My week post second attunement provided further evidence that it really took with me in a way that the first didn’t.  The weirdness I experienced with food in the first week mostly abated, while the physical signs I had expected then showed up in the second week. Continue reading →

What a difference a week makes.  Or perhaps what a difference a second attunement makes, though it’s not “supposed” to make any difference at all.

I practiced using Reiki every day this week, in short bursts, a few minutes at a time.  On Wednesday evening, I received a check-in e-mail from Michelle to her four students: “How ya doin’, let me know if you have any questions, see you Sunday.”  Given the invitation, I shared my feelings thus far. Continue reading →

That exclamation point belies my low-key experience, but hey, it was still a big step that happened today.

I was slightly mistaken about the structure of Michelle’s Reiki I class, which takes place over two weekends. First, I thought we would learn about the history of Reiki, but that’s not until next weekend.  The vast majority of the three-hour-plus class was indeed talking, but the subject matter was what Reiki is and some of the basic tenets about how to use it and what it does.  Michelle loosely followed a Reiki I/II manual, written by an internationally known American Reiki Master/Teacher and used by many teachers, and supplemented that information with her own addendum where she feels the manual doesn’t go into enough detail.

Also, I had read that Reiki I consists of four attunements and thus expected we (four of us) would receive two today and two next week. Michelle says only one is required, but she performs one on each class day. So I’ll get another, but really I received the real deal already.

And I didn’t feel a thing.  I had already tempered my expectations, so it’s fine that I don’t suddenly feel tingly and glowing and elevated to a higher plane.  Accepting that divine energy animates all of life in the first place requires faith, so I suppose it’s fitting enough that I have to accept on faith that I now have the ability to act as a conduit for that energy.

I’ve been looking forward to practicing on myself for two months now, and that opportunity has finally arrived.  I admit I’ll be disappointed if I don’t soon have something more substantial to write here about my experience, though.

Whoa! I will not end this post on a downer like that, so…. I will add that I still feel that I am absolutely on a positive path and I am grateful to have led myself here and I am thrilled to discover/create what comes next.