I was grateful that the pain only seemed to come when I was alone
because I did not know how I would handle it if I were with others. Then the pain began
when I was in a Reiki Master workshop. I had to leave the room for a while and then was
attempting to sit and listen.
Our teacher, Laura Ellen Gifford, was teaching us to do the Reiki Healing Attunement. I
have been a Reiki practitioner since 1987 and an independent Reiki Master since 1995, but
the healing attunement was new to me. It is a process developed at The International
Center for Reiki Training. The technique is similar to that of an initiatory attunement,
but it does not open the recipient to channel Reiki. The purpose of the Healing Attunement
is to increase the energy available for healing, and help dissolve any energetic
resistance around the client, so the Reiki energy can work more quickly and more deeply.
Laura, observing my discomfort, asked me if I would like to receive a Healing
Attunement. I gratefully accepted, and she began.
She started by helping me get deeply in touch with the issue involved. I was
surprised to learn, from my inner guidance, that it was resistance to new teachings. I
really thought I was open to learn the new material, but at some level I was not. As Laura
proceeded with the Healing Attunement process, the pain completely disappeared and it has
not recurred.
I am so excited about the Healing Attunement. I use it frequently in my own sessions,
and have had wonderful results. The energy of the Healing Attunement is beautiful and my
clients and I just love it. When I use the Healing Attunement before a standard table
session, the results are much more powerful than with a table session alone. I am very
grateful that I was able to release the resistance to new teachings and put this powerful
technique in my Reiki tool bag.