Becoming a Reiki practitioner
WHAT SKILLS DO I NEED TO BECOME A REIKI PRACTITIONER?
Anyone can learn Usui Reiki, even children. There is no link to intellectual skills, mastery of meditation, or healing.
The beauty of Reiki is in its simplicity.
Although there are plenty of websites and books on techniques and practices for learning Reiki, the ability to use Reiki can only be imparted by a Reiki Master who will perform an attunement and alignment that will allow the student to be attuned to the frequency of Reiki energy and create a special connection between the student and the Source of Reiki.
REIKI LASTS A LIFETIME
When you are initiated into Reiki, the Reiki energy will stay with you for life. Even if you don't use Reiki for years, you never lose it. However, the more you honor and use Reiki, the more intense it will become.
Following the initiation, simply place your hands gently on yourself or on someone to circulate the healing energy to activate Reiki.
THE NEXT STEP
Reiki I is a complete healing system and many people find it a sufficient tool for healing and relaxation. But after some practice, you may feel the call to move on to the advanced level.
Reiki II allows you to do distant healing across time and space and to treat emotional and even spiritual issues.
Practitioners who are called into service choose Reiki Level II to work with.
Reiki III is the level of teaching and is followed only by practitioners who are very strongly called to it.
THE BENEFITS OF REIKI
Brings a supplement of energy that re-harmonizes and revitalizes the body.
Reduces stress, calms, and relaxes deeply.
Promotes relaxation, and provides peace, joy, and serenity.
Relieves pain (muscular, joint, chronic…).
Stimulates the body's self-regulation and self-healing processes.
Reinforces the faculties of recovery after a traumatism.
Corrects physical and emotional imbalances by releasing the root causes of emotional blockages stored in cellular memory.
Eliminates toxins, purifies, and strengthens the organs.
Strengthens the immune system.
Optimizes the effectiveness of medical treatment (especially for serious illnesses).
Accelerates all spiritual work and personal evolution when meditating with Reiki.
Heals past trauma when undertaking long-term work.
Adapts to the real needs of the receiver, Energy having its intelligence.
Facilitates concentration.
Acts on animals, plants, and the planet.
THE TWO REIKI PRECEPTS
At the beginning of his practice, Dr. Usui offered free Reiki sessions to homeless people in the slums of Kyoto. After a while, he realized that these people did not value the care they received because there was no noticeable change in their lives. He realized that it was important to raise the level of consciousness to allow true healing to take place and so he created the Two Precepts of Reiki:
THE PERSON WHO COMES FOR CARE MUST DESIRE TO CURE OR CHANGE
THERE MUST BE AN EXCHANGE OF ENERGY (MONEY, BARTER…) SO THAT THE WORK IS VALUED
THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF REIKI
Dr. Usui recommended that these students practice a simple ethical ideal to foster balance, peace, and harmony in their lives. These principles remind us never to give our energy to emotions such as anger, fear, or anxiety and above all to let them take control. Honor whom you are by honoring all life. Have faith, be at peace, be grateful, and do your job.
JUST FOR TODAY, I WON'T WORRY
JUST FOR TODAY, I WON'T GET ANGRY
JUST FOR TODAY, I WILL BE IN GRATITUDE
JUST FOR TODAY, I WILL WORK HONESTLY
JUST FOR TODAY, I WILL RESPECT ALL LIFE FORMS
WHAT IS REIKI ENERGY?
Reiki is biomagnetic energy of very low frequency, it is a measurable magnetic field through pulsations that induces the current circulates between the tissues at a frequency between 0.3 and 30 Hz.
Several medical types of research have established that some of these frequencies correspond to the healing effects on soft and hard tissues.
HOW DOES REIKI WORK?
The practitioner captures the universal energy of the cosmos and the earth and transmits it to the recipient by laying hands on different parts of the body..
The energy then circulates throughout the recipient's body: it aligns, cleans, balances, transforms, and heals what can be healed during the treatment.
