Did my attunement work?

[Ailurophile]

Are there any circumstances in which a reiki attunement doesn't take.

I did a two day course to do reiki level one and after the first attunement I suddenly got a terrible mirgaine and it seemed as those the air had turned to thick to breathe. I have had migranes before but never like this.

We tried to carry on for another 30 minutes or so but it got so bad I had to leave and I came back the following day to recieve the other 2 attunements, practise some healing exercises and get my certificate.

I was just wondering if the attunements didn't work properly because I was finding it so hard to focus, the whole thing really was a very stressful experience. The second day went well but the first was horrible.:crybaby2:

Should I get another attunement?

[LightBearer]

every body feels varying degrees of sensations during ad after attunement.

it is not abnormal to feel migraines as these can be symptomatic of clearing your energy body also known as detoxification. essentially the more trauma you carry the worse the clearing symptoms. (by trauma i dont necessarily mean something dramatic and excessively traumatic but merely something that makes us change the way we think, and can cause a blockage, so almost every contact we have in life may create a trauma of some sort or another, the key to spiritual development is to clear these blocks or traumas and prevent any further contact creating new traumas by developing wisdom)

i wouldnt get another attunement as long as the intention to attune was there you will have been attuned. the key to answering your question is do you feel the energy?

[iolite]

I honestly don't think that because you had migraines or didn't "feel" anything, the attunements didn't work. If your reiki instructor truly passed on the attunements, then you've been attuned. Just give yourself some time and practice reiki for the next 30 days. As you continue to practice, the energy should get stronger.

[Ailurophile]

Thank you both for your replies.:hug2:

I think you are right and I will concentrate now on practicing, I have been thinking so much about if it worked or not that I haven't even looked at the manual she gave me to read.

Thanks again.

[SoaringSpirit]

I agree with the others. If you were attuned by a reiki master then the attunement 'worked'. The more you work with the energy the easier and better it will get.

[LightFilledHeart]

I had an interesting experience shortly after I received my Reiki Master/Teacher certification. I was teaching my first Reiki I class and doing my first actual attunement. You execute the ritual many times in the Reiki Master course, but this was my first actual attunement of a student. As I was going through the ancient and sacred motions of performing the attunement, I realized midway into it that I had made a small error and had not executed the movement with the precision I'd been taught and shown. I felt an instant of panic and dread, and the thought "Oh my God... I did it wrong! Will this attunement fail??" raced through my mind only to be followed almost INSTANTLY with a sudden blanket of warm, tingling peace that settled over me accompanied by the words of the ancient Reiki Masters resounding in my head, "No worry. We fix." I took that to mean that providing my intent was clear and my heart pure, even if I made a minor error in execution of the ritual, the Reiki Teachers past and present (who lend themselves to such things and are always in attendance at attunements) are quite capable of "fixing" whatever faux paux one may have committed in the process. It seems to be so, because the people I empowered with attunements that day went on to do amazing healing work with Reiki, and three out of four went forward to get their Reiki II certification and eventually Reiki III (Master/Teacher) certification. I now have far more confidence because I have been doing attunements for years, but each time I do one, it's a brand new experience in that I am fully present in the now, yet also aware that the service I am performing with the ritual attunement is ancient and sacred, AND that all the Reiki Masters before me are present to insure it all goes as it should. What profound comfort there is in that, not to mention feeling honored to be visited and accepted into the ranks of such loving beings! Lovely :hug:

[Enya]

LightFH, I had the same experience...lol. I used to get far too up-tight about the attunements and would draw symbols wrong or forget to put them somewhere... then I would feel my spirit friends making me giggle and assuring me that pure intent was more important than anything. When we laugh at ourselves, we step out of the ego and into a wider connection.:hug3:

[LightFilledHeart]

LightFH, I had the same experience...lol. I used to get far too up-tight about the attunements and would draw symbols wrong or forget to put them somewhere... then I would feel my spirit friends making me giggle and assuring me that pure intent was more important than anything. When we laugh at ourselves, we step out of the ego and into a wider connection.:hug3:

Oh so true!!! :hug:

[AngelBreeze]

