Reiki Training

The process of becoming a Reiki healer is called an attunement and it is the attunement process which sets Reiki apart from every other form of the laying on of hands or touch healing. Reiki can only be transferred to a student by a Reiki Master and this healing art has been handed down from Reiki Master to student since it began. Activation of Reiki energy within a person’s hands cannot be learned from books or just by being talked about. Without the Reiki attunement process, you may be able to direct healing energy, but it will not be Reiki energy.

At A Time For You, Reiki and Counselling Swindon, you can become attuned to Reiki energy and learn to channel and radiate this gentle, nurturing energy to heal yourself, your friends, your family and your pets with Reiki Level I training. If you have already received first degree Reiki level I attuntements you can receive further energy attunements and learn the three sacred symbols and their unique healing energy with the second degree Reiki Level II training.

Anyone, regardless of age, experience or belief system can learn to heal with Reiki energy which is entirely compatible with any other conventional or complementary treatments.

During the process of your attunement you will become connected to the source of all universal “Ki” and will receive an increase in this life force “Ki” energy. After your attunement, your body’s energy channels will have been opened and cleared of obstructions so that the Reiki energy can flow in through your crown and out through the palms of your hands. You will then be able to channel Reiki energy in order to heal yourself and others for the rest of your life.

All you will need to do to connect with the universal healing “Ki” is to place your hands upon yourself or someone else with an intention to heal and Reiki will flow through you automatically. The “Ki” energy will first heal the healer and then heal others so you will not become depleted.

Reiki training is divided into three degrees or levels which are: Reiki I – first degree, Reiki II – second degree and Reiki III – third degree, Reiki Master and Teacher levels.

I believe that it is important for students to choose the right Reiki Master for their Reiki attunements and training and most people attend their courses with the same Reiki Master although this is not essential.

Choosing a Reiki Master to train with should be a decision that is always based on what feels right for you.

If you are interested in coming to A Time For You Reiki & Counselling for your Reiki attunemnts and training, I will ask you to book a session with me so that you can meet me and discover my attitudes and beleiefs about Reiki. It will give you an opportunity to ask any questions about the Reiki training that I offer and what committment you will need to give to it and also to experience a full treatment with me so that you can see how I work as a professional and to decide i you feel that I am the right Reiki Master for you.

In First Degree training you will receive four attunements. These attunements are focused mainly on opening up the physical body so that it can then accept energy.

This Reiki 1 course is in two parts. Part one takes 1 day and part 2 takes half a day and it is scheduled after the required 21 day self healing and cleansing period has been completed by the student.

Part One – One day covers the following:

What Reiki is
The uses and benefits of Reiki
The Reiki Principles
The History of Reiki
Introduction to Chakras
Meditations for grounding and protecting
Four Reiki attunements
Hand Positions for self treatment

21 day clearing and self healing period

Part Two – half a day covers the following:

How to conduct a full Reiki treatment on others.
Practical exercises for giving and receiving Reiki
Questions and Answers
Certificates
End

After being attuned to Reiki healing energy, second degree Reiki is about continued self-healing and growth but it also broadens your knowledge and healing skills to enable you to help others to heal and grow.

This level is beneficial if you want to use Reiki more effectively in your own inner/spiritual development. It is a significant step along your personal healing journey and takes you closer to making Reiki an essential part of your daily life.

Reiki II is regarded as Practitioner Level and is required for anyone who wants to practise Reiki professionally.

Reiki II is taught over 1 and a half days and includes a further energy attunement which increases the amount of healing energy that you can channel. You are taught three sacred symbols and their mantras or sacred names and about each of their unique healing energy. You will also learn a range of special techniques which use one or more of the symbols including the form of "distant healing" which enables you to "send" a Reiki treatment to anyone, anywhere with the same effectiveness as if that person was with you.

Part 1 - One day covers the following:

Reiki level II attunements
The 3 sacred Reiki Symbols
Distant Healing
Treating others

21 Day clearing period of self healing and practise journal

Part 2 - half a day covers the following:

Treating others in a professional capacity
Certificates
End

A Quote from William L Rand

“We are alive because life force is flowing through us. Life force flows within the physical body through pathways called chakras, meridians and nadirs. It also flows around us in a field of energy called the aura. Life force nourishes the organs and the cells of the body, supporting them in their vital functions. When this flow of life force is disrupted, it causes diminished function of one or more of the organs and tissue of the physical body.

The life force is responsive to thoughts and feelings. It becomes disrupted when we accept either consciously or unconsciously, negative thoughts or feelings about ourselves. These negative thoughts or feelings attach themselves to the energy field and cause disruption in the flow of the life force. This diminishes the vital function of the organs and cells of the physical body.

Reiki heals by flowing through the affected parts of the energy field and charging them with positive energy, it raises the vibratory level of the energy field in and around the physical body where the negative thoughts and feelings are attached. This causes the negative energy to break apart and fall away. In so doing, Reiki clears, straightens and heals the energy pathways, thus allowing the life force to flow in a healthy natural way”.