| Reiki is a traditional 'energy-based' healing practice, with | | | | heal himself or others near him, but also heal others |
| roots in Japan, though the practice itself has in the last | | | | away from him. The attunement given here also |
| 80 or so years of its existence spread to much of the | | | | increases the strength of the healing. |
| world beyond Japan, particularly finding widespread | | | | Then there is the third degree of reiki practice. This is |
| appeal in the United States. | | | | seen as the ultimate qualification in Reiki training, an |
| Reiki is carried out by trained practitioners (either to | | | | attainment of which confers to one the title of Reiki |
| heal themselves or their 'clients') and there are three | | | | master. A Reiki master can not only heal themselves |
| degrees of Reiki training. | | | | and others seeking their help, but they can also train |
| In the first degree of reiki practice, potential | | | | other potential Reiki practitioners. And since training |
| practitioners get familiarized with the basic principles of | | | | Reiki practitioners essentially involves giving |
| the practice. Among the most basic things learnt at this | | | | attunements to them, then it follows that the |
| degree are the way to hold their hands while in | | | | practitioner who attains the third degree of Reiki |
| practice (in order to make the healing take effect), as | | | | training can now actually give attunements to other |
| well as the Reiki code of conduct and other such | | | | people seeking to become Reiki practitioners |
| basics. It is not hard to attain the first degree of Reiki | | | | themselves. The attainment of Reiki mastery is not |
| training. Indeed, the recommended training period is just | | | | very easy - especially in the more conservative forms |
| four days, during which the student's are given the first | | | | of Reiki teachings - and it might therefore be years |
| four 'attunements' of Reiki, which are important here | | | | before a student can earn this third degree of Reiki |
| as Reiki healing is based on properly 'attuning' one's - | | | | training (though it might be even possible to earn it in a |
| or one's patient's energy. So the student is given one | | | | day in the more 'liberal' Reiki practices). The traditional |
| attunement a day. And with these, the new Reiki | | | | name for this third degree of Reiki training was |
| practitioner can not only heal themselves of various | | | | Shinpiden, and it is actually Hawayo Takata (one of the |
| ailments, but also even heal others seeking their help in | | | | earliest practitioners of Reiki healing) who introduced |
| healing. | | | | the term 'Reiki master' for this level of Reiki training. |
| In the second degree of Reiki training, the potential | | | | Hawayo, who had traveled very widely in the United |
| practitioner is introduced to the often secret Reiki | | | | States (and who is responsible for the spread of Reiki |
| symbols and how to employ them in the healing | | | | to the states and indeed to the rest of the world |
| practice. Here, again, the potential practitioner is given a | | | | outside Japan) also introduced a mark-up price for |
| further attunement, and with this, he cannot not only | | | | training at this level, namely ten thousand US dollars. |