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Good People,
I would like to hear feedback on the subject of receiving attunements through correspondence, DVD or online as opposed to in person.
Is there any question as to the validity of "distance attunements"?
Thanks and peace to you.

Coyotesong,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- for some, anything but in-person training and attunements (whether Reiki or some other practice) is an archetypal crap-shoot

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- one does not, of course, have any idea who is on the the 'other end'

- coyotes, being the curious (and generally sensible) creatures they are, 'want to know'

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Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

CoyoteFirekeeper

I agree with firkeeper, I'ts all a load of crap. Having said that if you get any attunements from these other sources, I advocate you go to a sensible hands on attunement, as back-up and protection. Having said that, be wary of who you go to , cause they might be as unscruplous as those other shitshooters.

Thanks for your input all, and I hope it keeps coming!
An earlier post by violet_dragonfly mentioned the Steve Murray DVDs. I have been curious about these as well. I would like to receive my 2nd attunement, but the large sums of time and money away from my family for a weekend workshop are prohibitive. The DVD workshop would be so accessible!
One of the masters in my Reiki circle told me that another master had received her attunement over the internet---and there was a bit of eye-rolling at this.
So I want to make sure I do this right---but the cost is discouraging.
Thanks again.

coyotesong,

There has always been eye-rolling at the mention of distance attunements. Not nearly as much now as a few years ago but still there is some.

The original argument was that they didn't work. Many people have eaten their words on that one but some still have their doubts.

In person is always preferable except in dire cases. There is a lot to be said for having a personal relationship with your RM and having in person training and attunements. I know that some say that they have a personal relationship with the person who did their distance attunement but it is a much greater crap shoot than finding someone you can work side by side with. There is a whole lot of faith involved in distance attunements and myself I am just to cynical to put that much faith in very many people. :-))

I don't put any faith at all in the DVD route. I just don't think it is a viable process. My feeling is that there are a lot of people out there attuned by the placebo method on this one.

Keep looking and you will find someone with whom you can take the level at a price you can afford and who will work within your time constraints. (maybe by dividing the class into sections on different days or some other solution)

Try a search in the profile section and see if there isn't someone listed in your area.

Walk in beauty,
Rebecca

Dear Coyotesong,
If it is true that one can be attuned via long distance or DVD then I would have to question the whole process of attunement. If it is that easy to do, than one must be able to do it with very limited guidance. So why the big fees beside the need to pad one's pocket or pay the bills? I always thought I was paying for the time, the mentoring, the guidance, the passing on of the knowledge, learning the ropes with supervision. If one can truly be attuned via DVD, then why not just make copies of that DVD & pass it on to everyone for the nominal cost of the DVD?
One would have to wonder just how much of any attunement is plain willingness to open up or belief in the process. And how many who attune via DVD actually are attuned or just believe themselves to be? Not trying to blow holes in this but it does raise many questions in my mind. Perhaps attunement is nothing more than opening up to believing that we can be healed? Trying to find the truth in such things is difficult.

peace & joy,
holobon

Otoharo!

I am more of the same. Actually, if I had no possible person to attune me, I would rather ask my guide or guides to do it than to trust a stranger.

finality

Many thanks to all of you for your words of wisdom.
I was, in a way, looking for more support for the alternative route, as it would be far more convenient and affordable. It has been said that Reiki should be accessible to everyone---well, it is, if you can afford it.
I don't wish to harp over and over about the cost of attunements but it is a VERY big consideration for me. All I want, with all my heart and soul, is to be able to help other people heal. I want to minister to them and help them find their pathway to peace. That is all I want. (I'm also aware that it isn't all about what I want, and I trust that the universe will provide for me, what I need, when I need it, when I'm ready, regardless of what I think!!) So maybe I just need to put it out there and trust that my teacher will appear when I'm ready. Maybe the reason I can't afford it now is because I'm not ready yet....hmmmmm. There's something to consider!

I like the idea of watching the DVD to learn, maybe more out of curiosity than anything, then receiving the attunement in person later.

The attunement process, to me, is sacred. I almost think I would take it more seriously if there wasn't a price attached to it!

Hello Coyotesong,

Just saw this thread. It surprises me (or maybe not) that there's noone here in favour of distant attunements.
Of course it functions! I'm a living proof of it. My Reiki III distant attunement was a far better experience (and what followed) than the R1 and R2 attunements, made in person in a backroom at a rather dull hall (same place both times). The Reiki Master did her thing and I've never seen or heard of her again. No sacredness there.
At the time of the distant attunement however, a time was set up in advance and I prepared myself the best I could at my home. That was a sacred experience!
I can really recommend it! It wasn't totally free of charge, I paid both for the book and the certificate. And the distant master have been there for me whenever I've needed to ask something. That was 4 years ago.

As for the dvd's however, I think you can spend your money in a better way than buying those. Out of curiosity I've tried two of them - they were quite disappointing, they were not learning dvd's. It might have been another thing if I had bought the accompanying books which was recommended. In my view, they were comparable to any meditation dvd (a good thing in itself but it doesn't give you Reiki!)

No, make a search on the net and find yourself a good homestudy course. There are a few of them out there.

Good luck!

Bee

New here and just read your post.

Distance attunements are fine if you are comfortable about where they come from. You can just ask your higher self to give you the attunement that you want. It works, I did it and my reiki is better than when I got it from a teacher, who I never heard from again after the attunement.

Lay down and mentally ask your higher self like this:

"Higher self, I would like to be attuned to .....reiki level ...attunement. ( which ever type ie: usui, gold, kundalini and the corresponding level.etc)

This takes about 25 minutes. Just lie still and enjoy.

Peace and Prosperity
Health and Happiness

Starr

I don't think so.

(by that I mean I'm not going to do that and don't think anyone else should either)

Who/what do you think is attuning you? What you have done is basically allowed any energy form (sorry I don't really have the vocabulary for this) that wishes to enter your energy field and do whatever it pleases.

Guides/spirits etc. (and many people don't subscribe to the notion of a 'higer self' who is eternally on duty watching out for us and is able to make decisions for us either. Ask my higher self? I'd rather ask my cat) have their own agendas. They aren't around to serve us at our beck and call. What a concept, I don't even understand how anyone could have been so egotistical as to come up with the idea and spread it all over the place.

Walk in beauty,
Rebecca

starr,

Hi,

So, you are saying that if I lie down and follow those directions I can be attuned as a Reiki Master?

If so? Sorry, it simply doesn't work that way.

Cheers,

RC