RCGW News - December 2005 - Vol. 3 No. 5

RCGW News – The Opt-in Newsletter of The Reiki Center of Greater Washington
Vol. 3, No. 5– December 2005

Welcome to this issue of RCGW News, a monthly opt-in publication of The Reiki Center of Greater Washington (RCGW) in Rockville, Maryland. We are sending it to our community by email and giving it out at the Greater Washington Reiki Conference. If you would prefer not to receive this publication in the future, please click on the link at the very bottom of this email OR email us at dgleekel@reikicenter.info. You can always check our offerings by seeing our main website: www.reikicenter.info for our Reiki Classes OR www.reikivacations.com for our Retreats in Power Places OR www.innerhealercenter.org for our Crystal Healing Classes. Please note that archival issues of our newsletter can be found at our NEW blog: http://www.reikicenter.blogspot.com

CONTENTS
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*Director’s Column
*2006 Changes
*Second Annual Greater Washington Reiki Conference
*December and January Class and Events Calendar
*Reiki “Technique of the Month”
*December Specials
*Reiki Table Packages
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Director's Column
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November was a very powerful month for me personally and the practice as well. We began the month with an SSR Master Class in beautiful, mystical, Sedona, Arizona. Congratulations to Robin Littlefeather Hannon, Darren Johnson, Mary Miller, and Tom Tetley on their new designations as SSR Master/Teachers. returned in the midst of quite an emotional release, probably made stronger by the Mercury retrograde that just ended today. I felt like I needed to connect with nature and individuals, but not large groups. Also felt like kicking back more and letting my own energy build. This was made easier by the intimate classes that I taught this past month. I feel like the practice is moving beyond my own individual personality, into a new place where we have others joining in on the healing and teaching. I am VERY excited at this prospect and look forward to expanding the number of people we can see and teach each month. I have received seven applications for our new Accreditation program, mentioned in last month’s newsletter, and will be scheduling interviews with all applicants in the next week or so. We also hope to add a part-time administrative person towards the beginning of 2006. If you’re interested, please forward a resume to my email. Finally, a correction: I left Eric Fang off of the list of people who helped us so much at October’s Pathways Natural Life Expo. Since he worked among the hardest of those who helped, I am very sorry for this oversight. 2006 Changes Beginning January 1, 2006, RCGW will be making a few changes to some of its Healing Event and Class tuitions. We will also be starting a Membership Program that will allow members of our community that are not clients or students to receive discounts at our Healing Events. We are doing this to allow us to cover some of the costs of holding these community events. Our students and clients will continue to attend all of our Healing Events free of charge, as will our new members. Healing Event Changes For non-student/non-client/non-member attendees, our Healing Events will be $10 for a 45-minute session, compared to our current rate of $5 for a 30-minute session. We will be offering an Annual RCGW Membership for a cost of $60. This membership will allow the member to come to receive our monthly newsletter and attend our Healing Events (Reiki Share, Reiki Student Clinic, Healing Drumming Circle) free of charge. Our students and clients automatically become members as soon as they have had one class or regular Reiki session at the center at no additional charge. Class Changes We are making some changes to the tuition for our some Reiki and Crystal Healing classes effective 1/1/06. We’re doing this so that we can maintain an intimate size in our classes while still allowing us to keep the center going. Lodging costs will be extra. Please see our chart below for our new class prices

Classes & Workshops
Full Tuition/
30-Day Prepaid Tuition/
Available Credits/
Net After Credits/


Usui Reiki I
$ 225.00
$ 200.00


Usui Reiki II
$ 250.00
$ 225.00


Usui Reiki III Master
$ 1,100.00
$ 1,075.00
$ (200.00)
$ 875.00

Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki I-II
$ 250.00
$ 225.00


Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki I-VII Master
$ 1,275.00
$ 1,250.00
$ (200.00)
$ 1,050.00

Karuna Reiki Practitioner
$ 535.00
$ 510.00
$ (50.00)
$ 460.00

Karuna Reiki Master
$ 745.00
$ 720.00
$ (50.00)
$ 670.00

Lightarian Reiki ™
(scheduled by appt)
$ 80.00


Crystal Healing 6-Hour
$ 175.00
$ 150.00


Crystal Healing 12-Hour
$ 275.00
$ 250.00

Sessions

Our Reiki Sessions will remain $60 per hour. We will offer a $5 discount to our Members and Students on our sessions. We will continue with our Reiki Angels subsidized healing program at about 10% of our sessions (this will be in the range of 3-4 hours per week). We are going to begin seeing our clients with an Intern from our Accreditation Program assisting (with the permission of the client). We hope to begin having our new Interns seeing clients on their own after they have assisted at at least 44 hours of sessions. Reiki blessings...David Gleekel

