What is Reiki?

Reiki is the Japanese word for universal life force energy. The healing method by the same name is also referred to as Usui Shiki Ryoho, ( The Usui Method Of Natural Healing). Reiki was conveyed to the students of Mikao Usui, as a tool to help them calm the mind and to raise their life force energy. His main concern was to support them on their path to enlightenment and to help them maintain good health which is a prerequisite for this quest. The Reiki healing method is a way of channeling universal life force energy, of which everything is made, in order to heal. By channeling this energy, it frees you up to draw more from Source and heal mind, body and spirit. Reiki's utter simplicity yet powerful results are the main reasons why many people are attracted towards this form of natural heal-ing.

Reiki works very gently by clearing the energy channels which acts to calm the mind and raise the life force energy. Since those early days, this has been tested over and over in double blind studies. The fact is, most disease is psy-chosomatic. It is caused by a disturbed mind. If you calm the mind which helps clear the energy blocks caused by stuck emotion, you then easily heal the body. It is important to find someone who through his or her master, has received the direct energy transmission going all the way back to Dr. Usui, and beyond to the lineage of practitioners who were Dr. Usui's source of inspiration. Richa Badami has a rich lineage of Reiki Masters traced right back to Dr Usui, who placed a great importance not only on regular Reiki Practice but also on the importance of the Reiki Attitude. She has been a traditional Reiki Master for the past 10 years.

First Degree Reiki

First Degree Reiki is taught over a period of 10 to 12 hours, typically over a weekend. The essence of a Reiki class lies in the empowerments that are given by the Reiki Master to the student. Broadly, the first degree course com-prises of teaching, sharing and practice.

A Reiki First Degree class is a wonderful introduction to learning to nurture oneself and others, and reconnect with the energy that is the basic support for our life, as well as the life of the planet and all of Creation. You will get suffi-cient time to digest the principles and history of Reiki, lots of practice, plus time to get all your questions answered. Reiki class sizes are 6-8 participants only so every student gets ample time and attention needed to learn and prac-tice.

Second Degree Reiki

The Second Degree Reiki class provides the participant the opportunity to attune to a finer frequency of Reiki En-ergy. The single empowerment of Second Degree attunes the student to the power keys or symbols , which are used at this level to perform absentee as well as an amplified form of emotional healing on oneself. Because Second Degree activates another level of energy, (an amplification of vibratory level in both the physical and etheric bodies), you will again experience a 21 day cleanse process, similar to the one experienced in connection with First Degree, as your body and different energy centers adjust to an even finer level of vibration. Additional techniques are shared for clearing energy blocks and to help bring vasanas or samskaras (conditioned patterns) into conscious awareness.