Tanmaya's Story
Tanmaya Honervogt born in November 1953 in the village of Höxter in the Weserbergland, Germany. She trained to teach children in primary and senior school. From 1978 she taught in Bremen in North Germany.
Tanmaya has practised Reiki since 1983, and was fortunate to have been trained by one of the few Reiki Masters initiated by Hawayo Takata – who introduced Reiki to the Western World from its beginnings in Japan.
At the time she was travelling in California and met a woman who described a Reiki treatment to her – “ you put your hands on the body and it gets very hot and feels good”. Intrigued by this simplicity, Tanmaya immediately trained in the Reiki First degree whilst in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Thereafter – back in Germany – she gave herself a Reiki self-treatment daily for 3 months and says about this time “…when I was treating myself I went into such deep and strong inner spaces that I knew it was what I had been looking for – not just in terms of healing on the physical level, but emotionally and spiritually.”
In 1986 Tanmaya started her work as a therapist and healer in a practice in Freiburg, South Germany. She was giving individual sessions and leading groups in meditations and massage. In the same year she trained in Psychic Massage bodywork and Counselling. In 1992 she took her Reiki Master-Teacher Degree in India.
Tanmaya’s developing interest in Reiki came out of a passion for her own personal growth and spiritual development, and she has travelled the world exploring spirituality and meditation within other cultures.
Tanmaya founded the School of Usui Reiki in England in 1995. The School has provided a series of certified Reiki Trainings in the traditional Usui Method.
Tanmaya has written 4 books on Reiki Healing. Her first, entitled "Reiki - Healing and Harmony Through the Hands" has sold over 300,000 copies in 18 languages since publication in 1998 and was the first fully illustrated book on Usui Reiki. An abbreviated version “Reiki – the Busy Persons Guide” was published in 2005.
Her second book, “Inner Reiki - A practical Guide for Healing and Meditation” was published in 2001.
Her latest book “Reiki for Emotional Healing” – published in January 2006 – focuses on a shift in her work towards applying healing energy to specific life issues and life's many changes – see Healing the Emotions.
Tanmaya has produced a series of self-help instructional CDs to support the healing, her trainings and her books . Visit our products area for more details.
Tanmaya is especially well known in Great Britain and Germany and conducts trainings there and as well in the USA, Japan and Australia. Visit her schedule for more details.
Healing always happens from the heart – it is a loving and accepting space we share.
(Tanmaya, Reiki Master/Teacher)