Jikiden Reiki – Lecture
with Tadao Yamaguchi Sensei

Japanese with English and German translation

This public lecture is open to everyone interested in learning more about Jikiden Reiki, the traditional Japanese healing method, and its cultural background.

Japanese Tradition
Tadao Yamaguchi Sensei, Daihyo 代表
An encounter with a Japanese tradition that has been passed down through generations, and with the people who have preserved and carried this tradition forward.
Featuring historical photographs from the period when Chiyoko Yamaguchi Sensei learned Reiki from Chujiro Hayashi Sensei, a direct student of the founder, Mikao Usui Sensei.
Tadao Yamaguchi Sensei will also explain the differences between traditional Japanese Jikiden Reiki and Westhern Reiki.

Book: Women in Reiki
Silke Kleemann and Amanda Jayne, both Dai Shihan 大師範
Their book is the first to focus on the women who practised Reiki in the 1930s and beyond. It tells the stories of Chiyoko Yamaguchi and other women who incorporated Reiki into their everyday lives and passed it down through generations.
The book offers a deeper understanding of Reiki and provides a closer connection to the culture from which Reiki emerged.

Kyoto – Impressions of Traditional Japanese Culture
Karin Birchler, Shihan 師範
Through her training with Tadao Yamaguchi Sensei in Kyoto, Karin Birchler has developed a special connection with Japan and its traditional culture.
In a photographic presentation, she shares personal impressions of Kyoto and the Jikiden Reiki Kenkyukai. She offers insights into the traditional Japanese machiya townhouse in which Tadao Yamaguchi Sensei grew up and where his mother, Chiyoko Yamaguchi Sensei, gave Reiki treatments.
Discover Japanese culture and traditions that have been preserved and passed down through generations.

Time

10:00–12:30

Location

Sawah – Jikiden Reiki, Zurich, Thurgauerstrasse 113, ground foor, 8152 Glattpark Zurich