Gendai
Reiki is a system developed by Hiroshi Doi of Tokyo, Japan, the person responsible for bringing much of the knowledge about Japanese healing's history to the West. This philosophy of this system is that Reiki should not be mysterious or ritualistic, but should instead be focused and easy to understand. The name Gendai means modern in Japanese.
Gendai Reiki integrates the Usui Reiki Ryoho of Mikao Usui, the founder of the Usui System of Natural Healing (the English translation of what we call Reiki in the U.S.). with the Western tradition in the lineage of Mikao Usui, Chujiro Hayashi, and Hawayo Takata. The system is taught in four levels, each building on the other and having three attunements, called Reiju in Japanese. The attunements give the student a deepened ability to connect with the information taught in the classes which are each taught in six to seven hours. If all class levels are taken at one time, the cost is $645 prepaid 30 days in advance or $675 thereafter.
To see what is included in each class level, please click on the links below:
Gendai
Reiki I | Gendai
Reiki II | Gendai
Reiki III | Gendai
Reiki IV

This is a six-hour class.
PREREQUISITE: No prerequisite
other than an openness to learning about energy. If you are
prepaying 30 days in advance the cost is $195, thereafter,
the cost is $225. If not prepaying, a deposit of $100 is required
to hold your place. Deposits and prepayments are non-refundable,
but may be applied to another course or Reiki session.
TOPICS COVERED:
- The Attraction and The Characteristics of Reiki-ho
- Introduction to Reiki: Guidance of Level I
- Structure of Reiki-ho
- Essence of Reiki-ho and Gendai Reiki-ho
- The Founder, Usui Mikao
- What is Reiki? What is Reiki-ho?
- Reiki History - From Reiki Foundation to Current Status
- How to Deliver, Strengthen, and Use Reiki Energy
- Reiki Healing Basics
- Three Attunements
- The Reiki Principles
- 12 Basic Hand Positions for Self-Healing
- Practice with Self-Healing
- 12 Basic Hand Positions for Healing Others
- Practice with Healing Others in one-to-one,
two-to-one, and group sessions.
- Aura Cleansing Technique
- Shudan Reiki (Group Reiki) and Renzoku Reiki (Reiki Marathon) Techniques
- Reiki Mawashi (Reiki Circle) Technique
- Nentatsu Ho Technique
- Energy Purification and Energy Boosting
- Jakigiri-Joka Ho Technique
- Reiki to Crystal and Charm
- Reiki to Air, Field and Atmosphere
- Reiki to Food and Drink
- Healing Animals or Plants
- Making Reiki Energy Water
- Self-Purifying/Self-Growth Methods
- Kenyoku (Dry Bathing)
- Gassho Kokyu Ho (Breathing Technique using Hands Together)
- Reiki Shower
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This is a six to seven hour class.
PREREQUISITE: Gendai Reiki I.
If you are prepaying 30 days in advance the cost is $195,
thereafter, the cost is $225. If not prepaying, a deposit
of $100 is required to hold your place two weeks in advance.
Deposits and prepayments are non-refundable, but may be applied
to another course or Reiki session.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Becoming a Symbol of Light (Hikari) / Hikari no Kokyu-Ho (Breathing of the Light Technique)
- How to Make Reiki More Powerful
- Purpose and Concept of Level II
- Symbols and Kotodama (Mantra)
- Meaning and Function of the Symbols
- How to Utilize the Symbols
- Healing Beyond Time and Space
- Western Reiki - Reiki Box
- Western Reiki - Deprogramming Technique
- Traditional Healing - Tanden Chiryo Ho (Deprogramming Technique)
- Traditional Healing - Koki Ho and Gyoshi Ho (Healing with Breath and Eyes)
- Heso Chiryo Ho (Navel Healing Technique)
- Seiheki Chiryo Ho
- Healing Using Hibiki (Sense of Hands) Byosen Reikan Ho and Reiji Ho
- Hatsurei Ho (Self-Purification Meditation)
- Jiko Joka Healing (Self-Cleansing)
- Sending Light to Your Cells
- Chakra Kassei Kokyu Ho (Breathing Technique for Chakra Activation)
- How to Use Reiki for Level II Practitioners
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This is a four to five hour class.
PREREQUISITE: Gendai Reiki II.
If you are prepaying 30 days in advance the cost is $165,
thereafter, the cost is $195. If not prepaying, a deposit
of $100 is required to hold your place two weeks in advance.
Deposits and prepayments are non-refundable, but may be applied
to another course or Reiki session.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Sample Affirmations
- To Realize Yourself by Reiki Wave that Improves Spirituality
- Re-recognizing the Essence of Reiki Healing
- To Learn the Master Symbol
- To Use the Master Symbol
- Self-Cleansing with Light
- Receiving Guidance from Higher Self All Day
- How to Make Contact with Higher Beings
- Communicating with your Higher Self
- Reiki Meditation
- Using Symbols and Transcending Symbols
- The Spirit of Usui Reiki (Recognition and Teaching)
- Five Reiki Principles (Explaining them simply)
- Guide to Enlightenment
- Traditional Healing Techniques - Uchite Chiryo Ho (Patting with Hands)
- Traditional Healing Techniques - Oshite Chiryo Ho (Pushing with the Tips of the Fingers
- Traditional Healing Techniques - Ketsueki Kokan Ho (Blood Purification)
- Self-Purifying / Self-Growth Techniques
- Hado Breathing
- Cleansing of Spinal Cord with Breath
- Cleansing Karma with Breath
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This is a five to six hour class.
PREREQUISITE: If this is the first Reiki Master program studied: Gendai Reiki III and 100 documented hands-on sessions; knowledge by heart
of Reiki Symbols; discussion with the instructor. If this is not the first Reiki Master program studied: Gendai Reiki III and previous Master training.
For classes at our Rockville location, if you are
prepaying 30 days in advance the cost is $165 thereafter,
the cost is $195. If not prepaying, a deposit of $100 is
required to hold your place. Deposits and prepayments are
non-refundable, but may be applied to another course or Reiki
session. RCGW also offers a discount towards this class for
those who have taken its other Master-level classes of $30 for
each class taken (maximum of one discount per class). We also have an Volunteer Teaching Assistant Program
that lets you assist at Reiki I and II classes. Our residential retreat courses add the cost for food and lodging, usually about $100 to $150 per day, depending on the destination. Travel costs must be paid in advance of the workshop as part of the deposit.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Steps to Educate and Qualify a Reiki Master
- Guide to Reiki Mastership
- Qualification, Role and Own Practice
- Master's Consciousness, Qualifications and Practice
- Ideal Gendai Reiki Technique
- Summary of Reiki Ho, and Helpful Hints for Self-Realization
- Understanding of Attunements and Symbols
- How to Give the Attunements, Levels 1 through 3
- How to Give the Combined Attunement for Level 4
- Characteristics of Each Level and What to Teach
- Traditional Techniques of Reiki Ryoho
- Hints for Gendai Reiki Masters
- Traditional Reiju of Reiki Ryoho
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