Twelve Step recovery emerged during the 1930's in Arkon, Ohio through the efforts of two alcoholics named Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith. Reiki was developed a few years earlier in japan the work of Dr.Mikao Usui. Despite the differences in of geography and culture, the two healing traditions are highly compatible.Both share universal spiritual values of love and service, right action, personal responsibility and spiritual generosity in both traditons, we understand that fear an anger do not benefit us or the world; that kindness and graditude uplift us ,and that life is best lived one day at a time, or according to our Reiki Ideals, " Just for today." Just as Twelve step programs are avialable to anyone commited to their own healing from addiction, anyone can be trained to practice Reiki. Reiki flows well with divergent religious traditons and it compliments medical, psychiatric and alternative treatments modalites , as Twelve step programs do.
