New exam for reiki masters?

I have not heard anything as yet. There is a lot of news about mediums and psychics but have not heard anything about reiki yet, but that is not to say that there is not.

In reality, no there is no exam for being a Reiki Master/Teacher in order to give attunements.

It may be that some of the college courses (ITEC etc.) that are for Reiki may have included an exam of some sort, but this is the first I've heard of it.

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That's what i thought, but this woman who phoned me said she was a reiki master and that the regulatory body she belonged to had sent her notification that she had to get certified by taking a further exam/course to give attunements.

I would have listened more closely if it wasn't for my baby crying for her feed.

Still i cannot see the problem if one can trace their lineage and you are insured. However i had to ask, because you never know...i might not have heard about this "new" exam yet?!

Sounds like something the regulatory body has implemented.

Currently, there's no official regulation of Reiki, so it's not necessary unless, clearly, you want to be a master/teacher and member of that association. No doubt there's some cost involved in having to take the exam. 😉

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No doubt there's some cost involved in having to take the exam. 😉

Without a doubt!!! :010:

Very interesting this. The only other thing I can think of is that increasingly professional bodies are looking for Cert Eds etc. So even though someone may have years of experience they may be required to get this piece of paper as well. Of course if you are teaching within an FE set up anyway they would normally ask this of you or they have not they probably will do. It is also essential I understand if you want OCN accreditation for your courses even if you are not in an FE set up.

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*sigh*

1) Move this cup without touching it.
2) Cure this injured person.

Of course, the only really required question in any such exam:
1) You deserve a good kicking for trying to fool gullible people into believing you can heal them with some sort of mystical powers like Jesus. What is your reaction to this?

😉

Very interesting this. The only other thing I can think of is that increasingly professional bodies are looking for Cert Eds etc. So even though someone may have years of experience they may be required to get this piece of paper as well.

I would have thought that as a reiki teacher you would have had a certificate to that effect anyway?

I would have thought that as a reiki teacher you would have had a certificate to that effect anyway?

I am a teacher. I studied hard for 2 years to get my post-graduate cert ed, at the University of Huddersfield.

I am a Reiki teacher. I had 3 lessons on Reiki from my master across a period of 18 months.

Do the two compare? No they don't. The only common thing as far as I can see is "teacher". Where some people see "teacher" they see QTS, PGCE and other initials that only mean something in the context of education.

I think that's the confusion. Perhaps it's about expectations and how we manage them.

It's also the reason why I prefer the term "master" when referring to Reiki. I know others don't like that term, but I feel it more accurately describes my relationship to the energy and those I attune to Reiki.

I am a teacher. I studied hard for 2 years to get my post-graduate cert ed, at the University of Huddersfield.

I am a Reiki teacher. I had 3 lessons on Reiki from my master across a period of 18 months.

Do the two compare? No they don't. The only common thing as far as I can see is "teacher". Where some people see "teacher" they see QTS, PGCE and other initials that only mean something in the context of education.

I think that's the confusion. Perhaps it's about expectations and how we manage them.

It's also the reason why I prefer the term "master" when referring to Reiki. I know others don't like that term, but I feel it more accurately describes my relationship to the energy and those I attune to Reiki.

I also am a qualified teacher and teach a variety of complementary therapies including reiki. As far as I am concerned whatever you teach you are educating someone and therefore should be qualified to do so, even if that qualification is issued by your specific association.

I'm also a tutor in Adult Ed. I teach Counselling and Reiki. I actually did my teaching specialism in Reiki so can say that I am a Reiki teacher...(oo-er!)

I also teach Reiki privately (linked to a training school). We have recently made the decision, after much debate/discussion etc., to actually split the master Practitioner and Teacher element. This was because it came to our attention that one or two of our former students who we had taken up to master teacher level were passing on the Reiki attunements but without any real teaching. Mainly because they simply had no idea of how to teach. How to plan sessions; how to adapt to different learners needs etc.

As I type this it sounds so petty! But the reasons behind it were logical. We had their students contacting us because they didn't know whether things were "right"; or they didn't feel they had been taught properly.

