This book is the first to focus on the women who practised in the early days of Reiki. Some are well known while others are yet to be discovered. Follow the stories of Chiyoko Yamaguchi, Hawayo Takata, Chie Hayashi, Kimiko Koyama and other women who used Reiki in their everyday lives and passed it down through the generations. What were their life circumstances? What challenges did they have to overcome? And what can we learn from them today?

Reading this book will not only give you fresh insight into the roots of Reiki and what life in Japan was like when the first women were practising, it will enhance your understanding of what Reiki is through a deeper connection with the culture it comes from.

In addition to learning about the traditional way of practising Reiki you will gain useful recommendations for living with Reiki today from the experiences of female teachers in Japan, Canada, Germany and the UK.

Auteur

Silke Kleemann's first contact with Reiki in 1999 was in a Western-style lineage going back to Hawayo Takata, but from 2004 onwards she became a student of Tadao Yamaguchi, head of the Jikiden Reiki Institute. Today, Silke provides treatments and teaches Jikiden Reiki and meditation. She lives in Munich where she also works as a freelance writer, editor and literary translator.