Hello,

This is the automatic monthly post of Reiki Workshops rules and list etiquette.
If you have not read it before, please read it. If you have already read it, you
can skip this message. If something in the rules changes, which is unlikely, I
will send a special notice informing everyone about the changes and why they
have taken place.

***1. Use good "netiquette" in your posting. If you haven't run across this
term, you can learn more about it at the Albion.com Netiquette Home Page (
http://www.albion.com/netiquette) under the article, "The Core Rules of
Netiquette" ( http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html ). Even if you
have been online for a long time, you'll find that page has good tips and is
interesting.

If you want a humorous look at exactly what not to do in posting to the
internet, see Dear Emily Postnews... at
(http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html ).

"Flaming" -- personal attacks, abusive, vulgar or inappropriate language,
demeaning comments, etc. -- directed toward list members, or the founders,
teachers, lineages or philosophies of various Reiki and other energy work
systems is never permitted. Please be polite, respectful and professional in
your posts to this list.

***2. Please stay on-topic for the purpose of this group -- workshops,
conferences, classes and events of interest to beginners and advanced Reiki
people and other energy work professionals. If you offer courses in astrology,
or hypnosis, or modern dance, or whatever, then feel free to mention that in
your posts -- **as long as your post talks about ENERGY WORK courses that you
offer or clearly says why your non-energy work classes or events would be of
direct interest to Reiki and other energy workers. Please remember that folks
are here primarily for energy work events and make certain that you are not
abusing their attention to your posts for general advertising that is not
related to our subject matter.

There are many, many groups at yahoogroups and elsewhere that focus on distant
healing, Reiki for world peace, distant attunements, state and national
legislation about the practice of Reiki, general chat about Reiki and healing,
etc., etc. These are all very important topics, and very good things to be
involved in. I belong to many of these groups myself. However, there is no
other group that specifically focuses on helping people locate residential
workshops, conferences classes and other events. Please avoid the temptation,
however worthy the cause, to try to devote entire posts to these other subjects
that have many groups devoted to them already and stick with our main purpose.

Of course, if you are offering a workshop on Reiki for world peace, legislation
info or business techniques for Reiki professionals, or something similar, then
that is obviously exactly what the members of this group want to hear about. If
you are ever in doubt about whether to post a message to this group on a subject
that is near and dear to your heart or weighing on your mind, feel free to email
me privately at reikiquestions@... and ask for an opinion. If it isn't
appropriate for posting here, I might be able to direct you to another group or
forum where you would get a better response.

***3. Please remember that we are here to help each other, so please try to
answer questions or offer advice about specific workshops, classes, seminars or
events when it would be helpful.

***4. Please remember that the main focus of this group is on *residential*
workshops, classes, seminars and conferences, and on distance education NOT
simply on distance attunements. There are many other places discussing
attunements. We specialize in training and experience that comes either after
attunement or simulateous with it. This is the only yahoogroups that focuses on
training in Reiki and other energy work. Posts that are only concerned with
requests for attunements and not with training are off-topic and will not be
approved.

***5. Please do NOT post prices or costs for training in your messages to the
group. Doing so will only lead to "price wars" and a focus on cost rather than
value. Posts with price information in them will not be approved -- please
reserve price information for your website listings, and place a link to the
information in your post to the group. The same is true for saying that you
offer free training. Please keep your posts free of all price information.

***6. On the other hand, please remember that this is an international list,
with members in many countries. It is VERY important that you remember to
include where a workshop or event is being held, when it will happen, and
contact information so that people can get in touch with you. You can post
either a web page link, or an email address, in your listing.

***7. Please remember that inclusion of a teacher on this discussion list
through a direct post, or in the Links, Calendar or Database sections, should
not be taken as an endorsement of their credentials, nor as a guarantee of their
qualifications to teach and certify. There is simply no way that I can check
everyone out with a list as large as this one has become. As with all things, if
you are seeking certification for professional practice or in order to teach,
ask questions and investigate before signing up for any course.

Some energy work systems, such as Karuna Reiki, Tera Mai, Lightarian, Australian
Sekhem, and others are trademarked in various countries and may only be taught
by licensed or authorized teachers -- who are often listed on the websites of
those groups. When in doubt, ask about credentials and check with the
authorizing body.

Other than those rules, please pay attention to these message basics:

If you want to contact me privately, email me at reikiquestions@...

To send a message to the entire list, email it to reikiworkshops@yahoogroups.com
If you mix up the two addresses, it won't be a major tragedy and I will probably
catch it and redirect the email appropriately. However, please try to keep the
two addresses straight for your own peace of mind and to avoid embarassment.

Also -- and this is *very* important -- if you are set to the "digest" option
please make sure that your email software does NOT quote the entire message you
are replying to by turning this feature off in your email options. If you need
help on this, email me and I'll be happy to explain it to you. If you quote the
digest message, it will copy the *entire* digest of 20 to 25 messages back into
your reply and I will "bounce" the message back to you asking that you correct
it.

Another message reply basic: Remember not to simply hit the reply button on
your email program if you want to ask for further information about a workshop.
If you do that, your note will go to over 1,400 people automatically. Click on
the email address of the person who posted the workshop to the list, and you
will send a private note just to them. This is much more likely to quickly get
you the information that you need. This is an international list, and please
remember that internet access is paid for by the minute in some countries so
message download time can be costly. Please keep private messages off the
general list out of courtesy to others.

Also, please make certain that you have added mail from this group to your "no
spam" list in your email software or at the web email service you use or you
won't receive messages. If messages are rejected by your email address, the
yahoogroups program will "notice" it and you will be unsubscribed from the list.

Thanks for being a part of the group.

Blessings!

Will Beckwith
ReikiWorkshops Group Owner
Asheville, North Carolina
reikiquestions@...