Second Annual Greater Washington Reiki Conference
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Our next Reiki Conference will be coming up in June 2006 at the Rising Phoenix Retreat Center. We will be staying there from Friday evening, June 24 through Sunday afternoon, June 26. Among our speakers will be Amy Rowland, author of Traditional Reiki for our Times, who will be speaking and demonstrating on Japanese Reiki Techniques; Mari Hall, author of Practical Reiki who will be discussing and demonstrating on the topic of Mentoring in the Reiki community; Carolyn Musial, a colleague of mine from upstate NY who will be speaking on Reiki and Animal Communication; Dr. Adrienne Clamp, who will be speaking on Chinese Medicine and Reiki relationships. There will also be workshops on Chi Gung given by Chi Gung Master and Reiki II Ridgely du Pont and Reiki Drumming by me. More information will be coming soon.
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December 2005 & January 2006 Calendar
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**December 2005**
Saturday, December 3 – 10am-12n. Reiki Share at RCGW Gaithersburg.
Wednesday, December 7 – 7:30-9:30pm – Healing Drumming Circle at RCGW Rockville.
Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and 11 – 10am-5:30pm – Reiki II class at RCGW Gaithersburg.
Wednesday, December 14 – 7:30-9:30pm – Reiki Master Prep at RCGW Gaithersburg.
Saturday and Sunday, December 17 and 18 – 10am-5:30pm – Reiki I class at RCGW Gaithersburg.
Wednesday, December 21 – 7:30-9:30pm – Reiki Student Clinic at RCGW Gaithersburg
Monday, December 26 through Friday, December 30 – Reiki Master class at Rising Phoenix Retreat Center in Flintstone, MD.

There will be no Reiki Master Share in December because we will be away teaching this class.

**January 2006**

Wednesday, January 4 – 7:30-9:30pm – Healing Drumming Circle at RCGW Rockville.
Saturday, January 7 10am-12n – Reiki Master Share at RCGW Gaithersburg.
Sunday, January 8 – 10am-12n – Reiki Share at RCGW Gaithersburg.
Wednesday, January 11 – 7:30-9:30pm – Reiki Master Prep at RCGW Gaithersburg.
Saturday, January 14 and Sunday, January 15 – 10am-5:30pm – Reiki I at RCGW Gaithersburg.
Wednesday, January 18 – 7:30-9:30pm – Reiki Student Clinic at RCGW Gaithersburg
Saturday, January 21 through Wednesday, January 25 – SSR Master class at RCGW Gaithersburg.
Saturday, January 28 and Sunday, January 29 – Usui Reiki II Class at RCGW Gaithersburg
Tuesdays, January 31, February 7 and 14 – 7:30-9:30pm – Intro to Shamanic Journeying at RCGW Gaithersburg

Paste the link below into your browser to see our complete calendar: http://www.reikicenter.info/pages/662511/index.htm

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December Specials:
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Schedule and a Weekday Lunchtime Session between 12noon and 2pm and receive $10 off.
Give the Gift of Reiki: With each Gift Certificate purchased, earn a $25 discount on a session for yourself! Purchase three Gift Certificates and save 10%.
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Reiki Technique of the Month Using Mental/Emotional Symbol to Connect with Intuitive Guidance
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Did you know that the SHK symbol can be used to connect to your book of life, intuition, and intuition? Simply draw it on the palms of your hands, ask a question, and see what information comes.
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Reiki Tables at RCGW
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**Athena Pro Package - $588, plus shipping and tax (shipping is $47, for tables up to 31” in width; tax is for tables delivered in the State of Maryland. This package is great for practitioners who want a good table to use in their practice. It includes an Athena table with a lifetime warranty from CustomCraftworks. It also includes Posi-tilt Face Rest, a Deluxe 3-Pocket Carry Case, an Ankle/Knee bolster and three flannel Face Rest Covers, as well as the Reiki easy access end panels. This is a savings of $139 over the regular price for these items. The table is available separately for $500. We have a new purple Athena on-hand for demonstration.

**Featherlock Student Package - $499, plus shipping ant tax (shipping is $47 for tables up to 31” in width; tax is for tables delivered in the State of Maryland. This package is for students who want a good lighter weight table to take with them to clients or to use at home for sessions. It includes a Featherlock table with a lifetime warranty from Custom Craftworks. It also includes a stationary facerest, an ankle/knee bolster, and a carry case). We have also included the Reiki easy access end panel for you to allow you to sit at the ends of the table during sessions. Our price is a savings of 10% over the suggested retail price. We can deliver the table right to your home or office at no additional charge. The table is available separately for $409. Reiki Center of Greater Washington9059 Shady Grove CourtGaithersburg, MD 20877 Web Site: http://www.reikicenter.infoE-mail: dgleekel@reikicenter.infoPhone: 1-866-59-REIKI / Fax: 301-942-7853