Classes

For class dates, please click on the Calendar or Enroll tabs above. For prices, please click on the Enroll tab. On this page:

• Learning Reiki
• Usui Reiki I – Shoden
• Usui Reiki II - Okuden
• Usui Reiki Master Teacher - Shinpiden
• Weekly Reiki Meditation Class
• Buffalo and Niagara Falls Photos & Links

LEARNING REIKI

We offer small class sizes to optimize your learning and experience. Reiki is usually taught in three classes or levels:

1. Reiki I – Usui Sensei called this level “Shoden” or first teachings.
2. Reiki II – Called “Okuden” or inner teachings.
3. Reiki Master – Called “Shinpiden” or mystery teachings.

Being attuned to and learning Reiki will help you feel greater personal peace, reduce stress, heal, and feel more joy. In our classes you will learn about Reiki as an energy and the unique teachings and techniques of the Usui Reiki method. Our classes blend history, science, and hands-on practice to provide you with in-depth, sacred, and fun learning. Sharing Reiki is more than what you might do in giving yourself or someone else a Reiki session, so we also share with you ways to bring Reiki into your work and personal lives. 

Beyond the Class. For us, Reiki is a lot more than taking a class. For this reason, we offer ways to deepen your Reiki connection:

• Weekly Reiki Meditation Class – Learn more about Reiki and yourself in these weekly classes.
• The 21-Day Reiki Journey – Access 21 guided meditations and receive FREE e-book.
• Yuukyo – A Mini Reiki Retreat (We offered this half-day class in the past and are considering offering it again.)
• Support of your daily Reiki practice (click the Meditation tab above for more)

Refunds and Free Classes. Your satisfaction is our priority. If you are not satisfied with your class for any reason, you may ask for a 100% refund anytime before receiving your class certificate. The class certificate is emailed to you after you complete the online course evaluation. Additionally, you may retake any class for which you’ve already paid and completed at no charge as long as there is an open seat and the teacher approves. This offer applies to one (1) refresher class for those Reiki I and Reiki II classes which you’ve already paid for and completed. Eligible classes include any regularly scheduled class as long as there is an open seat (this means your enrollment may not be confirmed until just before class day). There may be a fee if lunch is provided. This offer does not include additional copies of the manual. Please note that from time to time, we may offer classes to which this does not apply and we may rescind or modify this offer at any time without notice. That said, this is a great way to stay connected to Reiki and refresh your training. To take advantage of this offer, please email us.

Class Locations. We have taught classes in Arizona, Virginia, and West Virginia. We relocated to Buffalo, NY in 2009 and will mostly teach from our home in the Elmwood Village area. We will make notes on the Calendar and Enroll tabs if a class is taught from another location. You will be sent the precise location after we receive your registration. Please scroll down for more information on Buffalo and Niagara Falls.

USUI REIKI I - SHODEN

The Usui Reiki I - Shoden class will start nurses and all those interested in energy healing on the path to promoting greater personal peace, reducing stress, and feeling more joy by attuning and introducing students to the unique teachings, history, and techniques of Usui Reiki. Students will learn natural ways to connect with universal energy and immediately be able to start healing their bodies, minds, and souls; families; and, the world.

This is how the day will look:

• Introductory activities
• What Reiki energy is and how it heals
• The Usui Reiki method
• Reiki Gassho Meditation
• Origin and history of Usui Reiki
• Reiki Attunement ceremony
• Reiki self-treatment
• Reiki treatment to another
• Reiki beyond a formal Reiki session
• How to create a Reiki practice
• Sharing Reiki with others

In this one-day class, you will be attuned to Reiki I - Shoden and enjoy lots of hands-on Reiki experience. Upon successfully meeting the class requirements (see below), you will receive an attractive certificate of completion (PDF copy by email).

Our class manual is Reiki: The Healing Touch. Please use this link to purchase the Reiki manual before class. You do not need to read it before class but you might review the first couple of chapters. Please bring the book to class.


Class Requirements:

• No Reiki experience required.
• Attendance to the full day of class
• Active listening and respectful participation
• Completion of online class evaluation within 1 week after class

We are committed to providing excellent Reiki programs that meet high standards of student learning. With sophisticated curricula and student-focused programs we emphasize learning, experiencing, and sharing. To help us ensure our students are learning and enjoying, we evaluate every class to help us continually improve the learning and sacred experience of our students.

Class Fees: Tuition: $175.  Click the Enroll tab above specials and discounts. (Note: When suitable lunch options are not available at a given location, students will be offered the option of paying a modest fee for us to provide lunch or students may bring their own.)

Class Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm, including a 1-hour lunch and two 15-minute breaks.

Continuing Nurse Education (CNE) Credits: Nurses will receive 7.2 contact hours. Approval code 750. Approved through May 21, 2012. For more info, visit the AHNA website.

Class Dates & Locations - click the tab above for our Calendar.

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association's Education Approver Committee, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's COA. Approval for contact hours through the AHNA is based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.

USUI REIKI II - OKUDEN

The Usui Reiki II - Okuden class will continue nurses and all those interested in energy healing on the path to promoting greater personal peace, reducing stress, and feeling more joy by attuning students to and teaching the first three Usui Reiki symbols, new Japanese Reiki techniques, and how to use Reiki with the chakras. Students will deepen their relationship to Reiki as energy, deepen their personal Reiki practice, and learn how to build a professional Reiki practice.

