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Holistic Care Durham Leanne Barker | Reiki Teacher, Practitioner& Author
Usui Reiki Ryoho Training & Treatments Centre in Co.
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Durham & online
↓ Book treatments, training and Dojo
https://www.holisticcaredurham.co.uk

I also offer 1:1 Online Reiki Training for students who would prefer to learn privately, from home, with the teaching ad...
07/09/2026

I also offer 1:1 Online Reiki Training for students who would prefer to learn privately, from home, with the teaching adapted to their pace and level of experience.

This is still proper Reiki training. You are not simply sent a few videos and left to work through it alone! We meet live online and work through the teaching together, with time for discussion, questions, meditation, Japanese Reiki practices, self-practice, hands-on work, Reiju and the deeper understanding of Usui Reiki Ryoho appropriate to your level.

Some people learn better this way and you may feel more comfortable at home, need a quieter learning environment, have health or travel limitations, or just prefer the depth that comes with working individually with your teacher.

I teach online in exactly the same way I teach in person: warmly, thoroughly and with respect for the Japanese roots of Reiki. There is no pressure and there is plenty of space to stop, ask questions and properly understand what you are practising.

This ain't no Udemy course 🤣

1:1 Online Reiki Training 🤍

Shoden • Okuden • Shinpiden

Holistic Care Durham
Usui Reiki Ryōhō Training Centre

www.holisticcaredurham.co.uk⁠

Officially cosy season at Holistic Care Durham 🤍🍂
06/09/2026

Officially cosy season at Holistic Care Durham 🤍🍂

Have you felt drawn to learn Reiki?At its heart, Reiki is a powerful practice in how we meet life. Through awareness, ri...
05/09/2026

Have you felt drawn to learn Reiki?

At its heart, Reiki is a powerful practice in how we meet life. Through awareness, right mind and continued practice, we begin to see ourselves more clearly and understand how we respond to the world around us.

Traditional Japanese practice understands that real change comes through sincere repetition and direct experience. So we learn, practise, notice, ask questions, laugh and return. Over time, Reiki becomes less about something we do and more about the way we live.

This is the way Reiki is taught at Holistic Care Durham: with respect for its Japanese origins, proper time to learn and practise, and a warm, human approach that allows you to develop through your own experience.

Learn the Art of Reiki with:
Leanne Barker
Reiki Teacher • Practitioner • Author
Holistic Care Durham
Therapy & Reiki Training Centre, Wingate, Co. Durham

https://www.holisticcaredurham.co.uk/⁠

Good morning and a peaceful Saturday to you all 🤍May your heart be free from unnecessary worry, may your mind be clear a...
05/09/2026

Good morning and a peaceful Saturday to you all 🤍

May your heart be free from unnecessary worry, may your mind be clear and may your actions today come from compassion.

May you meet whatever arrives with patience, gratitude and care, remembering that even an ordinary day can become part of our practice 🙏

These manuals represent far more than the hours, weeks and months it took to write them 🤍Over the last few years, and p...
04/09/2026

These manuals represent far more than the hours, weeks and months it took to write them 🤍

Over the last few years, and particularly through my more recent training, I have put an enormous amount of time, money and work into researching Reiki properly and continuing my own education as a Reiki teacher.

I could quite easily have continued teaching exactly what I was originally taught. It would certainly have been easier and cheaper!. But the deeper I went into the history and practice of Usui Reiki Ryoho, the more I realised there was still so much for me to learn.

That has meant going back to the roots of the system, retraining, reading, researching Japanese history and culture extensively, studying the practices more deeply and, importantly, being willing to question some of the things I had previously been taught.

My manuals have therefore changed enormously and they now bring together years of teaching experience with my continuing research into Mikao Usui, Japanese Reiki practice, Japanese religious and cultural influences surrounding Usui's lifetime and the deeper teachings that sit behind what can sometimes be presented in the West as quite a simple hands-on healing system!

I will always remain a student.
Being a Reiki Teacher doesn't mean reaching a point where there is nothing left to study. For me it means taking responsibility for what I teach, continuing to question, continuing to practise and being prepared to change my teaching when better historical information or a deeper understanding becomes available.

