| People who teach Reiki attunement may also teach | | | | "synchronized" or "aligned", but the term is only used to |
| chakra attunements. They may use crystals, candles | | | | describe "natural tendencies". It is natural for the |
| or other accessories. Or, they may practice a very | | | | universal life force to flow around and through each of |
| simple version of Reiki and use nothing other than their | | | | our bodies, but sometimes some trauma, either |
| hands and the Reiki symbols. | | | | physical or emotional, "blocks the flow". So, a person |
| Some people who teach Reiki attunement also | | | | who would teach Reiki attunement would teach |
| practice massage therapy or other forms of healing | | | | another how to return the energy flow to its natural |
| touch therapies. No matter the technique, the energy | | | | state. |
| that all of these practitioners use is the same. It is | | | | Chakra is a Sanskrit word that means "wheel". In the |
| something that any of us can access. Different | | | | human body, the chakras are like energy "wheels". |
| cultures and religious groups use different names for | | | | There are seven major chakras, including the root |
| the energy. Universal life force is the name that we | | | | chakra and solar plexus, and a number of minor |
| typically use, but any name is correct. | | | | chakras, including those in the hands and the soles of |
| Chakra attunements were not originally part of Reiki | | | | the feet. Sometimes illness is caused by a blockage at |
| training. The chakras were originally described in | | | | one of these chakras, typically at one or more of the |
| ancient Indian texts, known as the Vedas, the sacred | | | | major chakras. |
| texts of Hinduism. As the years have gone by, | | | | Chakra attunements allow a person to "unblock" the |
| knowledge of the healing power of the chakras has | | | | energy flow at the chakras, achieving better health |
| been used in many belief systems and medical | | | | and an overall sense of well-being and happiness. |
| practices, including yoga, Dharma and Ayurvedic | | | | Not too long ago, the only people who would teach |
| Medicine. | | | | Reiki attunement or chakra attunements charged very |
| Although Usui (the first person to teach Reiki | | | | high fees. Everything about these healing therapies |
| attunement in Japan) did not use the term "chakra | | | | was mystical. The people who understood the power |
| attunements", as far as we know, learning about the | | | | were secretive. |
| chakras "fits in" well with Reiki instruction. This is why | | | | Today, because some masters have come to believe |
| some masters may teach about both Reiki and the | | | | that everyone should have access to the knowledge |
| healing chakras. | | | | and partly because of the internet, there are relatively |
| By definition, the term attunement simply means to be | | | | inexpensive e-books that teach Reiki attunement. |