| The word Reiki, if broken down into its root | | | | Gayatri- a form of healing combined with the |
| words, means God's Energy and Individual Life | | | | 1,000 year old Gayatri Mantra |
| Force Energy. Reiki is currently a very popular | | | | Tummo- this healing is combined with kundalini |
| form of energy healing, here and abroad. This | | | | energy healing. |
| healing practice started in Japan, but it has | | | | Tibetan - this form of Reiki requires a |
| penetrated the healing practices of the West as | | | | practitioner to be an Usui master to receive |
| well. Reiki practitioners are initiated to it by | | | | attunement first. In this form of healing, Tibetan |
| finishing a series of Reiki classes and by going | | | | symbols are used. |
| through a process called "Attunement". | | | | In choosing the right Reiki classes to will enroll in, it |
| Reiki healers use their hands to heal their patients | | | | is very important to consider the personality of |
| - their hands are considered as conduits for | | | | the student. Different schools of Reiki teaches |
| energy flow. The practitioner places his hands on | | | | different philosophies. There are some schools |
| the part of the body that needs the energy or | | | | that consider symbols to be powerful while there |
| healing, completing the circuit. | | | | are some schools who take symbols simply as a |
| There are already a number of schools offering | | | | tool to get more comfortable with intending and |
| Reiki classes. If you are interested in learning Reiki, | | | | channeling. If you are a type of student who finds |
| you should first be familiar with the different | | | | following rituals in a particular order more |
| types of it: | | | | comfortable than otherwise, then a more |
| Usui- this is the original form of Reiki | | | | symbolic-centric Reiki is more appropriate. |
| developed by Dr. Mikao Usui | | | | Another thing to consider in choosing Reiki classes |
| Gendai - Gendai in English means modern. This | | | | is the teacher's methodology. There are some |
| is a form of Reiki that combines Usui Reiki with | | | | teachers who consider the attunement process |
| the current western concepts. Gendai Reiki is | | | | as something sacred and may not be open to |
| developed by Horoshi Doi of Japan. | | | | revealing symbols to non-students. However, |
| Rainbow - this form of Reiki is a combination | | | | there are also other teachers who have a more |
| of Usui, Shamanism, Mediation, Holistic | | | | open approach in their teachings. In enrolling for a |
| Communication Sciences and so on. | | | | particular Reiki class, ask and understand the |
| Karuna- this is a form of Reiki that is | | | | methodology of the teacher that you will be |
| exclusive for masters and other lineages. Its literal | | | | learning from. |
| translation means Reiki of Compassion. | | | | |