There has been a ridiculous amount of work behind these little manuals and the books ive written 😂 but when I hand one to a student now, I know exactly why every section is there and I am genuinely very proud of them 🤍

Leanne Barker
Reiki Author, Teacher & Practitioner
Holistic Care Durham Therapy & Training Centre

In the 1930s and 1940s, Reiki practitioners were openly recording its use for influenza, pneumonia,cancer, rheumatism, d...
03/09/2026

In the 1930s and 1940s, Reiki practitioners were openly recording its use for influenza, pneumonia,cancer, rheumatism, digestive illness, eye conditions, pain, diabetes and many other diseases.

Chujiro Hayashi even stated in 1938 that people were pleased to be able to “heal a variety of diseases.” through hands on healing.

They weren't talking about Reiki as something that might help you relax. They were treating people, documenting what they did and seeing results significant enough to continue teaching these methods.

Now in 2026 we quite rightly have to be very careful about medical claims. Historical reports don't automatically equal modern clinical proof but perhaps science hasn't finished asking the questions yet.

Because when we actually read the early material, Reiki was understood as a deep healing method giving very real results and I think we've forgotten just how powerful that history is.

Whats your thoughts?

Disclaimer: As a Reiki teacher I do not advise anyone to make claims beyond sleep and deep relaxation and leave medical diagnosis to the experts 🤍

Normal routine resumes for me! Yeyyyy 🤍 i’m officially back to work properly!I’ve spent the summer looking after my chil...
02/09/2026

Normal routine resumes for me! Yeyyyy 🤍 i’m officially back to work properly!

I’ve spent the summer looking after my children, trying to run the clinic as best I could, writing books… you name it. It’s been mega busy 😂

So thank you so much to everyone for your patience 🙏 I know I’ve taken a little longer to reply at times and appointments haven’t always been as available as usual. I’ve genuinely tried my best to juggle everything 🤍

But we’re back to normal now, and I can’t wait to see you all again soon.

Love,
Leanne 🤍

Some days you just need something practical that helps you feel calm and more yourself. That is what ANSHIN is for.The P...
02/09/2026

Some days you just need something practical that helps you feel calm and more yourself.

That is what ANSHIN is for.
The Pulse Point Roller is small enough to keep in your bag and use when you feel anxious, overwhelmed, tense or just need a minute to collect yourself.

The Pillow & Room Spray is for home, especially at the end of the day when your head is still busy and you want your bedroom to feel calmer.

Both use the same blend of lavender, cedarwood, lemon verbena and ylang ylang, so the scent stays familiar whether you are using the roller during the day or the spray at night.

I made ANSHIN because I wanted something simple, useful and easy to reach for. Nee fuss, just a familiar scent you can come back to when you need it.

Pulse Point Roller 10ml £12.50
Pillow & Room Spray 100ml £18.50

Available here:

https://www.holisticcaredurham.co.uk/holistic-care-durham⁠

01/09/2026

Whats your thoughts?

Kuwait’s decision to restrict Reiki within its new psychotherapy rules has understandably caused a lot of reaction.But I...
01/09/2026

Kuwait’s decision to restrict Reiki within its new psychotherapy rules has understandably caused a lot of reaction.

But I can actually understand part of the reasoning. The wellbeing industry has become incredibly overcrowded, with new modalities appearing constantly, often accompanied by extraordinary claims and very little research. Vulnerable people deserve proper protection, and practitioners should be accountable for what they claim.

But Reiki deserves to be understood on its own terms.
Usui Reiki is not simply another modern “energy healing modality”. It is a Japanese system with more than a century of history, an established lineage and a growing body of published research.

At its deeper level, Reiki is not something a practitioner owns, manufactures or forces into another person. The practice gradually brings us back to what is already naturally present within us.

That is why the idea of simply “banning Reiki” feels almost impossible to me. Reiki also does not need exaggerated claims, psychic interpretation or promises of miraculous cures to be extraordinary.
I absolutely support higher standards, responsible advertising and better regulation within the wellbeing profession.
But I also believe Reiki should be researched, understood and judged on what Reiki actually is, rather than being placed indiscriminately alongside every practice that has acquired the label “energy healing”.

There is a very important difference between them 🤍

Whats your thoughts on this?

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