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The DOJO
[The 'Place of the Way']

"Unity of Self through Harmony and Balance"

NOTE:
While most people who have heard the name dojo will probably associate it with the Martial Arts (- being the training hall where people go to "...break boards, do flying kicks, and yell loudly...") the term originally referred to a place for Meditation and the pursuit of Spiritual Discipline.

It is in this latter context that the term is used here.


Usui-Sensei's Training Centre (some call it a "clinic") in Harajuku, Aoyama, Tokyo, was technically a dojo.

His 'motto' for his dojo, so we are told, was: "Unity of self through harmony and balance".

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"Reiki ni Rei,
Sensei ni Rei,
Otagai ni Rei."

[ "Bow to the Reiki , bow to your teacher, bow to your fellow students" ]

By bowing you are expressing respect, courtesy, and gratitude to
your art, your teacher, other students, and yourself.

Ultimately, you are acknowledging the 'Blessing' you hold
- the 'Light Gift' that is within each of you
- the "Sacred Potential - for Healing, Protection and Spiritual Development"
that is:
'the Reiki Phenomenon' ...

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According to some, Usui-Sensei taught that there are three essential elements or aspects to effective application of Reiki as therapy.

These are:

Gassho Meiso (Gassho Meditation).
[Gassho Meiso clears the mind, calms the spirit, and prepares the 'vessel' (body) to receive and hold the Reiki 'phenomenon']
Reiji - (Spiritual Guidance)
[Reiji is both a prayer for the healing & wellbeing of the client and an invitation for Reiki / 'Spirit' to guide you in the therapeutic process]
and
Chiryo (Treatment) itself

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In this sub-section of REIKI PAGES you will find various practices, which (so we are told by various 'original' sources) Usui-Sensei utilised, and taught his students, as part of his system of Spiritual Development and Healing. [Though apparently there is still some lack of clarity as to precisely which of these practices Usui-Sensei actually taught]

Alongside these, you will also find extra practices which have come from:

Hiroshi Doi's 'Gendai Reiki Ho' system

Other modernday Japanese sources

And finally, practices from Takata-Lineage western Reiki.

NOTE.
Further practices (although not originally Reiki-related per se) which may be of benefit in developing ones connection with Reiki can be found in the section etitled: 'SELF DEVELOPMENTAL PRACTICE' on the Japanese Spiritual Practices page.

However, lest we forget that Reiki is not simply a Japanese form of Qi Gung, it might be advisable to recall the words of Hekikuu Reiki's Kenji Hamamoto: