The sacred mountain near Kyoto where Mikao Usui's 21-day fast birthed Reiki, the authenticity pilgrimage for any practitioner who wants the Japanese roots.
The sacred mountain near Kyoto where Mikao Usui's 21-day fast birthed Reiki, the authenticity pilgrimage for any practitioner who wants the Japanese roots.
BirthplaceUnbroken lineageMeccaHeritageTraining in the original Japanese form of Reiki taught at the Jikiden Reiki Institute in Kyoto, the form preserved unchanged from the Usui-Hayashi lineage. The seminars cover Shoden (first degree) and Okuden (advanced), teaching the historical hands-on healing methods and reiju attunements as they were practiced in Japan, followed by a separate teacher-training (Shihan-kaku) course for those continuing. Held at the institute's Kyoto base near where the tradition is rooted.
Learning Reiki in its authentic Japanese form directly at the Kyoto institute that preserves the original lineage, in a small in-person cohort with formal certification.
It is the world head office and lineage origin of Jikiden Reiki, founded in Kyoto by Chiyoko Yamaguchi and her son Tadao Yamaguchi to teach Reiki in the unadapted Japanese form Chiyoko learned directly from Dr. Chujiro Hayashi in 1938.
Reiki Master / Master-Teacher (Shinpiden / Level III) attunement and lineage placement · Certifying body: Usui lineage attunement system; standards via ICRT, UK Reiki Federation, Shibumi International Reiki Association
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