November 6, 2026
An alien god, tigers that create the universe, and a boy trained at night by goblins. Nine strange things I found on Mount Kurama, north of Kyoto, and the legend of how the last one inspired the system of Reiki.
November 6, 2026
Because crystals are a New Age element, not a Japanese one. I love crystals and have them all over the house, but the system of Reiki is a Japanese practice from the early 1900s with five elements, the precepts, meditations like Hatsurei Ho, hands-on healing, symbols and mantras, and Reiju, and none of them traditionally involves crystals. If someone is using them, they are working from a Western, New Age perspective.
November 5, 2026
Usui Mikao Sensei and his wife Usui Tei, year by year, from his 1904 CV and her newly found personnel files in the Taiwan archives.
November 5, 2026
Personnel files from the Taiwan archives, found by Olaf Böhm, give us a first picture of Usui Sensei’s wife Tei: her career as a teacher, her illness in 1921, and a new way to read the Kōkai Denju Setsumeisho.
November 5, 2026
Shūyō (修養) is a Japanese word that means cultivation. It is the name I gave my daily Reiki practice app, and people often ask me what […]
November 5, 2026
100,099 People, and No Exercises at All 感謝して Kansha shite · Be grateful 100,099 People, and No Exercises at All Most gratitude research asks people to […]