100 Year Reiki Anniversary Celebration

 

100 Year Reiki Anniversary Celebration

Mikao Usui Sensei was given the gift of Reiki in March/April 1922
on Kurama Yama, a sacred mountain north of Kyoto, Japan. Therefore,
we are celebrating the 100-year anniversary of this important event.

Our global Reiki community gathers ONLINE to
honor the gift of Reiki and empower World Peace.

March 27th, 2022 – 6pm EDT - USA
March 28th, 2022 – 7am - Japan

Livestreaming from Japan

from

Mt. Kurama
The birthplace of Usui Reiki
Mt. Kurama Temple
Mt. Kurama EntranceReiki GridMt. Kurama Stairs

Taniai Village
The birthplace of Usui Sensei
Tori Gate Amataka Shrine RestoredUsui Birthplace Memorial
 Left: Torii Gate at Amataka Shrine donated by Usui Sensei in 1923.
Right: Usui Memorial in Taniai Village dedicated by Doi Sensei in 2018.

The Amataka Shrine and the Usui Memorial are walking distance from each other.

Register Here
Registration for this event ends at 8am EDT Friday, March 25
Zoom webinar Information will be sent within 72 hours of purchase.

Event Led by William Lee Rand

William Lee Rand

The event will be led by William Lee Rand, the founder and president of the International Center for Reiki Training who has over 30 years’ experience researching, developing, and using Reiki and teaching Reiki classes worldwide.  First, he will explain the evidence-based history of Reiki which he researched and compiled.  Then he will conduct a Reiki Experience in which you will be guided directly by the Reiki energy to receive healing and guidance specific to your needs.   

Amataka Shrine Chief Priest: Hibino Zenbei Yoshikazu 

Hibino Zenbei YoshikazuHibino Zenbei Yoshikazu

The Reiki ceremony will include prayers for each participant led by Shinto Chief Priest, Hibino Zenbei Yoshikazu from the Amataka Shrine in Taniai, the birth village of Usui Sensei. He is a 19th generation Shinto Priest within the Hibino family. His family has continued this lineage for more than 550 years. 

The Taniai Reiki organization holds Reiki activities in cooperation with the Amataka Shrine. They hold a Reiki share on the 15th of every month in Taniai Village. The Chief Priest leads a ceremony and special prayer dedicated to Usui Sensei prior to the share.                                

With Special Guests

Colleen Benelli and Robyn BenelliLena Takahashi and Muniqui Muhammad

Left: Gratitude Prayer will be shared by Colleen Benelli and Robyn Benelli, Reiki Lifestyle.
Right: 
Livestreaming from Japan with Lena Takahashi and Muniqui Muhammad, Healing Land Reiki.

GratitudeWorld Peace Grid

Colleen and Robyn Benelli share their Gratitude Prayer, lighting the candles to unify us all in gratitude and peace. Together, we will send the love and power of the ceremony to each other, the World Peace Grids and people around the world, and the Earth.

Live Four-Hour Ceremony includes

  • A live streaming presentation from Mt. Kurama and from the Usui Memorial and Amataka Shrine at Taniai Village, which is Usui Sensei's birth village. 
  • The history of Reiki and Empowered by the River of Peace Reiki Experience with William Lee Rand.
  • A prayer will be given for each participant presented by Shinto Priest Hibino Zenbei Yoshikazu.*
  • Gratitude Ceremony for World Peace.
  • Receive a recording of the live event.* 

*Please note: The ceremony will be recorded and sent afterwards; however, the prayer led by the Amataka Shrine Chief Priest will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend the ceremony live, the priest will include your name in his prayer.

Register Here
Registration for this event ends at 8am EDT Friday, March 25
Zoom webinar Information will be sent within 72 hours of purchase

Mt. Kurama TempleTori Gate Amataka ShrineTori Gate Amataka ShrineUsui Birthplace Memorial

Profits benefit Kurama Temple and Amataka Shrine 

The Usui Torii Gate at the Amataka shrine in Taniai Village was recently restored. The Torii Gate was removed from the site, cleaned, repaired and reset with a new foundation. See the before and after photos above. In 2018 Hiroshi Doi and others dedicated the Usui Memorial in Taniai Village to commemorate and honor Usui Sensei. 

Mikao UsuiMikao Usui, or Usui Sensei as he was called by Reiki students in Japan, was born on August 15, 1865. He was born in Taniai village in the Yamagata district of Gifu prefecture, which is located near present-day Nagoya, Japan. He received the “Great Reiki Light” in 1922 on the sacred Mt. Kurama, located North of Kyoto city, the ancient capital of Japan.  

William Lee Rand leads this 100-year Anniversary Celebration for this beautiful event with our global Reiki community live streaming from Hawaii.  Chief Priest Hibino Zenbei Yoshikazu from the Amataka Shrine along with Lena Takahashi will live stream from Taniai, Japan. Muniqui Muhammad will live stream from Kurama, Japan, and Robin and Colleen Benelli will live stream from Portland, Oregon. 

For questions please contact us.