Reiki ︎⚭ Reiki is a Japanese word that translates to the sacred energy of life. Some have called this the Tao, others the Unified Field. As we tune into this vast field of interconnectedness, we become still enough to sense that we are one with the whole. Touching this inner mystery is transformational, deeply healing, and activates an awakening of consciousness. Usui Reiki as a system for natural healing is rooted in a Buddhist perspective, a pathway to the inner awakened one who lives in us all and heals with its very presence. This inner being offers unconditional love and kindness and sees clearly through compassionate eyes. Discovering this aspect of ourselves is the Reiki way - a life-long journey.

Our training days are designed as super healing mini-retreats.

Training ︎⚭ Our courses are community focused, designed to empower you with grounded wisdom and practical tools as you step through the gates of your most transformational healing. Brighitta holds space for her students to rediscover the magic of who they truly are using the alchemy of sitting in circle and connecting to nature as a foundation for the expansive attunements. Our training is as much about embodying the soul as it is about embracing our humanity with compassion. Reiki is both an elegant and accessible practice which makes use of meditation and mindfulness techniques - this energy is who we are in the deepest sense. It enables us to align with our essence, harmonising the mind/body with the effortless intelligence of the Universe. It feels both grounding and expansive.

We offer ongoing support to help you integrate the practice after the course. Brighitta has been teaching Reiki since 2016 and practicing since 2004. Her Reiki Courses are accredited by the Complementary Medical Association. You can read what our lovely students have had to say here.

What is Reiki?

Activate your magic.

What our courses include ︎⚭
- Sharing sacred space with a small group of beautiful like-minded humans
- Alchemy sound baths for integration and nourishment
- Practical sessions for direct experiences of Reiki (the true teacher)
- Compassionate listening and support for your personal healing
- Plenty of time to ask questions, find clarity, and dive deep
- Ongoing support + guidance for the journey
- An online community to reach out to
- A meditation library to support your home practice after the training
- Monthly listening circles to give voice to whatever is arising for you

Lineages ⚭
Our teachings blend the spiritual with the practical - the healing with the awakening - from both the traditional Japanese (Usui Reiki Ryoho) and Westernised (Usui Shiki Ryoho) lineages. This provides an authentic yet balanced view of the full scope of Reiki, which has proven to be a powerful complementary therapy as well as a deeply enriching spiritual accelerator. We allow ample time for practice sessions as well as exploring theory - our extended approach enables students to feel confident by the end of the training with a grounded understanding of the energy.

Community ⚭
After the courses you are welcome to stay in touch for continuing support by joining our in-person Reiki Shares (where you can give and receive treatments in groups of 4-5) as well as our online community portal. You can read what some of our students have had to say here.

Some of the things we offer ⚭
- We plant two trees for every student!
- A meditation library to support your home practice
- Alchemy sound baths during the course
- Ongoing support + guidance for the journey
- In-person Reiki Shares
- Gatherings to connect to nature and give back to Mama Earth
- An online community with listening circles

Location

We’re based in the charming town of Lewes in East Sussex.

From Central London: 60 minute direct trains from either Blackfriars, London Bridge or London Victoria.
From South London: 40 minutes from East Croydon or 45 minutes from Clapham Junction.
From Brighton: 15 minutes
From Eastbourne: 30 minutes
From Gatwick Airport: 30 minutes

Easy to reach yet cradled by the arms of Mama Nature, our sustainable venue (powered only by the sun and wind) is on the edge of the South Downs National Park. We’re just a four minute walk to the nearest station (Cooksbridge).

Many of our students commute down from London for the day but if you’d like to make a retreat out of it, reach out and we can send you some ideas! Some of our students have stayed in off-grid shepherd huts or cute B&Bs in and around Lewes. There are many beautiful walks in the surrounding landscape, and the spectacular Cuckmere Haven beach with its glowing Seven Sisters is close by too.

For those driving, there is plenty of free parking at the venue.

REIKI LEVEL 1 COURSE // SHODEN

Reiki 1 is called Shoden in Japanese, meaning the first teachings. This level awakens your innate healing abilities and serves as an activation to reconnect to your soul. Our focus is self-healing, opening + clearing energy channels and understanding the nature of universal energy.

Tailored for beginners - whether you’ve never had a Reiki session before or have had many and read all the books - the course is designed to meet you wherever you are. Woven into the teachings are mindfulness and meditation practices, anchored with the energy of nature. Reiki 1 is a transformative container to awaken to your True Self.

In addition to a full in-person training day for healing, attunement, and practice, the course also includes ongoing development with online training and community support, including six months of group mentoring calls and a meditation library for your home practice.

REIKI LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATION COURSE // OKUDEN

In Japan the Reiki 2 Course is called Okuden, the inner or hidden teachings. Reiki 2 opens the door to the inner / hidden dimension within ourselves. This course deepens your connection to the energy and provides a toolbox full of creative uses for its application, while greatly increasing the flow of Reiki through the body. We focus on spiritual growth, intuitive development, and professional practice. 

Upon completion of Reiki 2, you can carry practitioner’s insurance and open your own Reiki Practice, or volunteer within charities and hospices. You will receive practical guidance for starting your business, with all of the knowledge Brighitta has gathered from running her Wellbeing Practice over the last nine years.

Students receive the expansive Reiki 2 attunement and learn three of the four Reiki Symbols - tools for concentration that expand the energy of our practice. This level explores Oneness not as theory but as direct experience, and we learn to send healing energy anywhere, regardless of perceived limitations in time + space. Reiki is truly the limitless energy of All That Is. A deepening two-day course of connection and discovery.

