REIKI LEVEL 1

TRAINING
Karthikeyan S
NLITN Holistic Wellness Center
22-2-14
 Agenda
• What is Reiki?
• History of Reiki
• How Reiki works
• Applications of Reiki
• Levels of Reiki Training
• Reiki Treatment Methods
• Reiki Attunement Process
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 What is Reiki?
• A form of spiritual healing and spiritual practice used
for the treatment of physical, emotional, mental, and
spiritual diseases
• Practitioners use a technique similar to the laying on of
hands, in which they claim to be channels for energy
("Ki") guided by a universal spirit or spiritual nature
("Rei") — flowing through their palms to heal a person
wherever they may need healing

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What is Reiki?
• Rei = Universal
• Ki = Life Force Energy
• Synonyms of Ki
– Chi in China
– Prana in India
– Ka in Egypt
– Holy Ghost in Bible
– Orgon by Dr Reich
– Pneuma in Greek….
• Reiki is two Japanese words, Rei and Ki (pronounced “Ray” and
“Key”)
• Rei means Universal
• Ki means Energy --this energy is known
• Therefore, Reiki means Universal Energy, the Vital Force that
permeates the whole universe

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 Why Reiki?
• Reiki is very easy to learn; anyone can do it.
• Those trained can help themselves and others (including
animals and humans).
• It can promote health, healing, and
emotional/mental/spiritual development.
• It can lead to benefits of acupuncture, hatha and kundalini
yoga, homeopathy, qigong, and other types of “energy
medicine”.

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 Why Have a Reiki Treatment?

• Heals on all levels: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual

• On a physical level…
-- Soothing, gentle and relaxing
-- Settles babies down
-- Raises energetic vibrational level
-- Supports body’s innate ability to heal

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 Physical Level…continued
-- Reiki energy gives that extra “oomph”
-- Boosts immune system
-- Improves functioning of endocrine
system…toxins released
-- Highly successful in dealing with aches
and pains

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 Physical Level…continued
-- Headaches, backaches, arthritic pain
-- Personal injury – Reiki applied - fixed!
-- Biopsy avoided
--Use in hospitals – pain reduction, side
effect of drugs reduced

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 Emotional Level
• Creates deep sense of well being
• Increased optimism
• Positive attitudes towards life
• Promotes greater ability to deal with everyday
challenges

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 Mental Level
• Counteracts incessant chatter of mind
• Deeper thought processes accessible
• Aware of what is really important
• Easier to avoid distractions, focus on tasks
• Facilitates decision making ability
• Promotes mental clarity in general

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 Spiritual Level
• Reiki is *not* a religion
• Clients may experience own spiritual side
• Sense their connection to everything else
• Sense their own unique role in the world
• Feeling of expansiveness
• Practitioner may receive messages/images

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Possibly Irreverent Uses of Reiki
• Cd player fixed
• Stalled car started
• Dying batteries given energy boost
• Blessing food, raising vibrational level of food = raising
own vibrational level

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History of Reiki
• In pre-patriarchal India, Lord Shiva brought
it to this planet and encoded in human genes
• Gautam the Buddha discovered it
• Jesus the Christ was trained on it in Tibet
• In late 1800 Dr Mikao Usui rediscovered
form ancient sanskrit Tibetan Sutras
• Dr Chijiro Hayashi became master in 1925
and initiated 13 Masters
• Ms Hawayo Takata received for Mastership
from Dr Hayashi in 1938 .
• She trained 22 Reiki Masters in USA/
Canada Dr Mikao Usuii
• Paula Horan and William Rand did lot of
work in India on Reiki and trained Masters.
Dr Chijiro Hayashi
Dr Paula Horan

