After your Reiki attunement, several changes occur in your energy bodies, which have the potential to lead to positive life changes and level up your vibration. You are saying to your soul, your higher self, that you are ready to take the next step in the life process, and you are ready to move on from all those ‘things’ that may have held you back or been a barrier to moving forward within your life.
During Reiki workshops, we include energy exercises, tools for self-empowerment, along with how to do self-treatments and, of course, how to carry out a full Reiki session on other people, but the most important action step are the 21 days after receiving your Reiki attunement. These 21 days are vital in helping your body, subtle bodies, and electromagnetic field integrate this new energy stream. As a result of an increase in your vibratory rate to include an expansion and amplification of each Chakra centre, positive changes will occur.
Regular self-treatments are an essential piece of the puzzle to both accelerate and facilitate the changes you will undergo; without self-treatments, the changes will be minimised. This cannot be stressed enough as ‘what you put in, you get out’. If you make a commitment to yourself and follow the guidelines laid out in the manuals (and below) then you are maximising the effectiveness of the attunement; not only energetically but how it may shift and move through some blockages or imbalances to help you within your everyday life or accelerate you to a new way of thinking or awareness. What this means is that it may give you a greater sense of purpose, wellbeing, peace, joy, harmony, or a realisation about areas of your life that no longer serve you or areas that you may wish to pursue as part of your path in life. That is a significant statement, but it is true, as I have experienced the same changes and many people have shared with me about the changes that have occurred in their own lives.
21-day Reiki integration process
There is a general 21-day integration process that you may or may not go through. It depends on several variables, including where you are within yourself and your vibrational resonance.
Week 1: Physical Body
In this first week, the energy will work through your physical body. Try and get plenty of rest when you can and drink plenty of water. Meditation, walks and being mindful are beneficial.
Week 2: Emotional /Mental Body
When filtering through these subtle bodies, you may experience some clearing, similar to what you would after a healing session. This is to release any blocked energy, allowing your vibration to be raised. It is an important step in allowing, acknowledging, accepting and thereby recreating.
Week 3: Spiritual/Casual Body
This week marks a coming together, a balancing of the energy cascading to your spiritual body or aspect. Continuing from this week is a journey and recognition from your soul/ higher self that you have taken a step in the right direction, on the path back to yourself.
In order to support this process, here are some recommendations:
- Self-Treat daily (Very important) A full self-treatment is necessary, and if you can also intermittently do an extra 5-10 mins whilst on the bus, in the car or sitting at your desk, this will be more beneficial.
- Drink plenty of water (there are a number of studies to support the importance of water for your body),
- Get plenty of rest and sleep,
- Meditate, do your energy exercises and physical exercise (yoga, walking, other),
- Walking or being in nature more will help, as it is not only a natural de-stressor but also kick-starts a cleansing and energy resonance process, which is especially enhanced through interactions with Trees.
- Have cleansing baths with sea salt, Epsom salts or essential oils,
- Eat good quality fresh food, organic where possible, including lots of vegetables and fruit,
- Complete your daily journal (vital in being more aware of your patterns, but also for recording your progress).
21-day process, Specific to Reiki Levels
The suggestions above are beneficial for all levels of Reiki, but there are some things specific to each level:
Reiki Level One: Self-treatments for 5 minutes per hand position, and getting accustomed to a daily practice of completing the exercises to ground, protect, and strengthen your energetic field. Practising Reiki sessions on family and friends is important.
Reiki Level Two: Self-treatments for 3 minutes per hand position and using the symbols on your own Chakras and energy field. Using Reiki chants to integrate the symbols and practice sessions on other people, or if you offer your services to the public, is even better.
Reiki Master Level: Self-treatments for 3 minutes per hand position, and/or if you have your own routine for self-healing. This includes Violet Flame cleansing, being more mindful of your energy field and energy resonances, and daily interactions, taking full responsibility for your energy bodies. The master symbol can be used on yourself and on others as you are guided. Other symbols are used in the same way, and the integration of these symbols is important too. Continuing a daily practice is important, as you have really made a commitment to yourself by completing this level.
Do not limit yourself to just doing these for 21 days, as it is essential to incorporate them into your everyday life as a way of life.
The more you use Reiki through self-treatments and practising on others, the more you release and raise your own vibration, which means you become a clearer channel for the energy. If you think of your body/energy system as a funnel that has ‘stuff’ around the sides, stuck to the walls of the funnel and water gets poured through, there will not be an easy flow through that funnel. It may take longer for the water to flow through, and thus, the flow is not at its full capacity. The ‘stuff’ needs to be released in order to flow freely. This is the same as going through your own ‘stuff’, balancing your Chakras, your energy field and by using Reiki on yourself every day, you are building foundations to better health, emotional balance, mental clarity, spiritual unfoldment, removing obstacles, piecing the puzzles, moving forward and overall life stability. In turn, the energy can flow through you to other people more freely and unrestrictedly. Following the guidelines can help you with the clearing of ‘stuff’ not only on a vibrational level but on a physical level too, by taking better care of yourself. Everything is a matter of free will, of course, and I hope you make the right decision to truly commit, which could change your life forever.
