Reiki origins date back thousands of years to the time before Christ and Buddha in India and the East, we don't have original documents due to the traditional method of passing the knowledge from generation to generation by word of mouth. However, was rediscovered at the end of the nineteenth century by a Japanese Scholar and monk, Dr Mikao Usui. Dr Usui is the founder of the Reiki Usui method and the first Grand Master, who gave the name Reiki.

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Mikao Usui studied allopathic medicine in Tokyo. During the cholera epidemic he joined a Zen monastery where he started to read the ancient Sanskrit and Sutras and his studies revealed methods of this art of hands-on healing. Usui left the monastery and set off for the holy mountain of Karuma, sitting in meditation for twenty-one days seeking the key to unlock the secrets of this ancient form of healing. On his last day, Usui was hit by a bright light from the sky that hit his forehead and was knocked unconscious. He had a vision of the sacred symbols and he had the confirmation that he finally found the keys to this form of healing used by Buddha and Jesus. The rest of Usui’s life was spenthealing, teaching and developing the Usui Shiki Rhoyo method of healing.

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