The second level of Reiki is for those 1st Degree Reiki practitioners who wish to deepen their experience of and commitment to using Reiki in their lives. Typically in traditional Reiki there is a wide range of 1 month, 6 months, 1 year and even many years between Reiki 1 and Reiki 2 training, as readiness for Reiki 2 is individual.  I myself took Reiki 2 training one month after my 1st Degree Reiki Class and I recommend the intensity of this particular timing for Reiki 2 to my students and generally schedule my Reiki 1 classes so that a Reiki 2 training is available one month after completion of 1st degree therefore I offer this Reiki 1 & Reiki 2 Intensive option.

The 2nd degree Reiki class includes three additional initiations by the Reiki master and instruction in and discussion of the conscious use of the three Reiki symbols that amplify the harmony, synchronicity, flow and intensity of the transfer and embodiment of Reiki energy. These symbols enable the 2nd degree student to send energy treatments  through space and time. The traditional fee for Reiki 2 is $500, but no one should ever be discouraged from asking for Reiki 2 because of current financial lack  or shortfall. The deposit for any Reiki 2 class is $200 per participant. Exchanges will always be considered. Be creative! Make a proposal! Cancer patients and cancer health care providers and staff are especially invited to take any Reiki 2 workshop .

What is essential in the Reiki 2 initiation is the coming together in time and space of symbols, mantra and an initiating master capable of transmitting the energetic essence of Reiki 2 to the Reiki student. How do you choose a Reiki master for Reiki 2? In general we highly recommend Reiki masters who are members of the Reiki Alliance. We also suggest that you can rely on other traditional Reiki masters who can trace their lineage and in particular their mastery directly back to Hawayo Takata.  These are usually masters who offer straight-forward, stand alone, single level, no-nonsense, in-person Reiki classes, and whose commitment to Reiki is long-standing.  Reiki Master Claire O'Shea has been a traditional master in the Usui System of Natural Healing, Usui Shiki Ryoho, since 1988.

The following is my method of teaching a Reiki 2 class. During the first session of the Reiki 2 class which lasts 4 hours, the students are entrusted with and taught to draw the three traditional Reiki 2 symbols. Then the students are sent home with instructions to privately draw each of the three Reiki 2 symbols. At the second Reiki 2 session of  4 hours that takes place either the following day or sometimes a week or two later, the student drawings are discussed with them by the Reiki master with the student, and further education about the Reiki 2 symbols and their essence is given. As a part of this second Reiki 2 session, the Reiki 2 students may ritually burn their drawings.  This is done because the tradition is that the symbols reach their full power only if they are internalized, and used only in the traditional way, i.e., from memory.  Full traditional Reiki treatments using the three Reiki 2 symbols are exchanged by the Reiki 2 students and the Reiki master.

The next scheduled Reiki 2 class July 13 & July 20, 2008 Seattle WA although other dates and times can me arranged. Click here for our Reiki 2 Class Schedule. Call Claire O'Shea at 206-725-8591 or email us about Reiki 2 training or register online.