Usui Reiki Ryoho was a respected scholar and teacher of spirituality and religion in Japan. His students often asked him about the miraculous healings performed by Christ and were eager to understand the source of such power. This curiosity sparked Usui’s journey across Japan, China, and India in search of the origins of this healing energy.
After years of study and spiritual exploration, Usui returned to Japan. During a period of meditation on a sacred mountain, he experienced a powerful vision and received what he later referred to as the Reiki ray. He felt the energy awaken within his body, and he understood this as the answer to his spiritual quest.
Usui dedicated the rest of his life to healing others using Reiki, establishing clinics and treating many people. His principal student, Ms Tanaka, later introduced Reiki to the United States and shared the energy with numerous students throughout her life. From there, some of her students carried Reiki across the Atlantic, eventually bringing it to the United Kingdom.