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 History of Reiki
"Usui did not see himself as a teacher. He made no claims for what he practiced - others
approached him and asked to learn. That is how he was free to do as he did."
The history of how Reiki came to be starts with
its creator, Dr. Mikao Usui. He was born on the 15th of
August 1865 in the village of Taniai (now called Miyama cho)
in the Yamagata county of the Gifu Prefecture in Japan.
He was a Buddhist Priest and spiritualist. Being a
descendent of the famous samurai warlord Toshitane
Chiba, his family practiced martial arts, thus he too
studied Aiki Jutsu. Not only being Buddhist, he was also
influenced by his martial arts training, Shinto, Taoism, and
Shugendo. In the early 1920’s he did a 21 day practice
called ‘kushu shinren’ on Mt. Kurama Yama and it was
during this process it is said he developed the Reiki
system.
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 History of Reiki (cont.)
Thus, Reiki was born, but it wasn’t really called ‘Reiki’ originally, Reiki was just a
term Dr. Usui used. What Usui Mikao taught was called 'Usui do' - 'the way of Usui', and
what he practiced on people would most likely have been called 'Usui teate'- meaning
'hands-on'.
Afterward he opened a clinic/school called the Gakkai and helped and healed
many of the poor. He even aided Earthquake victims in 1923 and because of this word
spread of his abilities as a healer. He was even awarded the Kun San To award by the
Japanese government for his work with the earthquake victims. He died of a stroke in
1926 at the age of 62. He had two children with his wife Sadako Suzuki, Fuji and
Toshiko. After his death, Mr. J. Ushida took over as president of the Usui Reiki Ryoho
Gakkai and erected a memorial stone at his grave site.
Contrary to versions of the Reiki mythos, Chujiro Hayashi was not Dr. Usui’s
successor to his school, but was a student of Usui’s and opened up a Reiki clinic in
Tokyo and along came a woman named Hawayo Takata…

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 History of Reiki (cont.)
Hawayo Takata was visiting Japan from Hawaii to
attend her sister’s funeral and had just been recently diagnosed
with a series of health issues. Doctors had advised her she
needed surgery to resolve them, but she had heard of Dr.
Hayashi’s clinic and decided to get treated there instead. Over
time she switched from patient to student and in 1938 she was
initiated as a Master. She then went back to Hawaii and set up
her own Reiki clinic with Dr. Hayashi and his daughter’s help.
However, she didn’t initiate other Masters until 1970.
From here she did several curious things in that she charged
$10,000 for Master’s training, she didn’t allow her students to
take notes or tape her as they had to memorize everything. Also
after Dr. Hayashi died, she stated she was the only Reiki Master
left in the world. She died in 1980. No one really knows why she
did these things, but for a long time she was the West’s only
source of information about Reiki and almost every Master
from the West can trace their lineage back to her.
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The Ethical Principles of Reiki

Just for today, do not worry.

Just for today, do not anger.
Honor your parents, teachers, and elders.
Earn your living honestly.
Show gratitude to everything.

Dr. Mikao Usui

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Five Principles of Reiki
Five Principles of
REIKI
Just for Today ……..
 I will live the Attitude of gratitude
and count my blessings
 I will not worry
 I will not anger
 I will earn my living honestly
 I will be kind to my neighbour
and every living thing.

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How Reiki works -I
• Inside every human being
there is a subtle system of
channels
(nadis/meridians) and
centers of energy Sushumna
(chakras) which look Pingla
after our physical,
intellectual,emotional and Ida
spiritual being
• Reiki flows through this
system (Manipura)
• Ida/Pingla/Sushumna are
main Nadis for flow of
Reiki

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How Reiki works - II
• All beings are given a spark of Ki at
birth, which is stored in them for life
• This Ki energy has its own force
field, known as Aura, which has
colours.
• Along spine there are seven energy
transformers in form of vortices
known as Chakra
• Flow of Reiki removes blocks and
balances Chakras and increases Ki
• Chakras impact Endocrine glands
and which results in healing

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 How Reiki works - III
Chakra Vs Endocrine Glands
.
and Emotional Intelligence
Crown/Pineal-
Synergy,Intuition,Spirituality
Brow/Pititutary- Forgiving,
Discrimination, Emotional
Throat/Thyroid-Communication,
collectivity
Heart/Thymus-Fearlessness

S_Plexus/Pancreas-Contentment

Sacral/Gonads-Aesthetics

Root/Adrenals –Innocence/
Transparency
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The Human Chakra System

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Chakras vs. Nervous System
Number, Gland Chakra Nervous System
7 pituitary Crown Brain upward
6 pineal Brow (3rd eye) Brain
5 (para)thyroid Throat Cervical plexus
4 thymus Heart Cardiac plexus
3 pancreas Solar plexus Solar plexus
2 gonads Hara (center) Pelvic plexus
1 adrenals Root Sciatic plexus
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 Applications of Reiki
• Physical Ailments Healing
– Proximity
– Distance
• Emotional and Stress Healing
• Goal Achievement
• Relationship Issues
• Abundance
• Plants /Animal Healing
• Healing the Earth
• Spiritual Advancement

