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September 14, 2026
Why do Japanese Reiki teachers not use chakras?
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Why do Japanese Reiki teachers not use chakras?

Chakras came into Western Reiki from the New Age movement and have nothing to do with the Japanese system. Teaching from a Japanese perspective, I work instead with Sanmitsu, which I call the Three Diamonds: body, mind, and the breath that links them. Those three sit at the base of every practice in the system.
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September 13, 2026
Why is meditation the foundation of Japanese Reiki?
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Why is meditation the foundation of Japanese Reiki?

Strictly, the precepts are the foundation of the system of Reiki from a Japanese perspective. Meditation is how we become the precepts: contemplating the waka poetry, practising Joshin Kokyu Ho, breathing into the hara and letting awareness expand until we feel our interconnection with everything.
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September 12, 2026
Did Hawayo Takata lie about Reiki?
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Did Hawayo Takata lie about Reiki?

No, I would not call it lying. Hawayo Takata was a great storyteller, and for years her account of the history of the system of Reiki was treated as exaggeration. As more Japanese sources have come to light, a surprising amount of what she said has turned out to have truth in it.
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September 11, 2026
What does Mikao Usui's gravestone actually say?
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What does Mikao Usui’s gravestone actually say?

The memorial stone beside Mikao Usui's grave in Tokyo tells the story of his life and of the system of Reiki: his difficulties, his experience on Mount Kurama, his work after the Great Kanto Earthquake, and that he taught about 2,000 students before he died. It was written by his students in the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai, many of them naval officers.
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September 10, 2026
What is Reiju and why is it more powerful than an attunement?
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What Is Reiju? The Japanese Reiki Blessing, and How It Differs From an Attunement

Reiju is not more powerful than an attunement; it is different. Reiju is a spiritual blessing, a ritual in which teacher and student move into the same open space together so the student has a direct experience of what it means to be Reiki. An attunement, which probably evolved from Reiju, is a Western ritual for doing something to the student: giving symbols and mantras and conferring a level.
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