When Mikao Usui, the founder of the practice we call Reiki, put together a curriculum for students, it included meditation as a core necessity, but why? Usui knew from his years studying different spiritual practices and his own enlightenment process that things like having a clear mind, being an empty vessel, being able to maintain focus on the present moment and having a strong and stable base were essential to being effective at Reiki treatments. A calm body and mind is mo
