Deepening Our Connection to Reiki: Japanese Roots to Modern Practice
With Diane Domondon and Justin Stein, PhD
December 8 - 10, 2023
Misconceptions about Reiki place its origins anywhere from ancient Egypt to Tibet — even from angels and aliens — but we hold the truth in the palms of our hands. In this workshop, we’ll explore the roots of this Japanese practice and discover the transformative power of universal life energy through Reiki meditations and transmissions.
Over this weekend, students will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of Reiki from both historical and experiential perspectives. We will discuss how this energy-healing technique originated in Japan, find out how it was influenced by other practices and cultures, and study how it evolved over time.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn:
- Various aspects of Reiki practice.
- Meditations taught by Reiki’s founder, Usui Mikao.
- Practices to connect to Reiki’s universal source and increase the flow of Reiki through one’s body.
- Reiki’s Japanese origins and how it is practiced and taught today
Participants will receive empowerment ceremonies called reiju or Reiki blessings. We will experience the power of Reiki self-treatments, how to give full Reiki treatments to others, and how to receive Reiki from another, all within the unique Reiki-filled space that is Esalen.
Participants will have the opportunity to participate in an empowerment ceremony appropriate for first-time students and Reiki masters alike. If you are interested in Reiki initiation and certification please email Diane at nycreikimaster@gmail.com. Certificates and first degree course materials can be provided for an additional $25.
“Reiki is medicine for me — both inward and outward. When I first received Reiki, it was in an inward way. It opened me and made me feel what space is, what energy is, and what the universe is.” — Shinobu Saito, a Reiki Master initiated by Hawayo Takata
About the Leaders
Diane Domondon
Diane Domondon is a Reiki Master with a private practice in NYC, where she teaches classes and treats clients in Usui Shiki Ryoho, the Usui Method of Natural Healing. She has contributed to several Reiki projects, including co-editing a forthcoming English translation of Reiki to Jinjutsu (Reiki and the Caring Arts), a 1933 volume by […]
Learn more about Diane DomondonJustin Stein, PhD
Justin Stein, PhD (University of Toronto, Study of Religion), is a historian of Japanese spiritual and religious practices. His forthcoming book, Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific (University of Hawaii Press, expected summer 2023) examines the production of the spiritual healing practice called Reiki at various sites of transnational exchange between Japan […]
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