Usui sensei's five principles - Gokai - are often placed into the background of Reiki teaching. However, there is valuable simple wisdom within them that is helpful for us all today.

Women in Reiki began as a spark of inspiration Silke Kleemann received while meditating one day. She saw that, though the majority of people practicing Reiki were women, the vast majority of those who were in the public eye speaking, researching and writing about Reiki, were men.