| For those interested to learn Reiki - whether they | | | | information on the subject. A significant amount of |
| are beginners or have already begun to learn about it | | | | knowledge regarding this healing art needs to be |
| - it is exceedingly important that they work with | | | | passed on from person to person and cannot simply |
| Reiki organizations in order to do so. | | | | be picked up or gleaned from sources of information. |
| Why is this so? Reiki is extremely popular these days. | | | | It may be convenient or even less expensive to do |
| It is a healing art that is currently being practiced by | | | | so, but using sources such as these is better suited |
| millions worldwide, which means that there is a | | | | to bolstering the direct instruction one receives from |
| correspondingly large amount of resources available | | | | a Reiki master or group. |
| to those who wish to learn about it and practice it. It | | | | This is why a certificate that has been duly issued by |
| is thus quite logical to conclude that it would be | | | | a recognized master or group is no less than a |
| extremely easy to just avail of one or more of | | | | necessity for those who wish to practice Reiki. |
| these resources, whether print, audio, video, or | | | | Certification proves that a person has, in the eyes of |
| online, in order to self-educate one about Reiki. | | | | those who have certified that person, successfully |
| It is indeed simple and quick - the "work of a | | | | met all the requirements - and has thus qualified - to |
| moment" in many cases - to find information relating | | | | be called a Reiki practitioner or master. Only those so |
| to Reiki. Much good information is available online, | | | | certified may be able to practice Reiki or teach it to |
| most of it for free; and many more sources can be | | | | others. |
| bought either online or in brick and mortar stores. | | | | Secondly, would-be practitioners need to be able to |
| Therefore it would seem easy enough to learn Reiki | | | | have hands-on experience and practice this healing |
| just through working with these sources. | | | | art to get better at it. Practice, as the saying goes, |
| But learning Reiki cannot be accomplished by just | | | | makes perfect. And only in a controlled setting - like |
| reading a book or manual or watching a video - far | | | | that provided by a master or in a Reiki organization - |
| from it. People who wish to learn it must find Reiki | | | | can such practice take place. |
| organizations or masters who are willing to teach and | | | | Reiki organizations, or simply less-organized groups of |
| mentor, and work closely with them in order to learn | | | | those who are interested in this healing art, are not |
| more. | | | | at all hard to find. As with so many other |
| There is one major reason as to why this is the case. | | | | organizations these days, most if not all can be found |
| Reiki is not something that one can teach oneself, | | | | using the internet. |
| not even if one has access to the best sources of | | | | |