thi Hang - Laboratory Doctor - Pathology Unit - Laboratory Department of Vinmec Times City Hospital
Reiki healing was born based on the discovery and understanding of the body's energy system. Reiki practitioners strive to improve health and quality of life by practicing Reiki and creating balance in the body. Reiki is used as a therapy for self-care, for family members, and as an adjunct to traditional medical practices in hospitals and medical facilities. The form of Reiki that many people practice today, Usui Reiki, has been used for over a hundred years.
1. Who is the founder of Reiki?
The history of Reiki is closely associated with the name of its founder, Dr. Mikao Usui, sometimes referred to as Master Usui. Dr. Mikao Usui was born into a well-to-do Buddhist family in 1865. He had access to a well-rounded education at the time. He attended a Buddhist monastery, where he was taught martial arts, swordsmanship and the Japanese form of qigong - Kiko.
During his studies, Dr. Usui showed a great interest in medicine, psychology and theology. It was this concern that prompted him to seek healing for himself and others through the laying on of hands. He wanted to find a method of healing that wasn't tied to any particular religion or faith so that his system was accessible to everyone.
Dr. Usui has traveled a lot during his life. He studied healing practices and held various professions such as reporter, secretary, missionary, civil servant or even a security guard. In the end, he chose to become a monk and lived in the monastery for the rest of his life.
2. Reiki's Spiritual Awakening and Developmental Turning Point
During his years of monastic training, Dr. Usui occasionally attended self-discovery training in a cave on Mount Kurama. For 21 days, he fasted, meditated, and prayed. On the morning of the 21st, Dr. Usui experienced an event that changed his life forever. He saw ancient Sanskrit symbols that helped him develop the healing method he had long cherished. From there, the healing music of Reiki was born.
After his spiritual awakening, Dr. Usui founded a clinic for healing and teaching in Kyoto. As the practice of Reiki music became more and more widespread, Dr. Usui became more known for his healing methods.
3. The Extensive Development of Reiki
Mikao Usui founded his first clinic and school in Tokyo in 1922. Before his death, he taught several Reiki masters to ensure his legacy would not be forgotten. One of those masters, Dr. Chujiro Hayashi, a former naval officer founded the Reiki clinic in Tokyo.
Dr. Hayashi is credited with further developing Usui
's system by adding hand positions to help energy flow throughout the body. With his improved system, Dr. Hayashi trained many more Reiki masters, among them a woman named Hawayo Takata. Mrs. Takata is a Japanese-American woman, at first she looked to Reiki music to cure her illness, after doing her own research, she decided to bring Reiki back to the United States.
4. Reiki spread to the West
Hawayo Takata in Tokyo in 1935. Mrs. Takata became very ill and was diagnosed with surgery, but her strong instincts told her not to need surgery to heal. After asking her doctor about alternative treatments for her condition, she turned to a Reiki class in town. Mrs. Takata had never heard of Reki, but she arranged a meeting, despite her skepticism. After her first meeting with Dr. Hayashi, Ms. Tayata met with Dr. Hayashi daily. She found the practice sessions relaxing and pleasant, as well as feeling her body was being healed.
As time passed, Mrs. Takata mastered the second degree of Reiki. When she returned to the United States, she continued to practice Reiki healing music and became a Reiki master. She wanted to spread Reiki to others, with some changes, she brought Reiki to the United States to help heal the sick.
5. Modern Reiki
Before his death, Dr. Hayashi conveyed the teachings of the late Dr. Usui to Mrs. Takata. She continued to practice Reiki for many years, before her death she taught Reiki to 22 Reiki masters.
Today, Reiki practitioners use the method developed by Dr. Usui, founder of Usui Reiki. A special feature of Reiki is that practitioners can use Reiki healing music to heal themselves as well as to improve their health. In fact, self-healing is a fundamental thing you need to master before healing others. Modern Reiki masters impart energy to others through light touch using traditional Reiki hand forms, or even from a great distance as required. The Reiki method complements traditional medicine and healing therapies, helping to heal the sick, sick, ill, and more.
Over time, modern Reiki became more and more popular, and more and more Reiki masters were trained. The Reiki method exists in life as an effective healing method not only for oneself but also for others.
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Reference source: iarp.org
