Mikao Usui - Founding Father of Reiki Energy Therapy

Executive summary about reiki usui  by Steven Frosten

Dr. Mikao Usui was born in the village of Yago, located in the Yamagata district in Gifu prefecture, Japan on August 15, 1865. He studied in a Tendai Buddhist monastery as a child and was known as a talented student.

Usui was fortunate enough to travel to China and several western countries to study. Usui experimented with his healing system for some time before opening his first school and clinic in April of 1922 in Tokyo. It was recently translated into English under the name "The Original Reiki Handbook of Dr. Mikao Usui". This handbook gives today's practitioners a much clearer picture of Usui's original concepts of Reiki.

Usui's healing skills became well known in Japan. He treated people of all classes for free or a small fee. Students may have paid for their training or worked in exchange for the teaching. It was important to him that people learn to heal themselves. This is still a central tenet of Reiki teachings today.

Because of a 7.9 earthquake near Tokyo in 1923, Usui and his healing became even more famous. By 1925, Usui was so busy that he opened a larger school in Nakano. He traveled extensively, healing and teaching. His senior students remained at the clinic to continue their healing work.

Dr. Chujiro Hayashi became his successor when Usui died on March 9, 1926 at the age of 62. Today, Reiki is practiced all over the world. Mikao Usui's legacy lives on through the teaching lineages of his students.