Usui’s Secret Method to Invite Happiness: The Reiki Gokai
With Rika Tanaka
Hosted by Andrea Kennedy
All people can benefit from this! Why did Usui Sensei introduce the Gokai into Reiki practice and how does it benefit both our physical and mental health? Is it better to say the Gokai in Japanese? How you can become an empowered Reiki practitioner by following the Gokai every day? These questions and more will be answered in this insightful interview!
Access an excerpt of the Women in Reiki book by Amanda Jayne and Silke Kleemann in PDF format; the book includes Rika Tanaka’s story.

Rika Tanaka
Jikiden Reiki Daishihan
Rika was born and raised in Japan and has been practising Reiki for close to 20 years. Her style of Reiki is called Jikiden Reiki which is renowned as the most authentic Reiki system available today. She is one of very few Jikiden Reiki teachers in the world given the highly regarded title Daishihan. As chair of the Jikiden Reiki UK Association as well as a Director of the NPO International Jikiden Reiki Association, she takes on the role to be a bridge between Japan and the UK for Jikiden Reiki community.
Rika has obtained certifications for a wide range of holistic therapies such as Clinical Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Colonic Hydrotherapy and Manual Lymph Drainage. Her rich experience and extensive knowledge regarding holistic healthcare allow her to provide a uniquely tailored and heartfelt service to each and every client.
She pursues her way of teaching and training her Jikiden Reiki students with hands-on approach, in other words guiding and supporting as the original teachers going back in history, Usui, Hayashi, Chiyoko Yamaguchi and head of the Jikiden Reiki Institute Tadao Yamaguchi. Rika’s reputation for her very attentive teaching style and deep understanding of the authentic Usui Reiki concept has been and will be attracting more and more Reiki lovers to wanting to learn the exceptional healing art of Reiki.
Website: reikiwithrika.com
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