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 What Can Reiki Help Us Do?
• Sense energy “blockages”
• Clear an acupoint
• Clear a meridian
• Clear a chakra
• Clear the aura
• Speed up healing
• Help calm, relax, reduce pain
• Non-invasive help to body internals
– Work on an organ or gland

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 Levels of Reiki Training
• First Degree
– for self and others proximity healing
• Second Degree
– Distance Healing
• Third Degree
– Master Healer
• Fourth Degree
– Master/Teacher
• Fifth Degree
– Grand Master

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 1st Degree Reiki Attunement
• First Degree introduces the learner to energy healing as
well as Reiki history and practice.

• First Degree teaches hand positions to allow Reiki to

flow for self-healing and for healing others.

• One can then heal one’s self, family, friends, as well as

pets, plants and trees, even stuck machinery!

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 After your attunement…
• The Reiki Master normally requests feed-back after an
attunement.

• Many people report seeing colours, smelling pleasant

fragrances, hearing sounds, or experiencing calm.

• It is also OK not to feel anything! (However, this may

cause the candidate to wrongly feel that the
attunement has not taken place.)

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 Reiki Attunement
• Reiki in not taught but is
transferred by a Reiki Master
during an attunement
process.
• This P rocess opens the
crown, heart and palm
chakras and creates a special
link with Reiki source.
• The person receiving
attunements become a Reiki
Channel for one lifetime.
• Reiki energy has intelligence
of its own and flows
automatically based on the
requirement of the person
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receiving Reiki.
Reiki Attunement Process
Basic Methodology

1. Decorate the Attunement Room. It should be separate from main Room :

2. Light the candle and Energize the room, especially in corners in CCW direction
3. Invite Reiki :
• -Attitude of Gratitude ; “I thank Reiki, all the masters and ………….(own name)”
• -Draw Symbols Master /HSJSN/SK/CKR (M123);
• - Say “ Reiki , you are kindly invited to do the attunement of ……………….. for
……….Degree
4. Call the person while standing on left side of door and bow and bring him to chair
without touching.
5. Tell the person to sit comfortable with feet flat on ground
6. Ask to fold hands in Namaskar mudra, close eyes and say “ Don’t open till I say so”,
7. Ask to take a deep breath.
Flower Candle
8. Ask to relax. Attunement chair
9. Say “Thank you”………………………………………………….

Tibetan Bell
Master
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 After Attunement
• undertake a self-cleansing and self-healing for a period
of at least 3 weeks, after each attunement

• This is a very important step for your own benefit and I

strongly advise you to do this

• DO NOT rush through attunements

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If you don’t feel anything …
• A little reassurance from the Reiki Master will restore
the faith of the candidate, and
• that faith opens the channels for Reiki flow!
• I can assure you from my own personal experience
that attunements are ALWAYS successful
• Reiki is an intelligent energy and ripens the ego
carefully. So,
• Be calm, be patient and have faith!

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 Is Reiki a panacea?
• As you learn Reiki, you will come across many success
stories, some really incredible. It is quite probable that all of
them are true (the people who share them are absolutely
sincere).

• You will also learn that Reiki can cure health problems,
past, present, future, relationships, monetary
problems, career problems...
contd...

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 Reiki Healing

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Who Can Give a Reiki Treatment?
• Three levels of training
• Practitioner may use after first level
• Direct transmission of knowledge
• Theory, attunement, practice
• Attunement: aligns student with Reiki energy
• Top of head, palms of hands
• Sequence of hand positions

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Who Can…continued
• Second level includes more knowledge, practice, another
attunement, and introduction of symbols
• Third/Masters level – follows great deal of experience,
about how to teach and attune others, remote/distance
healing

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 Reiki Treatments
• Any one can receive Reiki
• To give Reiki, a practitioner must be “attuned” to Reiki
energy by a Reiki Master
• Any one with a sincere desire can learn Reiki by
receiving attunements