We don't belong to any of the big Reiki organisations ~ partially because, even though we requested to be a part of and be kept abreast of regulatory planning, we never were. However, I do believe that, like counselling, Reiki will eventually become regulated by HPC or other standard regulating body.

To this end, I am currently doing an Anatomy and Physiology diploma ~ because VTCT accreditation to Reiki requires it.

I've just read back over this post and it sounds so pompous! It's not meant to so I apologise if it offends!
Glenys

I'm also a tutor in Adult Ed. I teach Counselling and Reiki. I actually did my teaching specialism in Reiki so can say that I am a Reiki teacher...(oo-er!)

I also teach Reiki privately (linked to a training school). We have recently made the decision, after much debate/discussion etc., to actually split the master Practitioner and Teacher element. This was because it came to our attention that one or two of our former students who we had taken up to master teacher level were passing on the Reiki attunements but without any real teaching. Mainly because they simply had no idea of how to teach. How to plan sessions; how to adapt to different learners needs etc.

As I type this it sounds so petty! But the reasons behind it were logical. We had their students contacting us because they didn't know whether things were "right"; or they didn't feel they had been taught properly.

We don't belong to any of the big Reiki organisations ~ partially because, even though we requested to be a part of and be kept abreast of regulatory planning, we never were. However, I do believe that, like counselling, Reiki will eventually become regulated by HPC or other standard regulating body.

To this end, I am currently doing an Anatomy and Physiology diploma ~ because VTCT accreditation to Reiki requires it.

I've just read back over this post and it sounds so pompous! It's not meant to so I apologise if it offends!
Glenys

It is not pompous only your own view. As for splitting the master and teacher that is what I do, but of course that could be said to detract from the core basics of Reiki.

As for an anatomy and physiology diploma all our healing courses require that, but again that is detracting from the original concepts.

where we could disagree is that I do not believe that healing of any spiritual nature will ever be regulated other than a voluntary code of conduct and ethics.

Having said that all our students are required to accept a compulsory code of conduct, but that's a choice we made as training provider and a charity. After all as our mission statement includes public safety we should include compulsory coc's and ethics

I can go with all of that! Sadly, some of the original concepts have been eroded but perhaps that has been due to the way in which Reiki has been taught in the West?

Whilst attending a Reiki Masters conference in Japan several years ago, a practising Eastern Reiki Master, whose use of energies was incredible by our Western standards, referred to our system of Reiki as "instant noodle Reiki". This wasn't meant in a derogatory sense, it was simply a reflection! I had to laugh! He meant that we are so new to energy work in the West that we want it all and we want it now..:).So perhaps there is a need for some regulation, even if that simply means self-regulation by the individual teaching bodies?

We, too, issue a code of conduct and an ethical framework to our students which encompasses their obligation to break client confidentiality if certain divulgences are made by the client (i.e. Road Traffic Act; Drug Trafficking; Terrorism Act; Children and Vulnerable Adults Act); or if the client has a notifiable disease.

Makes me wonder though, whether there will eventually be regulation for all therapies (if they're outlawing mediums...I mean how can anyone PROVE irrefutably that they are in contact with the dead? How, for that matter, can anyone prove that they are in contact with God? But that's a whole different discussion.....;))Counselling is due to be regulated by the Higher Professional Council from 2010 ~ all counsellors will have to have degrees or do a bridging module (grandparent clause) or will not be able to practise. This is the body with whom all medical professionals have to register ~ and from 2010 it will extend to counsellors. So is it only a matter of time before it includes the other therapies?
H'mm.

Ah well, until then I'll just keep going with my head down!

Glen

Hi ya garthur

The likelihood of complete state regulation of Reiki is very unlikely.

Volunteer regulation may happen. A big MAY! Ever so often I have a look at this process and at the moment is a complete mess. Years of work to unite many complementary therapies is falling apart. Reiki for many people in a pastime, a hobby. All good stuff of course, nothing wrong with that, but not really a good start for a regulated profession.

As for formal teaching qualifications, I have one myself and have worked in FE. But good teachers are born, not "punched out of a machine".

Best Wishes

Reiki Pixie