09/15/2026
Today, we honor the birthday of Chujiro Hayashi, one of the important figures in the history and lineage of Reiki.
A student of Mikao Usui, Hayashi played a significant role in carrying Reiki forward. After his training, he established a Reiki clinic in Tokyo in the mid-1920s, where Reiki treatments became known among members of the court, physicians, and the wider community.
Hayashi is also credited with helping to systematize the hand positions commonly used in Reiki practice today and with making the practice more accessible and easier to teach.
His place in our lineage is especially meaningful: it was through Hayashi that Hawayo Takata encountered Reiki, eventually helping carry the practice beyond Japan and into the West.
Today, we remember Chujiro Hayashi with gratitude for his role in preserving, developing, and passing on the practice that continues through our lineage today.