What is an Attunement and How Can It Help Your Spiritual Growth?

I wrote this article quite a few years ago now, but I have been finding as more people awaken there are a few questions coming up about attunements and clearing symptoms, so I decided to post this as it is not currently on this new blog!

I am working towards making my blog a little library of information, so if you are looking for something specific, you can go to the main blog page and use the search or look by category for anything you are interested in. x

What is an Attunement?

Attunements enable us to enhance and accelerate our spiritual development at a rate we are unable to achieve on our own.

An attunement is an incredibly powerful and sacred process.

Reiki is not learned in the way many other techniques are learned - through perhaps years of study, practice, and guidance. Instead, it is transferred from the Reiki Master to the student during what is called an attunement.

During an attunement, the Master acts only as a channel for the energies allowing the energy to guide itself and make adjustments for each student as needed.

Because of this, the experience is always different from attunement to attunement and from person to person depending on where each student is in their growth and what that student needs and is ready to receive.

An attunement normally opens the Crown, Heart, and Palm Chakras as well as creates a very special link between the student and the Reiki Source.

Once attuned a student has the ability for life. An attunement will never wear off and it is impossible to lose! This is the same for all other attunements that are not 'Reiki'.

We all have the ability to heal within us, but an attunement helps to awaken this process.

A healing session with a practitioner helps you to heal just as well as an attunement, but receiving an attunement works like a big blast of energy that flows through your aura, body, and Chakras! It creates forward movement, not just in terms of your own healing, but also in all areas of your life.

I have also found the biggest bonus of having an attunement, which you feel drawn to, is that it helps you open up your intuition and understand your own spiritual gifts.

How is an Attunement Sent & Received?

Attunements can be received via distance (remote) or ‘hands-on’. There is no difference in the quality of attunements either way. I have received hundreds of attunements via distance and ‘ hands-on’ and have found that they work perfectly either way!

I do enjoy receiving distance attunements as I am in the comfort of my own home and then can rest easily afterward!

We are all made up of energy and it flows through us (life force). We can’t necessarily see energy, but we all know it’s there! The energy that flows through the teacher goes to the person receiving the attunement.

Whether you are in the same room or different countries does not matter at all!

Attunements DO NOT come from the person who is giving them. This person is just a channel, just like when giving a healing session.

The energy comes from Universal Source. This is basically Spirit or whatever you believe is the highest power.

The person who is sending the attunement is the channel through which the attunement flows to the receiver.

Those that have worked on their own spiritual development or in direct contact with Spirit can sometimes attune themselves.

This is how Reiki came about when Dr. Mikao Usui commenced his meditation & fast at Mount Kuri Yama. He was gifted with what we all know & love as Reiki and was then able to attune others.

What Does an Attunement Feel Like?

An attunement may be experienced in many different ways as it depends on what the receiver needs at that point in time, what the attunement is for, and how strong the energy is from the person giving the attunement.

This is why I believe it is important that you should always know about your teacher’s spiritual path and how much clearing work they have done on themselves.

I find when I give a client an attunement, my healing team add in anything else that they may need to help them on their journey and sometimes to process the actual attunement more easily.

This will differ with each teacher and how they pass on attunements and work with their spiritual guides/healing teams.

An attunement can produce feelings of happiness, peace, mild tingling, warmth, coolness, feel like a flow of energy, or all of these.

You may also see colours, light, and/or patterns and even hear Spirit. I have experienced all these things and no attunement is ever the same!

Most people feel relaxed after an attunement as it is like a form of meditation as you are relaxed and in a peaceful state of mind.

You may also feel tired, but equally, you may feel full of energy. I tend to get really hungry after an attunement or any form of healing work, which is just the energy in the body needing to be replaced.

Any form of healing may stir up emotions as part of the healing process and some people experience what is known as a healing reaction or clearing, such as headache or flu-like symptoms, which are normally of short duration.

These usually start to occur the next day or a few days after an attunement, but only if you have some major clearing needing to happen.

This happened a lot to me when I started on my healing path, but not so much anymore.

I would suggest if you are experiencing any form of clearing symptoms to wait until these have cleared before doing more attunements or healing work.

This is because the body is integrating the energy and so if you try and receive more energy it may result in even more intense clearing or you may not take in any energy at all as you are too full!

Be patient with yourself, rest if needed, drink plenty of water as this helps the energy integrate, but above all be kind to you if you are going through any form of clearing!

How do I Choose the Right Attunement?

The results of an attunement are sometimes felt immediately, whilst others need time for the energies to settle in.

It also depends on how much clearing you may need to do and you may also find, especially when being attuned to Reiki that changes keep occurring in your life, maybe even for years to come!

Attunements in my experience never stop giving as they work alongside you, helping to guide you in the right direction.

There are so many attunements out there, ranging from courses such as different Reiki styles to single attunements that can help awaken your spiritual gifts.

The best advice I can give about choosing an attunement is to FEEL what you are drawn to. If it feels good, or you feel excited or even a little nervous, then it is probably right for you! Trust your intuition.

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Blissful Blessings,

Sarah x

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