Question. What is the Japanese word for a Reiki practitioner?

Such a good question. So, there are a couple of ways we could see this. We could say that a Reiki practitioner is a reiyōshi, and that is a person who practices a healing method, reiyō.

But there's another name that we could think of ourselves as. If we look at the memorial stone of Mikao Usui, he's said to have practiced kushu shin. Now, kushu shinren is a type of shugyō. And in Shinto, shugyō is an austerity practice, austerity training. So, a difficult practice. Yeah.

Now, I know that the system of Reiki, the idea is that it is for everybody. Yeah. And that [music] anybody can practice it. But it doesn't mean that we shouldn't have to work hard at it. And so someone who works at an austerity practice would be called a shugyōsha. And this is someone who is then committed to a path and practicing that path.

So maybe we should call Reiki practitioners shugyōsha. In the West, we have created a professional—how would you say—the identity around Reiki, and that would be that, you know, I'm a professional practitioner or a professional teacher. But if we were to look at it from a Japanese perspective and we were to think of this idea of shugyōsha, then it's really someone who is not that interested in certificates, much more interested in self-practice because it's about their own practice.

And it's about someone who is going to be practicing and committed to doing that hopefully every day. So, it's someone who really works hard at their own self-development. It's a commitment to a path.

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Question. What is the most misunderstood Reiki symbol?

H okay. Well, I'm going to say symbol and mantra here because it's also about that. I would say that it's probably the second one because in the West it was called, I think, the characteristic is mental and emotional healing.

But in Japan, the mantra for symbol two actually means our natural inclination. And our natural inclination is to be our true self. And if that's the case, then this practice is to actually take us to that space.

And the characteristic for it is considered to be harmony. When we come into balance between the earth and the heavens, there is a sense of harmony. [music] And in that harmonious space, we start to feel what our natural inclination truly is.

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Question. Is Reiki actually a scam?

Oh my goodness. Um, of course not. But you know what? In every field, whether it's in the medical field—and that's just one example—or the legal field or the real estate field, any field, there will be people who are scamologists, people who are going to want to rip you off, and we know that.

And especially in this day and age with the internet, we're all getting sort of a little bit more used to having to work around that and understand what a scam is. The system of Reiki is definitely not a scam.

It was started in the early 1900s by a man who worked quite hard at developing his own natural healing skills and spirituality, and he passed those skills on to other people, along with techniques and practices to work with that. It's all about your own well-being. So, it's a very subjective healing practice.

And the best thing about it is it's you working for yourself, really. It's not about other people. No one's going to scam you. The only person—or the only way—that you could be scammed is that people are suggesting that you pay them a lot of money and they're not giving you something.

If you have questions, ask around. Check out your teachers or anyone who you might be going for a treatment with if you feel like it might be a bit dodgy. There are dodgy people everywhere, but there's also lots of wonderful great people. So, keep to the wonderful great people.

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