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The way that Reiki is presently taught in the west is vastly different from what is taught in Japan. There are also differences in the way Usui Shiki Ryoho is taught by American traditionalists, Usui/Tibetan Schools and Non-Traditional Teaching. With all the material coming out of Japan from Mr. Hiroshi Doi and Frank Arjava Petter we know have a clear picture of how Reiki was taught in Japan in Usui's own organization, The Gakkai.  What becomes instantly apparent is that "Traditional" Usui Shiki Ryoho of the Takata lineage is not the same as the Hayashi Lineages in Japan or the Gakkai.  Hayashi made changes from Usui's Reiki Ryoho, and Takata's students made many changes.

What is now readily clear is that Usui taught students a Reiki Meditation and then the student received Reiju, or an attunement.  This was done weekly in a group practice.  It took about one year before the student would be allowed to study the second teachings, and even then it might not occur until the teacher felt the student was ready.  Very few were ever trained to the teacher level.

In the west the practice is very different.  Hayashi had changed the emphasis of the system from a spiritual enlightenment system that promoted health and which healing was a by-product, to a system that was a healing art with a spiritual basis.  The practice of Reiju seemed to disappear and became the system of attunements that is used in the western lineages today.

Mrs. Takata taught level one over 4 days, doing one of each of the attunements on each day. The class included about 12 hours of instruction and practice. These days, even among Alliance and Traditional teachers, Level I is commonly taught over one weekend. Mrs. Takata's Level II was taught over a weekend.

Non-Traditional masters, like Diane Stein (author of "Essential Reiki") offer all three degrees in three day weekend seminars.  Some Usui/Tibetan schools offer combined Level I and II classes over a weekend.  Some have specific lengths of time that must pass between atunements and others do not.  Joseph "Running Wolf: Sparti does singular empowerments to the master level.  The issue would seem to be that students must have time to adjust to the energy no matter how they are trained.

When teaching classes you are going to have to decide what is an appropriate amount of teaching for each level, or if you are even going to have levels at all. Will you do a singular attunement. Will the class last several days or just one?   Make sure whatever way you decide to teach/learn, that you impart/learn a good understanding of the material, history, hand positions, and can do Reiki.

The Reiki Plain and Simple On-line Book, this site and all its contents are Copyright 1998-2001 Ó by Vincent Amador. The author of said material allows it to be used For Free Use only.  It is to be shared freely, without cost.  You may print copies of this work for personal use or to be shared with students, provided that it is given in its entirety, and this copyright message remains intact with the work.  This material is not to be republished on other webservers, websites, translated, altered or in any other way used without the express written permission of the author.  This notice supersedes any previous notices.  All rights reserved.