Attuning children

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Hi Flutterbye,

My daughter was more than ready at 7 but I made her wait for a year to make sure she really wanted to do it. She did Children's Reiki I aged 8 and took level II aged 14. She's a wonderful healer,

Love and light

reikiangel

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Gosh, this is an interesting question...

I have done Reiki on Keenan since he was a baby. So I can't see why there should be a limit on the age a child can be attuned...

But I would ask the question, why you would want to attune a child in the first place?

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She did Children's Reiki I aged 8 and took level II aged 14. She's a wonderful healer,

Reikiangel, our posts crossed, and you answer my question... 🙂

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Hmmm...that's a very good question Amber! [sm=scratchchin.gif]

I guess, and admittedly I haven't really thought about it fully, I know the best time for them to learn about all things of a spiritual nature is from an early age so I suppose I'd like them to be aware of their abilites before they become susceptible to outside influence...

But then at the same time, I suppose it could also be seen as pushing them towards a particular 'way' before they're old enough to make their own mind up.

Hope that doesn't come across as garble [&:]:D

I think I know what I mean!!! Question is, does anyone else ;):D

Louise
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One attunement I would say any age, 4 attunements and the complete sacred initiation they would need to be very mature for their age and children are born intuitive, it is school and parents that close them and their third eye down with engrained judgements.

The youngest that I would give the full initiation of Reiki I is 11 years of age and only if the parent had done Reiki and could handle and understood psychic and mystical experiences. The 11 year old that I worked with had immeditate full on mystical experiences with Quan Yin and this could scare a lot of children if they were not emotionally mature enough to handle it. Level II I agree 14 is a good age if they are mature enough to handle it.

One can teach children about energy with flowers, crystals, colour scarfs etc without the requirement of Reiki and the opening of the psychic centres. I agree teach the children as early as possible about energy the youngest I have worked with was 2.5 years he is now the most intelligent and advanced of the children in the family.

Love beyond measure

kim xx

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Hi,
Children should not be attuned. A child has to live their life and then decide when they are older if they want to take that path in life. By attuning them you are taking away their lessons in life from them. They deserve the right to be a child and then they can make their own choice whether or not they would like to be attuned when they are older. You may well ask the child and the child says yes they would like to be attuned but they are not aware of the full implications of this. It is through the choices we make in our life that we learn so many lessons. If a child is ill then heal them by all means but attuning a child is taking away their childhood and placing a great responsibility on their shoulders at a very young age. It will also alienate them from other children and make them feel incredibly lonely. Whilst an adult can deal with this and understand it a child probably will not in the same way. It is not our place to take lessons away from anyone.

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Although.... I completed my reiki 2 when i was 7 months pregnant and my master said that this would mean that my baby (Jacob) was also receiving the attunement too.... so it was buy one get one free!!! However, whether or not little jacob chooses to use the reiki he may or may not have been attuned too will be entirely up to him won't it?! I don't think it's a bad thing to attune a child if you feel it is the right thing to do and surely if you ask a child they will be able to tell you if the are or aren't comfortable with it - Children know much more than us.... xx

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dip into healing.....

A very good point...

And I tend to agree with you...

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Hi Globe

Wherever did you get that information from?

Most young children can already channel naturally without an attunement, when energy work was a natural part of everyone's existence energy work tuition would have been a normal part of everyone's upbringing.

If children are taught early to look inward for their life plan and learn to follow their intuition then they will surely find life more enjoyable and a lot richer.

This will not in any way stop them from being children, they may well be a lot more knowledgeable once they have connected with their I AM divine higher selves and will certainly become more compassionate, well centred and caring adults.

This is after all everyone's birthright to fulfil their life's journeys and know what and who they are, what extra responsibilities are you referring to for someone who is energetically aware as opposed to someone who is not?

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Hi globe.

May I first ask what age you would define 'a child'?

Secondly, I personally disagree that attuning a child is 'taking away' their childhood and burdening them with uncessary responsibilities. If we look at reiki at a very fundamental yet vital level, it can be seen as a healing energy- unconditional love. Yes, there is a powerful spiritual aspect to reiki which some individuals may not initially grasp but I believe that everyone discovers reiki when they are ready to experience it. If they become interested in reiki at age 5 for example, they will probably just be interested in how wonderful it makes them feel when they recieve a treatment and want to be able to learn to use this tool for themselves. I think it is fine to intiate them into reiki 1 if this is the case- unconditional love should never be a burden, in fact, if anything I think children are more likely to grasp this concept more quicly than adults! After taking reiki 1, the child may lose interest after the inital novelty has worn off, or they may continue to use it. I think that a child is unlikely to insist on being initiated into the master/teacher level, they would probably be satisfied with developing their healing abilities at reiki 1- after all, there isn't as much 'superiority' associated with the levels as with adults:D They will progress to the next stage when they have the will to increase their personal development, and this will be the right time.

In a nutshell, I guess I'm saying:

A child will discover reiki for themselves when they are ready. If they express an interest in taking reiki 1, they should be allowed to do so. The will to "help others feel better" really is all that's needed to give a treatment folks, intent. A child is no less capable of giving a treatment than an adult.

