Reiki is not taught in the way other healing techniques are taught. It is transferred to the student by the Reiki master during an attunement process. This process opens the crown, heart and palm chakras and creates a special link between the student and the Reiki source.
The Reiki attunement is a powerful spiritual experience. The attunement energies are channeled into the student through the reiki master. The process is guided by God consciousness and make adjustments in the process depending on need of each student. The attunement is also attended by reiki guides and other spiritual beings who help implement the process. Many people report having mystical experiences involving personal messages, healings, visions and past life experiences.
The attunement can also increase psychic sensitivity. Some students report experiences involving opening of the third eye, increased intuitive awareness and other psychic abilities after receiving a Reiki Attunement.
Once you have received a reiki attunement, you will have reiki for the remainder of your life. It does not wear off sothere is no danger of loosing it. The advantage of attunement is increased strength of the energy, healing of personal problems, clarity of mind, increased psychic sensitivity and a raised level of consciousness. The reiki attunement can start a clearising process that affects the physical body as well as the mind and emotions. Toxins that have been stored in the body may be released along with feelings and thought patterns that are no longer useful. Thereforea process of purification prior to the attunement is recommended to improve the benefits one receives.
Reiki has its own intelligence and knows exactly where to go and what to do. It is not necessary for the practitioner to direct the reiki. In fact reiki has a mind of its own and cannot be directed by the practitioner. It will communicate with the client’s higher self and use this information to decide where to go and what to do. The best results are achieved by simply remaining calm and relaxed and allowing reiki to work.
Because Reiki is guided by God-consciousness it can never do any harm, In addition, because the practitioner does not direct the healing and does not decide what to work on, or what to heal, he is not in danger of taking on the karma of the client. Because it is God channeled energy so there is no question of one’s ego coming in way as you are no one to cure, you are just God’s channel. And when you are channelizing energy to the client you are doing your own healing as well. So giving a treatment always increases one’s energy and leaves one surrounded with loving feelings of well-being

Aura is derved from a latin word which means air which always protects the physical body. This can be seen in photos of God. It is called by different names-magnet of body, light of body. The color, shape and formation of aura depends on person’s mental and spiritual thinking. Aura is an energy field around one’s body. The person who has negative thinking, who always wants to harm others, who has no spiritual belief have very thin layer of energy field around his body and hence has weak aura. But the person who has positive thinking or he/she is very religious and kind to others have a vast energy field and hence a strong aura.

For example

1 Aura of normal person is                     6-8 feet

2 Aura of healthy person is                    8-20 feet

3 Aura of spiritual person is                 40 km or more

4 Aura of Buddha, Mahaveer, 

Lord Krishna, Jesus Christ                   300 km or more

The cause of most illnesses and other problems is usually in the aura. The disease first enters the auric body and then the physical body. The persons with weak aura are more susceptible of getting a disease than the one with strong aura. Hence by treating the aura, the reiki healer will be working on the cause and healing problems before they get a chance to develop in the physical body. That is why if some problem starts and you immediately do your healing of the related body point the problem is there and then checked and you don’t get the disease as in cold and cough or headache and so on.

Aura cleansing is a good technique to use for removing depression, frustration, pain and sorrow out of person’s energy field. It can also be used to get rid of negative energies which we pick while moving out in hustle and bustle of everyday living. Like for children we say “nazar lag gayi hai” so our ancestors or grand grand mothers used to clean aura only i.e cleaning nazar by haldi or any such thing. That was also aura cleaning of child and he will be laughing instead of weeping in a few minutes. An aura cleansing removes blocked or sluggish negative energy from both the auric and the physical body. That is why it is important to clean the aura before starting the healing. Many types of undesirable energies such as fear, trauma, tension and even fever can be released or diminished through this method. Aura cleansing is very beneficial for the body and can be used to keep the energy field clear and prevent illnesses.
Aura cleansing takes just a few minutes and can be done when the person is standing, sitting or or lying. One important thing to be kept in mind while cleansing the aura is n disturb the patient. E.g. when working with someone who not to is critically ill, you can’t ask the patient to move on sides or front or back. So you do aura cleansing on whichever side he is exposed to you. In such cases you may not be able to clean the aura on all four sides but even then very good results are obtained because mainly the intention works.
To do aura cleansing, first activate your hands, next visualize your hands becoming large brushes with 2-4 bristles coming out of your palms. See and feel that these brushes have cleared all negativity from energy field.
There are 3 types of aura cleansing
1.     Full body aura cleansing
2.    Localized aura cleansing
3.    Self aura cleansing

Scanning and healing the aura or the energy field is very healthy. The cause of most illnesses and other problems is usually in the aura. You have to sensitize your hands for scanning. The attunement process not only open the palm chakras so that Reiki can flow, It also heightens their sensitivity to prana energy

Process of Scanning the Aura

Place your left hand (or dominant hand) away from the person at the distance of 3-4 inches, palm facing towards the sky to receive the energy. Then move your right hand from person’s face down towards the feet. Move your hand very slowly and be aware of any changes in the energy field.

When you feel any change you will know that this is a place where the person needs Reiki. You may feel coolness, warmth, tingling, pressure, irregularity or a pulling. Remember when you first begin to scan the body, your sensitivity may not be that much developed so you need to practice in this field and slowly your ability will improve. As you practice, your third eye will be activated and then you can scan with your eyes and some healers are able to visualize the distressed areas.
While learning first degree when you give Reiki to all your points then you can easily feel changes in your hands and you yourself will be telling your Reiki guide where yours or healee problem is.
Sometimes it is being seen that even after taking the attunement the healer don’t feel any sensation in his/her hands while sending Reiki to the patient. But don’t feel low or don’t feel you can’t give Reiki or that it is not passing through your hands. None of this feeling is true because the patient gets healed even if you are not feeling any sensation in your hands. It is that wonderful Reiki is flowing through your hands and healing the patient