| Usui reiki was the first form of reiki which was | | | | the wrong hands, but luckily the attempt failed and reiki |
| developed by Dr. Mikao Usui and it is the perfect place | | | | still remains a free subject. |
| to start your reiki training. | | | | Learning Usui Reiki |
| In the beginning there was only this. | | | | It is very easy and quite natural to learn reiki and usui |
| Since the introduction of Reiki by Dr. Mikao Usui in the | | | | reiki is set out in three training levels which are known |
| late 1800s, many other branches have sprung up and | | | | as the Reiki one, Reiki two and Reiki master courses, |
| so we now have to define each branch. | | | | each course builds upon the previous one and the |
| But we must remember that this is the original and the | | | | learning is very well structured. |
| very foundation of all other forms. | | | | Each level of Reiki goes into specific aspects of reiki |
| New innovations in any field are always welcome, but | | | | and it is expected that between the training levels you |
| all innovators who make a meaningful contribution to a | | | | will use reiki both as a form of self healing and also |
| subject have a solid grounding in the basics of the | | | | treat others. |
| subject they come to innovate, and the innovation | | | | In this way you will gain confidence and familiarity with |
| should always add something meaningfully to reiki. | | | | reiki as you continue with your training. |
| So when it comes to learning reiki it is a wise thing to | | | | That is how a Usui Reiki Master is made. |
| start your Reiki journey with Usui Reiki, or as close to it | | | | Innovations of reiki have taken out some of the training |
| as we can get. | | | | levels and taken out some of the attunements, and |
| Usui Reiki as Taught by Dr. Usui, and then Dr. Chujiro | | | | others have increased the training with more levels |
| Hayashi and following Dr. Chujiro Hayashi, Mrs. Takata | | | | and more symbols and attunements. |
| is as close to the original Reiki as we can get. The | | | | I suppose all of the new levels and branches of reiki |
| Reiki that they taught and passed on to others is now | | | | have something to offer but we need a standard to |
| known as Usui Reiki. | | | | judge them by and that standard was and still is Usui |
| Reiki has three distinct and clearly marked training | | | | Reiki, otherwise you are shooting in the dark. |
| levels which uses four symbols, a separate | | | | Usui reiki came about after a lifetime of work, practice |
| attunement at each level, 12 hand positions and periods | | | | and en devour and Dr. Usui then spent the rest of his |
| of self healing and treating others between each level. | | | | life perfecting and practicing what he had developed. I |
| With the introduction of new branches new symbols | | | | would always look there first. |
| have been added along with more attunements, more | | | | If you are thinking about learning reiki the choice is |
| levels of training and many ideas about what reiki | | | | obviously yours. |
| actually is. | | | | All I would say is that you get very familiar in usui reiki |
| Innovation like this is possible because it is still a free | | | | first and if you then think there is something missing |
| subject and not held down by any one interest or | | | | then there are many other forms of reiki to investigate. |
| governing body. It is still outside of any regulation and | | | | But my overall point is that if you feel drawn to reiki |
| possibly one of the few real free movements left. | | | | and would like to know more about it, you should know |
| People who have learned reiki can then teach and | | | | that it is not a difficult subject to learn and there are |
| pass it on to others, use it and even innovate it if they | | | | many benefits to be gained. |
| feel the need to. | | | | And as this all started with Dr. Usui, Usui reiki is a very |
| Recently some people have tried to Regulate Reiki | | | | good place to start. |
| under the misguided assumption that it is dangerous in | | | | |