Reiki: Treatment Or Learning
Because of the principles explained in Side Effects of Healing and What Reiki will and Won't Do, those seeking Reiki treatment/s are usually encouraged to consider learning the 1st Degree of Reiki. This enables them to give themselves and others 'Hands-On' Reiki healing at any time.
Although we use the word "learn", it is really more a matter of having the ability passed-on from a Reiki Master. Happily you don't have to be clever or to have reached a particular level of enlightenment to do this! Reiki is part of the quest for self improvement - not an Award for Merit.
The ability to give Reiki healing is passed-on through a simple ritual called an "Attunement" which opens the charkas and creates an indissoluble, un-dilute-able link between the student and the Reiki energy. It begins a process of de-toxification. Because of this, students are advised to prepare themselves for the experience by taking simple steps, which the Reiki Master will explain.
The classic procedure, hand positions etc. are taught during Reiki Training session/s but these do not have to be learned as notes should be supplied.
There are basically three levels, or "degrees" as they are known, of Reiki Attunement, although many Reiki Masters sub-divide the 3rd. degree.
- 1st. Degree: Entry level: Enabling the candidate to give "hands-on" treatment.
- 2nd. Degree: Increased vibrational strength, and enabling the candidate to channel Reiki at distance.
- 3rd. Degree: Full vibrational strength, and (depending on whether the 3rd Degree is 'split' or not) enabling the student to pass-on all levels of Reiki to other candidates.
Note: There are traditionally 3 levels (or 'Degrees') of Reiki. Some Reiki Masters split 3rd. Degree into two. The first gives the candidate the full vibrational advantage but DOES NOT teach the candidate how to do the Attunements, i.e. The candidate will not be qualified to teach and pass-on Attunements to others because he/she will not have the knowledge. That is revealed in the second part. With Katie's Training Course, as long as you have Reiki 1 and 2, you can choose which Reiki 3 or 3A option suits you. See more on our Courses page