Hello again Birdy
You asked for some practical help, so I shall try to help by telling you what I do.
I start the day by letting the participants speak of why they're there & what reiki means to them, also getting their details + email addresses for future reference. Then we do a meditation, usually involving the chakras & grounding.
Then I go through the traditional story of Dr Usui & how reiki arrived in the West. This I have all printed out in a manual, with pictures of all the relevant people - reiki students need to have this. Also have printed info on the chakras in the manual, along with my reiki lineage, visual pages on the self-healing & body positions, recommended reading. I give them a very nice certificate at the end of the day - this can be done on Publisher.
Before lunchtime, I do the attunements and after a break for food, the afternoon is spent on practice. I have chakra scarves that I put over the persons being reiki-ed, so that everyone will remember what colour is associated with each.
I don't give A&P either but do suggest that they all study up on where the main body organs are & which chakras they're related to - there are handouts you can give them on this too, if you like. You'd be amazed how many folks don't know where their liver is!! ;-)
Make sure you present your manual nicely - I do mine in coloured plastic folders.
Hope this helps - ask away if you have more questions!
L&L
