Learning Reiki with Chiyoko Yamaguchi (part 1)

When I first learned Jikiden Reiki in Kyoto, 2002, I learned alongside my good friend Ikuko Hirota. We worked together teaching English in a school in Ibaraki and had fast become friends. However, when I approached her one day to ask if she'd heard of Reiki she became worried I'd joined a cult! In the video below you can listen to the two of us discussing this, and what it was like knowing and learning with Chiyoko Yamaguchi. The interviewer, Innina Nakamura also teaches Jikiden Reiki and I'm grateful for her questions and the time and resilience it took her to persuade Ikuko to take part as she doesn't usually do interviews. I really enjoyed chatting with Ikuko about those times I remember so fondly.

The interview is in two parts... here's the first. If you're interested in something specific, the chapters are below:

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – Greetings & opening

08:41 – How did they meet each other

11:28 – First time talking about Reiki together

15:42 – Hearing about Jikiden Reiki for the first time

19:05 – Ikuko going to the trial session (Taiken Kai)

24:38 – Meeting the Yamaguchis for the first time

26:22 – About Chiyoko Yamaguchi

28:10 – Learning Reiki with Chiyoko Yamaguchi and her son

33:37 – Starting to help translating from Japanese to English

37:35 – Little key moments that can change the path

40:27 – How was Chiyoko Sensei with her students

49:35 – Outro