Stub your toe or bang your head and most likely your first response is to place your hand
on the sore spot, to soothe the pain. This is a basic instinct - as everyone has a healing
energy centre in the palm of each hand. This basic gift of healing energy can be enhanced
by learning Reiki.
Reiki does not tie into any particular religion – people of all belief systems use Reiki. The word Reiki, literally translated, means “Universal Life Force”, and combines the utilisation of the life force (Ki) - that is present in all living things - with the warmth, reassurance and healing power of human touch.
Jan has been working with Reiki since early 1994. She conducts workshops on a regular basis in Williamstown, as well interstate and overseas.
Workshops:
Reiki 1 – The first degree of energy enhancement - the starting point. Taught during a two day seminar with a series of four attunements. Primarily for the self, family and pets.
Reiki 11 – This is the practitioner level. It passes on three Sacred Symbols that enable the person to access and focus Reiki in a more powerful way and to use Reiki for distant and absent healing, as well as for protection.
Master/Practitioner training is available to Reiki 2 practitioners, who have a deep commitment to Reiki, who do not want to teach but want to enhance their healing energy by using the ancient and Sacred Master Symbols. This is taught in a full day workshop.
Master/Teacher enables graduates to teach and lead others. The apprenticeship is usually for a period of 12 – 18 months. During the period of training, apprentices learn how to teach Reiki to others, how to lead a small group, and how to attune people to the beautiful energy.
Treatment:
A Reiki treatment takes approximately one to one and a half hours. The client does not need to take off any clothing other than their shoes, heavy jackets and belts. The Reiki practitioner knows intuitively where to place his/her hands to allow a beautiful soothing and gentle energy to flow to the client. Reiki practitioners do not claim to cure any illnesses, but by having a Reiki treatment a deep sense of inner peace and balance can be achieved which can enhance the natural healing of the body, soul and mind. A course of three to four Reiki treatments often brings issues to the surface and highlights factors surrounding the illness, which can then assist the client to understand and clear the blockages that caused the illness/dis-ease in the first place.
When to learn:
Children from the age of approximately eight years old can learn Reiki - in fact
children are natural and intuitive hands-on healers as they don't have the
blockages that many adults seem to have.
The oldest participant who has joined one of Jan's classes, is a radiant 78 year
old who practices Reiki
on her family and friends - she even has some clients.
So age is no barrier - the beautiful life force energy is there for us to use at whatever age we feel the need to explore this beautiful energy. Just see Jan's youngest grandson, Deacon (three years old at the time) giving a Reiki to his big brother, Cody