
Discover how reiki supports health for people and animals by stimulating the immune system, removing energy blocks, improving memory and concentration, easing pain, reducing stress, improving sleep, and fostering creativity.
Acquire a journal, preferably a notebook, to slow down and deepen understanding. Set a simple, printed intention on the first page to become a Reiki master and foster growth.
Discover how Reiki existed in Japan before Usui, tracing four earlier styles, and how Usui integrated them into his practice, while examining three key Reiki masters.
Mikoa Usui, born in 1865 to a wealthy Buddhist family, studied diverse disciplines and meditated during a 21-day cave retreat, receiving inspiration for his Reiki healing system.
Highlight Chujiro Hayashi, a naval officer and medical physician, as Reiki's second grandmaster who created western hand positions and trained Mrs. Takata, expanding Reiki to Hawaii.
Explore how Reiki affects the body by linking each hand position, chakra, and meridian to specific organs and the lymphatic system, with an anatomy overview in the course manual.
Explore the heart chakra as the healing and spiritual center in the chest, guiding compassion, love, balance, empathy, and joy through air energy and the thymus gland.
Explore the throat chakra, located between the collarbones, with the light blue color and the sound element, governing expression, speech, and vocal communication in the throat.
Explore the third eye chakra, or brow chakra, located between the eyes with indigo light and the mantra I see, connecting higher consciousness, intuition, wisdom, and visualization to self-awareness.
Explore how stomach, spleen, and pancreas meridians interact with the root chakra, and how kidney and bladder meridians connect to the sacral and solar plexus chakras, shaping overall energy flow.
Please note: There are some differences in what the layers of the aura are named, depending on the source. What I’ve included in this course have proven to be the most agreed upon names.
Identify aura layers corresponding to physical or emotional issues, and map a treatment plan for self and clients by linking the astral layer to chakras and Reiki hand positions.
Centering and grounding create a calm, present focus that connects to earth energy and supports healing; practice meditation, visualization, breathing, or affirmations as your chosen method.
Learn how to use personal opening and closing prayers and grounding techniques to channel Reiki energy. Embrace intention over religion, honor guides, and practice simple grounding methods after sessions.
Create your own opening and closing prayers in your journal for each session, using simple online research and the book's examples to center, ground, and invoke natural, powerful phrases.
Prepare a focused self treatment space, center and ground yourself, and begin an hour-long Reiki session with front and back chakra hand techniques that may evolve.
Position 1 focuses on the third eye and brow chakra, its indigo color, and its role in wisdom, intuition, and self awareness, with balanced energy enhancing courage, clarity, and perception.
Position 7 connects the self to the sacral chakra, balancing emotions, inner child, creativity, sexuality, and pleasure through hands placed between the navel and the pelvic belt.
Discover the root chakra position 8, grounding energy by placing fingertips over the base of the spine to balance vitality, calm anxiety, and manage too much energy.
Explore position 9 to activate the back of the throat chakra through specific hand placement, linking throat, voice, vocal cords, thyroid, lungs, neck, jaw, and meridians to expression and communication.
End your Reiki self-treatment with a grounding routine, dispersing excess energy and placing your feet on the ground; hydrate for two days, detox symptoms may occur.
Content and Overview
This course is suitable for individuals who have little experience in Reiki, as well as those who are already Reiki Masters and wish to strengthen and deepen their current practice.
In this course, you will learn What Reiki is, the history, aura, chakras, self hand positions, and how to perform a full self-healing session in Reiki 1. Reiki 2 will teach you the client hand positions, three Reiki symbols and how to invoke and utilize them, space clearing, opening, and closing prayers, and how to perform a full client Reiki treatment both in person and at a distance. The Reiki Master section will teach you the Master Symbol, more in-depth client treatments, points to remember when teaching a Reiki course with sample course outlines, and how to perform both in-person and distance attunements.
This course includes Journal exercises at the end of each section, as well as opportunities for you to practice what you are learning as you progress along the course. You will have individual, one-on-one support from your instructor whenever you have questions or comments.
What makes this course special?
This course has over 120 lectures consisting of video, audio, and resources, and is constantly being updated with additional information. There are three manuals included, with over 180 pages, that can be downloaded and printed. There is lifetime access to this course and all materials, with no time limit on completion.
Once you have met the certification requirements you will receive an individual Reiki Attunement, and a Reiki Master certificate (emailed pdf file) suitable for display. These requirements include completing each lecture as well as Journal assignments to ensure students with this certification meet a high standard of professional competency.
This course is compiled in a step by step method that will give you the confidence you need to begin your Reiki practice, whether you decide to perform healings or move on to teach. There is a Buddhist Proverbi: When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. If this course resonates with you, follow your heart and spirit and begin this journey.
Please Note:
In order to receive certification in this course, students will be required to give their name and email address in order to schedule and receive an attunement. ALL information is confidential, and will ONLY be seen by the Reiki Master, and will NEVER be shared.