Kris D Valentine Reiki Master

01/31/2026

The ancient Japanese therapy has been shown to improve relaxation and sleep quality, and decrease pain, anxiety and fatigue.

01/25/2026

Beloved Source of all life,
Great Light of love, peace, and wisdom,
We invite Your presence now.

We ask that Reiki flow gently and powerfully
through the land of Minnesota,
through its rivers and forests, its cities and fields,
through every home, every heart, every soul.

May this healing energy bring peace where there is unrest,
comfort where there is sorrow,
clarity where there is confusion,
and hope where there is fear.

We ask that all who live here
be surrounded in divine light,
guided by compassion, understanding, and respect.
May kindness grow in every interaction,
and may justice, dignity, and unity be restored.

Let Reiki support the leaders, the healers, the teachers,
the parents, the children, and the elders.
May they act from wisdom and love
for the highest good of all.

We send healing to those who are suffering,
to those who feel unseen or unheard,
to those who carry heavy burdens in their hearts.
May they feel held, protected, and valued.

May Minnesota become a beacon of peace,
a place where hearts awaken,
where diversity is honored,
and where love is stronger than fear.

We give thanks for this healing,
knowing it is already flowing,
already working,
already complete.

With gratitude and humility,
we place this prayer in the light.

And so it is.
🙏✨

01/23/2026

Stay safe everyone!

01/17/2026

According to the caption of this remarkable photo, it was was taken 100 years today, on January 16, 1926. Read from right to left, it says that it contains all of the Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryōhō "reiju-sha" (people who could give reiju, the precursor to Reiki initiations) at that time. Less than two months later, Usui-sensei would make his transition.

I first* encountered this photo in Frank Arjava Petter's groundbreaking 2012 book This Is Reiki (I believe there was an earlier 2009 German edition), and I would like to express my gratitude to Arjava, as well as to Olaf Böhm and Mochizuki Tosh*taka, for sharing their research.

Arjava's caption in This Is Reiki identifies six of the twenty-one men in the photo (please note, I am just numbering them in order that they are in the photo).

1. Back row, far left, Captain Wanami Hōichi (1883–1975, would become Rear Admiral in 1931), fifth Gakkai president (c. 1960–1975)
2. Back row, third from left, Rear Admiral Taketomi Kan'ichi (1878–1960), third Gakkai president (1935–1945, c. 1947–1960)
3. Second row, third from left, Usui Mikao (1865–1926), founder and first Gakkai president
4. Second row, fourth from left, Rear Admiral Ushida Jūzaburō (1865–1935), second Gakkai president (1926–1935)
5. Front row, far left, Captain Hayashi Chūjirō (c. 1880–1940), founder of Hayashi Reiki Kenkyūkai
6. Inset, far right, Tomabechi Gizō (1880–1959)

I don't know exactly who the other fifteen men are, but judging from a 1928 Gakkai list of dai-shihan and shihan, they likely include most of the following:

7. Rear Admiral Eguchi Kaname (1877–1942)
8. Captain Tsunematsu Kenzō (d. 1945)
9. Rear Admiral Imaizumi Tetsutarō (1877–1945)
10. Captain-Engineer Sadanaga Jigorō (d. 1944)
11. Mine Umetarō (1865–1934)
12. Rear Admiral Harada Shōsaku (1874–1961)
13. Rear Admiral Mikami Yosh*tada (1880–1947)
14. Senju Takejirō (1870–1957)
15. Haraguchi Saburō
16. Ōtsuka Kaoru
17. Naval Engineer Yoshizaki Tokuichirō
18. Ueda Matajirō
19. Miyagawa Yoshisaburō
20. Sumida Akira
21. Captain Isobe Ken (b. 1873)

100 years later, the number of people authorized to give reiju / initiations has grown dramatically, from these 21 Japanese men to likely tens of thousands worldwide. Our research into these early Reiki Masters continues, but for now I would like to raise my hands in gratitude to these pioneers of our practice, as well as to all of my fellow historical researchers for our collective efforts to better understand the roots of our practice.

*Edit: It has been pointed out to me that I likely first encountered this photo in Tadao Yamaguchi's Light on the Origins of Reiki, which was translated into English and published in 2007, and I think that is likely correct. Apparently the original photo comes from a relative of Tadao's mother, Chiyoko Yamaguchi. Apologies for the mix-up and thank you to Mari Okazaki for providing some more information about the origin of the image.

01/16/2026

Thank you, Kris Valentine , for all the music you bring to our Reiki community!

01/14/2026

May the people of Earth work together to create peace among all peace on Earth.

Join us tonight at 7:30pm your local time zone to send distant Reiki and the vibration of peace to empower the intention of the Reiki World Peace Grids. Let's flood the Earth with love, peace, and Reiki.

With Reiki we empower the inscription on the peace grid that states, "May the followers of all religions and spiritual paths work together to create peace among all people on earth."

Download a copy of the peace grid here:
https://www.reiki.org/resources/north-pole-crystal-grid

01/12/2026

We are all connected.
Through love. Through presence. Through Reiki.
As Reiki energy flows through and among us, it expands and touches those around us, rippling outward into families, communities, and the wider world in ways we may never fully see or know.
May we remember our shared humanity and choose compassion—
in our words, in our actions, and in the way we hold one another in our hearts.

01/05/2026

01/04/2026

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01/04/2026

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01/02/2026

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