Tag Usui Reiki Ryoho

Animism, Nature connection

How Reiki Birthed Me into the Animistic

The trunks of two Japanese Red cedar trees reach up from the exposed soil, fantastical curling roots are starkly visible, a small shinto shrine is in the distance, the forest is dark with sunlight highlighting every surface

Reiki doesn’t carry the drums, the many spirit beings and plant medicine of modern shamanistic traditions, but what does do is help us see very quickly that the world is alive, that this energy is real and that spirit is imminent in all things.

Sally Carmichael
August 8, 2026

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Finding True Practice in Usui Reiki Ryoho

a Minoan labyrinth is paved in brick within a dedicated circular garden, lit by the tree filtered sunset

Having practiced Usui Reiki Ryoho for four years now, including the meditations, mantras and symbols (Jumon and Shirushi), Reiju and the precepts and waka, I can say from my own perspective that I feel hand healing without the rest of…

Sally Carmichael
February 22, 2026