OCTH 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mikao Usui, Mount Kurama, Reiki

• School: Towson University
• Department: Occupational Therapy
• Course: OCTH 205
• Professor: Chester L.Price

Document Summary

A non-mainstream practice that is used together with conventional medicine. Mikao usui (japanese buddhist: fasted on mount kurama in japan for 21 days, experienced enlightenment and connected with reiki. Hawaya takata brought reiki to the us: basics. Accesses the body"s natural energy to speed healing. Dissolve the blocks to energy flow (chi or qi: uses. For pain, anxiety/stress reduction, blood pressure, hemoglobin values, & restoring mental and physical balance. Feelings/sensations of warmth: how it is performed. Healer hovers his or her hands over the patient"s body. Healer is empowered through attunements or energy transfer from teacher. Taps into the universal healing energy, transfer to patient, who uses it to assist their own body in healing itself: reiki session. Sequence of hand positions that follow the energy centers of the body (chakaras) Originated in china over 5,000 years ago. Introduced in the us during the 70s: basics.