Usui ReiKi is a natural healing system discovered and developed by Dr Mikao Usui. The name ReiKi (pronounced Ray-key) derives from the Japanese pronunciation of two Japanese characters that describe the energy itself: ‘rei’ (meaning ‘unseen’ or ’spiritual’) and ‘ki’ (Chinese qi, here meaning ‘energy’ or ‘life force’). Dr Mikao Usui is credited with creating Reiki in 1922 after a twenty-one day retreat on Mount Kurama, involving meditation, fasting, and prayer. Usui claimed that by mystical revelation he had gained the knowledge and spiritual power to apply and attune others to what is called Reiki.
