All Shoden students receive a FREE A3 Hand Position Poster for working on the self and others.
Suitable for: Absolute beginners to energetically experienced practitioners. No-prerequisites required. At the end of the course receive the beautiful certificate you can see on the right.
Program: Shoden is a Japanese word meaning 'first teachings'.
This traditional Japanese branch of Reiki is called Usui Reiki Ryoho.
Energy is a word that very few people can explain in all its complexities. You could read a book on it or be told all about it but it is the actual experience itself that teaches you.
Therefore a complete treatment is given and received by each participating student and many hands-on exercises are used in a group environment during Shoden. This practical experience leads to an inner understanding of energy.
Much of the course is spent working from this viewpoint, teaching you to work intuitively and to bring that instinctual balance into your everyday life. From experience it takes at least two days to gain this level of confidence. The methods used to teach this are based on both the experiential knowledge which you gain throughout the course as well as your own comprehension of technical ability.
Video - Accessible Japanese Reiki Teachings
Traditional Japanese Reiki meditation techniques are taught and practiced over the two days to build on this energetic knowledge and to aid your own healing process.
Each of the five elements of the system of Reiki will be taught to you including receiving 4 traditional Japanese attunements/reijus (energy blessing) that clear the body's meridians (energy channels). The body adjusts to the energetic change with each attunement/reiju. For some students this is experienced as a connection to a 'new' world as perceptions change.
After completing Shoden the student is asked to continue practising on oneself. This continues the energetic clearing, which was initiated during the course itself.
Healing is like ‘making whole’; creating balance in your life. The International House of Reiki sees the studying of the system of Reiki as a spiritual journey – one that is undertaken by you with every support offered during, and after, the course by the teachers.
Benefits of Shoden:
Learn to relax
Gain a clear understanding of energy work
Experience emotional and physical release
Feel comfortable with yourself
Develop your compassionate and loving aspects
Help others
Feel strong
Be knowledgeable about the system of Reiki
Receive individual ongoing attention and guidance from your teacher
Belong to an international healing community, the International House of Reiki, and receive all the benefits of the centre's great support systems
Usui Reiki Ryoho Training Includes:
The essence of the system of Reiki
The chronological history of Usui Mikao's teachings
How to develop spiritual connectedness for yourself, your family and friends
How to use hand positions to give and receive a full Reiki treatment
How to connect to your original energy (called hara in Japanese)
How to connect to plants, food, animals, crystals etc... using Reiki
Becoming initiated into the system of Reiki with four Japanese attunements
Each student receiving an 80 page manual with excerpts from original Japanese manuals and certification as a Shoden Level I practitioner
The small courses are tailor made for the participating students.
Some of the Japanese techniques taught are:
Kenyoku ho (dry bathing)
Seishin Toitsu (creating a unified mind)
Joshin kokyu ho (focusing the mind on one thing with breath)
Schuchu Reiki (group Reiki)
Recommended Reading: Prior to booking in to a Reiki Level I course we recommend that you read The Japanese Art of Reiki. This book is practical and simple and will give you a solid grounding in, and understanding of, the basics of Reiki.
When you join one of our Reiki courses these basics will then be worked with and developed upon. You will not find a Reiki book anywhere that totally mirrors your Reiki course - that's one of the great things you get when joining an International House of Reiki course. The whole professional package!
Course Times: Sydney: 10am-5.30pm & 10am-5.00pm Melbourne: 9.30am-5pm & 10am-5pm Blue Mountains: 10am-5.30pm & 10am-5.00pm Please enquire for other venues.
After The Course Support: Support comes in many shapes after the course no matter where you live. Make sure you check out our Post Course Support section on this site. We also offer you:
Contact with your teacher in person or via email or phone
An online student website solely for International House of Reiki students
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