REIKI MASTER/TEACHER CERTIFICATION COURSE

The Master Course in Japanese is called Shinpiden, the Mystery Teachings. As we go deeper in the practice, Reiki unveils the mystery to us. Our highest expression of this practice is living with an awareness of the sacred woven through life. To be one with that sacredness, healing through present awareness, offering a beacon to others.

Becoming a Reiki Master is a lifelong journey. Making this step for yourself reveals a deeper connection to Reiki as a spiritual practice. Our focus is awakening to the True Self, the great bright light within. Discovering this aspect of ourselves and each other is the essence of the Reiki way. Although most will not go on to teach, this course is for the committed Practitioner to receive both the energy + knowledge of how to attune others to Reiki, and provides all of the practical guidance to begin teaching if ever desired.

ABOUT BRIGHITTA

Curiosity introduced me to Reiki in 2004. The practice gave me a new understanding of the world while I was able to connect to it in a very natural, yet magical way. Reiki is the essence of our True Self, the soul - the love that is always there. It soon opened up many unexpected doors while becoming a gateway to awakening. 

The sweetest reward as a teacher is seeing that precious expression of pure child-like awe as someone feels the bigger picture and their place within it. This practice gives us a tangible method for touching our eternal nature. I know when I see that look of total wonderment on someone's face that they’ve understood that they are part of something grand and mysterious and that they have the power to tap into it at any time. What a gift that is.

I founded Awakening Light in 2015 and have worked with hundreds of people towards healing, transformation, and awakening to who they really are. My courses draw on twenty years of experience using this sacred, generative energy in all aspects of life and my absolute love for what it can do.

I’m certified as a Teacher of the Usui Reiki System in both the traditional Japanese lineage as well as the more commonly known Western lineage. I’m a Master/Teacher Member of the UK Reiki Federation as well as the Shibumi International Reiki Association and the Complementary Medical Association. My first book, The Reiki Way, was published in April 2021. In addition to Reiki, I’ve studied Mindfulness, Crystal Sonic Therapy, and Intuitive Development.

Lineages

A Reiki lineage is an energetic family tree - the ancestry of our practice. All Reiki Practitioners can trace their roots back to Mikao Usui who founded the System of Reiki in the 1920s.

Brighitta trained as a teacher in both the Western and Japanese Usui Reiki traditions. Both have wonderful benefits to support the Reiki practice - where the Western lineage (transplanted from Japan to Hawaii in 1936 by Hayashi and Takata) focuses on healing as a complementary therapy, the Japanese lineage (which stayed in Japan until the late 1980s) focuses primarily on meditation and spiritual growth. The two together demonstrate the full scope of this beautiful system, each carrying rich information and possibility for our journeys of healing and awakening. Brighitta teaches both Eastern + Western schools of thought together on her courses, and students of Awakening Light are certified as practitioners of Usui Reiki Ryoho and Usui Shiki Ryoho.

JAPANESE REIKI LINEAGE:
Usui Reiki Ryoho - Usui Spiritual Energy healing Method

1. Mikao Usui
2. Taketomi Kanichi
3. Kimiko Koyama
4. Hiroshi Doi
5. Frans Stiene
6. Brighitta Moser-Clark

WESTERN REIKI LINEAGE:
Usui Shiki Ryoho - Usui System of Natural Healing

1. Mikao Usui
2. Chujiro Hayashi
3. Hawayo Takata
4. Phyllis Lei Furumoto
5. Carrel Ann Farmer
6. Leah Smith
7. William Lee Rand
8. Penelope Quest
9. Torsten Lange
10. Brighitta Moser-Clark

Community

At the heart of any lasting spiritual practice is the Sangha, a community of fellow practitioners. Our courses are created upon the foundation of a sacred circle of friends sharing the journey along with you. We believe that remembering connection is the medicine for every challenge humans currently face - connection to nature, to each other, and to our inherent sacredness. During the course you can expect to meet beautiful like-minded souls. The container of community is as healing as Reiki.

The Reiki 1 course includes a six month membership to our online community portal which offers:

• Monthly listening circles

• A growing meditation library to support your personal home practice

• A community of practitioners to reach out to with anything that rises (or to swap sessions with)

• Online learning to expand upon the in-person training

• A weekly remote Reiki Share where everyone sends healing to the member of the week

• Mindfulness walks in nature

• Teachings relating to Reiki, meditation, ritual and healing

Reciprocity: Healing Nature

We’ve partnered with two incredible charities who are dedicated to reforesting our beautiful planet. When you join us for your Reiki journey, trees will be planted to grow alongside your practice.

For every person that registers for our Reiki 1 or Reiki 2 course, two trees will be planted by TreeSisters.

TreeSisters is a UK-registered social change and reforestation charity that places tropical forest restoration into everyone's hands. They fund ethical, community-led planting projects that empower women and support local and indigenous communities. They have so far funded over 27 million trees across multiple locations, including Brazil, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Borneo, Kenya, Cameroon, West Papua, Nepal, Mozambique and Madagascar.

For every student that joins our Reiki 3 course, a native tree will be planted with the Future Forest Company.

The Future Forest Company’s mission is to plant enough trees to remove 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2030. They plant native, broadleaf trees on their protected UK sites to create thriving habitats for wildlife while also working to restore peatland and nurture biodiversity. They protect ancient woodlands, plant wildflower meadows and regenerate wetlands while supporting rural communities in the UK.

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