Hi allycat,
Well they say we never master Reiki and that Reiki masters us. I think that is probably very true :)
You will always find a few drawn to Reiki just to make big money and then there will be genuine RMs who really want to teach and make Reiki accessible because they believe in it. At the end of the day you will need to charge fees to cover your teaching materials, your venue and your time, what you charge and how flexible you are will be up to you :) I do believe that people need to pay something to learn Reiki, in order to take it seriously and value it, but I also believe it should be affordable to all. I actually had one student once who wanted to rush through all the levels as quickly as possible so that she could set up business 'selling Reiki'. I did not feel comfortable with her motivation and so suggested that she find another RM to take the next levels with.
I like to hope that intuitive students can search out genuine RM's as opposed to those just in it for the money :)
Gentle Blessings
Helen
