Magic and Medicines #20: Reiki

For this month's Magic and Medicines Bonus Episode, we're talking all about Reiki!

We have a bit more direct experience with this one than some of our past topics, as we completed our First Degree Reiki qualification this summer over the Solstice.

Our conversation digs into the theory and history behind Reiki, its development by Mikao Usui and subsequent spread to the West, along with the establishment of the Usui Shiki Ryoho lineage. 

We look at the Five Principles which provide an ethical underpinning for the practice of Reiki, and talk about the practicalities of Reiki healing, along with the many different permutations of the system.

And, of course, tell the story of how it made its way down to us!

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