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11 Articles from Paul David Mitchell – Reflections of our practice and how we relate to world.

58 Blog articles from Phyllis Furumoto from 2009 to 2012, most of them sharing her journey with cancer and through chemo therapy.

Paul’s Sabbatical Year
Last year I realized that 2018 would be my 40th year practicing Reiki. I’ve decided to take this year as a sabbatical from my usual work in the Reiki community. Read more …

Why Do I Want To Help?
One reason I was so drawn to Reiki was that it promised a way of helping others. Of course I learned that Reiki was “first of all for myself,” but that did not mean that it wasn’t also for others or invalidate my initial motivation Read more …

What’s in a Word…or Tracking Our Recent Reiki History through Key Words
I restate the obvious, the world of Reiki teaching and practice has expanded and changed amazingly over the past several years. A significant number of Masters have had as a value the faithful practice and teaching of what they received. Notably, Phyllis Furumoto as Mrs. Takata’s successor, and the greater number of Mrs. Takata’s other masters. Read more …

What is Reiki?
How often have I given some answer to this question, usually short and in person. After over thirty years of practice I am still exploring the meaning of Reiki, and by Reiki, I mean the practice of Reiki, Usui Shiki Ryoho. Read more …

The Usui System of Reiki: A Return to the Sacred
For those of us who knew Hawayo Takata and learned The Usui System of Reiki from her, she was the embodiment of what the Usui System was about. Now there are many of us who have practiced the system for 25 – 35 years in a disciplined and committed way. Out of this experience we are beginning to understand the breadth and depth of the practice. Read more …

Reiki – The Energy, The System
by Paul Mitchell When Mrs. Takata used the work reiki, she was sometimes referring to the energy and sometimes referring to The Usui System of Reiki Healing. Often I and others do the same thing today. If we understand that there is difference, then it is no problem because we know from the context of the sentence which we are referring to. Let me talk a little about the difference. Read more …

Quest for Healing II
When I was first doing Reiki, I spoke about it as natural healing or holistic healing. Healing, healing, this word kept coming up! What did it mean? I went to the dictionary and found that the root is from the Greek word meaning whole. Here I had a simple understanding: Reiki heals by making things whole again. This concept I found helpful. It gave me a direction to try to understand my experience of Reiki and some of the teachings of Mrs. Takata like: Reiki will go to the root of the problem. Read more …

Reiki and Spirituality
One of the amazing things I love about the Reiki community is that we share an experience of healing, a hunger for healing, and a commitment to healing. We share a common doorway to the spiritual, and yet how we hold and understand our experience can be so different. Read more …

Principles and Freedom
The concept of freedom raises interesting questions. How free are we really? Read more …

Heart/Mind Connection: Finding Right Relationship
I remember how touched I was in 1997 when I first read the translation of the eulogy on Dr. Usui’s memorial stone. The text, talking about the Reiki method, says: “Its true purpose is to correct the heart/mind, keep the body fit, and live a happy life using the spiritual capabilities human beings were endowed with since birth.” My intuitive response to whether my heart/mind needed correcting was, yes. But what did that mean? Read more …

The Wounded Healer
There are a number of books in my library that I have not read. I bought them because I was captured by the title. I have not read some of them because the titles are so clear that just living with the books has taught me many things. One of these is The Wounded Healer. Read more …

Phyllis’ Blog (2009-2021)

2009-09-08 To my wonderful support network!
To my wonderful support network! Read more …

2009-10-20 What is the song, singing in me now?
What is the song, singing in me now? Read more …

2009-10-26 Time in Almaty
Time in Almaty Read more …

2009-10-31 What is happening now?
What is happening now? Read more …

2009-11-09 Health, is it a myth?
Health, is it a myth? Read more …

2009-11-16 Things I am learning about my body
Things I am learning about my body Read more …

2009-11-19 A New Look
A New Look Read more …

2009-11-28 Reflections
Reflections Read more …

2009-12-05 Update at 8 treatments
Update at 8 treatments Read more …

2009-12-28 It’s the end of the Year!
It’s the end of the Year! Read more …

2010-01-01 Welcome 2010
Welcome 2010 Read more …

2010-01-09 New conditions
New conditions Read more …

2010-01-16 Avatar and other observations
Avatar and other observations Read more …

2010-01-22 5 more to go!
5 more to go! Read more …

2010-01-29 4 more and counting
4 more and counting Read more …

2010-02-14 2 more to go!
2 more to go! Read more …

2010-02-18 Horizons
Horizons Read more …

2010-03-05 It’s over?
It’s over? Read more …

2010-03-21 Aftermath
Aftermath Read more …

2010-04-04 Now what?
Now what? Read more …

2010-04-11 Approaching Radiation
Approaching Radiation Read more …

2010-04-11 photos
photos Read more …

2010-04-16 Beginnings
Beginnings Read more …

2010-04-17 The walk
The walk Read more …

2010-04-29 2 weeks gone!
2 weeks gone! Read more …

2010-05-13 Radiation hotting up!
Radiation hotting up! Read more …

2010-05-19 7 more treatments to go!
7 more treatments to go! Read more …

2010-05-30 One more!
One more! Read more …

2010-06-04 Post treatment
Post treatment Read more …

2010-06-13 Femara is getting old
Femara is getting old Read more …

2010-06-20 Post Femara
Post Femara Read more …

2010-07-03 A new doctor
A new doctor Read more …

2010-08-05 a month later
a month later Read more …

2010-08-22 A year anniversary
A year anniversary Read more …

2010-08-22 Photos of holiday
Photos of holiday Read more …

2010-09-18 At home again!
At home again! Read more …

2010-09-25 Latest report from Drs
Latest report from Drs Read more …

2010-10-11 with love from Russia
with love from Russia Read more …

2010-11-25 Happy Thanks….giving
Happy Thanks….giving Read more …

2010-12-04 Alooooha
Alooooha Read more …

2010-12-24 Christmas and its meaning
Christmas and its meaning Read more …

2011-01-10 Be the Change
Be the Change Read more …

2011-01-16 Treatment request
Treatment request Read more …

2011-01-27 Home from El Paso
Home from El Paso Read more …

2011-02-09 Another milestone
Another milestone Read more …

2011-03-03 A long winter
A long winter Read more …

2011-03-15 earthquake in and out
earthquake in and out Read more …

2011-03-18 Waves and Waves
Waves and Waves Read more …

2011-04-03 for Japan
for Japan Read more …

2011-04-08 more about water
more about water Read more …

2011-04-23 Spiritual Homeland
Spiritual Homeland Read more …

2011-05-20 Latest News
Latest News Read more …

2011-11-05 Back again!
Back again! Read more …

2011-11-11 State of Health
State of Health Read more …

2011-12-06 Where does time go
Where does time go Read more …

2011-12-13 Going home
Going home Read more …

2012-01-14 A close call
A close call Read more …

2012-01-17 an update on Naomi
an update on Naomi Read more …