14. Tokyo → Berlin → Tokyo | A German re-imports Japanese Healing Art
A headache leads Arjava to Reiki, but his path is anything but linear. He flies to Berlin to learn a Japanese healing technique to bring it back to Japan. The heart is tickled and big questions fill the mind.
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Traditional healers were part of Arjava's upbringing. In 1988, a painful headache leads a sceptical Arjava to his first Reiki session. Though unimpressed, something in him stayed curious – his 'soul was tickled'.
In 1991, while running a busy language school in Japan with his wife, his brother Raj calls from Germany urging him to learn Reiki. Arjava follows the nudge – flying from Japan to Berlin to study a Japanese healing art to bring back to Japan. Ironic, yet fatefully right.
In Berlin, Arjava completes Reiki levels 1, 2 and teacher training in just a few days. Back in Japan, he initiates Chetna, who promptly perceives flaws in the system. Her reaction plants the first doubts in Arjava and sets him off on a mission to eventually uncover the roots of Reiki.
Once your soul is tickled, you can't forget it.