Jikiden Reiki ®
Jikiden Reiki ® Treatments
The original name for Reiki is Shin Shin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho. This translates as, 'Usui Reiki Treatment Method for the Improvement of Body and Mind'.
In treatments we work with something called Byosen to find and disperse toxins in the body, encouraging their natural release. Reiki is a natural, simple yet highly effective way to enhance the function of your body, mind, and overall well-being.
I currently offer Jikiden Reiki treatments, both in person and distant treatments, and I am working towards being able to teach the first level, Shoden, as I firmly believe everyone should be able to do reiki.
Originating from Japanese culture, where nature and our connection to it are central, Reiki can easily become a part of your daily life. Everyone can learn this natural healing ability for themselves and others. Mikao Usui, the founder of this method, said that every living being has this potential, so that includes all of us.
First Session
A reiki session usually consists of you laying down on a massage bed for an hour of ‘me time’. Sounds nice right?
Your first session usually lasts longer as we will take time to go through your consent form and any medical history you may have. You can expect this session to last around 2 hours give or take.
Follow Up Sessions
With medical conditions, sometimes you may require more than one treatment. I discount these follow up sessions so that you can benefit the most from your invested time and money.
Distant Reiki Sessions
I also offer distant reiki sessions as these are equally as effective and can help when you can’t get to have an in-person treatment. These can last for either 30 minutes or 1 hour. 1 hour sessions are better, but I provide the 30 minute slots for people who maybe can’t afford a full hour session.
The
History
of
Jikiden Reiki ®
Mikao Usui discovered Reiki in 1922 while fasting on Mt Kurama, near Kyoto, Japan. He realized this ability could be awakened in others. Usui developed a method to help others 'clear their pipes' so that energy could flow easily. Before his death in 1926, he taught 20 teachers, including Chujiro Hayashi, a doctor and naval captain.
Hayashi opened a Reiki clinic in Tokyo, achieving great success. He travelled Japan teaching Reiki and founded the Hayashi Reiki Kenkyukai (Institute) with Usui’s approval. One regular teaching spot was Ishikawa, home to Chiyoko Yamaguchi. Chiyoko learned Reiki from Hayashi in 1938 at 17 years old. Her family practiced Reiki daily, valuing it as a normal part of life.
Chiyoko raised her four sons using Reiki for injuries and illnesses. Her youngest, Tadao, was born weak but became healthy through consistent Reiki treatments. The Yamaguchi family continued practicing and teaching Reiki, even when it was outlawed in Japan after WWII. They were unaware of its spread outside Japan until the 1990’s, when Western teachers such as Frank Arjava Petter and Amanda Jayne sought Chiyoko’s training.
Chiyoko was delighted to find Reiki known elsewhere but noticed changes and omissions in the Western practice. Therefore she and Tadao decided to teach seminars replicating the 1930’s training, calling them Jikiden Reiki Seminars, meaning 'directly passed down Reiki'.
How I Found
Jikiden Reiki ®
I’d always struggled with my mental health growing up from an early age. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia (a pain condition) at 15 years old, and that just added to the chaos inside my head. I somehow juggled multiple traumatic events, a pain condition, masses of empathy, but I was in a constant state of stress, worry and exhaustion.
A few years ago my friend asked me to go to and try a reiki session with her, it was someone practising Western Reiki, and I’ve always been open to trying anything that might help me feel better. I walked out of that session feeling so light and much less stressed, and over the next few sessions the lady told me (confirmed) that I was really tuned into spirituality and should maybe try doing reiki myself.
Me being me, I couldn’t just go and learn reiki from anyone. I had to find someone who was practising Japanese Reiki, after all that’s where it originates from, so they must be closer to the roots of the practice. I happened upon a lovely lady called Wendy Gordon, who taught me Usui Reiki Ryoho, which stems through the International House of Reiki.
Wendy was going on a trip to Lesvos, to learn with Frank Arjava Petter (pictured) - a renowned Reiki author and researcher, and the Vice-Representative of the Jikiden Reiki Institute in Japan. I essentially invited myself on the trip, and was then immersed into the vast knowledge of Arjava Sensei on his wonderful olive groves in Greece, for which I will forever be grateful. I’ve been back again since because it’s just such a lovely place to learn.
Since I found Jikiden Reiki, I’ve been the calmest version of myself I’ve ever known, and I get so much joy and happiness from spreading the word about Reiki and sharing beautiful energy with people. I’ve gone from being extremely bitter to extremely grateful for being alive, and I’m motivated to share that with anyone who will listen. It’s my mission to make reiki more accessible to the western world, removing the ‘woo woo’ from the practice and sharing it straight, just as it is.
Put simply, reiki might help, and if not - well, it’s an hour of chill time you’ve given yourself.