Usui First Degree Attunement

Prepare for the initiation process by mentally stating your intention for
this to be Usui Reiki Level 1 attunement.

Draw the Usui Master and Power symbols on the palms of each of your
hands, and then draw the Power symbol down the front of your body to
open yourself to the energy.

Prepare the room in which you are carrying out the ceremony by standing
in the center of the room. Draw out, in the air in front of you, a large
Power Symbol and imagine it sinking into the wall directly in front of
you...

Repeat this for all the walls in the room and then do the same for the floor
and ceiling.

Place the chair you are using for the attunement process in such a
position that it is easy to walk around it – a straight backed, upright chair
is the most suitable.

When you are ready to proceed, have the person you are attuning seat
themselves comfortably in the chair and talk them through the whole
process you are going to carry out…

Show them how to put their hands together in the prayer position at the
heart chakra, and how to move them above their head and back to the
heart, when you squeeze their shoulder.

Okay, once they are happy about everything move on to the attunement
itself…

The level 1 attunement is given in four stages.

The attunements place the sacred symbols in the crown chakra, third eye
and palm chakras. This has the effect of raising the vibrations of the
energy in the physical body.

STAGE 1

¾ Stand behind the student and place both hands over the top of the
student’s head to gain rapport and tune in.
¾ Trace the Usui Master Symbol over the student’s head, using your
dominant hand as a guide. Picture the symbol moving into the
crown chakra through the head to the base of the brain. As you
follow it on its journey, silently chant the sacred name of the
symbol three times. Once each at the crown chakra, the third eye
chakra and at the cerebral cortex.
 ¾ Squeeze the student’s left shoulder as a signal to raise the hands to
the top of the head.
¾ Hold the student’s hands with your non-dominant hand and draw
the Power Symbol in the air above them with your free hand.
Picture the symbol moving into the hands, through the crown
chakra to the base of the brain. As you follow it on its journey,
silently chant the sacred name of the symbol three times. Once
each at the fingertips, the crown chakra and at the cerebral cortex.
¾ Return the students hands to the original position in front of the
heart.
¾ Move to the front of the student and open the student’s hands out
flat with your non-dominant hand.
¾ Trace the Power Symbol in front of the student’s third eye with your
free hand and imagine shooting the symbol into the student’s third
eye using your fire finger (middle finger). Silently chant the sacred
name of the symbol three times in time with the shooting motion.
¾ Trace the Power Symbol above each of the student’s palms. Picture
the symbol moving into each hand as you silently chant the sacred
name three times, whilst using a tapping motion to the palm
chakras to drive the symbol into the hands.
¾ Replace the student’s hands together in front of the heart and then
using one breath, blow from the student’s hands, downwards to the
solar plexus, then upwards through the hands to the crown chakra,
back down through the hands to the solar plexus, and then back to
the hands.
¾ Move behind the student and place your hands on the student’s
shoulders. Look down through the crown chakra to the student's
heart chakra, and make a positive affirmation - [eg. You are now a
confident and successful Reiki I healer.] State the affirmation,
silently, three times and intend that it be accepted by the student’s
sub-conscious mind.
¾ Place your thumbs at the base of the student’s skull and say silently
to your-self, “ I now seal this process with Divine Love and
Wisdom”. Picture a door with the Power Symbol on it being closed
and locked. Intend that the process is complete and that the
student is now connected directly to the Reiki source.
¾ Place your hands on the student’s shoulders and say silently to
yourself, “We are both blessed by this process”.
¾ Move to the front of the student, remove the hands from the heart
position, and lay them palm-down on the thighs. In the case of
group attunements this step is left until all students have been
attuned.

