Essential Reiki Teaching Manual: A Companion Guide for Reiki Healers by Diane Stein

Author:Diane Stein [Stein, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-78380-6
Publisher: Crossing Press
Published: 2011-02-22T16:00:00+00:00

1 Clarence L. Barnhart and Robert K. Barnhart, Eds., The World Book Dictionary, Volume Two L–Z (Chicago, IL, World Book-Childcraft International, Inc., 1980), p. 1,633.

2 John Blofeld, The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet: A Practical Guide to the Theory, Purpose and Techniques of Tantric Mysticism (New York: Arkana Books), p. 139. Quoted in Diane Stein, Essential Reiki: A Complete Guide to an Ancient Healing Art (Berkeley, CA, Crossing Press, 1995), p. 112.

CHAPTER FIVE

TEACHING REIKI I

You are ready to teach Reiki. All of your preparation and readiness become worth the effort when you teach your first Reiki I class. You have worked hard and waited a long time for this evening, and it is an exciting event. The workshop space is set up, refreshments are out, your handouts and certificates are ready. You are dressed and the students arrive. For the past few days, the energy has been building and so has your stage fright. You want very much to do it but will be glad when it’s over. The students arrive and the workshop finally begins.

Whatever time you designated for the start of the class, it will probably start half an hour later. There are lots of jokes about Witches Time and Goddess Time, but Reiki Time runs just as erratically late. Your first student may show up long before you are ready, and your last may come after you’ve totally given up on her coming at all. In between, the students arrive and settle in. They ask for the bathroom, find refreshments, play with your pets, and talk with you and each other. It’s beginning to look like a party.

At some point you have to start the workshop. If a student is more than half an hour late, start without her. She may be lost driving or a no-show. When people travel from out of town, planes can be late, too. The later the start the later the finish, and you can’t wait forever. Call the group together, let them get settled, and begin. If a late student comes, your first few minutes are preliminaries anyway; she won’t miss much actual teaching.

People who commit to workshops don’t always follow through. Some are considerate enough to call and tell you that they aren’t coming, and some aren’t. If someone doesn’t come and doesn’t call, she will not be invited again. Even if people call to cancel and say they want to come the next time, I find that they are unlikely to do so. Expect to lose one or two people per workshop this way. If someone is delayed, and they call to say that they are on their way, wait for them only as long as you can.

The workshop won’t start until you start it. Get the students’ attention with a voice loud enough to be heard over the conversation. If you are new at teaching, this is an uncomfortable thing to do. Tell them you are ready to start and ask for quiet. Once you have their attention, make

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