As part of our ongoing commitment to our teachings, we are always working on ways to refine and evolve our connection to Reiki. In recent years this has led us to further our personal studies and deepen our knowledge and understanding of its origins in Japan. This has led to an exciting few years of new (yet old!) discoveries and perspectives within the traditional Japanese system of Jikiden Reiki in Kyoto. As we begin to share these teachings we hope this article helps to an