Elemental Reiki

Elemental Reiki was founded by Rebecca Doolin. As Doolin tells it, she had been using these symbols for years before she came to Usui Reiki, giving hands-on healing from her own energy; once attuned to Usui Master level, she realised they would also work as a Reiki system. Here the Reiki energy is tuned to the Goddess, in keeping with Wiccan tradition, and the system serves both healing and a closer bond with the elements.

The symbols and the elements

There are eight symbols. Five correspond to the elements: earth, air, fire, water and spirit. You choose among them by the imbalance you find in the aura; the earth symbol, for example, slows a chakra that is spinning too fast or is too open. The founder describes the remaining three as symbols given to her by Spirit: one is for the throat and heart chakras only, one for the lower three chakras, and one for the sixth and seventh.

How a session unfolds

First the five elemental symbols are drawn over the body and the aura is scanned. Then the remaining three symbols are applied to each chakra from crown to root, and you continue with the Usui hand positions. When you reach the feet, a short visualisation grounds both you and the client. At a distance, a photograph or any object you choose serves as a proxy.

What you learn on the course

• The seven major chakras, their colours and positions; a chakra healing and awakening meditation
• A grounding practice that connects you with the Earth
• Opening the chakras and protecting them from unwanted energy
• Giving healing to yourself and to others with the eight symbols
• Distance healing and attunement using a proxy
• Giving the Master Elemental attunement to others

Who is it for?

For those who want to work with Goddess, elemental and Pagan symbols. There is no prerequisite. If you are a Usui Reiki Master, the attunement is given in a single session. If not, you first complete the handbook's chakra exercises and learn the hand positions; you then receive two attunements, given separately, with the power symbols in the second.

Elemental Reiki is a complementary energy practice; it does not replace a doctor, a psychologist or medication.

The attunement and afterwards

The attunement is given at a distance: at the time we agree, in your own time zone, you sit or lie down somewhere quiet. Your handbook and a certificate with your lineage arrive by email, and you can write to me with anything on your mind.