WHAT DOES THE PRACTITIONER FEEL DURING A SESSION?
Reiki can benefit any form of life with an energy field (animal, plant). In this manual, we will explore how to do a self-healing session, and how to do a one-person session (sitting and lying down).
Self-healing sessions are very important in practice. Receiving Reiki frequently brings balance, harmony, relaxation, and serenity.
At first, the sensation of Reiki energy moving through your hands can be subtle and difficult to feel. You may not feel much at first as the physical body requires several days to get used to this new sense you are using.
The more you practice, the more intense the sensations will be.
WHAT CAN A REIKI SESSION BRING?
Reiki is restful and relieving energy, the session brings pleasant sensations to the practitioner and the recipient. When you give Reiki, to yourself or someone else, you may feel your hands warm, tingling, heavy, or other unusual sensations. These sensations are a sign that the Reiki energy is flowing and the patient is receiving the energy.
When the sensation diminishes, it is a sign that the receiver has absorbed enough energy in that place and that you can put your hands in another place.
The person receiving Reiki may experience the same sensations as the practitioner, but more often than not their experiences are very distinct. Reiki energy most often operates at a very subtle level and profound results may not appear until days later. Energy moves to where it is needed; having its intelligence and guided by intention. It works on all levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
Possible manifestations of the effects of Reiki on the recipient:
Sensation of heat or cold (always have a blanket and socks).
Color vision.
Memories and memories in the form of flash.
Sensation of joy, floating, of “traveling”.
Deep state of peace and relaxation.
Involuntary and unconscious movements.
Deep emotional reaction (tears, laughter...).
A heightened sense of perception.
Light and/or deep sleep
REIKI II
When Reiki arrived in the West, only truly dedicated "healers" decided to take Reiki Level II. Reiki II allows you to work on clients even if they are not physically present, on past, present, and future situations, and also to work with yourself to heal past traumas.
Reiki II is a very useful tool for working remotely or directly on the person. You can use Reiki II to send healing to people you cannot reach, friends and loved ones under stress, a patient in intensive care, or a disturbed colleague during a meeting. It is also very useful for people on whom it will be difficult for you to put your hands: a patient in a coma or with an infection, open wounds, or people who are culturally inappropriate to touch.
The symbols make the laying of hands much more powerful during the sessions and they help you develop your abilities. You can also use symbols to clean up spaces.
In the three levels of initiation, Reiki is above all based on Intention. Your intention to heal is what keeps Reiki's energy flowing. The more you progress in your practice, the more you will notice that your intention to heal is stronger and more focused, it will be the same for the flow of energy released during your sessions. The energy of intention always returns to the sender.
Before you begin your session, focus your intention to channel the energy for the higher best of your client. You will greatly benefit from these sessions yourself.
ETHICS OF REIKI
Once initiated into Reiki II, you will have access to great energy and you will have the ability to send it through time and space. Your responsibility is therefore increased.
You now can send healing energy to your friends, family, strangers, or situations anywhere in the world. Like any other practice, Reiki becomes more powerful with practice, so with frequent use. So use it often, with respect.
Remember that you are not a healer but a catalyst for healing. You are only a channel that allows healing energy to flow through you to help others. There is no place for the Ego in the practice of Reiki. The Ego comes to hinders the path of healing and blocks intuition which has great importance in practice.
Reiki can never be used for harm and symbols cannot be used for negative purposes.
GROWING WITH REIKI II
The initiation to Reiki II will change you. To facilitate the healing of the client, you must first be healed. In the 6 months following your initiation, you will surely notice a clearing of all emotional baggage, greater mental clarity, and an increased ability to transmit to others.
Some chronic physical conditions may disappear. You may feel more centered and in control. You could also make a drastic life change. Your self-confidence is increased.
Some Reiki Masters suggest that each time you pass a new level, old negative thoughts and emotions begin to be released and pass into our consciousness for healing. These negative feelings and thoughts are an integral part of our healing process: welcome them and then let them go.