To say that they will take on too much reponsibility by learning reiki is not true. Reiki does carry with it a responsibility to act with integrity and with unconditional love, but that's all, and in my opinion children that have expressed a genuine interest are quite capable of these things- they really are all that's neeeded to take reiki 1, so let's not overcomplicate this simple yet profound healing tool. When they start to develop spiritually, and have a greater awareness of theirself, then it would be appropriate for them to discover the 'deeper' aspects of reiki, which they will do in their own time.

I also disagree that reiki may alientate a child from their peers- from my personal experience it is the awareness of our own spirituality which can make us feel isolated- not the tool which helps us feel more in touch with this part of ourselves. Reiki for me did the opposite- when I discovered this tool it helped me feel in touch with myself and reassured me I was on the right path and did not need to desert my true self just because others told me that was what I should do.

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When we say that Reiki works for our greatest good, should this concept not be equally applicable to the children as well?

If it does, how can Reiki be expected to put any extra burden on them? Contrary to that, would it not help them growing in a more natural way with less of troubles?

I think this gift at an early age would be of great help in child’s mental and physical development? Once they grow up and wish to go the other way, they may. At least the attunement will give them something positive to start with. If we don’t do it, how shall we know whether attuning a baby can be beneficial or not?

From learning point of view, I wouldn’t mind attuning an infant and see how a “Reiki infant” behaves when he grows up. 🙂

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Gosh, so many wonderful responses [sm=hug.gif] Thankyou SO much. Stuck for time tonight but will read through properly tomorrow - you've made me think (wondered what that burning smell was [sm=scratchchin.gif][sm=rollaugh.gif]), and I've got a couple more questions...

Thanks you guys (and gals ;))

Louise
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Here's my tuppence-worth... I've read of kids being attuned at a relatively early age and apparently it's very successful, but in every case, the child has asked to be attuned. My daughter is 13...I would dearly love her to be attuned, but she has refused my every offer, so I have to respect that.

I think kids have to ask first, and to understand on some level what they are asking for. If a baby has been attuned in the womb, then that's a whole different ball game! 🙂 You'd have to assume that it was part of their own life plan. 😉

BB
moonfeather

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I keep speed-reading this thread when scanning down as "Attuning chicken" [8D]

*goes back to his corner*

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Reply to Reikiangel:

My daughter was more than ready at 7 but I made her wait for a year to make sure she really wanted to do it. She did Children's Reiki I aged 8 and took level II aged 14. She's a wonderful healer,

I must confess I had not heard of Children's Reiki specifically but I just had a quick look on google, and there are thousands of links to it. It would be unfair to quote any particular site, I feel, but I did notice two things on one of them - firstly, the price for children's Reiki seemed to be about half the normal, with a somewhat simplified "syllabus", and secondly that the site owner/RM was prepared to attune children providing that they had support within their home environment.

It seems to me that this last is most important, and is obviously the case with your own daughter. I don't think I'd feel quite so keen to attune the children of parents who wanted to pack their kids of to get "Reiki'd" without the back up of a supportive and understanding home environment.

The youngest person I've ever attuned was a 14-year old girl, a very mature one for her age at that, and she came for Reiki 1 with her mother who was a friend of mine, both were attuned totether and so were able to go off and practice on each other, and compare notes etc. I like to think that in the case of younger children, I'd keep an open mind, as and when the situation might arise.

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Hi,
Children should not be attuned. A child has to live their life and then decide when they are older if they want to take that path in life. By attuning them you are taking away their lessons in life from them.

how do you come to that conclusion, i am interested to know

dez

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Certainly a lot to think about here. Reading through the posts, my feeling throughout has been that surely children, no matter how young (in fact, the younger the better) would make the most natural of healers - no ego, innocence, unconditional love and respect, chances are they have no holdups or emotional baggage...

I can't believe that it's dangerous and I can't imagine a cleansing period like adults go through, although with my admittedly limited knowledge I don't know for definite. And I most certainly don't think that reiki is exclusively for adults.

Why does the person need to be mature?? Surely maturity carries emotional baggage from life experiences? Sorry, not necessarily my opinions, just throwing ideas into the air!! I understand totally that the child would need guidance and teachings on protection, etc.

I keep speed-reading this thread when scanning down as "Attuning chicken"

[sm=rollaugh.gif] interesting thought...!!! 😀

The post's a bit brief I'm sorry but my tummy's calling for food so I have to go get some brekkie!!

Love, light and laughter,
Louise
xxx
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Hi,
Children should not be attuned. A child has to live their life and then decide when they are older if they want to take that path in life. By attuning them you are taking away their lessons in life from them.

As with the others, I'm interested to know where you come to that conclusion.

All children are brought up in this world to "conform" to their local society's rules and regulations. This includes the beliefs, religion or not, of their parents. For the parent to choose to have their child attuned is no different from the parent bringing their child up to be, say, a Roman Catholic or a Buddhist.

Nothing, within the limits of their society engrained beliefs, will stop the child from being able to decide throughout their life if they want to use the reiki they have been attuned to or just forget about it and lead their life in a different direction.

