Workshop: Introduction to Reiki

DESCRIPTION

This 90-minutes workshop presented by Veronique Frede, Reiki Teacher at the Japanese Culture Center of Chicago, will introduce participants to the practice of Reiki. It will provide some basic understanding of its principles and the opportunity to experience some of its elements.

Reiki is a Japanese healing system that promotes balance and personal growth. Developed in Japan in the 1920’s by its founder Usui Mikao, Reiki is now practiced around the world in many different ways. Its original name “Shin Shin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho” translates as the “Usui Healing Method for Improving Body, Mind and Heart”. The system of Reiki includes 5 elements: meditation, hands-on healing, the precepts, symbols and mantras as well as a spiritual blessing called the Reiju. The practice of Reiki strengthens the connection between body and mind. It helps us return to a natural state of harmony through a process of relaxation. It improves mental clarity, stability, and vitality while creating a deep sense of compassion, peace, and harmony within us and the whole.

The presentation includes discussion and experience. Please note, this workshop is not a class, rather an introduction of the practice of Reiki that focuses on self-care.

About the instructor:

Veronique Frede is a certified Reiki Teacher/Practitioner in the Japanese lineage “Usui Reiki Ryoho”. Originally from France, Ms. Frede has been studying and practicing Reiki in various parts of the world and settings since 2008. Aside from her private practice, Ms. Frede has worked and volunteered in a hospital, a cancer wellness center, yoga studios, a senior living community among other places. Those experiences have led her to gain a more practical understanding of the mind-body connection in relationship with life in general, and wellness in particular. Ms. Frede became a Reiki Teacher at the Japanese Culture Center in Chicago in 2019, offering her the opportunity to deepen her understanding of the Japanese arts and ways including Japanese calligraphy and Zen. Ms. Frede has been exploring both traditional and more contemporary approaches to the practice of Reiki. She has pursued these varied interests in the US as well as in Europe, and Japan where Reiki originated. Ms. Frede is a student of Frans Stiene, founder of the International House of Reiki, and a graduate from the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) from the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at University of California Berkeley with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. For more information about Ms. Frede and learning Reiki, please visit the Japanese Culture Center website https://japaneseculturecenter.com/ or www.moonstonesanctuary.com

This workshop is brought to you through collaboration with the Japanese Cultural Center.

This project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

This project is supported, in whole or in part, by federal assistance listing number, 21.027 awarded to the International Museum of Surgical Science by the US Treasury through the American Rescue Plan Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in the amount of $125,000.00, representing 83% of total project funding.

This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

The International Museum of SurgicalScience acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.

Host or Publisher International Museum of Surgical Science