This is how the day will look:

• Introductory activities
• How to deepen your personal relationship to Reiki energy
• How to deepen your personal Reiki practice using the Usui Reiki method
• Reiki and the chakras
• Reiki Gassho – Chakra Meditation
• Learn the first three Reiki symbols
• Reiki II - Okuden attunement ceremony
• Give and receive a Reiki session using power symbol
• Give and receive a Reiki session using mental/emotional symbol
• Give and receive a Reiki session using distant symbol
• Perform a distant healing session with distant symbol
• Symbol quiz
• Building a professional Reiki practice

In this one-day class, you will be attuned to Reiki II - Okuden and enjoy lots of hands-on Reiki experience. Upon successfully meeting the class requirements (see below), you will receive an attractive certificate of completion (PDF copy by email).

Our class manual is Reiki: The Healing Touch. Please use this link to purchase the Reiki manual before class (if you did not already do so when you took Reiki I). You do not need to read it before class but you might review the first couple of chapters. Please bring the book to class.

Class Requirements:

• Reiki Prerequisites: Reiki I
• Attendance to the full day of class
• Active listening and respectful participation
• Completion of online class evaluation within 1 week after class

We are committed to providing excellent Reiki programs that meet high standards of student learning. With sophisticated curricula and student-focused programs we emphasize learning, experiencing, and sharing. To help us ensure our students are learning and enjoying, we evaluate every class to help us continually improve the learning and sacred experience of our students.

Class Fees: Tuition: $175. Click the Enroll tab above specials and discounts.  (Note: When suitable lunch options are not available at a given location, students will be offered the option of paying a modest fee for us to provide lunch or students may bring their own.)

Class Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm, including a 1-hour lunch and two 15-minute breaks.

Continuing Nurse Education (CNE) Credits: Nurses will receive 7.2 contact hours. Approval code 751. Approved through May 21, 2012. For more info, visit the AHNA website.

Class Dates & Locations - click the tab above for our Calendar.

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association's Education Approver Committee, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's COA. Approval for contact hours through the AHNA is based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.

USUI REIKI MASTER TEACHER- SHINPIDEN

The Usui Reiki Master Teacher - Shinpiden training is for those Reiki II practitioners ready to deepen their Reiki connection. A desire to teach Reiki to others is not necessary. We offer this training in an apprentice/internship format. You will learn and practice:

• new Japanese Reiki techniques,
• how to nurture your relationship with Reiki,
• how to give attunements or initiations,
• how to organize Reiki classes,
• how to teach Reiki, and
• how to build your practice.

We think it is wonderful that many Reiki teachers offer the master training in a class that lasts a few days - this is in fact how we learned and we are most grateful for the experience. As we have let Reiki guide our practices and teachings, we are guided to offer the training in an expanded format. As one of our Reiki master students, we will offer you traditional and modern teachings and guidance in developing a relationship with Reiki, entering in a spiritual conversation with yourself, and letting Reiki master you. We learned many great tools in our Reiki master class, but it took time and practice to develop our relationship with Reiki, dialogue with our souls, and allow Reiki to master us. This is what we would like to share with you in a way that is individually tailored to your path. This is how Usui Sensei, Dr. Hayashi, and Mrs. Takata taught Shinpiden. If you are guided to embark on the Reiki master training with us, we encourage you to consider

• taking Reiki I with us (if you haven't already) as a way for us to begin our Reiki relationship together,
• sending Reiki to and meditating on the question which lies in your heart about further Reiki training, and
• of course, contacting us to talk about further training.

If you have a consistent daily Reiki practice, have shared Reiki with others (professionally or informally), and are interested in becoming a Reiki master, please contact Grace - we would be honored to start a conversation about sharing the Reiki master training with you.

WEEKLY REIKI MEDITATION CLASS

The Reiki meditation class is an opportunity to both share Reiki (as in a Reiki Circle/Share) but also continue your Reiki education and deepen your Reiki connection. The classes include brief teachings on Reiki history and practice, discussion, and sharing energy as a group through meditation and beaming. Sign up for our email list to receive updates on weekly teaching topics. Space is limited to 7 participants. Registration is required (click the Enroll tab). Reiki experience is not required but helpful.

Class Fees: $15 per class

Class Dates & Time: 7:00pm to 8:15pm most Tuesdays. Check out our calendar to confirm dates.

Class Location: Since we offer this out of our home, we will send you our address after you enroll. Contact us if you have any questions.

BUFFALO AND NIAGARA FALLS PHOTOS & LINKS

More soon!

We currently teach out of our home in the award winning Elmwood Village neighborhood of Buffalo, NY. We jokingly call this the 20 minute city - because we are less than a 20 minute drive from our favorite places, like Niagara Falls, downtown, the HSBC arena, and the airport. It is only a 10 minute walk to Hoyt Lake, the Japanese Gardens, and Delaware Park - all part of the Olmstead Conservancy - as well as the Burchfield Penny Art Center and Albright-Knox Art Gallery. For more about your trip to Buffalo click here or contact us.