The Benefits of a Live Reiki Class
                     The Benefits of a L ive Reiki Class
The ability to channel healing energy through your palms is something everyone 
possesses. The difference between Reiki and other systems of palm healing is that 
the practitioner becomes attuned to the energy which comes through the crown 
chakra, down to the heart chakra and out of the palms. This system of healing is 
inherently protective to the practitioner. It is not the practitioner's energy that is going 
 to the client (or themselve s), it is universal life energy, or spiritually directed life 
energy.
Getting to Share and Practice Reiki with your 
Classmates and your Reiki Master
When you are first attuned and do your 
first practice sessions there are always 
questions that arise concerning what you 
are feeling, what you are not feeling, 
what you are seeing... or not, what an 
open vs. closed chakra feels like, etc. 
The great thing about having your 
teacher present is that he or she will be 
able to address those issues right away. 
He or she can feel the aura and chakras 
with you. And if you are more of a visual 
or kinesthetic learner, the 
demonstrations and practice will benefit 
you enormously. Receiving a Reiki 
session from your classmates and 
teacher is beneficial energetically as well 
as educationally and helps to settle the 
attunement into your body.
  
Sharing Thoughts and Stories
It is not just that you can ask 
questions and have them 
answered immediately; you can 
do that over the phone. But 
when you are in a class with 
more than one student, you can 
often benefit from your fellow 
students' questions as well. 
There is also something 
inspiring about sitting in a circle 
with other people, including the 
Reiki master, and listening to 
their healing stories. There is a 
certain energy in hearing stories 
first hand that you do not get 
from reading a book.
  
The Attunement or Blessing
The Reiki attunement can be done over 
the phone or just by intention, but there 
truly is something special and powerful 
about the ceremony most Reiki masters 
put into their attunements. For example, 
there is usually a meditation before the 
attunements begin. Then there is the 
attunement. The attunement process 
varies tremendously depending on the 
teacher and the size of the class. All of 
my attunements have been one on one in 
an area slightly separated from the rest of 
the class. This area is cleansed and 
blessed before the attunements, creating 
a sacred space. The meditation and the 
sacredness of the space help to open the 
student's conscious and unconscious 
mind to the blessing that is about to be 
bestowed.
  
These are just some of the 
reasons to learn from a 
teacher in a class with other 
students. If these do not 
convince you to learn Reiki 
in a class, just think: you 
get a free Reiki session with 
the price of admission. In 
multi-day courses you will 
probably receive more than 
one session from your 
classmates. 
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Reiki attunement styles are almost as varied as there are Reiki masters. Some Reiki 
masters require the commitment of a 32-hour class for a level 1 attunement. Some 
Reiki Masters require a six- or eight-hour class. Other Reiki masters give them over 
the phone, over the internet, or even just by having the student read their book.