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Tag: Japanese

Wisdom Hidden in Japanese Words with 気 Ki

Since I’ve been doing so many journaling prompts, let’s take a break and talk about reiki 霊気. Two Chinese characters, 霊 (rei) or spirit, and 気 (ki) or universal energy, make up the word reiki.  In this context, 気 is the Japanese equivalent of Chi or Qi in Chinese...

How I Found Reiki, or How Reiki Found Me

Before I start going into the more finer points of reiki, I thought I’ll talk about how I arrived at this energy healing method in the first place. One thing that surprises most students of reiki, unless you’re Japanese like me, is that it is not very well known...