About Michigan Reiki

Andrew Anders

Michigan Reiki Mission:

Michigan Reiki is founded on three tiers of function:

  1. To teach, practice, and promote the Japanese art and system of Reiki Ryoho.
  2. To establish and promote credible, professional, and practical standards of Reiki Ryoho practice.
  3. To serve as an reliable resource for students, professionals, and the health and wellness community of Michigan.

Founder: Andrew Anders

I am a professional Reiki teacher and liability insured Reiki practitioner trained in the Usui Shiki Reiki Ryoho tradition as per Robert Fueston of The Reiki Preservation Society:

WCC Free College Day (2015): Presentation on Reiki and Heathcare

Recent Work

I began my Reiki training and practice in earnest in 2005. I am an advocate for the sincere and credible communication and presentation of Reiki with emphasis on the roots and founding traditions of Mikao Usui’s Reiki Ryoho. My works, accomplishments, and activities include:

  • Teaching Reiki classes at Washtenaw Community College (since 2009)
  • Traveling to Tokyo, Japan for personal Reiki research (2015)
  • Presenting for University of Michigan’s Neuroacanthocytosis (ChAc) Symposium (2016)
  • Lecture’s regularly for Washtenaw Community College’s seasonal open house (2015-2017)
  • Contributing author for the Crazy Wisdom Community Journal
  • Speaker at Cincinnati Reiki Day (2018)
  • Keynote speaker for Monroe Aging Consortium Annual Health & Wellness Summit (2018)

Reiki Training background

Practice from Second degree Reiki training course with Lourdes Gray 2010

I have attended in-person classes and training with the following teachers and their methods (in order starting with most recent):

  • Dai-Shihan (Reiki Teacher) Intensive with Robert Fueston of The Reiki Preservation Society
    • Week-long, hand-to-hand, in-person training in Gray lineage with emphasis on early Japanese-American Reiki Ryoho history, lineage, treatment, and transmission methods – December 26, 2017 – January 01, 2018
    • Week long, hand-to-hand, in-person training in Rev. Brown lineage – July 02, 2019 – July 06, 2019
  • Animal Reiki Teacher Training with Kathleen Prasad of the Animal Reiki Source and Shelter Animal Reiki Association
    • ART Shinpiden – May 03-08, 2017 (Organizer)
  • Usui Shiki Reiki Ryoho Certified Reiki Practitioner Course with Robert Fueston of The Reiki Preservation Society
    • Certified Reiki Practitioner – April 16 & 17, 2016
  • Reiki and Medicine Intensive with Pamela Miles
    • Medical Reiki Intensive – November 15-18, 2012
  • IHReiki style Reiki with Frans Stiene of the International House of Reiki
    • Shinpiden seminar – July 3-5, 2011
    • Shinpiden seminar – June 8-10, 2012
    • Shinpiden seminar – April 12-14, 2013
    • Shinpiden seminar – June 6-9, 2014 (Organizer)
    • Shinpiden seminar – September 22-29, 2015 (Organizer)
    • Shinpiden seminar – April 18-21, 2016
    • Shinpiden seminar – September 14-20, 2017 (Organizer)
  • Beaumont Hospital Reiki Program with Julie Kusiak at the Royal Oak and Troy Beaumont Campus
    • Reiki in Hospitals I @ Beaumont Royak Oak – February 05, 2011
    • Reiki in Hospitals II @ Beaumont Troy – May 02 & 03, 2011
  • Usui Shiki Ryoho with Lourdes Gray of John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing
    • First degree – October 9 & 10, 2010
    • Second degree – October 16 & 17, 2010
  • Usui/Tibetan Reiki in with William Lee Rand of the International Center for Reiki Training
    • Reiki I – November 5, 2005
    • Reiki II – November 6, 2005
    • Reiki III / ART / Master – March 15, 2009
  • Reiki with Gregory Weathers
    • Informal training in early 2005