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Reiki Hands-on Healing

Locality: Williamstown, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 447 553 576

Address: Ferguson Street 3016 Williamstown, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.hands-onhealing.org

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24.01.2022 This is so beautiful; Brandon Bays is reading a letter that Albert Einstein wrote to his daughter. It’s about LOVE. Enjoy

23.01.2022 The Reiki Book for Children, translated from Portugese the Super Reikinho, has been a great aid to understanding what children feel and how to help them deal with Reiki. In a very simple and imaginative way, the book works the self-discovery through a little friend who is the Super Reikinho who helps the child in an inner journey, to understand their questions.

21.01.2022 I took a bit of a break from writing these posts, partly because I got busy teaching my courses and partly because I began to question how relevant Reiki histor...y was to the ongoing tragedy we are undergoing, the transformation of our everyday lives, the grief of those who have lost loved ones, and the bravery of those on its front lines. But then I realized there is a very relevant story from the life of Hawayo Takata, who suffered greatly in the face of tremendous loss, which ultimately led her to the healing practice she promoted and spiritual path she walked for the rest of her days. Hawayo Takata was born into a family that had known loss and, indeed, the very meaning of her given name was tied up with our fragile mortality. Her parents, Otogor Kawamura (born c. 1866) & Hatsu Tamashima (born c. 1873), had immigrated from western Japan (Yamaguchi and Hiroshima prefectures, respectively) to the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i, where they worked in the sugarcane fields. Hatsu got pregnant and they had a baby girl, whom they named Kawayo after their new home; she died after only about ten days. They soon had a son, Kazuo (born November 24, 1897) and, three years later, on December 24, 1900, another baby girl. In a plea for their second daughter to have the strength to survive, they named her Hawayo after the Big Island of Hawai‘i, hoping this name would imbue her with the that island’s considerable power. As Hawayo reminisced nearly eight decades later, Kawayo’s name was too small, that is why she did not live long, and her parents transferred the high expectations they had for Kawayo’s success onto her. Takata’s older brother Kazuo died February 28, 1920, at age twenty-two. The timing of his death suggests he was taken by the influenza epidemic that ravaged the Territory of Hawaii at that time, particularly the island of Kaua‘i, peaking in March 1920 (Schmitt & Nordyke 1999). Kazuo briefly served in the Hawaiian Department of the U.S. Army in 19181919. His family's application for Kazuo’s military headstone shows that it was to receive no religious emblem, as at that time the only two options were the Christian cross and the Hebrew star; the Buddhist dharmachakra (wheel) was only approved in 1951. Kazuo was buried in the Kelia Japanese Cemetery by the Hongwanji Mission, the Buddhist temple (no longer there) where his family prayed and where Hawayo had worked as an assistant teacher in the temple school. Nearly 100 years later, his great-niece, Phyllis Furumoto, would be interred in this same cemetery, today called the Kapa‘a-Kelia Cemetery. Within a few years of Kazuo’s death, Hawayo’s husband Saichi Takata (18951930) began suffering from a lung condition, diagnosed as pleurisy. With limited access to healthcare in Hawaii, they seem to have left their four-year-old daughter Julia with their family and traveled to Tokyo in 1923, where Saichi had two ribs removed by the prestigious doctor Tomosuke Maeda (18871975), who at that time taught orthopedic surgery at Keio University Medical School.* Saichi and Hawayo returned to Japan in 19281929 to receive further treatment at Maeda’s new clinic in Akasaka (Tokyo), where this photo was taken. Despite their best efforts, Saichi died at home in Kelia on October 8, 1930, aged thirty-four. Widowed before age thirty, Hawayo Takata tried to remain strong. Suddenly the sole provider for their two daughters, she took on more hours at work. She recalled that her overwork, probably mixed with her grief, caused her to suffer nervous breakdowns, abdominal pains, and difficulties breathing. She sought medical attention, but local doctors said they could not treat her. Adding to her desperation, her younger sister Fusae (c. 19091935) also died around this time, from tetanus. In her autobiographical recordings, Takata said she began nightly meditations in which she prayed to God for guidance. One night, her prayers and meditations were answered by a voice telling her that her health was primary, because we cannot work if we are unhealthy, so our financial security and happiness both depend on our good health. She cited this experience as inspiring her trip to Tokyo in October 1935, where she planned to be treated by Dr. Maeda. As is widely known, she never received that treatment, because another voice led her to the Hayashi Reiki Kenkykai, where she was completely healed, inspiring her to begin her study of Usui Reiki Ryh that December. In these difficult times, may the story of Takata’s resilience, perseverance, and commitment to health and healing in times of great suffering inspire us as we make our own difficult decisions for the sake of our health and the health of others. We should not forget that she often taught about the deep interrelation of spiritual health and physical health. May we take care of both in our own lives and the lives of those around us through this ongoing pandemic, and may we come out the other side with renewed commitment to our respective and our collective paths. === Photo of Saichi and Hawayo Takata at the Maeda Clinic in Tokyo, dated October 23, 1928, from the scrapbook mentioned in the note below. Shared with the permission of Joyce Winough. * The details of this trip, including the pleurisy diagnosis, are documented in a photo album with notes written by their daughter Alice Takata Furumoto. This album is currently held by Joyce Winough but will be donated to the Hawayo Takata Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For a short biography of Maeda, see (Maeda Tomosuke), (Japanese Name Dictionary Digital Version), Kodansha, 2009, https://kotobank.jp//%E5%89%8D%E7%94%B0%E5%8F%8B%E5%8A%A9- Schmitt, Robert C., and Nordyke, Eleanor C. 1999. Influenza Deaths in Hawai‘i, 1918 1920. The Hawaiian Journal of History 33, 101117. Available at: https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu//10/538/JL33107.pdf

