Is a Japanese concept translated as "Universal Life Energy" by Hawayo Takata. The phrase was used by Mikao Usui to describe an energy that he had contacted through years of self-preparation. The Japanese characters he selected reflects the understanding of the occult and mystic aspects of our natural world. The following description of Reiki comes from Hawayo Takata from her early days of being Chujiro Hayashi's student. "The power is unfathomable, immeasurable, and being a universal life force, it is incomprehensible to man."

The word Reiki is also used to describe what is now a general practice of energy work expressed originally through the action of "laying on of hands." Mikao Usui, not only became known for his gift of healing, but also had the gift of passing on this ability to channel the Reiki Energy to others. For this gift of Reiki, we are deeply grateful to our founder and master, Mikao Usui.