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Reiki (/ ˈ r eɪ k i / RAY-kee; Japanese: 霊気) is a pseudoscientific form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine originating in Japan. [1] Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which, according to practitioners, a " universal energy " is transferred through the palms of the ...
Reiki. Mikao Usui (臼井甕男, 15 August 1865 – 9 March 1926, commonly Usui Mikao in Japanese) was the father of a form of energy medicine and spiritual practice known as Reiki, [1]: 108–10 [2][3][4][5][6] used as an alternative therapy for the treatment of physical, emotional, and mental diseases. According to the inscription on his ...
Johrei 'purification of the spirit' (浄霊, Jōrei), spelled jyorei by Shumei groups, is a type of energy healing. [1] It was introduced in Japan in the 1930s by Mokichi Okada, [2][3][4] a.k.a. Meishu-sama. Practitioners channel light towards patients by holding up the palm of the hands towards the recipient's body. [2]
In the medical tradition of Japan, hara refers to the soft belly, i.e. the area defined vertically by the lower edge of the sternum and the upper edge of the pubis and laterally by the lower border of the ribcage and the anterior iliac crest respectively. [1] It corresponds with that area of the peritoneum, which is not obscured by the ribcage ...
An example of zettai ryōiki on a model at the 2012 Bologna Motor Show. Zettai ryōiki (Japanese: 絶対領域, lit. 'absolute territory') refers to the area of bare skin in the gap between overknee socks and a skirt [1] or shorts. [2] It can also be used to describe the clothing combination. The term first became widespread in otaku slang as ...
In speaking of the lower of the three energy centers, the term dantian is often used interchangeably with the Japanese word hara (腹; Chinese: fù) which means simply "belly." In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese traditions, it is considered the physical center of gravity of the human body and is the seat of one's internal energy .
Japanese dictionaries (Japanese: 国語辞典, Hepburn: Kokugo jiten) have a history that began over 1300 years ago when Japanese Buddhist priests, who wanted to understand Chinese sutras, adapted Chinese character dictionaries. Present-day Japanese lexicographers are exploring computerized editing and electronic dictionaries.
Lexically, chakra is the Indic reflex of an ancestral Indo-European form *kʷékʷlos, whence also "wheel" and "cycle" (Ancient Greek: κύκλος, romanized: kýklos). [10] [3] [4] It has both literal [11] and metaphorical uses, as in the "wheel of time" or "wheel of dharma", such as in Rigveda hymn verse 1.164.11, [12] [13] pervasive in the earliest Vedic texts.