NYC Reiki Center offers a traditional, lineage-rooted approach to Reiki training spanning Level 1, Level 2, and the advanced Certified Reiki Practitioner (CRP) Program all taught by Brian Brunius. Below is an in-depth guide to each level and how we honor the Usui Shiki Ryoho lineage passed down through Hawayo Takata. 🔹 Reiki Level 1…
Honoring a New Wave of Healers On Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 5:30 pm, we gathered at Hotel Hugo’s Bar Hugo Rooftop in SoHo to celebrate the Class of 2025 Certified Reiki Practitioners. It was a hot summer day with bright, sunny skies — the perfect backdrop for a rooftop ceremony with sweeping city views. Guests arrived in summer casual attire,…
The Reiki II Masterclass is a big deal in the preparation to become a Reiki Instructor. It is the last, definitive, in-person test before receiving the final initiations of the third level of Reiki. After this, there only remains to write up the Master Project which is like the thesis you submit for your Ph.D.…
I was in the grocery store last week waiting in line to pay. A woman in the line next to me started talking to me and asked me what I did. This happens pretty often, and I usually respond to people, “I do Reiki.” The woman immediately replied that she knew what Reiki is, and…
Many prospective students ask why our first degree Reiki class at NYC Reiki Center is so long – 16 Hours, over 2 days. Why spend a weekend in our Midtown Manhattan office when there are 1-hour Reiki workshops and online Reiki training elsewhere? We can’t answer that for you, but we can tell you what…
This past weekend, the NYC Reiki Center launched our first Certified Reiki Practitioner training program for second-degree students seriously considering establishing a Reiki business, and for those seeking guidance and mentoring in their professional practice. I’m excited to see these students develop into highest-standard Reiki professionals and find their own successes in their Reiki journeys.…