The Reiki Attunement Process: Unlocking Your Energy Healing Potential
By Dennis Bluthardt, Namaste Studios
Reiki is a type of healing that began in Japan. It is about maximizing life energy to be healthier and happier in our daily lives. This technique is becoming more common among energy healers as more people have turned to alternative therapies to supplement their healthcare.
Reiki can improve your health in the following ways:
It may allow you to become more intuitive and in touch with yourself. It’s great for those who want to look within in the coming year and become more comfortable.
It may help you to relax and de-stress. These days, people get stressed out more than they used to. Those good at reducing stress have been found to live longer lives and have a lower likelihood of many diseases.
It may make you feel more “balanced” and healthier in general. Anyone looking to up their “vibe” or become more energetic might consider training in Reiki to improve their health and happiness in the coming years.
Benefits of Reiki Attunement
Reiki attunement resizes you physically, mentally, and emotionally to connect to more cosmic life force energy. At the same time, it renews your energetic systems to work with more of what you receive daily. The process begins a wild ride of personal development and spiritual growth.
Most people approach the process of Reiki attunement because it’s a method of self-care that provides symptom relief from whatever life sends your way. Whether it’s your everyday life at home or work or a result of your beloved (i.e., overlooked or denied) bad habits and unruly emotions, the Reiki systems provide natural healing techniques that you will use to help yourself.
In the process, you’ll develop a spiritual practice that will teach you to get comfortable as you cultivate more stillness. Over time and with practice, the cultivation process will turn what was once mental noise and chaos into crystal-clear awareness. You’ll feel like sitting on the edge of another Never-Ending Story. Welcome to the tingle and buzz of Source Energy, Universal Life Force. Let the Akashic studies begin!
Meanwhile, in your day-to-day life, you’ll begin to experience:
Less knee-jerk anger
Fewer layoffs or you’ll finally earn a long-overdue promotion
No desire to continue outdated relationships
Peace when you face the loss of a beloved person or pet
Greater awareness of your purpose in a life you didn’t know you were creating (your Great Work)
Fearless and full use of all your “claims” in claircognito-driven (“intuitive”) living
Preparing for Your Reiki Attunement
A Reiki attunement is a powerful, transformational experience. This session often starts in a very peaceful environment, a sacred space, if you will. You may be lying down with gentle sounds of climactic synths or birds infiltrating the air. With a focus on hand placements or symbols, a Reiki Master will “install” attunements into each student. In this downloaded software (of sorts), you’ll likely experience intense relaxation and a strong goose-bumpy feeling of connection to the Universe.
Depending on who you ask, everyone prepares differently for an attunement. Leading up to the ceremony, it’s recommended that you meditate or engage in another mindfulness practice (on your own). Having a clear mind is beneficial, open, and ready to receive.
Further, some recommend a light meal rather than a hefty breakfast or dinner. Staying hydrated helps, as well! The natural flow of energy is easily carried along the way when considering these key insights.
What should you expect after having a Reiki attunement performed? I’d recommend having a notebook nearby to write on directly afterward and setting intentions for what you’d like to receive throughout the attunement. Reflect on what you’d like to release. Mentally craft a bullet-point list (it does not have to be an exhaustive list). Consider the purpose of a life force energy healing modality versus a different spiritual path. Set an intention (in written form) and then come back to these notes during the specified length of time in which this ultimate “[get yourself out of a rut] roadmap” naturally applies (you’ll read about this later down the page). I recommend journaling with this NEW MOON JOURNAL, available on Amazon!
After the Attunement: Integrating Reiki into Daily Life
Integrating Reiki into your everyday existence can yield highly potent results for your physical, emotional, and spiritual development. Because Reiki is simple to do and can fit well into almost any environment, it’s easy to make it a part of your daily routine in a few different ways. Here are some of my favorite routines. I do them at work, at home, or in my car almost daily.
Set aside a few minutes each morning to give yourself the gift of Reiki, a practice that aligns the body and mind. It’s an excellent practice to help you establish your intentions for the day with a serene mind. Use this time to set the energy for your day and state your intentions calmly and clearly.
Do a spot-check in the mornings or throughout the day. Choose 2-3 chakras, take about 2-4 minutes on each spot, and notice how you feel afterward. You can also check in at the of the day if you prefer. Set a designated space in your house to give yourself treatments or work with others. A cushion or a pillow can serve just as well as an altar in your new space, which doesn’t have to be large or even in a different room.
Understanding Reiki and Energy Healing
“Reiki is a Japanese energy healing method that Mikao Usui established in the 1920s. It roughly translates to universal life energy, as Rei is a word commonly used about a higher power or the Universe, and Ki is life force energy or vital force. This word explains the concept of a life force that flows through all of us from birth. Reiki is done with the practitioner using different hand placements on or above the body. It can leave us feeling deeply relaxed, level, and peaceful.
Anything involving energy is related to meditation. Meditation should be essential to our lives, as it helps us in many ways. Just as we shower to maintain physical well-being, we meditate to maintain emotional and mental well-being. You can also think of meditation as exercising your mind and soul.
Chakra is an Indian word that translates to wheel. Reiki masters believe chakras are spinning wheels that sit along the center of our bodies and are comprised of subtle energy. The chakras have rays of colored light projecting out of them and covering the front and back of our bodies. Because this light energy is believed to extend outside our body, it is called an auric field.
The Reiki Attunement Process Explained
An attunement in Reiki is a sacred, unique process where the practitioner is connected to the universal life force energy to pass on this powerful, nourishing energy to others. This is one of the main factors that make Reiki different from other energy healing modalities, as it cannot be learned in the same way most skills are taught. There is no physical or practical technique to be learned; instead, you must be ‘initiated’ through a mystical procedure that transcends time and space by a Reiki Master. This process will introduce you to higher vibrational qualities of spirit.
Once you have been attuned to Reiki, you will be a Reiki practitioner for life, and the ability to work will forever be with you.
Reiki is generally structured with three levels of teaching:
Reiki I
Reiki II
Master (#1 to attune others)
Master (#2 to teach Reiki to others)
Reiki I allows you to channel energy to others and focus on nourishing yourself.
You will be taught ‘how’ to carry out the healing process, nourish yourself and others, and initiate an energetic connection with your physical and etheric body.
Reiki II will take your skills to the next level. You will learn to carry out more in-depth healing (distant healing) and gain valuable tips you can apply immediately for yourself or your clients.
Master Level I or II focuses on expanding your channels and connecting you with a broader range of healing frequencies. You will learn ancient symbols that enable you to conjure more powerful energy healing. You will also be taught almost forgotten knowledge to deepen your spiritual development.
The Reiki attunement process is how you become a practitioner of Reiki rather than a recipient of its energy. A Reiki master must perform this time-honored process, and it opens energy channels in the body more fully, thereby helping you develop a strong connection to the universal life force energy. This is a session in which the learner physically and permanently receives symbols and methods via the more fully open channel for the receiver’s healing energy.
Aside from the physical benefits most people experience after two to three treatments or sooner, the above symbols facilitate treatments and student attunements. They are essential to obtaining the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits generally associated with the required need for other symbols.
Finding a Reiki master that “feels right” to you is essential. Please look for favorable recommendations and certifications that you may need, and if the Reiki master teaches in the way you like to learn, that also may be important. Many Reiki masters conduct weekend or web-based workshops.
To learn more, visit Reiki at Namaste Studios to book a Reiki session. Additionally, you can find more of our Reiki Blogs here.
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