“Healing touch” is similar to Reiki but

does not include formal attunements and doesn’t work over
distances and time

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 What is a Reiki Session Like?
• Lasts approximately 60 - 90 minutes; shorter sessions
possible
• Initial visit – interview re general health, purpose of visit,
etc.
• Some clients want simple tune-up; others there for
specific reason
• Comfortable environment created: temperature, music,
pillows, quiet location, dim lights

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…Reiki Session Like?…cont’d.(2)
• Treatment done on regular healing table
• Hands-on treatment
• Clothes-on treatment
• Enhances treatment if client has intent to heal, accepts
responsibility for own healing, and has some trust in the
Reiki process

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…Reiki Session Like?...cont’d.(3)
• Practitioner starts with a prayer
• Connects with client energetically
• May do body scan “visually”, psychically, or with hands,
to locate problem areas
• Prescribed sequence of hand placement done, head-to-
toe, on front, and then back

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…Reiki Session Like?...cont’d.(4)
• Each hand placement last about 5 minutes
• Practitioner varies time according to need
• Images/information received related to client, where
appropriate
• May reveal cause of energy blockages
• Final sweep of aura
• Water for client, adjusts to changes

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 What Does the Client Experience?
• Feeling of deep relaxation, peace, sense of well-being
• Some fall asleep
• Some feel the warmth of the Reiki energy
• Most experience a reduction or elimination of pain
• Some have a spiritual/visionary experience

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The Chakras
• Crown
• Brow/Third Eye
• Throat
• Heart
• Solar Plexus
• Sacral
• Root

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Crown
• Color - violet, white
• Physical Location - top of head
• Purposes - intuitive knowing, connection to one's spirituality, integration of the
whole
• Spiritual Lesson - spirituality, living in the NOW
• Physical Dysfunctions- mystical depression, diseases of the muscular system,
skeletal system and the skin, chronic exhaustion not associated with physical
ailments, sensitivity to light, sound, environment
• Mental and Emotional Issues - discovery of the divine, lack of purpose, loss of
meaning or identity, trust, selflessness, humanitarianism, ability to see the
bigger picture in the life stream, devotion, inspiration, values, ethics
• Information Stored Inside Crown Chakra - duality, magnetism, controlling
patterns, emotional feelings (joy, anger, fear)
• Area of Body Governed - top center of the head, midline above the ears

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Brow/Third Eye
• Color – indigo/midnight blue
• Physical Location - center of the forehead
• Purposes - action of ideas, insight, mind development
• Spiritual Lesson - understanding, reality check point, detachment,
open mind
• Physical Dysfunctions- brain tumors, strokes, blindness, deafness,
seizures, learning disabilities, spinal dysfunctions, panic,
depression
• Mental and Emotional Issues - fear of truth, discipline,
judgement, evaluation, emotional intelligence, concept of reality,
confusion
• Information Stored Inside Sacral Chakra - seeing clear picture
(symbolic or literal), wisdom, intuition, mental facilities, intellect
• Area of Body Governed - brain, neurological system, eyes, ears,
nose, pituitary, pineal glands
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Throat
• Color - blue
• Physical Location - throat, neck region
• Purposes - learning to take responsibility for one's own needs
• Spiritual Lesson - confession, surrender personal will over to
divine will, faith, truthfulness over deceit
• Physical Dysfunctions- sore throat, mouth ulcers, scoliosis,
swollen glands, thyroid dysfunctions, laryngitis, voice problems,
gum or tooth problems, TMJ
• Mental and Emotional Issues - personal expression, creativity,
addiction, criticism, faith, decision making (choices), will, lack of
authority
• Information Stored Inside Throat Chakra - self-knowledge, truth,
attitudes, hearing, taste, smell
• Area of Body Governed - throat, thyroid, trachea, neck vertebrae,
mouth, teeth, gums, esophagus, parathyroid, hyperchalemus
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Heart
• Color - green, pink
• Physical Location - center of chest
• Purposes - emotional empowerment
• Spiritual Lesson - forgiveness, unconditional love, letting go, trust,
compassion
• Physical Dysfunctions- heart conditions, asthma, lung & breast
cancers, thoracic spine, pneumonia, upper back, shoulder
problems
• Mental and Emotional Issues - love, compassion, confidence,
inspiration, hope, despair, hate, envy, fear, jealousy, anger,
generosity
• Information Stored Inside Sacral Chakra - connections or "heart
strings" to those whom we love
• Area of Body Governed - heart, circulatory system, blood, lungs,
rib cage, diaphragm, thymus, breasts, esophagus, shoulders, arms,
hands
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Solar Plexus
• Color - yellow
• Physical Location - solar plexus
• Purposes - mental understanding of emotional life
• Spiritual Lesson - acceptance of your place in the life stream (self-
love)
• Physical Dysfunctions- stomach ulcers, intestinal tumors,
diabetes, pancreatitis, indigestion, anorexia/bulimia, hepatitis,
cirrhosis, adrenal imbalances, arthritis, colon diseases
• Mental and Emotional Issues - self esteem, fear of rejection,
oversensitivity to criticism, self-image fears, fears of our secrets
being found out, indecisiveness
• Information Stored Inside Sacral Chakra - personal power,
personality, consciousness of self within the universe (sense of
belonging), knowing
• Area of Body Governed - upper abdomen, umbilicus to rib cage,
liver, gallbladder, middle spine, spleen, kidney, adrenals, small
intestines, stomach
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Sacral
• Color - orange
• Physical Location - lower abdomen to the navel
• Purposes - emotional connection
• Spiritual Lesson - creativity, manifestation, honoring relationships,
learning to "let go"
• Physical Dysfunctions- low back pain, sciatica, ob/gyn problems,
pelvic pain, libido, urinary problems
• Mental and Emotional Issues - blame, guilt, money, sex, power,
control, creativity, morality
• Information Stored Inside Sacral Chakra - duality, magnetism,
controlling patterns, emotional feelings (joy, anger, fear)
• Area of Body Governed - sexual organs, stomach, upper
intestines, liver, gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, adrenal glands,
spleen, middle spine

