Reiki
Reiki is an ancient healing art and a spiritual practice. The Japanese word reiki translates to English as universal life energy, or breath of the spirit, which is my preferred translation because it describes what reiki feels like to me.
Reiki is practised by placing hands on the clothed body to promote the flow of energy, clear blockages, improve circulation, and generally promote well-being. It can be given to yourself or to another person, pet, plant, or space—reiki supports all life to flow. Reiki can also be practised at a distance.
Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki, or the Usui System of Reiki Healing, is the form that I practise and teach. It originated in Japan in the early 1900s and has been passed down through a lineage of teachers by initiation and oral tradition.
Reiki is simple to learn, and the more you practise and receive reiki, the more you benefit through better health, expanded awareness, contentment, and flow in your life.
I have been practising reiki since 1986 and received my master initiation from Phyllis Lei Furumoto in New Mexico in 1988. I have been practising and teaching reiki in Vancouver and, since 1990, on Pender Island. For nine years I practised in our local Health Centre, and before and after that, in my home.
Learn More
To hear more about what I learned from my teacher, Phyllis, listen to my interview on the Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki website:
Listen to the Phyllis Furumoto Legacy Interview
Have a look at my events page for reiki classes, or contact me to learn more.
To learn more or find classes in other parts of the world, you may also visit:
Reiki Principles
Just for today, do not worry.
Just for today, do not anger.
Earn your living honestly.
Feel gratitude for and show kindness to everything.
Honour parents, teachers, and elders.
Taylor, my cat also thanks you – she’s enjoying the treatments as well (sometimes falling asleep during them!)
– First Degree Reiki Student, Victoria
I don’t know how you do it, Shelley, but I can honestly say that having shiatsu/reiki treatments from you is nothing short of having a treatment from a miracle worker. Yesterday and today again I feel that my body is in balance, finally. I am not experiencing the internal disturbance that I can only describe as shaky. Not being able to see you regularly is one of the few regrets I have re leaving Pender.
– Cherie O., Duncan, B.C.
I am enjoying Reiki very much. My hands are very warm and everyone tells me so. I touch my patients with much confidence in my Reiki abilities and trust my hands and instincts much more now.