THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO REIKI ATTUNEMENTS: LEVELS 1, 2 AND 3
Receiving attunements into the path of Reiki are one of the most beautiful, magical and intriguing experiences.
In Holy Fire Reiki attunements are replaced with placements. in November of 2015, William Rand received the guidance to create Placements instead of attunements. Placements are how attunements are given in Holy Fire Reiki.
Following is a definition of Placements from the Usui / Holy Fire II Reiki Master Manual.
“In the Placement, the teacher does not physically interact with the student. In other words, the teacher does not stand behind the student, touching the shoulders, or go to the front of the student and physically work with the hands and so forth. Instead, the teacher simply sits and guides the student in a beginning guided meditation for a few minutes, then stops talking and allows the Holy Fire energy to administer the Placement directly to each student. Because the teacher’s energy is not part of the Placement, it does not lower its vibration or affect it in any way. This allows the pure Holy Fire energy to work in an uninhibited way. Because of this, the vibration of the Placements are much higher and the student receives higher quality healing energy.”
Holy Spirit and Jesus do all the work! All the teacher does is read the script, say a prayer, and then enjoy her own time in the silence while receiving the energy.
Placements may be a more similar way of working with Reiki in the style of Usui Sensei. William Rand interviewed Hiroshi Doi in October 2016. According to Hiroshi Doi, Usui transferred energy by touching the shoulder or the hips or the hands of the student and it would transmit the attunement. Usui asked Hayashi to develop the attunement further and he made it more complex. From research with Takata’s students, we know that Takata added the Master symbol about half way through her teaching of her 22 masters. William Rand says, “Now with Holy Fire, it’s honoring more of the original concept of the energy coming directly from Source. The less the teacher is involved, the better the energy works and goes directly to the student.”
Because the Placements are easier to do than Attunements, more people are teaching and passing on the gift of Reiki. Previously many people didn’t teach because they were intimidated by trying to learn how to do attunements and master 3 pages of written instruction.The process of attuning to Reiki is where we become aware of a frequency that was always available to us and a part of our reality. However, now we are choosing to be sensitive to it and work with that frequency for the health of mind, body and spirit. The attunements and the practices done after the attunements help us to match the frequency of Reiki and sustain that high vibration of love and light.
WHAT ARE REIKI PLACemenTS?
Reiki placements are sacred rituals, shared by Reiki Master Teachers, to students who wish to channel healing light. The attunements heighten our awareness of the universal life force energy. The powerful initiation clears the energy field, and helps us remember our True Nature and connection to Source. Through these transmissions of energy, we can embrace the innate healing capabilities that we always had within us but perhaps weren’t aware of.
REIKI LEVEL 1, 2 AND 3 Placements
Placements are offered at every level of Reiki training. 1 placement and 1 healing experience are shared in Level 1 and 2 of training, 1 placement and 4 ignitions are given in Level 3 of training.
In Level 1, the focus is to receive a gentle energetic clearing, open the subtle body, and help students to become aware of divine healing light.
The attunements offered in Level 2 and 3 initiate students to sacred symbols
In Level 3, students are also taught to give attunements so that they can initiate students into their lineage.
With each placement received, a deeper energetic clearing is facilitated. It is also a remembrance of your true nature.