The Attunement Process

    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.