What is Reiki?

Reiki is Universal Life Force Energy that is transmitted through the hands of a channel (person) who has been “keyed in” or connected more directly to the energy source through an initiation process. The channel giving the energy is simply a conduit allowing the Light to pass through him or her into another.

Reiki is an ancient but simple, natural and safe process for healing oneself and others on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Anyone can learn to tap into this higher energy of unlimited, Divine Intelligence and facilitate healing. As a Reiki healer you are the open channel through which Divine energy flows.

The Benefits of Reiki Healing

• Induce relaxation
• Produce clarity
• Enhance your meditation process
• Healing people, animals and plants
• Enrich your existing spiritual practice
• Increase your ability to focus energy
• Heal mind, body and spirit
• Improve your ability to read energy within and around all forms of life
• Change every living creature on this planet and, therefore, our world

Is Reiki part of Bhuddism?

Well… yes and no. There’s still some discussion about how (or if) the two are related for example this article of the relationship between Reiki and Buddhism and this one about whether Reiki has Buddhist origins.

Thee benefits that patients find when they take part in a Reiki Healing session are wide ranging and deep, but mostly commonly reported are:

 Healer & Reiki Master Teacher

It’s essential that you find the right Reiki Healing master and/or teacher early on so that your experience isn’t set back by poor quality advice that doesn’t represent good Reiki Healing practice.

Reiki healing is a belief in something greater than yourself and it matters not what name you assign to this greater force. You may call it God, Universal energy, Source or Divine energy. Whatever name you are comfortable with, you can learn to tap into this energy grid and use it for the benefit of every life form on this planet. Reiki is a commitment to a higher calling of light and love, where you become an active participant in creating that light and love.

Becoming a Reiki Healing Master

Of course it’s endless practice that will help you become a master, but on that journey you will need some taught practice. Here’s what we recommend you look out for:

Reiki Certification Classes

Reiki I  – Shoden Level – Overview

Length of Class: 6 hours – usually given in two separate sessions. Additional time is made available after class for each student to give Reiki healings to fellow students under the supervision of a Reiki Master.

Prerequisite: None

Description: This is the entry level class for Reiki training.

• During this class you will learn
• What Reiki energy is
• Benefits of Reiki
• History of Reiki
• Chakras
• Kanji hand positions
• Reiki hand positions for giving a treatment to yourself and others
• How to treat plants and animals

This training consists of lecture, discussion, observation, demonstration, reception of four Reiki Level I attunements, hands-on practice for self and others and the Reiki I manual.

Reiki I  – Shoden Level – Course Objectives

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Discuss what Reiki energy is
• Explain First Degree Reiki
• Discuss the history of Reiki
• Verbalize the benefits of Reiki
• Describe the use of chakras in performing a treatment
• Demonstrate the Kanji hand positions
• Demonstrate hand placement during a full treatment session
• Demonstrate hand placement during a Reiki Circle treatment
• Perform a Reiki session on self and others
• Understand the attunement process
• Accept ethical guidelines regarding treatments

Certification: Each student will receive a certificate, after all requirements are met, indicating satisfactory completion of USUI SHIKI RYOHO Level I Certification.

Reiki II – Okuden Level – Overview

Length of Class: 6 hours – usually given in two separate sessions. Additional time is made available after class to give Reiki healings under the supervision of a Reiki Master.  

Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Reiki Level I Certification.

Description: This course is the follow up training to Reiki Level I Certification. This training consists of lecture, discussion, observation, demonstration, Reiki Level II attunement and the Reiki II manual.

This course will enable you to provide higher healing energy through the use of symbols and increasing intuitive abilities as a healer. During this class you will learn the meaning of each of the Reiki symbols and become comfortable drawing them and using them. Reiki Level II will also expand your healing abilities over vast geographical spaces through the use of distance healing.

Reiki II – Okuden Level -Course Objectives:

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the use of symbols
• Identify and draw the sacred Reiki symbols
• Apply and integrate the use of the sacred symbols into a Reiki session
• Explain the use of Reiki with different age groups, pets and plants
• Know how to perform a long distance Reiki healing session
• Explain the many uses of Reiki in your everyday life
• Clear negative energy out of rooms
• Send energy to others to balance emotions and help heal relationships
• Discuss how the use of Reiki can be applied in the health fields
• Scan the energetic body for energy blocks and negativity
• Explain how to give treatments to plants and animals

Certification: Each student will receive a certificate, after all requirements are met, indicating satisfactory completion of USUI SHIKI RYOHO Level II Practitioner Certification.

Reiki III – Reiki Master Teacher – Shinpiden Level – Overview

Length of Class: 20 hours – includes audit and conference time.

Prerequisite: It is preferable that you have been a Reiki II Practitioner (from any lineage) for a minimum of 3 months but is not required. During this time you must have been practicing Reiki through self-treatments and treatment of others (family/friends, as a volunteer in Reiki circles or in a private practice). You will be asked to audit Reiki Level I and II classes and to meet in several conferences with a Reiki Master/Teacher before entering this class.

Description: This course is the third and final level of Reiki training. Satisfactory completion will confer on you the title – Reiki Master Teacher. Here you will receive the Master Symbol which will increase the strength of your Reiki healing energy and the use of the other Reiki II Symbols. You will receive the USUI SHIKI RYOHO Reiki Level III attunement and learn how to attune others to Reiki Level I, II and III as well as learning how to teach all levels of Reiki Certification. You will also experience the Reiki Meditation that expands consciousness and learn to create and use a Reiki Crystal Grid to send distant Reiki continuously. You will also practice the powerful Psychic Surgery (Aura Clearing) technique to remove negative psychic energy. Although called Reiki Master, this means you are in the process of “mastering yourself” and this course brings you to the beginning of that process of living your life the “Reiki Way” on the path toward enlightenment.

Reiki III – Reiki Master Teacher – Shinpiden Level – Course Objectives:

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify and draw the sacred Master Reiki Symbol
• Explain the use of the sacred Master Reiki Symbol
• Apply and integrate the use of the sacred Master Reiki Symbol into a Reiki session
• Utilize the four Reiki symbols in Reiki healing sessions
• Verbalize understanding of non-Reiki symbols
• Discuss the importance of attunements
• Complete an attunement
• Complete a deep aura cleansing
• Develop a Reiki Crystal Grid
• Discuss how to teach Reiki Level I, II and III

Certification: Each student will receive a certificate, after all requirements are met, indicating satisfactory completion of USUI SHIKI RYOHO Reiki Master Teacher Certification.