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Reiki I Training @ Elm City Wellness

Reiki I is a 2-day workshop lead by Nicole Feltovic www.elmcitywellness.com

Reiki I (2-day class)

Date: Saturday, October 4 AND Saturday, October 11
Time: 2:00-5:30pm
Cost: $175

This course includes attunement, instruction, hands-on-practice, materials, and certificate. For more information or to register visit our website.


Reiki is an ancient Japanese relaxation technique that is now being used in many hospitals to help patients release stress and anxiety. Reiki has been proven to help lower blood pressure. It works on mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual levels to promote healing.

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An amazingly simple technique to learn, the ability to use Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to the student during a Reiki class. This ability is passed on during an “attunement” given by a Reiki master and allows the student to tap into an unlimited supply of “life force energy” to improve one’s health and enhance the quality of life.

Its use is not dependent on one’s intellectual capacity or spiritual development and therefore is available to everyone. It has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds.

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While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, and there is nothing you must believe in order to learn and use Reiki. In fact, Reiki is not dependent on belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not. Because Reiki comes from God, many people find that using Reiki puts them more in touch with the experience of their religion rather than having only an intellectual concept of it.

While Reiki is not a religion, it is still important to live and act in a way that promotes harmony with others. Mikao Usui, the founder of the Reiki system of natural healing, recommended that one practice certain simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony, which are nearly universal across all cultures.

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