Reiki I - Shoden Certification through The Art of Reiki Collective
Where: ONLINE with DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER
When: February 21, 22, 23, 2025 Friday Evening (7-9 pm Mountain), Saturday (9 am - 5 pm Mountain) and Sunday (9 am - 5 pm Mountain)
Cost: $222 (or $555 for all 3 Reiki courses - Reiki I - Shoden, Reiki II - Okuden, and Reiki Master - Shinpiden)
Reiki is a healing art and a spiritual evolutionary practice, passed on from Master to student flowing from the esoteric teachings of Tendai Buddhism. The mainspring of Reiki is an initiation called an “attunement” which empowers and amplifies the energy of the individual.
In this series, students learn the Japanese Healing Art of Usui Shiki Ryoho, the Usui System of Natural Healing, from Beginner to Master and finally Master Teacher level. This form of energy healing was founded in Japan approximately 100 years ago by Dr. Mikao Usui. It is used in the United States at most major hospitals, including The Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic, and many others.
In the Art of Reiki Collective, we use evidence-based approaches in a clinical setting, including Biofield Imaging, to work with our clients and ourselves. In the first of a series, your instructors will introduce you to the lineage of Dr. Usui, concepts of the Subtle Energy Body, how to live within the Reiki Principles, and why and how attunement works.
The Art of Reiki Collective teaches with respect to the original Tendai Buddhist view. From that view, Reiki I is known as "Shoden" and covers:
Mudras (Gassho) for their focusing and intention power
Precepts derived from the Tendai Buddhist sect of Shugendo (9th Century)
The invocation of "the secret method to invite happiness" and "the spiritual medicine for all diseases of the body and mind"
Poetry as Path
Cleansing Techniques
Meditation Techniques
Balancing Energies
Sensing Energies
Group Healing using a Reiki Circle
Daily Practice
Kyo dake wa | Just for today
Okuru-na | Do not get angry
Shinpai suna | Do not worry
Kansha shite | Show appreciation - be grateful
Goo hage me | Word hard [on yourself]
Hito ni shinsetsu ni | Be kind to others
Once you have completed Reiki I - Shoden, you will have the tools necessary for Reiki II - Okuden. The Reiki I - Shoden course is a prerequisite to Reiki II - Okuden. Given The Art of Reiki Collective's Buddhist lineage approach, those with a Reiki I certification from another teaching group or teacher will need to take Reiki I - Shoden as a prerequisite for Reiki II - Okuden.
Friday Evening will be recorded for international students. Saturday and Sunday involve live healings, and participants need to be in attendance for certification.
Additional information on how to prepare will be sent once the participant has registered.
Your Course Instructors
Kimla Desrosiers, RMT, CHT, MEng
Kim ("Kimla") shares energy practices learned from Tibetan masters and energy healers throughout the world. She is a professional Reiki Master Teacher and Subtle Energy Healer, working with private clients and teaching in the United States and Europe. She has studied, practiced, taught and facilitated healing and awareness practices for more than 20 years in Tibet, China, India, Europe and with the Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Kimla currently teaches Advanced Energy Practices at The Monroe Institute and with The Art of Reiki Collective. She has taught Vajrayana (Tantra) with Dr. Robert Thurman at Tibet House US, and esoteric energy practices of Tendai Buddhism at Tibet House US, The Monroe Institute, Wheel of Time Hypnosis, with The Art of Reiki Collective and in both Buddhist secular and non-secular international organizations. She works extensively with reading the Subtle Energy Body, both through innate wisdom practices, as well as Biofield Imaging. She holds degrees in environmental science, and engineering, and has trained in mediation at Harvard Law School and MIT.
Kimla holds Drala Mountain Center close to her heart, having raised her children in the sangha. In 2017, she was awarded The Colour of Ashoka for her service to the community. In addition to Reiki, she serves others with numerous modalities of healing, including hypnosis, shamanic practices and psychedelic-assisted hypnotherapy. She is an author, poet, mother, outdoorswoman, and consciousness explorer.
Rev. Dr. Diane Rooney
Rev. Dr. Diane Rooney, is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Reiki Master, licensed massage therapist, board certified herbologist, certified aromatherapist, and nationally certified reflexologist. She is an interspiritual minister, served as a second-year dean at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and holds a Doctorate of Ministry in Daoism and Self-Healing Practices from New York Theological Seminary.
Diane has a background working in Pediatric Oncology providing acupuncture and integrative healthcare to patients and their families at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Diane has served on the faculty of Tri-State college of Acupuncture in NYC, Southwest College of Acupuncture in Santa Fe and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She has a private healing practice in New York City.
Her passion, in addition to studying and practicing Daoism, is teaching self-healing techniques which include Reiki, Qi Gong, breathwork, meditation, visualization, chakra healing, mental color therapy and internal alchemy.