We hope this information will provide answers to the many pertinent questions which arise as one deliberates on learning the art of Reiki. To begin, we suggest that you gather all the information you can about the founders of Reiki - Dr. Usui, Dr. Hayashi and Mrs. Takata, who introduced Reiki to the west. Also talk to those connected with Reiki – the practitioners and the recipients; ask them about the benefits they have received from Reiki. Comprehend what ‘ki’ means and its relation to healing. Talk to martial artists and anyone with knowledge of what ki or chi is. Take time to learn and understand what the word means.

Be wary. Remember when eastern philosophy is translated to western understanding, the interpretation can very often be vastly diluted and even manipulated. As a transplanted Oriental, whose exposure to eastern cultures, beliefs, dogmas and understanding began at birth, I have seen this happen so often in North America. I suggest that you ask as many questions as is necessary. If needed, amiably challenge the answers you are given. Do not be satisfied until you can fully comprehend and truly believe the answers.

Find yourself a Reiki master to put your questions to. Listen to his or her answers carefully. Remember: the answers - and the truth - are all within us. Look deep. Ask yourself why you are comfortable or uncomfortable with the answers you received. And you will understand and know.
The Amethyst Reiki Centre, in its design to teach Reiki, has adopted very strict adherence to oriental philosophy and understanding, and is careful not to interpret or manipulate explanations just for the purpose of adding colour to impress an audience.

Class at each level has been designed to assist the student towards fully understanding the concept of Reiki, providing them with knowledge and confidence in their ability to practise techniques learnt. Finally, assist the student to work towards being a truly clear and open channel. Each class is structured to make it easier for the student to confidently progress from one level to the other.

LEVEL ONE

This is a sixteen-hour course and is usually held on a weekend from Saturday morning to Sunday evening. The student will:

1. Be given affirmations to work with. The affirmations are geared toward self-healing and wellness.

2. Learn the history of Reiki – from Dr. Usui to Dr. Hayashi to Mrs. Takata. The students will be helped to understand Reiki from the perspective of each of the masters.

3. Receive four attunements. Each attunement is a process that awakens within the student the memory of his/her own inherent ability to heal.

4. Learn and comprehend what “ki” is, acquire techniques to become a clear and open channel, be able to harness and extend “ki”.

5. Learn to acknowledge the ego, how to step out of it and not to serve it.

6. Learn the basic standard hand positions.

7. Learn to work with and apply “The Four Steps”, a healing process which helps one to let go and to move on in life.

8. Be awarded a Level One Reiki Channel Certificate at the closing of the workshop.

The Amethyst Reiki Centre recognizes the importance of regular practice for the student to hone his/her skills to an acceptable level of proficiency. To do this and assist the student acquire this practical experience, the Amethyst Reiki Centre operates drop-in Reiki clinics in Toronto and the Trent Hills area. Students may volunteer once or twice a week to provide Reiki treatments for people who drop in at the centres. At these centres, treatments are provided to everyone on a “by donation” basis.

The centers are supervised and facilitated by channels who are being trained as Reiki Masters. One of the duties of these facilitators is to help new channels with hand positions and to provide answers to questions the channels or recipients may have.

A Level 1 channel must obtain a minimum of thirty hours of providing hands-on Reiki treatment before he/she can be accepted as a student of Level 2 Reiki.

LEVEL TWO

This is another sixteen hour course and also is usually held on a week-end from Saturday morning to Sunday evening. The student will :

1. Be given more affirmations to work with. These affirmations focus on forgiveness and acceptance; they also encourage the students to learn to muster the courage to stand in their own truths.

2. Be helped to understand the process of ‘transformation and learn to progress from the physical to the metaphysical.

3. Learn the process with which to determine the Power Hand and be given symbols for the application of distance (absent) healing. The student will be taught the two techniques to apply distance healing and be given the opportunity to practise these two methods.

4. Receive two attunements which will further re-awaken his/her own inherent ability to heal.

5. Be guided to go deeper to learn and comprehend “ki”, acquire techniques to become a clear and open channel, be able to draw and extend “ki”.

6. Learn to acknowledge the ego, how to step out of it and not to serve it. Understand what it means to give from the heart and how to become selfless.

7. Assist the student to develop a better understanding of “The Four Steps” and to work more in depth with it, learning to accept, let go and move on.

8. Be awarded a Level Two Reiki Channel Certificate at the close of the workshop.

The next level is the Reiki Master’s Program. To be accepted into this program the student must complete sixty hours of working hands-on with clients and six distance healing treatments. To assist the student acquire this practical experience, the Amethyst Reiki Centre will assign a Reiki master or master-in-training to work with the student on a client who has requested distance healing from the centre.

REIKI MASTER’S PROGRAM

PREQUISITES:
Minimum 60 hours of hands-on Level 1 Reiki practice and six distance healings.

This is an eighteen-month program. Students in this program meet once a month on a Sunday for 5 hours. The course structure and the affirmations within the program help the students to:

1. Develop selflessness, deal with negative emotions, promote love and respect for our elders and all living things, embrace truth and love for all life.

2. Give from the heart and honour the tradition of Reiki.

3. Understand eastern (oriental) thinking, concepts and traditions.

4. Stand in his/her truth, work with Reiki with an open heart and reach out to another without greed or ego.

5. Understand and be able to clearly explain the concept of Reiki, organize and operate Reiki centres, deliver talks and conduct demonstrations on Reiki.

6. Teach and lead in the true tradition of Reiki according to the old masters, being careful not to use esoteric clichés or new age rhetorics or the interpretations/fantasies of self-proclaimed masters or ‘gurus’.

7. On enrolment, students will be acknowledged as members of the Amethyst Reiki Centre.

8. Students will work weekly with one or more clients for a year, keep notes, develop case studies and share with other students at meetings. Clients’ identity will be confidential.

9. Students will also deliver three talks related to spirituality and their own sense of humanity.

10. They will also supervise and facilitate drop-in centres.

11. After a year, provided they have attended nine meetings, the students will be attuned as masters. Then they will assist John and Chrystalla at attunements at all levels.

12. At the end of their eighteen months, the students will be awarded certificates recognizing them as Reiki Masters.