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Root
• Color - red
• Physical Location - base of the spine
• Purposes - kinesthetic feelings, movement
• Spiritual Lesson - material world lessons
• Physical Dysfunctions- lower back pain, sciatica, varicose
veins, rectal tumors, depression, immune related
disorders
• Mental and Emotional Issues - survival, self esteem,
social order, security, family
• Information Stored Inside Root Chakra - familial beliefs,
superstitions, loyalty, instincts, physical pleasure or pain,
touch
• Area of Body Governed - spinal column, kidneys, legs,
feet,
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 NLiTN Code of Ethics

Code of Ethics for Registered Practitioners

The Registered Practitioner (RP) agrees to:

1. Abide by a vow of confidentiality. Any information that is discussed within

the context of a Reiki session is confidential between the client and the
Practitioner.

2. Provide a safe and comfortable area for client sessions and work to provide
an empowering and supportive environment for clients.

3. Always treat clients with the utmost respect and honor.

4. Provide a brief oral or written description of what happens during a session

and what to expect before a client's initial session.

5. Be respectful of all other's Reiki views and paths.

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 6. Educate clients on the value of Reiki and explain that sessions do
not guarantee a cure, nor are they a substitute for qualified medical or
professional care. Reiki is one part of an integrated healing or
wellness program

7. Suggest a consultation or referral to qualified licensed

professionals (medical doctor, licensed therapist, etc.) when
appropriate.

8. Never diagnose or prescribe. Never suggest that the client change

prescribed treatment or interfere with treatment of a licensed health
care provider.

9. Never ask clients to disrobe (unless in the context of a licensed

massage therapy session). Be sensitive to the boundary needs of
individual clients. Do not touch the genital area or breasts. Practice
hands off healing of these areas if treatment is needed.

10. Be actively working on your own healing so as to embody and

fully express the essence of Reiki in everything that you do.
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 Level 1: Hand Positions
Congratulations! You’ve been initiated into level one of the Reiki system. You
can now use Reiki energy to heal yourself and others.

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Level 1: Hand Positions

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Level 1: Hand Positions

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Level 1: Hand Positions for
healing others

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 Level 1: Hand Positions

After the last position (the bottoms of the feet) one then “smoothes” the energy
by making a wiping motion above the patient from the head to the feet. Then help
the person slowly get up after their healing.

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 Reiki Treatment Method Ist

First Degree –By laying

hands on various
positions on body
covering all chakras and
related organs

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Reiki Treatment Guide

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Reiki Treatment Guide

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 Jyoshin Koki-ho

Jyoshin Koki-ho (Joshin Kokyo-ho) is a breathing technique.

