What is an Attunement?

The Reiki degrees, Initiations & Attunements

The ability to bring about healing during Reiki is gained through receiving energy attunements during a special initiation ceremony.

The energy attunement opens a channel for the universal life energy to flow through to wherever it is most needed on a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual level.

The attunements are given by a certified Reiki Master-teacher, and the students have the opportunity to progress in their learning through three degrees.  Each one deepens and strengthens their capacity to serve as a channel for the universal life energy.

The first-degree mainly deals with the self healing process and the recognition of one's own healing potential. Self healing is the critical first step in becoming a Reiki channel. Only when we take responsibility for our own healing are we in a position to support others in their healing process.

In the Reiki first degree you will receive three attunements - these are also known as initiations.  They create an open channel for more universal life energy to flow through the upper body and out through the hands.

The techniques learnt in the first-degree are complete in themselves. If the student does feel drawn to work with this energy at a deeper level the second degree training is recommended.

The Reiki practitioner also understands that he or she is only a channel. In a Reiki session, the practitioner does not direct his or her own personal energy to the recipient but merely serves as a conduit for the universal life energy.

The Reiki attunements help to cleanse and clear any obstacles that might be blocking your capacity to receive and transmit the energy - a capacity that is, in fact, natural to all of us.

Second and Third degree trainings include learning unique Reiki symbols and their mantras, which are handed on from Reiki Master to student in confidence during the second and third degree teachings.