A
necessary initiation into Reiki, that an aspiring practitioner must
receive from a Reiki Master, is the “Attunement.” The Attunements are
what empower the student to become a Reiki practitioner in each of the
three levels. An Attunement is a very brief, yet very sacred ceremony
in which Our Universal Life Force, through the Reiki Master, opens a
channel in the student. This empowers the student to receive and
channel an intensified degree of Life Force Energy. The Attunement
process takes just a few minutes – the student sits in a chair and a
silent, sacred ceremony takes place.
Experiences of an Attunement vary from student to student, and even
from one Attunement to the next for the same student. During the
Attunement, you may feel your entire body warming, or you may feel heat
intensifying in more specific areas. You may feel your entire
surroundings heat up with energy. You may feel a tingling,
energy-in-motion, either throughout your entire body, or in more
specific, focussed areas. You may simply feel SO at Peace, or SO Loved.
You may see visions and/or get Divine Messages. It’s different for
everyone.
As a student, after an Attunement, you may notice your change in energy
right at first, or it may take a few days, but you will notice at least
a subtle change in the energy in motion in your body. A student only
receives as much energy as he or she can handle. It takes about 21 days
for your body to become accustomed to this new energy, so I do not
Attune a student to the next level until after about 3 weeks have
passed.