STAGE 2

¾ Stand behind the student, and place both hands over the top of the
student’s head, to gain rapport and tune in.
¾ Trace the Usui Master Symbol over the student’s head using your
dominant hand as a guide. Picture the symbol moving into the
crown chakra through the head to the base of the brain. As you
 follow it on its journey, silently chant the sacred name of the
symbol three times: once each at the crown chakra, the third eye
chakra and at the cerebral cortex.
¾ Repeat the previous step using the Distance Symbol.
¾ Squeeze the student’s left shoulder as a signal to raise the hands to
the top of the head
¾ Hold the student’s hands with your non-dominant hand and draw
the Power Symbol in the air above them with your free hand.
Picture the symbol moving into the hands, through the crown
chakra to the base of the brain. As you follow it on its journey,
silently chant the sacred name of the symbol three times. Once
each at the fingertips, the crown chakra and at the cerebral cortex
¾ Return the student’s hands to the original position at the heart.
¾ Move to the front of the student and open the student’s hands out
flat, with your non-dominant hand held underneath.
¾ Trace the Power Symbol in front of the student’s third eye, with
your free hand and imagine shooting the symbol into the student’s
third eye using your fire finger. Silently chant the sacred name of
the symbol three times, in time with the shooting motion, and
visualise the symbol moving into the student’s third eye.
¾ Repeat the previous step using the Distance Symbol.
¾ Trace the Power Symbol above each of the student’s palms. Picture
the symbol moving into each hand as you silently chant the sacred
name three times, whilst using a tapping motion to the palm
chakras to drive the symbol into the hands.
¾ Replace the student’s hands together in front of the heart, and then
with one breath blow from the student’s hands, downwards to the
solar plexus, then upwards through the hands to the crown chakra
back down through the hands to the solar plexus, and then back to
the hands.
¾ Move behind the student and place your hands on the student’s
shoulders. Look down through the crown chakra to the student’s
heart chakra, and make a positive affirmation - [e.g. You are now a
confident and successful Reiki I healer.] State the affirmation,
silently, three times and intend that it be accepted by the student’s
subconscious mind.
¾ Place your thumbs at the base of the student’s skull and say to
yourself, “I now seal this process with Divine Love and Wisdom”.
Picture a door with the Power Symbol on it being closed and locked.
Intend that the process is complete and that the student is now
connected directly to the Reiki source.
¾ Place your hands on the student’s shoulders and say silently to
yourself, “We are both blessed by this process”.
¾ Move to the front of the student, remove the hands from the heart
position and lay them palms-down on the thighs. In the case of
group attunements this step is left until all students have been
attuned.

STAGE 3
¾ Stand behind the student, and place both hands over the top of the
student’s head, to gain rapport and tune in.
¾ Trace the Usui Master Symbol over the student’s head using your
dominant hand as a guide. Picture the symbol moving into the
crown chakra through the head to the base of the brain. As you
follow it on its journey, silently chant the sacred name of the
symbol three times: once each at the crown chakra, the third eye
chakra and at the cerebral cortex.
¾ Repeat the previous step using the Mental/Emotional Symbol.
¾ Squeeze the student’s left shoulder as a signal to raise the hands to
the top of the head.
¾ Hold the student’s hands with your non-dominant hand and draw
the Power Symbol in the air above them with your free hand.
Picture the symbol moving into the hands, through the crown
chakra to the base of the brain. As you follow it on its journey,
silently chant the sacred name of the symbol three times. Once
each at the fingertips, the crown chakra and at the cerebral cortex
¾ Return the student’s hands to the original position at the heart.
¾ Move to the front of the student and open the student’s hands out
flat, with your non-dominant hand held underneath.
¾ Trace the Power Symbol in front of the student’s third eye, with
your free hand and imagine shooting the symbol into the student’s
third eye using your fire finger. Silently chant the sacred name of
the symbol three times, in time with the shooting motion, and
visualise the symbol moving into the student's third eye.
¾ Repeat the previous step using the Mental/Emotional Symbol.
¾ Trace the Power Symbol above each of the student’s palms. Picture
the symbol moving into each hand as you silently chant the sacred
name three times, whilst using a tapping motion to the palm
chakras to drive the symbol into the hands.
¾ Replace the student’s hands together in front of the heart, and then
with one breath blow from the student’s hands, downwards to the
solar plexus, then upwards through the hands to the crown chakra
back down through the hands to the solar plexus, and then back to
the hands.
¾ Move behind the student and place your hands on the student’s
shoulders. Look down through the crown chakra to the student’s
heart chakra, and make a positive affirmation - [e.g. You are now a
confident and successful Reiki I healer.] State the affirmation,
silently, three times and intend that it be accepted by the student’s
subconscious mind.
¾ Place your thumbs at the base of the student’s skull and say to
yourself, “I now seal this process with Divine Love and Wisdom”.
Picture a door with the Power Symbol on it being closed and locked.
Intend that the process is complete and that the student is now
connected directly to the Reiki source.
¾ Place your hands on the student’s shoulders and say silently to
yourself, “We are both blessed by this process”.
¾ Move to the front of the student, remove the hands from the heart
position and lay them palms-down on the thighs. In the case of
 group attunements this step is left until all students have been
attuned.

