Who Can Learn Reiki? Anyone can learn Reiki — the ability to use Reiki is transferred to the student by the Reiki Master-Teacher through an empowerment within an attunement process. It is like a re-awakening of a talent that is lying dormant within you. For some, it may be possible to re-activate this ability on their own. But for most, it is far simpler to receive a Reiki attunement. Because of this, virtually anyone can learn Reiki with no prior experience or ability necessary. The attunement process opens the heart, crown and palm chakras and creates a special link between the student and the Reiki source. The Reiki Master then explains and demonstrates its use.
After that, the student simply places her or his hands on someone with the intention of healing and the Reiki energies will automatically flow through the student into the recipient. The Reiki Empowerment is actually a powerful healing experience in itself.
Levels of Reiki There are three levels of attainment in the Usui Reikisystem, as traditionally taught. These are:
Level
Ability
Description
Level 1
Hands on
Introductory level. Gives access to the energy and directs hands on healing.
This level teaches three of the traditional four symbols used in Reiki. There is generally an increase in the amount of power. The practitioner can also do healing at a distance.
Offered June 26, 2011
Level 3(Master)
Level 2 plus the Master Symbol
Teaches the fourth symbol — the master symbol. There is generally, again, an increase in power.
Offered October 30, 2011
Master- Teacher
Level 3 plus the ability to train Reiki practitioners
Many teachers do not see this as a separate level from III, while some do require further training for Master Teacher. This level does not require further attunements or further symbols. Instead it is possession of the confidence and knowledge to conduct a Reiki class.
The Reiki Attunement Process The Reiki attunement process is how one becomes a Reiki practitioner. Being attuned to Reiki gives one the ability to easily access the Reiki (Universal Life Force) energy, for the purpose of healing. Attunements can be given only by a Reiki Master and can be given for either the purpose of training one in Reiki, or for simply giving someone a larger experience of Reiki than usually experienced in treatments. The attunement procedure is a ceremony of spirit. In this ceremony the Reiki Master uses the Reiki symbols and other gestures in a prescribed way. This ceremony creates an energy pattern around the recipient of the attunement which entrains (or attunes) their energy field to the energies represented by the symbols — the attunement is permanent. Protecting the Symbols Traditionally the Reiki symbols have been kept secret and only shown to those attuned for Reiki Level II and higher. Keeping the symbols secret has been done to prevent misuse — people claiming to know Reiki when in fact they have not been trained in Reiki. Without the flow of energy, the symbols themselves are just pictures. What makes Reiki phenomenal is the source of energy from which Reiki springs — the intelligence, the wisdom, and the divinity.
Laurie's Reiki Lineage Dr. Mikao Usui, Dr. Hayashi, Mrs. Takata, Phyllis Furomoto, Claudia Hoffman, Mary Shaw, Christine Henderson, Bruce Way, Ariane McMinn, Mona Khalaf, Allison Dahlhaus, Laurie Buchanan
