Reiki 1 Shoden
Training For Beginners
We are all born with the power to heal ourselves. Our bodies are in a constant state of maintaining balance. It is that energy within that helps the body to repair and replace aspects of itself as needed. Reiki is the energy that connects our higher self with everything around us. We can use Reiki energy to help us balance our own energy and bodies. At the Dragonfly Reiki Academy, we teach something close to the original Japanese Reiki rather than the ‘new-age’ versions popular in the West after its assimilation into American culture.
Origins
Reiki was developed, from Buddhist teachings, by a man called Mikao Usui in the early 1900s in Japan. It is a development of much earlier traditions practiced by Buddhists and others for centuries. Reiki as a Buddhist practice for self-healing, is primarily a spiritual way to live a moral and ethical life, to heal oneself and others. When Dr Usui first formalized Reiki, he intended it to be a tool for spiritual growth. The physical healing that occurred was a side-effect of his increased awareness following his own spiritual Enlightenment
Current Practice
Nowadays, it is practised in UK hospitals and by people other than Buddhists. In fact, Reiki is increasingly offered in hospitals, hospices, and private practice settings, applied to a variety of illnesses and conditions. Those who receive such treatments report relief of symptoms from numerous health challenges, including mild mental health issues. Research shows that Reiki primarily helps in the reduction of stress, anxiety and depression, as well as relief of chronic pain — the last of which can bring on anxiety and depression or make episodes worse.
Reiki is Transformative
Reiki is a gift that is offered to each and every one of us. By opening your mind to Reiki, you will be more capable of understanding the synchronicity in your life, accept the reality of Interbeing and be able to let your life flow. Through Dragonfly Reiki Academy you have access to this amazing life force. By meditation, mindful living and Reiki Initiation you will find your life transformed.
This first course in Reiki will show you how begin this journey to self-knowledge and awareness.
Course Content
The Course
It is spread over two full days
Saturday 10.00 a.m. until 4.30 p.m.
Sunday 11.00 a.m. until 5.00 pm
Syllabus
The course involves teaching, meditation and attunements
Teaching: You will learn about the origins of Reiki, the history - how it started with Dr Usui in Japan over 100 years ago and how it has rapidly spread to the West and is now well established worldwide.
You will learn about Energy
You will learn how Reiki works and the scientific evidence for its efficacy.
You will learn how it is established as a complementary treatment in the NHS - hospitals and clinics, hospices and care hoe as well as being offered privately.
You will learn how to prepare for a reiki treatment on your self and others and you'll learn how to self heal and treat clients so that you can practice on friends and family.
Attunements: This is a highly spiritual ritual involving the laying on of hands (like ordination in the Christian and Buddhist traditions). The ceremony takes 20 minutes per person and takes place four times during the course. Our lineage goes back to Dr Usui himself and you will become part of that lineage
Notes and Manual
You will be provided with a Manual together with additional Notes and worksheets. The course is great fun and the many people who have achieved their Shoden certificate has expressed delight at the experience of these two days. If you’d like to talk to one of our alumni please let us know and we will arrange for you to receive a call.
Certificate and Proof of Lineage
We will receive a framed Certificate following completion of the Course. You also receive a copy of your lineage going way back to Dr Usui.
Dragonfly Reiki Healing Circle.
As someone initiated into Reiki and with a lineage back to Dr Usui, you will have the opportunity to become a Member of the Dragonfly Healing Circle which entitles you to attend Shares (where we get together to practice), workshops and Reiki Retreat Days.
Your Verified Reiki Master Teacher
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Dragonfly Reiki Academy has been training Reiki 1 Shoden, Reiki 2 Okuden :the Practitioners course and Reiki 3 (Shinpiden): the Master course, for many years and we have a distinguished list of alumni.
Each course comes with its own Manual, Handbook, handouts, audio recordings and reading list and is taught by Malcolm. Malcolm is a qualified teacher, has spent 16 years is secondary education and 25 years as Director of Training in Financial Services companies. He is a Reiki Practitioner and leads the Blue Lotus Meditation Sangha.
Reiki Guild
Malcolm is a member of and Registered Teacher of the Reiki Guild and he represents the Guild on the Training Verification Committee of the UK Reiki Council which is part of The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) set up many years ago by the Government.
The Guild gives accreditation for people who have achieved the CNHC professional Reiki qualification enabling them to practise in NHS hospitals, clinics, hospices and care homes alongside other medical professionals such as doctors, nurses and other specialists
Contact
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