You breathe Reiki in through the nose through the crown and into the hara on the in
breath. You breath the out breath from the hara.

Jyoshin Kokiho is done to cleanse the spirit, heart and mind.

It is a focused meditative breathing technique.

To do Jyoshin start by placing the hands in Gassho and your eyes closed.
Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth.

On the in breath, breathe in the light of Reiki through the crown and into the hara.
Let the light fill your body completely, transmuting all that is negative and stuck, into
light. On the out breath, breathe out that light and radiate it from you to all the
universe.

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 The Gassho Meditation
Now that you have the hand positions and symbols down, I’m going to teach
you a couple of meditations used in Reiki. The first is the Gassho meditation (its also
just called ‘Gassho’) that was practiced every morning and evening by Dr. Usui and he
called this the first pillar of Reiki. You can do it standing or sitting.
•Close your eyes and fold your hands into a prayer position with your fingers pointing
up and your thumbs touching your heart.
•Focus all of your attention on the place where your middle fingers meet.
•If thoughts arise, and they will, acknowledge them and then set them aside. If you
loose focus, go back to focusing on your middle fingers. As you keep doing this you
can keep your attention on your fingers for longer and longer without thoughts arising.
•When finished, take a few deep breaths, bring your attention from your fingers to
your eyes and then open your eyes slowly.

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Before you heal: Reiji-ho
Reiji-ho means “indication of spirit” and is the second pillar
of Reiki. You do this before you heal someone.
• Do the Gassho meditation, but only for a moment or so.
• Say a prayer giving thanks for Reiki and asking it to begin to
flow now.
• Say a prayer on behalf of your client, asking that they be
completely healed.
• Ask the spirit of Reiki to guide your hands to where they
are needed.
• Follow your inner guidance and allow your hands to be
directed by the spirit of Reiki. Notice any impressions you
may get over certain areas and use this to improve or target
your treatments.

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 Jakikiri Joka-ho
Jakikiri Joka-ho is a technique used to purify or transform negative energy.
"Jaki" means negative energy and "kiri" means to cut.

This technique is supposed to remove negative energy or vibratory problems from

objects, purify them with Reiki vibrations and energy and to fill them with Reiki
positive energy. It is taught that this technique should not be used with people.

This is interesting as it is a common new age technique to "cut cords".

A. Using the hand with fingers together, palm flat and stretched out, chop
horizontally cutting the air with your hand about 2 inches above the object (5 to 6
cm for you metric people!) and stop the chop abruptly and definitely at the end of
the range of motion as if doing a karate chop. This turns the vibrations into good
ones.

B. Hold your breath and stay centered and focused and keep the focus on the
tantien (tanden, dantien, danden, etc.) as you do this technique.

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 Nentatsu-ho
Nentatsu-ho is a Reiki method for sending a thought or wish, also called a
"deprogramming" technique. The technique itself is thought to send a thought or wish
to yourself (higher self) or that of another with Reiki energy or vibrations.

The technique is simple to do and involves placing your hands on another's head (or
your own) and confidently transmitting or sending the message with a pure mind and
intent. It is important to understand that this is not healing with mind power, but rather
sending a message to the person's sub consciousness with the Reiki energy.

Do not push, strain or try to hard as it can create tension for you and the other person.
Like all reiki techniques, this is an effortless practice. It is done from a relaxed,
meditative state of mind that is free of selfish intent.

This technique is still seen in the west in some attunement sets.

It is common for the hands to be placed on the forehead and back of the head and to
place an affirmation such as "you are perfectly attuned to the Reiki", etc., when doing
the attunement.
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 Nentatsu-ho can be used to share or transmit the five principles of Reiki, to remove
bad habits, to reinforce good or positive alternate behaviors when treating bad
habits, to reinforce functional or positive affirmations and many other possibilities.

If you are doing this for other people, make sure you understand clearly what the
other person wants. Make sure you choose positive affirmations.

A. Connect to Reiki. One method is to hold your hands up high in the air to feel the
Reiki energy and let its light flow into your whole being.

B. Bring the hands down and place one hand on the forehead (hairline) and the other
on the back of the head. The affirmation "I am the Great Universe, Great Life
Source and Great Reality" was taught to me to say at this point. You can say, "you
are healed, healthy, well" or any other affirmation that you choose. It is an aid to
treatment and healing. The important part is to keep the intent clear, pure and
confident.