20.01.2022 Can the Covid situation change us, can it be a wake up call and make us think more consciously about what really matters? Is it like the enemy that can become our teacher?

19.01.2022 Thoughtful article in a major American magazine about the mystery of Reiki and its contested place in contemporary medicine

18.01.2022 We invite you to join this year’s Global Reiki Lights Festival and help create a wave of Reiki energy across the globe. Each year we invite all Reiki students to be together in Reiki knowing we are in union and the sanctuary of Reiki. We will self-treat from a little after 6.00 pm GMT (London time), then at 7.00 pm light a candle and send thoughts of loving kindness across the world to each other. In previous years there has been the opportunity to join this event in person. This year it will be entirely online, so you can join us from wherever you are in the world.

13.01.2022 I am excited to announce that, starting Sunday, May 31, I will be teaching a five-part online course based on the latest research into Reiki history. It is the ...first time I am doing such a broad presentation of this research and I am so looking forward to being able to share it with a community who really appreciates this information. Each of the five classes will be held on Zoom, the last Sunday of each month, at 2 PM New York time, so hopefully they are accessible to most of the worldwide Reiki community for live attendance. Each session will be about 40-45 mins of lecture, with about 15-20 mins of Q&A. The tuition fees for this class will raise funds for the Reiki Center of America's ongoing translation of Tomita Kaiji's 1933 book, "Reiki to Jinjutsu" (Reiki and the Caring Art of Healing). Tomita was a student of Usui Reiki Ryh and his book records both what he learned in Usui's school and some methods for cultivating and transmitting reiki that he developed based on his own experiences. This book is one of the most important texts regarding how Reiki was practiced in pre-war Japan, but an English translation has not been available. Our previous fundraiser raised enough to pay a professional translator (who is trained as a scholar of pre-war Japanese religion) to do the Prefaces, Introduction, and Chapter One, and the results are really wonderful. We have just commissioned him to start Chapter Two (of four), which deals with how to cultivate and emit reiki as well as the techniques of sensing illness with the hands (known as bysen). The book is filled with practical exercises and applications along with Tomita's own stories and explanations. I know these classes are a bit on the pricy side ($65 USD for each 1-hour class) at a time when many people are experiencing financial uncertainty, but I'm going to be putting my all into these lectures, plus your attendance will help contribute to the creation of a real treasure that will benefit the world Reiki community and a new generation of Reiki research. Also, if you choose to enroll in the first four classes, the fifth one will be free! Just email [email protected] with the subject "Reiki Webinars" and if you have paid for 1-4, you will receive a link for #5! Thank you so much for your continued support and I hope to see many of you in the first class on May 31!

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12.01.2022 His Holiness the Dalai Lama's message for World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2020.

11.01.2022 I’m just a simple Buddhist monk but I’m trying to help others lead a happy life, to learn to appreciate what a difference it makes to find peace of mind. That’s... my dream. One of my main practices is the cultivation of altruism, it’s what I think about the moment I wake up. Therefore, until my last breath, I will try to help other people find peace of mind. See more

09.01.2022 Join and enjoy this FREE Reiki Summit by signing up now! There are some amazing and fascinating Reiki topics offered by over 25 speakers from around the globe. All for free!

07.01.2022 This is a great interview. Robert has done much research and in this interview he shares some of it. Enjoy!

05.01.2022 Reiki changes. Which changes are helpful and which not so much? I talked to Reiki scholar Justin B. Stein to get the facts and share perspective. https://reikiinmedicine.org/reiki-basics/reiki-changes/

05.01.2022 Thank you Corona virus, because.......

04.01.2022 Once, a Buddhist monk mentions in his blessing prayers for birthday, Celebrating Birthday means wishing for long & happy life. 15 August 2020 will be 155th birthday anniversary of Mikao Usui, the founder of Reiki. It is a moment for Reiki people to stop and show respect and gratitude, by lighting a candle and connect in energy with Usui Sensei and with each other.... And you can ask yourselves: How did Reiki come into your life? How did Reiki change your life? How often and how do you use Reiki in your everyday’s life? How do you share Reiki with others.

02.01.2022 Stay positive, stick to your daily Self Reiki and give somebody in your household a Reiki treatment everyday. This situation with the Corona virus will pass, be patient.

02.01.2022 Dear Reiki people, Please send Reiki to the world! Sending together makes it more powerful, give it 15-20 minutes of your time each day. Thank you so much. Annemiek