Freqs and Geeks Episode 16: Reiki

Welcome to Episode 16, geeks!  On this episode, April and Keri are very excited to host William Rand! 

William Lee Rand, is founder and president of The International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), The Center for Reiki Research and The Reiki Membership Association. He is also the publisher and editor in chief of the Reiki News Magazine. He has authored Reiki, The Healing Touch, The Reiki Touch Kitand Reiki for a New Millennium, The Spirit of Reiki and over 100 articles on the history, philosophy and practice of Reiki.  William has done extensive research on the origin and nature of Reiki and produced a pioneering work titled An Evidence Based History of Reiki.

William is the originator of the Usui/Tibetan system of Reiki which he developed in 1989. In 1995, with the help of some of his students, he developed the Karuna Reiki® system of healing. And in January, 2014, he introduced the Holy Fire system of Reiki. 

William received Reiki I in 1981, Reiki II in 1982, and became a Reiki Master in 1989. He has received the Reiki Master level of training from six Reiki Masters including three from Japan. He also received Reiki I&II training from Bethel Phaigh Sensei, one of Takata Sensei’s Masters and from Chiyoko Yamaguchi Sensei who is a Reiki Master or Shinpi-den who took classes from Hayashi Sensei.

William has dedicated his life to Reiki and has practiced and taught full time in classes around the world for the past 27 years. He encourages all Reiki practitioners to work together in harmony to bring peace to the earth.