Essential Reiki Workshop DVD by Diane Stein © 2007 Ten Speed
Press ISBN 1-58091-180-3 2 DVD set Approximate running
time: 254 minutes $35.00
What is Diane Stein's Essential Reiki Workshop DVD set? Well, it isn't
a
way to learn Reiki without personal instruction. It will give you an
understanding of Reiki and will familiarize with all the concepts which
form
the basis of Reiki, but it will not give you than hands-on experience
which
you need.
This is a DVD set which was made at a weekend seminar, which is in itself
unusual. The sessions are broken into four segments. The first segment
consists of background, success stories, and the history of Reiki (as
channeled through Ms. Stein. You may or may not agree with what she says,
but the bottom line is to ask yourself if this information resonates with
you. If it does, fine, accept it. If it doesn't, accept it as her take
on
the subject and move on. Some of it is fairly well documented, while
other
parts of it are more speculative.
This set of DVDs is designed to be used as a backup for the classes and
the
book which goes with them. Like her book, it is only the bare bones. You
need the attunements passed teacher-to-student. It is not possible to
"self-attune" anymore than you can perform surgery from a book or DVD.
Midway through the first DVD you get to see the process of attunement for
Reiki 1. Witnessing it is NOT the equivalent of receiving it. If you
have
not taken Reiki training (I have not) it may serve to allay any uneasiness
you may anticipate. There are no secrets to discern, only experiences to
have.
You also get to observe a Reiki healing. By seeing this you get to
observe
the positioning of the hands on a patient's body.
Ms. Stein reiterates often that, no matter how moved you may be by what
you
see; no matter how strongly you feel; you MUST get your attunements from a
Reiki teacher IN PERSON. It is not possible to get them from a book or
even
from this DVD. The attunements come from the passage of energy and from
experience, not theory.
She also makes it clear that her experience of Reiki, and her teaching of
it, often differ from the "traditional". Does this make her version
invalid? By no means, it simply makes it different. I'm not sure HOW
different she is from traditional teachers, but I found her to be engaging
and ultimately understandable.
This DVD set, with almost 4½ hours of teaching and demonstration was an
eye-opening introduction to the topic of Reiki for me. It is well worth
the
time to watch and, with it broken into four segments; it can be absorbed
in
small doses.
If, as was the case with me, you have no experience with Reiki, t5his is
an
excellent way to start. If you have been trained by a traditional Reiki
master, it may give you another perspective on your practice. In either
case, it is well worth the price.
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