C. Move the hand on the forehead to the back of the head by placing that hand on
top/bottom of the other hand that is already on the back of the head and send the
energy there for several minutes.
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 Reiki Mawashi

Reiki Mawashi is commonly known as a Reiki Circle.

This is a group of Reiki practitioners in a circle.

The hands are held with your left hand palm up and your right palm down.
Your left palm is placed against the next person's right hand that is palm down on
top of it.

All members are connected in this manner making a complete circle.

The circle is part energy movement and part meditation.

The Reiki flows from the crown down the right arm to the hand and the overflow
goes into the left hand of the person next to you. The energy moves into all and
around the circle in this manner.

The energy can be quite intense over time.

Some traditions hold an inch to three inches between the participant's hands.
Some traditions have a master stand
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 Byosen Reikian-ho
Byosen means "focused healing".

Byosen is what you feel energetically from the source of the disease. What you feel
varies from person to person and illness to illness. This is not a diagnostic technique,
but a way to find and treat the source of illness. Some sensations could be pulsating,
piercing, pain, numbness, heat, cool, coldness, tingling, tickling, a moving sensation,
etc. Byosen may be in close proximity to the person's perceived problem or in another
area of the body entirely. This process develops with practice and time. It is said that
Byosen was done at the beginning and end of a treatment; in the beginning to find the
problem areas and at the end to re-balance the aura.

The fingers are "coned". This is a simple position where all four fingers and the thumb
are touching. The little finger and thumb are touching. This forms a hand position
resembling a "cone". In the Chinese Martial Arts this is called a "Crane's Beak".

The technique is part scanning and part beaming. The practitioner should ask to be
guided for the highest good of the client. You move the hand and "scan" to find where
there are blocks and where to place your hand. It is part scanning and part intuition
where you move the hands as they move. Energy is sent into areas that are intuited
through the coned fingers as a type of "focused" healing.
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 To Learn More About Reiki
There are several options:
• Books There are a number of books on Reiki--explore
your library, local book store and online.
• Reiki_Path – an excellent Yahoo Group where you can
learn about Reiki through a lot of online manuals,
receive Reiki and receive Free Attunements. Click
here.

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 A Word to the Wise:
Please keep in mind a few things:
• This is considered an alternative healing system, thus just because you are
trained in Reiki now does not mean you are a medical professional in any way.
You should ALWAYS encourage whomever you help to seek professional
medical advice from a Doctor or Nurse practitioner. Again, Reiki is not a
replacement for real medical treatment!

• Remember, as a Reiki practitioner, you are just a conduit for the energy coming
through you. Thus, technically you are not the one ‘healing’, you are just
facilitating the process. In the end, it is always the body that heals itself.

• Like anything else that is considered ‘spiritual’ in nature, feel free to take all of
this with a grain of salt – in my book skepticism is a good thing!

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 References
• These slides contain material and graphics which are freely available on the net. I have
copied them for the sole purpose of explaining the concept of Reiki.
• All Intellectual Property Rights are of the owners and are duly acknowledged.
• Presentation from
– Swamy ,Reiki Master
– Arvind Gupta

• Wikipedia: Reiki and Mikao Usui articles

• Reiki the Healing Touch: First and Second Degree Manual by William Lee Rand
• Essential Reiki by Diane Stein
• Reiki.org

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 Reiki and Destiny
• You may be excused if you think that at last you found
the perfect panacea—Reiki-- for all your problems!
• In a way, you are right if you think you found Reiki, but
in another way, it is Reiki which found you!
• Of course, Reiki and you were always there but you
have now become conscious!
contd...

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Reiki and Destiny
• There is a never ending debate about Free Will versus
Destiny. What ever you believe holds true for you: you
may believe in free will and be finally forced by
circumstances to accept the power of destiny.
• Since we said that Reiki is intelligent Universal Energy,
whether Reiki will solve all your problems or not
depends upon your destiny.
• When you are ready, Reiki will find you.
• If you feel that you must make an effort, go ahead and
embrace Reiki consciously. Use Reiki regularly in your
life and see the results!

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 Questions
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Thanks for your
attention and
listening.
Love & Light 
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