Children get bullied and picked on during their years growing up for a multitude of reasons so having reiki will add no further to this risk. A child properly brought up to understand their beliefs and gifts will not go running around the playground going "I can heal you! I can heal you!".

Love and Reiki Hugs

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My Daughter has always shown an interest in Reiki So has my son My son is nearly 13 & showed an interest from the age of about 9 my daughter is 8 & showed an interest from about 4-5. Ive seen them both performing what they call "Reiki" on friends etc that have been hurt . & the pain has gone away. I see my daughter placeing her hands on people & I ask what are you doing & she says "Reiki".. two weeks she asked How old do you have to be to do Reiki? I feel she is starting to think about doing it but my own feelings are she is a VERY sensative child & is sometimes overwhelmed by this So i would try to put it off till she was a bit older as we all know that sensativity will become stronger. She is definately a healer though, in her own way just now. My belief is that as healers we have the Reiki energy within us any how, the attunements help us access it more readily & channell it more freely.

Just my 2p worth 😉

Love & hugs Maria xxx

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Giles, that's an interesting thought. If children can be brought up with religion since birth, then what's different about reiki. Surely in both cases a child would just accept the concepts and ideas on their own level? Of course reiki and religion are two very different things, but both have deep spiritual aspects....

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....As far as my two very young 'uns are concerned (2 and 3yrs) they are living with reiki through my work anyway and they always ask for reiki when they have fallen over or whatever so if they continue expressing interest up to the point of asking me if they could do it - i wouldn't discourage it. However, by the same token i would not push it on them either. How can reiki be even used wrongly - it's just pure and full of goodness (sounds like a finger of fudge advert now!!):D

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Hey all,

Well as you may have seen I keep popping up here and there in this forum, if you have seen me from the beginning you will know I’m the guy who was a Reiki and Seichem Master by the age of sweet 16......so young was I that the Tera-Mai Reiki association would not allow me to join solely until I was 21 (I was therefore registered under the my Mums name). This will be my first year as a fully fledged member on my own.

I started out with Reiki and was attuned at a youngish age (about 11); I worked through the levels with no less than 6 months between each attunement, which I actively looked for. My Mum is a Reiki master (although it wasn't her that attuned me, but the Master that attuned her) I wasn't pushed into taking it up and as an example my Sister who is now 15 is still in wait of here first attunement as she is not ready to want to be attuned. For me it was just like it was for many of you out there, Reiki found me and it was the right thing. After talking with some I have been told that I may have even decided to take up Reiki before starting out in this physical life........ I don't know about that, but I do know it felt right, it felt great and the day I received the Master symbols it felt "out of this world".

So if your child is looking toward Reiki then why not look out for a specialist attunement day (the one I attended had me as the eldest and the other children ranged from 7 through to 10 and the master was a school teacher so she had all the skills to make the day fit to our understanding).

Fancy more information or have a question then you can PM me or leave it in the forum so all can see.

Love, Light and Reiki

Nick

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Hi Nick,

Thank you for your sharing your own personal experience with us. What you said echoes what happened in my family. As I have already said on this thread my daughter was 7 when I started my Reiki path. She was not 'brainwashed' into wanting to be a healer herself. She badgered me for a year before I took her to my Reiki Master, who, before I even said anything, told me she was a special soul!
She was so ready for Reiki to come into her life. I was at level II then so she was attuned by my RM (like you and your Mum) and there were just 4 children (she was the youngest). They did colouring in ( one child could see auras and drew the other children's!), were given beautiful balloons (pink for unconditional love/purple for healing energy) and the knowledge of these children was amazing. After their attunements the parents were asked to sit on chairs and their children gave them their first healing experience, it was wonderful.

My daughter was never bullied at school for what she could do, in fact the teachers/headmistress were very supportive. She is now 15 but at 14 she asked if she could take level II so she went to another RM ( I was a Master myself by then but felt it best she went 'outside' our family energy). Again, she has given healing to friends in her senior school and has never been laughed at or bullied but is known to have 'magic' hands!!
She has an older sister (21yrs old) who also has healing abilities but has chosen not to go down the Reiki path but is interested in wicca work so I have found a wonderful Wicca priestess who has met my daughter, agreed she has a gift and has offered to teach her once she finishes University.

Both children have chosen their own paths, all I have done is help them to connect with those they need to know to help them on their way.

Love and light

reikiangel

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What wonderful stories and experiences, Nick and Reikiangel! That kind of experience is what I'd wish for anyone taking Reiki, no matter the age....

Blessings
Moonfeather

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[sm=animal-smiley-085.gif]Have been of-line for some time. the gas bottle ran out on my old computer.....but now we have Broadband!!
Giles, you took the words out of my mind!! Who asks a baby does he/she want to be christened, etc?

Who decides if a child should be brought up in a certain framework of religious beliefs?
What makes it right to decide that a child be "indoctrinated" to Catholicism or Islam; Judaeism or Buddhism but not right to be attuned to Reiki?.....
H'mmm

All life is a lesson. Being attuned to Reiki does not mean it has to be practised but the option is there.

With love
Glenys