KOKORO

mind heart spirit: an immersion into the Reiki flow

11:00am - 7:00pm on Saturday, July 2, 2022 in Novelty, Ohio.

Awe before nature. Deep listening. Reverence as a cultivar of energy. Presence as healing. Hara as true being. Hands as instruments of the heart.

This retreat style practice day invites both beginners and seasoned practitioners to come together to explore the sacred simplicity of experiential learning. Within this intentional container exists fertile conditions for you to connect and expand your relationship with Reiki, Greater Nature, your own true nature, and the kinship woven between us all.

Exploring personal attunement, energetic integrity, communion and animism, this is a reflective and heartfelt retreat for those on the path of practice.

As a Japanese American Reiki practitioner I am on a life long path of reconciliation; of culture, heritage, ancestral lands and practices, and to what it means to heal. I seek to honor and share the practice of Reiki while removing myself from the standards of Westernized learning and expanding beyond the modern Usui method. Return to energy as the teacher. Patient study and practice as the Way.

You can read more about me and my relationship with Reiki in an interview with Rachael Hägglund here.

In lieu of attunement levels (Reiki I, Reiki 2, etc.) this is my current offering if you would like to learn Reiki from me, with me. Day or weekend attunements are a very Western way of “bestowing” a perception of validity, but not congruent with the Japanese way of both teaching and learning, which emphasizes time and apprenticeship, not necessarily to a master but to the Dō (way of life) itself. As a cultural practice it is an act of humility to remove the lust of achievement from our lifelong process of self cultivation, which in turn, teaches us about presence and strengthens the ways in which we can offer a healing hand to others.

This gathering welcomes those who have studied Reiki or have previous experience practicing Reiki at any level with me or any teacher. If you have not studied Reiki with a teacher before but are interested in attending please reach out to discuss if this retreat is a good fit - it may be, especially if we have worked together privately.

Our time together is not a Reiki attunement or certification but an invaluable day of communion that will serve to inform and inspire a lifetime of practice. This is sacred and devotional study into both a way of healing & a way of being.

See Photos from previous Reiki Retreats:

Kokoro - an immersion into the Reiki flow, March 5, 2022

Reiki Day Retreat, October 2019

A selection of images from various private Reiki days, 2018-2021

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FAQ

• this retreat is open to all human hearts, of any orientation, that wish to weave this special time together. please come. you are welcome here. our venue does have stairs, if you would like to discuss accessibility please send me an email.

• vaccination or negative test (within 24 hours of our gathering) is required. at this time I am not requiring masks, but will adapt this policy based on CDC recommendations.

• payment plans: you may reserve your spot with a deposit or pay in full at the time of booking. Standard payment plans offer payment over 2 payments ($200 deposit - I’ll send you an invoice in June), or 4 ($100 deposit - I’ll send you a link to set up reoccurring payments).

• Deposits / payments will only be refunded if your spot is able to be filled.

• sacred support by way of sliding scale may be available. If you feel called to this retreat space but the cost is prohibitive, please reference the sliding scale guidelines and then send me an email to inquire. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to the front, please, but all are welcome to apply.