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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 highly recommend the intensity back-to-back Reiki training for Reiki 1 & 2 to my
students and generally schedule my Reiki 1 classes so that a Reiki 2
training is available within 2 weeks of completion of 1st degree so I offer
a
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. I have been a traditional master
in the Usui System of Natural Healing, Usui Shiki Ryoho, since 1988
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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.
During the three Reiki 2 initiations, the primary role of the
traditional Reiki master is to share the ceremonial act of energy transfer
and empowerment with each student. Throughout
each Reiki 2 class, the traditional Reiki master also shares his or her own
personal knowledge and years of experience in using the Reiki 2 symbols with
each student and encourages and personally mentors each student's
practice of the second level of Reiki. By the end of the Reiki 2 class, the
students receive 3 initiations and are certified by the Reiki master as
Reiki 2 practitioners.
I highly recommend an introduction to
Reiki on YouTube that author and fellow Reiki master Pamela Miles has
produced. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ammo6-Vje6s.
(If you can't access it directly
by clicking the link here you can copy and paste the link into your
browser.)
Do check it out!
Our next scheduled Reiki 2 class
Aug 16 &
23, 2009
in 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.
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