Classes Are Held In Many Locations For Reiki Art Certification

By Beverly C. Ralph


When beginning to learn, the student might take several introductory classes to find out more about the practice. He or she might not be interested in this Japanese technique. It is taught and practiced in each class. Many students go on to earn reiki art certification.

According to its practitioners, it is a form of alternative medicine. A Japanese Buddhist named Mikao Usui is the founder. It is believed that the recipient of its universal energy is receiving it through the palms of the administrator.

This transference of energy is said to promote healing in the body of the recipient. According to its practitioners, it is a universal life force based on qi, that heals. But, there has not been solid evidence that this has any medicinal value. Most refer to it as a pseudoscience rather than a science.

One must take a certain number of classes as prerequisites. After that he or she can enroll in the class that, if passed successfully, will certify him or her. There are also sacred symbols to be memorized and specific ways to use them.

Requirement one is to complete successfully Reiki I and II. The next requirement is to spend at least six month practicing. Finally, the three sacred symbols must be sketched by memory. They need not be perfect, simply recognizable.

The organization that provides the formal classes will award the certificate after that final requirement is fulfilled. Although there are many followers, reiki is not confirmed to have any medical value. No concrete evidence has been collected.

Some research has been done. It reveals no concrete evidence of any health benefits to be gained. Those who do feel improvement has taken place are most likely feeling better because it has a placebo effect. They feel improved simply because they believe they will be improved.

According to the many people who are critics of the practice, it is taking unfair advantage of people who are vulnerable due to age or illness. There is no harm caused by the reiki. However, when a person with a serious illness does not get treatment for that condition, he or she may suffer needless damage.

The Roman Catholic church disapproves of the practice. It is judged to be inappropriate because it is not compatible with Christian doctrine. Due to its lack of effectiveness it is not practiced in any Catholic hospitals or other health care institutions. No one associated with the Church is permitted to use it.

The reiki sacred symbols are used when a certified master administers attunement. He or she cannot effectively do so unless he has reached the high level of attunement himself. He will trace the symbols in the air with one finger and say the name aloud three times during the ceremony. Alternatively, he will draw them on a sheet of paper.




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