How a Reiki Attunement Actually Works

A few week’s ago, I had a student who discovered at the last moment, that she was not going to be able to attend her Reiki level 1 class. She asked if she could catch up by watching the recording of it instead, which I agreed to, on the proviso that as soon after watching the recording as possible, we would arrange for her to have her own live attunement.

Now, when I make a recording of a class, I leave the recording running through the 15 to 20 minute period when I’m doing the attunements for the students on the class. My camera is off and there is no sound other than my voice at the start and the end. Obviously, if you’re attending the class just via the recording after the event, why on earth would you sit through this? Just skip forward to when the class picks up again. But no, this student closed her eyes and sat through that portion of the recording as if she were at the live class receiving the attunement.

What happened? She actually received the attunement as if she had in fact attended the live class. She felt tingling and warmth in her hands, energy moving down her arms, and she was able to give herself an effective Reiki treatment. I knew nothing of this until she told me about it a day later.

When she eventually attended her scheduled session for her own live attunement, it became obvious that she didn’t need it. The orientation had already taken place. I did the live attunement anyway, for no other reason than, well…just because. This was all new to me and I wasn’t confident about her video-delivered attunement, so made sure by giving her the live attunement anyway.

Since then, I’ve encouraged other students to try re-experiencing their attunements by going back to the recordings of their classes and they all report experiencing a strong energetic event, so clearly something powerful is happening.

But that experience raised some interesting questions for me, key amongst them: Just how does a Reiki attunement work?

My new Knowledge Centre article ‘How Does a Reiki Attunement Work?’ addresses all of these issues with examples from my own experience of giving Reiki attunements. And if you’d rather watch a video about it than read, there’s a YouTube video embedded at the top of the article.

News / Teaching Insight

Valentine’s Day is coming up, so it’s the perfect opportunity to talk about Reiki and Relationships!

One of the amazing effects of regular Reiki practice that I’ve seen over the years, is how it changes the quality of people’s relationships.

If you practise Reiki regularly, you’re doing something that shifts the energetic state you are operating from. It basically raises your vibration to a higher state, and that can have a direct impact on how others resonate with you.

As you work on yourself with Reiki, you tend to come into alignment with people who match that state. You naturally draw people who resonate with where you are. It means that you are not constantly trying to make relationships work through force, compromise or lowering your expectations.

Because Reiki practice raises and stabilises your own energy, the people you attract tend to reflect that. They feel easier to be around. Communication is simpler. There’s less friction. You’re not constantly compensating for misalignment.

This doesn’t just apply to intimate relationships. It shows up socially and professionally as well. Reiki people often find that others want to be around them more, trust them more, and feel more comfortable in their presence. It’s a by-product of the energetic field they’re generating through regular practice.

Reiki can also be used directly within relationships. Through meditation and focused practice, you can apply Reiki to difficulties that inevitably come up. Sometimes that means smoothing over tensions but sometimes it’s about bringing clarity around the need for fundamental change.

Reiki never guarantees a specific result, but it creates the conditions for honesty, alignment, and movement where things have become stuck.

Used this way, Reiki is a powerful tool for improving relationships of all kinds. Not by manipulating outcomes, but by changing the energetic ground from which those relationships are formed and maintained.

Check out my Reiki for Relationships download either for yourself or for a loved one this Valentine’s Day?

Upcoming Events

If you’re considering continuing your training or stepping in for the first time, here are the next courses coming up:

• Reiki Level 3B – 13th / 14th February

• Reiki Level 1 – 19th / 20th February

• Reiki Level 2 – 27th / 28th February

Each course is taught live, with clear structure, guided practice, and integration support + you get the recording of the class to review later also.

👉 Check out my Courses page.

All the best,

Steve