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Bea Lutterbeck, RN, Reiki Master
PO Box 3588,
Camarillo, CA 93011
Phone:
805.643.4330
Three Levels of Reiki Training
Traditional Usui Reiki
Choosing a Reiki Master Teacher
Three Levels of Reiki Training
There are three levels, sometimes called degrees, in the training and practice
of Reiki.
Level I Reiki
introduces you to
Reiki, its history and origins, and gives you the ability to use Reiki
to help yourself and others. It is highly recommended that you experience at
least one Reiki therapy session before you take this training.
Level II Reiki
expands your Reiki practice, and teaches you how
to do distant or remote healing sessions. You should practice the
skills you learned in the Level I training for at least three months before you
take this class.
Level III-A Reiki Master Practitioner
is designed for experienced Reiki practitioners who want to increase their
ability to use Reiki, but who are not ready to take on the
responsibility of teaching Reiki. It is expected that you have at least
one year's practice using Reiki before taking Reiki Master training.
Level III-B Reiki Master Teacher
is
for dedicated, experienced Reiki practitioners who have the desire and ability
to teach Reiki to others. Reiki Masters Teachers are committed to a life-long path of healing service to others.
As for Level III-A, you must have at least one year's practice using Reiki
before you consider this training.
Click here
to
download my Reiki training brochure for workshop information.
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Traditional Usui Reiki
Reiki is a healing practice whose origins are thought to trace back to
ancient Tibet. Dr. Mikao Usui is credited with developing Reiki as we know it
today. Dr. Usui was a Japanese scholar and a lay Buddhist monk. We believe
that he developed Reiki after several days of fasting and intense meditation,
which culminated in a spiritual revelation. Dr. Usui's satori (as
it is called in Japan) occurred in in the 1920's. Dr. Usui worked and traveled
throughout Japan introducing people to the practice of Reiki, but trained only
16 Reiki Masters during his lifetime.
Mrs. Hawayo Takata of Hawaii introduced Reiki to the West.
As a young woman, she had traveled to Japan, experienced Reiki
treatments, and
asked to be taught how to give Reiki treatments. At that time, no woman, much
less a Westerner, had been taught Reiki. Dr. Chujiro Hayashi, a student of
Dr. Usui, trained Mrs. Takata in the practice. With his help, she brought
Reiki to Hawaii in 1937, and eventually to the USA mainland. Mrs. Takata
practiced and taught Reiki for 40 years, but trained only 22 Reiki Masters
before her death in 1980. Thanks to Mrs. Takata, Reiki is now the most well-known and widely practiced biofield therapy in the
United States. Click here
to see a picture of Dr. Usui, Mrs. Takata, Dr. Hayashi.
Reiki is considered a gift passed down from Reiki Master to Reiki student, thus,
creating a lineage. A Reiki practitioner in the United States will usually
be in the Usui-Takata lineage of practitioners, although several new schools of
Reiki have been created since Mrs. Takata's passing.
Click here to see my Usui Reiki Master lineage. [Top]
Choosing a Reiki Master Teacher
Reiki training is not
yet regulated or standardized. Therefore, finding a well-qualified, reputable Reiki master
teacher can be challenging. Carrie Laymon's wonderful article,
"Choosing a
Reiki Master Teacher" offers valuable guidelines that will help
you choose the best teacher to meet your needs. She graciously gave me
permission to publish her article on my website. [Top]
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