How did a spiritual experience on a mountain in Japan become a healing practice now used around the world?
In this episode of The Woo Files, we explore the story of Mikao Usui, the Japanese spiritual teacher credited with developing the system that became modern Reiki. From his retreat on Mount Kurama and the creation of Usui Reiki Ryōhō to Chujiro Hayashi and Hawayo Takata carrying the practice forward, we follow the remarkable journey that eventually brought Reiki to the West.
We also look at what Reiki was originally intended to be, how the practice evolved, and what modern research can—and can't—tell us about its reported effects.
Is Reiki a form of universal life energy, a spiritual practice, a powerful method of relaxation... or something we still don't fully understand?
The Woo Files — short explorations of the strange, the mysterious, and the unexplained.
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