Reiki Research on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure
Reiki and Rats’ heart rates and blood pressure. J Altern Complement Med. 2008 May;14(4):417-22 1: Baldwin AL, Wagers C, Schwartz GE. Laboratory for the Advances in Consciousness and Health, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0068, USA. abaldwin@u.arizona.edu Objectives: To determine whether application of Reiki to noise-stressed rats can reduce their heart rates […]
Reiki Level Two Seminar
Hiroshi Doi’s Reiki teacher was Komiko Koyama, who was the 6th President of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai. Koyama Sensei’s husband was called up to fight in World War II; sadly, she was informed that he had died in the conflict. According to Japanese tradition, she put his photograph onto the family altar, but as […]
Reiki Research and Stress Reduction
Reiki has been shown to work on rats, and to reverse the effects of gut leakage caused by stress. In this research project, Reiki was compared with ‘sham-Reiki’ and a control group. Reiki reduced leakage significantly compared with the two other groups. The research indicates that Reiki could be used to reduce the environmental stress […]
Reiki Level 1 Class – Aug ’12
‘There is a way of moving wisely and graciously through the world, bestowing blessings and happiness upon yourself and others, in times of trouble and times of ease. To find this freedom, you must learn how to quiet the mind and open the heart.’ Jack Kornfield. Jack Kornfield was talking about meditation when he penned […]
Reiki class June 2012
Mikao Usui’s motivation in creating the system of Usui Reiki Ryoho was to develop a path towards spiritual development, which is known in other cultures as the state of Satori, or anshin ritsumei. Whichever words we use, they describe the attainment of a state of calmness and perfect harmony, regardless of what is happening around […]
Can you measure Reiki in some way?
Reiki Research – there is quite a lot of Research being done into Reiki nowadays, which is good news for us as practitioners, as we are often asked ‘how do you know that Reiki works?’, or our internal ‘Doubting Thomas’ has us wondering if anything is really happening when we lay our hands on someone. […]
Gendai Reiki Ho – Basic Practice CD
Hiroshi Doi has recorded a CD of Gendai Reiki Ho Basic Practice. The recording is in Doi Sensei’s own voice, which is deep and warm … very pleasing to the ear. It feels enormously special to hear Doi Sensei speak these words in his own voice, as he gently guide us. Each of the 11 […]
Reiki share – Japanese style
The Gendai Reiki Network International Conference 2012 in Kyoto began with a get together for the international delegates. We were joined by Doi Sensei, Mrs Doi, the GRN Board members and about 20 Japanese practitioners. We began by sitting in circle, on zabuton cushions, and sharing a little about ourselves. Doi Sensei welcomed us all […]
Reiki, Aikido and Zen 3.
Soushou Yamada, chief priest of Daitoku ji, joined Hiroshi Doi and Koretoshi Maruyama at the Gendai Reiki International Conference 2012 in Kyoto. Earlier in the week, we had been treated to a special guided tour of Daitoku-ji, which is not normally open to the public. In the 14th century, Japanese priests went to China to […]
Reiki, Aikido and Zen 2.
The second presentation of the Gendai Reiki Network International 2012 in Kyoto was given by Koretoshi Maruyama, on the subject of Aikido. Aikido is a martial art that teaches its students to appreciate the life in the other person. Mr Maruyama told us that the three disciplines (Reiki, Aikido and Zen) have ‘ki’ in common, […]