Second Degree Reiki
How do you know if it is time for Second Degree?
You will have been practising Reiki regularly, maybe just on yourself, maybe on other people too. It will be at least 6 months since you did your first degree course, probably longer.
You may have a gut feeling that there is more you would like to explore in your Reiki practice. It may even be an incomprehensible urge to take Reiki further. You may be considering treating more people. These are all good signs that it is time to consider taking Second Degree.
What does it offer?
Second Degree offers you more tools to use with your practice. You already have your hands, but sometimes there are situations when you want to give Reiki, but your hands aren’t enough. For example, if you want to give Reiki to a relative or friend who lives far away and you are not able to go to them and place your hands on them. Or you may want to help someone (or yourself) with an emotional or spiritual problem: where do you put your hands then? Perhaps you are in a relationship that needs healing.
| Here is the experience one of my students shares about learning Second Degree with me "Kate taught us and guided us with close attention in her kind yet
firm manner. She answered all our questions with all the explanations
and information we required with infinite patience and gave us every
encouragement. I learned so much and had quite a few surprises and wonderful experiences, which will stay with me always. I can't help but feel different because of those experiences and because the level of Reiki has intensified and has had a more profound and deeper effect - on me and on the friends I have subsequently treated. I feel that my connection with it has deepened and that this is the beginning of another stage in my relationship and self development with Reiki." Carol, Birmingham |
Course pre-requisitet: to have taken First Degree Reiki in the same system/style of Reiki - if you are unsure whether you have learned in the same system please talk to me.
If you would like to find out more about taking Second Degree please contact me.
Becoming a Reiki Master
The next step?
Now you have been practising Reiki for some years you are looking for your next step. The logical conclusion is that it is time for you to become a Reiki Master. But is this really right for you?Becoming a Reiki Master does not make you a better Reiki Practitioner. It does not give you any more tools to use in treatments. The tools it does give you are for teaching (in Usui Shiki Ryoho). If you feel would like to be able to teach other people to do Reiki then this may well be your next step.
So how do you become a Reiki Master? In Usui Shiki Ryoho the preparation to become a Master is not a short course like the other levels. As with anything you are going to teach, you need to know your subject really well to be a good teacher. The preparation to be a Reiki Master is therefore more like an apprenticeship that takes place over at least a year. During that time you may be asked to attend other courses that will help you to grow and develop, so that you are ready to hold the responsibility of being a Reiki Master of this system.
Click here for a document that poses some of the questions you need to consider if you are thinking about becoming a Reiki Master.
At this time I have not yet initiated a Reiki Master. Last year I attended a course with Phyllis Furumoto about the initiation of Reiki Masters in Usui Shiki Ryoho. I now feel ready to accept a Master candidate and help a student to prepare for the honour of being a Reiki master. Could this be you?