Upon entering Kurama-dera Mountain Temple I was overcome with both humility and joy to be following in Dr. Mikao Usui's actual footsteps. In 1922, at the age of 56, Dr. Usui entered this same place with only one wish, to find inner peace. He climbed to the top and meditated and fasted there for 21 days before he received the same Reiki that all his students share in to this day. As I was teaching a Reiki class earlier this year in New York City, I experienced one of those mom

Ritual is any act that helps you connect with spirit. It can be as simple as lighting a candle whenever you make a wish, as if shining a light out into the universe. Something I love doing daily is picking little wildflowers from around my neighborhood and placing them in a little handmade ceramic pot on my healing altar where I conduct my remote Mystic Medicine Healings. This helps me connect to the land and to earth spirit medicine in a simple and rich way. I spend a couple