This is from one of my favorite authors   Doreen Virtue

I though I would share with you all.  If you get the chance please buy the book….

Good morning friends,

It has been awhile since my last post, but I am back again.  As I stated before alot of my time and energy is with my father, and then a full time job leaves little time for me.  But am learning to make the time.  I first became familiar with Reiki back in the 1993 from a very close and dear friend of mine who still is in California and is a Reiki master working with people in hospice.  It started one day at our daytime jobs (Digital) and Lainey invited me over for coffee after work ( How I miss our coffee dates Lainey).  Anyway, went over there and we started talking while drinking our coffee.  One topic let to another, and next thing I knew I was laying on her dining table and she was doing a Reiki session on me.  I am telling you her hands were on fire!!!!! And since that time I was hooked on Reiki.  I finally got my Master Level in 2004 and since then I am and always will rely on the higher power and my beliefs to link into this wonderful modality…..I thank you Lainey from the bottom of my heart!!!!!!!  You are the best!!!!

Many people ask me what Namaste means, so I thought I would
give a definition of what it means to me and to others.Namaste comes from the Sanskrit word namah te. Namaste is
pronounced Nam-a-stay. In Sanskrit namah means "bow, obeisance,
reverential salutation, adoration". Te is the durative of the personal
pronoun tvam, "you". A literal translation of namaste (namah te) is
thus "reverential salutation to you." It is commonly accompanied by
a slight bow made with the hands pressed together, palms
touching, in front of the chest called Gassho.Often times one will use this as a greeting to say hello or goodbye.
It is a common greeting for Yoga or Reiki practitioners, but the
meaning is far more then a greeting.

• The Spirit in me meets the same Spirit in you.
  

• I greet that place where you and I are one.
  

• I salute the divine in you.
  

• I salute the Light of God in you.
  

• I bow to the divine in you.
  

• I recognize that within each of us is a place where Divinity
  dwells, and when we are in that place, we are One.
  

• I honor the place in you, where the entire Universe resides. I
  honor the place in you, where lies your love, your truth, and
  your beauty. I honor the place in you where… If you are in
  that place in you… And I am in that place in me… Then there
  is only one of us.  

  Although often used to greet other Reiki or Yoga practitioners, I
  believe that the meaning behind Namaste is beautiful and
  whichever meaning you connect with. They all gets us back to the
  same place, as one.
  

Reiki has its roots deep in the history of Japan beginning with the actions of one man named Dr. Mikao Usui. Born in Yago, Japan on August 15, 1865, Mikao Usui was known to thousands for his healing abilities. Much of his history is an oral account that was later recorded, nevertheless it is considered accurate, and this account tells us, that at sometime during the period of 1914 and 1920 Dr. Usui ascended Mount Kurama in Japan, and proceeded to embark on a 21-day retreat and penance of fasting. During this time it is recorded that on the twenty-first day he experienced a profound spiritual awakening. At the same time he experienced what he called a great Reiki over the top of his head. He was inspired to develop this healing cure after it's use on his own body and on those of his family members bringing immediate healing results.

It is well documented that in 1922 Dr. Usui moved to Aoyama Harajuku, Toykyo and opened a Reiki practice where he began instructing the public as well as providing treatment sessions. According to Usui Memorial recently erected in Japan in his memory, it is estimated that he trained more than 2000 students. Of these, 16 of them became initiated as Reiki Master/Teachers, one of those Masters was a man named Chujiro Hayashi.

Eventually Mr. Hayashi broke away from Dr. Usui and began a practice of his own, where he treated many people, including a woman who came to him suffering with a serious illness, which he was able to cure. Her name was Mrs. Hawayo Takata of Hawaii, she later became Mr. Hayashi's student and achieved her Shinpiden (Master Teacher) level in 1938. 

Mrs. Takata , born in 1900, studied with Mr. Hayashi for many years, before returning to her native Hawaii where she establish her own practice, and taught on the Islands and Mainland. It is documented that she initiated 22 Reiki Master/Teachers between 1970 right up until the time she died in 1980. She was instrumental in developing and encouraging the Reiki community during WWII. Mrs. Takata was one of Mr. Hayashi's thirteen students that became Master/Teachers, but it is to Mrs. Takata that we can credit bringing Reiki to the United States, where she practiced and taught this healing modality. 

Dr. Usui Ideals