Learning Reiki: Attunement and Levels
Traditionally, Reiki is taught in 3 stages or “levels”, but it is common now to divide Level 3 into 2 parts, hence 4 levels in total.
Level 1: Beginners level
Level 2: Advanced level (pre-requisite to be a practitioner)
Level 3 (or 3A): Master level
Level 4 (or 3B): Teacher level
Students are certified at each level. While there is no central Reiki organization, the certificates are recognized globally and allow Reiki students to practice and study everywhere in the world.
Level 1: Beginner
You gain an understanding of Reiki, its principles and history, and learn how to give a treatment with specific hands positions. The focus is on physical healing. You are attuned and empowered to do direct healing on yourself, family and friends. There is no need for anatomy and physiology knowledge to give Reiki, and applications are many:
- Help your spouse to relax after a stressful day at work
- Pace down your hyper active kids before bed time
- Lower the anxiety of your teens before important exams
- Ground and align yourself before dealing with a group or a crowd
- Recharge your batteries at the end of the day
- Boost anyone’s natural healing abilities for wounds, cuts, burns, flus, broken bones, before/after surgery,
- … and more!
Learning Level 1 is a great way to be able to recharge yourself anytime when you feel drained or weak. Also, you can indulge your loved ones, and it is a beautiful gift they will truly appreciate!
As a path of self-transformation:
Physical/etheric cleansing and healing.
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Level 2: advanced / practitioner
The second level of Reiki is particularly recommended for those wishing to work in depth beyond the physical plane, and those who want to use Reiki professionally, or simply explore its potential use.
You learn to use Reiki energy directly on the mental and emotions, to release negative thought patterns. Working at this level allows a fast personal growth because you can work directly on the origin of physical and energy blockages. It also reduces the risk of disease through prevention and avoiding somatization.
You learn to give professional sessions to others, learning advanced techniques and the complete protocol of a session.
Finally, you can work on animals, plants, and purify and energize objects, food, medicines, places, etc..
To work at this level, you are imparted two powerful symbols. These symbols allow you to channel more energy, and to send Reiki to other levels of consciousness (unconscious, superconscious).
You also learn to send Reiki energy to work remotely on a person (on the physical as well as the mental and emotional planes) even if they are thousands of miles away.
Finally, you can work on past traumas, and situations in the future.
To move to this level of Reiki, you will be given a third symbol.
The possibilities are endless at this level, Reiki and energy act in a positive way and according to what is good for you and the person you are treating.
As a path of self-transformation:
Emotional and mental healing, healing the past, positive changes in unwanted thought patterns.
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Level 3: master
You are imprinted with the Mastery symbol, and taught the responsabilities and ethics of being a Master. You explore valuable knowledge on the spiritual and esoteric aspects of Reiki. You can now use the full range of Usui symbols to heal people on all levels, including the spiritual plane.
As a path self-transformation:
Awakening of the Higher Self, aligning the personality with the Soul, finding one’s life purpose.
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Level 4: teacher
You are imprinted with the Attunement symbol, and taught the protocoles, method and ethics of teaching and attunements. You can now transfer the beautiful gift of Reiki ability.
As a path self-transformation:
Awakening of the Higher Self, aligning the personality with the Soul, finding one’s life purpose.
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About the Reiki Attunement Process
To be able to give Reiki, you have to be attuned by a Reiki Master Teacher.
A Reiki Attunement is a massive transfer of energy that opens up the crown, heart, and palm chakras and clears energy blockages, to allow Reiki energies to flow through. That opens a channel for the Reiki energy to flow from the universe to the practitioner to the recipient. The more a person uses Reiki, the clearer and stronger the flow becomes. In addition, the Reiki symbols are imprinted in the student’s aura and activated in his/her hands.
The attunement process is what makes Reiki stand apart from other types of healing systems. Although others healing arts may use hand positions on the client, only Reiki has the wonderful benefit of the attunement process.
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