Your introduction to Reiki in a First Degree workshop is likely to be one of most exciting and exhilarating challenges you will experience in this lifetime. You will discover that the healing energy you have probably already experienced at some time, perhaps during meditation or when you have offered a crystal healing or a massage to another person, is more than a welcome miracle that happens by accident.

You will find that this healing energy that is the base of Reiki is there always, it is universal and always available, and you can learn how to call it every single time, wherever you are. This energy comes automatically when your energies are in tune with the Universe so you are balanced in your spiritual, your emotional, your intellectual and your physical body. All you have to do is ask, and the energy will come for you.

Even better, you’ll discover that this marvellous laughing energy is just a small part of the Journey that is available to you, though Reiki – because Reiki is more than calling and passing on energy. Reiki is a complete spiritual development system, that will help you to live the best life you can though Living the Reiki Principles.

In a Reiki First Degree workshop, you will:

•  Understand and personally experience Reiki.
• Develop insights into Reiki and the spiritual base for the techniques.
• Experience how energy can be passed on from one person to another or to other species, plants or machinery.
• Become proficient in the Usui 7-set meridian treatment, for yourself and for others.
• Understand the rights and responsibilities of the Reiki practitioner in Australia and be aware of relevant Australian law.
• Be aware that the First Degree practitioner is certified to set up their own Reiki practice after successfully completing the workshop and have the confidence, knowledge and ability to do so.
• Recognize that Reiki is an individual experience, ie “first heal yourself”.

Whether you choose to learn individually or as part of a group, I recommend that you read the First Degree Companion before participating in a workshop, so that you are aware and ready to experience the energy, the knowledge and the techniques you will learn as a Reiki practitioner.

Bright blessings

Sue Bagust