STAGE 4

¾ Stand behind the student, and place both hands over the top of the
student’s head, to gain rapport and tune in.
¾ Trace the Usui Master Symbol over the student’s head, using your
dominant hand as a guide. Picture the symbol moving into the
crown chakra through the head to the base of the brain. As you
follow it on its journey, chant the sacred name of the symbol three
times silently. Once each at the crown chakra, the third eye chakra
and at the cerebral cortex.
¾ Repeat the previous step using the Distance Symbol.
¾ Repeat the previous step using the Mental/Emotional Symbol.
¾ Squeeze the student’s left shoulder as a signal to raise the hands to
the top of the head.
¾ Hold the student’s hands with your non-dominant hand and draw
the Power Symbol in the air above them with your free hand.
Picture the symbol moving into the hands, through the crown
chakra to the base of the brain. As you follow it on its journey,
silently chant the sacred name of the symbol three times. Once
each at the fingertips, the crown chakra and at the cerebral cortex.
¾ Return the student’s hands to the original position at the heart.
¾ Move to the front of the student and open the student’s hands out
flat, with your non-dominant hand held underneath.
¾ Trace the Power Symbol in front of the student’s third eye, with
your free hand, and imagine shooting the symbol into the student’s
third eye using your fire finger. Silently chant the sacred name of
the symbol three times, in time with the shooting motion, and
visualise the symbol moving into the student’s third eye.
¾ Repeat the previous step using the Distance Symbol.
¾ Repeat the previous step using the Mental/Emotional Symbol.
¾ Trace the Power Symbol above each of the student’s palms. Picture
the symbol moving into each hand as you silently chant the sacred
name three times, whilst using a tapping motion to the palm
chakras to drive the symbol into the hands.
¾ Replace the student’s hands together in front of the heart then
blow. Move the breath from the student’s hands, downwards to the
solar plexus, then upwards through the hands to the crown chakra
back down through the hands to the solar plexus and then back to
the hands.
¾ Move behind the student and place your hands on the student’s
shoulders. Look down through the crown chakra to the student’s
heart chakra, and make a positive affirmation - [e.g. You are now a
confident and successful Reiki I healer.] State the affirmation,
silently, three times and intend that it be accepted by the student’s
subconscious mind.
 ¾ Place your thumbs at the base of the student’s skull and say to
yourself, “I now seal this process with Divine Love and Wisdom”.
Picture a door with the Power Symbol on it being closed and locked.
Intend that the process is complete and that the student is now
connected directly to the Reiki source.
¾ Place your hands on the student’s shoulders and say silently to
yourself, “We are both blessed by this process”.
¾ Move to the front of the student, remove the hands from the heart
position, and lay them palms-down on the thighs. In the case of
group attunements this step is left until all students have been
attuned.
¾ Ask your student/s to now open their eyes, and congratulate them
on becoming a Usui Reiki 1 healer.

As with all attunements a period of settling into the energy may be

experienced after the initiation, so advise the person to run the Reiki on a
daily basis… they’ll find it to be most helpful.

Ask them to drink plenty of water too as it will assist the process, and also
help minimise discomfort if their body feels the need to dispel any toxins.