I had an interesting experience shortly after I received my Reiki Master/Teacher certification. I was teaching my first Reiki I class and doing my first actual attunement. You execute the ritual many times in the Reiki Master course, but this was my first actual attunement of a student. As I was going through the ancient and sacred motions of performing the attunement, I realized midway into it that I had made a small error and had not executed the movement with the precision I'd been taught and shown. I felt an instant of panic and dread, and the thought "Oh my God... I did it wrong! Will this attunement fail??" raced through my mind only to be followed almost INSTANTLY with a sudden blanket of warm, tingling peace that settled over me accompanied by the words of the ancient Reiki Masters resounding in my head, "No worry. We fix." I took that to mean that providing my intent was clear and my heart pure, even if I made a minor error in execution of the ritual, the Reiki Teachers past and present (who lend themselves to such things and are always in attendance at attunements) are quite capable of "fixing" whatever faux paux one may have committed in the process. It seems to be so, because the people I empowered with attunements that day went on to do amazing healing work with Reiki, and three out of four went forward to get their Reiki II certification and eventually Reiki III (Master/Teacher) certification. I now have far more confidence because I have been doing attunements for years, but each time I do one, it's a brand new experience in that I am fully present in the now, yet also aware that the service I am performing with the ritual attunement is ancient and sacred, AND that all the Reiki Masters before me are present to insure it all goes as it should. What profound comfort there is in that, not to mention feeling honored to be visited and accepted into the ranks of such loving beings! Lovely :hug:

That is great sharing, LightFilledHeart! Thank you. Yes, you are right in that when initiating a student into Reiki and the master inadvertently forgets a step or does something out of the regular order, spirit will come in and make the adjustment needed so that there is no fear that it did not 'take'.

Precious energy must not be wasted at that moment by thinking that it might not 'take' or that you need to start over again because spirit will take over and make the proper adjustment needed, as previously stated, since Reiki is a spiritual energy modality.

I am a Reiki master of Usui Shiki Ryoho and often just identify by using the title "Reiki master" which also indicates a 'teacher' in our particular System. Incidentally, I do not like to capitalize the M in 'master' for personal reasons. There are some who will say 'Reiki Master-Teacher' and there is certainly nothing wrong with that at all given the fact that some masters appear to break the master level class into two levels, A and B respectively as you may be familiar with. And while Level A, to my understanding, makes you a master, it does not afford you the opportunity to teach Reiki and initiate others. While their "Part B" does. I was taught in the more traditional manner of Dr. Usui, who rediscovered Reiki, which does not teach that master level Usui Reiki should be broken into two parts. As you know, there are only three levels in Usui Shiki Ryoho. Level I, Level II, and Reiki Level III - master. I'm just mentioning this for clarification in case you or anyone else would have a question as to whether I can teach and perform initiations/attunements to Reiki.

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When one lovingly shares with benevolent people of like mind, something great is bound to happen! -- AngelBreeze

[ces]

Thank you both for your replies.:hug2:

I think you are right and I will concentrate now on practicing, I have been thinking so much about if it worked or not that I haven't even looked at the manual she gave me to read.

Thanks again.

How is the practicing going?

[Ailurophile]

Really well thank you Ces:hug: I am so glad I retook level 1 with a different teacher. I am not sure what happened the first time around but I got a great feeling about the second teacher the moment I spoke to her.

Everything was different and I really enjoyed the whole experience. I feel so energised now I am searching the internet everyday for more information and reading my Reiki books. I also have one in Spanish so I can practice my spanish at the same time. :tongue:

I feel like this is just the start of something great now and hope to go on to do a course in animal communication next. Coming on here has helped so much, especially the help and encouragement i've had from you Ces and other members.

[ces]

That's wonderful news about the reiki. Getting the right teacher is really important and be comfortable in the day and with that individual is key, as you are going to have a relationship with them for a long time. Your reiki master is someone who you always have a connection with through your lineage and should be someone you can ask even the daftest of questions too - in my opinion :wink: .

Whats the draw to animal communication? Are you sharing reiki with animals at the moment? I have sent reiki to quite a number of hamsters over the past year and Issy loves it.

Glad that your not disappointed, sometimes expectation gets in the way. :hug:

[Ailurophile]

To be honest Ces it's just something that seems right to me. I've been concentrating a lot on the energy healing and the communication is something that I keep coming back to, and Reiki works so well with other treatments and therapies that I just see it as the next step for me.

I have always worked with animals and find myself drawn to them, I work everyday with socialising feral cats and rehabilitating abused animals and I would really love to be able to take things that step further.

I really hope that it could help me to help them even more, a lot of the times I get feelings or insights as to something the cats are trying to express to me that I try to get across to other people but feel like I need the extra push to put it all together.