1996_09 Insight September 1996

              SEPTEMBER 25, 1996 I
Reiki: the healing touch of the human hand
■ Japanese massage
summons energy
from the body
by Steve Echeverria
Staff Writer
Susan Krikorian slapped her hands
firmly together and began rubbing
ihem vigorously, she then opened her
hands in an offering manner.
"Do you feel that?" asked
Krikorian. "That heal is the energy
coming through for the healing.
That's Reiki."
Reiki (pronounced ray-kee) is the
enigmatic form of touch-healing
which originated in Japan. Reiki is
practiced by those who believe that a
Reiki practitioner has been "tuned" to
channel energy through a process
with the hands.
"Reiki is a healing energy that
walks with you." said Krikorian.
owner of Valley Women's Books and
Gifts in Fresno's Tower District.
"Il helps enhance the healing energies of the bodv." she said.
Although not a Reiki Master.
Krikorian has practiced Reiki for
three years.
Channeling energy
According to ihe Center of Reiki
Training, located in Southfield.
Mich.. Reiki uses a procedure for
stress reduction and relaxation.
This technique is a positioning of
the hands. It allows those who practice Reiki to tap into an unlimited supply of life-force energy lo improve
hcallh and enhance ihe quality of life.
To those who believe in Reiki, the
life-force energy comes from a subtle
source outside the human body.
"This energy comes in the form of
heat from the healer's hands with the
intention of assisting the other person." said John Fulan. owner of the
New Dawn Center in Fresno, who
practices a form of Reiki simply know
as "laying on of the hands."
Reiki is spiritual in naiure bul not a'
religion, alihouch Reiki users say il
enhar
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Reiki users sav it is noi dependent
on belief and will work whether believed or noi.
An open mind
Fulai
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»I have
laying on of ihe hands." They simply
have lo have an open mind to try it.
The word Reiki is composed of two
words, rei and ki. vv hich arc Japanese
in origin.
The "rei". used in Reiki, is inter
preted to mean supernatural knowledge or God-consciousness.
"Ki" is the life-force, the nonphysi-
cal energy that animates all living
things.
According to the Center of Reiki
Training, as long as something is
alive it has life-force circulating
through it and surrounding il; when
it dies, the life-force departs.
Properly defined. Reiki means
spiritually guided fife-force energy.
Fulan said the healer is the instrument for that energy.
Beginnings
The belief in life-force energy has
been spread throughout the world due
to the efforts of three people: Dr.
Mikao Usui, Dr. Chujiro Hayashi and
Mrs. Hawayo Takata.
According to the Center for Reiki
Training, all the current information
about thc history of Reiki and its
founder Usui, originated from thc
story provided by Takata.
According to Takata, it was after a
mystical experience on Ml. Kori-
yama that Usui received the ability
to perform Reiki on others.
After some years, a retired naval
officer, Hayashi*. was asked by Usui
to accept the responsibility of preserving Reiki.
Upon receiving the Reiki Master
initiation from Usui in 1926. Hayashi
opened a clinic creating thc standard
hand positions and their initiation
procedures, adding to thc Reiki
method.
According to Takata. Hayashi
sensed World War II approaching so
he wanted to make sure Reiki would
be preserved. He decided io pass ii
on to two women— his wife and
Takata.
Growing art
It was Takata who brought Reiki
to the West in the late 1930s.
Reiki is now practiced throughout
North and South America, Europe,
New Zealand, Australia and other
parts of the world.
There are now an estimated 5.000
Reiki Masters and as many as
500.000 people practicing Reiki
throughout the world.
Reiki in not taught in the usual
sense. It is transferred to the siudeni
by thc Reiki Master during a process
called attunement.
According to Ihe Center of Reiki
Training, the Reiki attunement process is a powerful spiritual experience, where energies are channeled
by way of a positioning of ihe hands
into the student through thc Reiki
Master.
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At a recent Psychic Fair, reiki master Dolores Archevala performs the Japanese art of touch healing.
the
dent can perform Reiki.
Once received. Reiki is life long.
Upon receiving alt
Reiki guidelines add "spiritual" balance io ihe healing work.
Spiritual guides
According lo the Center for Reiki
Training, these guidelines help followers realize that healing the spirit
by consciously deciding to improve
ihe sell is a necessary part of ihe Reiki
experience.
The guidelines are:
Just for today. 1 let go anger.
Just for today. I let go worry.
I honor my parents, my teachers and
my elders.
I respect and give thanks for all living things.
I earn my living honestly and I am
true to myself.
There are other forms of alternative
healing techniques used around the
world that complement more traditional healing practices.
Two of these subtle healing
teachniques arc Pranic healing and
Chi Kung.
Other techniques
Pranic healing refers to a set of non-
contact techniques that facilitate healing in the body.
Chi Kung is the name of a diverse
set of exercises w hich cultivate the use
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Balancing act
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