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@...

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIST EMAIL OPTIONS TO RECEIVE LESS EMAIL

A lot of people who unsub from this list write a note saying that the amount of
email they receive is too large. With over 1400 members, the Reiki Workshops
list can generate several dozen messages per day. However, you have the option
to receive less email, or no email at all if you want to. You can still use the
web features such as the teacher database and calendar, and browse messages at
the website that are of interest to you.

When you join the group by email, you are automatically set to receive every
message posted to the list as an individual email message. You can change that
at any time.

First, at the bottom of every messsage sent out by this group is a signature
block that contains full information on resetting your email preferences by
simply sending one email to the yahoo list manager. Here is how it works:

If you want to receive only a single email message per day containing a "digest"
of all of the messages posted to the list that day, send a blank email message
to this address:

ReikiWorkshops-digest@yahoogroups.com

(On some days when a lot of things are posted to the list, or as we continue to
grow, you might receive two email digests per day. Each digest contains a
maximum of twenty or so messages.)

If you are on digest setting, *please* remember to set your email program so
that it does *not* quote the message you are replying to. Otherwise, you will
copy the entire digest -- all twenty odd messages -- back to the list with your
reply. If that happens, the message will be sent back to you with the request
that you edit out the extra material. (You might also want to copy the message
subject line of the message you are replying to into your subject line, and add
"Re:" at the beginning. Otherwise, your subject will read something like "Re:
[ReikiWorkshops] Digest No. 15" which is not very informative and may not get
noticed by the person you are writing to.

If you would like to receive no email at all from the group, but still be able
to view the ReikiWorkshops Calendar, the Teachers Database, the Links directory
and search messages posted to the list for events close to you or workshops on a
particular subject or by a particular teacher -- things that are only available
to group members -- then you can change your email setting to "No Email."

"No Email" means exactly what it says. You will receive no email messages at all
from the group, but will still be able to view everything you wish to see
through the group homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops To
set yourself to "No Email," send a blank email message to:

ReikiWorkshops-nomail@yahoogroups.com

As a group member, you can still see all of the messages posted, and reply to
any of them via the website by clicking "Post" while you have a message up in
your browser.

If you ever decide that you prefer receiving all messages as individual emails,
you can re-set yourself to that setting by sending a blank email to:

ReikiWorkshops-normal@yahoogroups.com

This information on how to reset your email settings is permanently linked on
the ReikiWorkshops home page just above where the most recent group messages
start to be displayed. You can also reset your group preferences via a web form
that is linked on the home page at the top of the page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops

Look at the top bar on the home page that has the group title "Reiki Workshops
and Classes." At the right side of that bar, there is a link called "Edit My
Membership." Clicking on that link will take you to a web form that allows you
to reset your email preferences, among other things.

If anyone has any questions about this, or needs any help in setting their group
membership the way that is most convenient for them, please email me directly
and I will be glad to help you.

Thank you for being a part of this growing Reiki community, and blessings to all
of you.

Will Beckwith
ReikiWorkshops Group Owner

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@...

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIST EMAIL OPTIONS TO RECEIVE LESS EMAIL

A lot of people who unsub from this list write a note saying that the amount of
email they receive is too large. With over 1400 members, the Reiki Workshops
list can generate several dozen messages per day. However, you have the option
to receive less email, or no email at all if you want to. You can still use the
web features such as the teacher database and calendar, and browse messages at
the website that are of interest to you.

When you join the group by email, you are automatically set to receive every
message posted to the list as an individual email message. You can change that
at any time.

First, at the bottom of every messsage sent out by this group is a signature
block that contains full information on resetting your email preferences by
simply sending one email to the yahoo list manager. Here is how it works:

If you want to receive only a single email message per day containing a "digest"
of all of the messages posted to the list that day, send a blank email message
to this address:

ReikiWorkshops-digest@yahoogroups.com

(On some days when a lot of things are posted to the list, or as we continue to
grow, you might receive two email digests per day. Each digest contains a
maximum of twenty or so messages.)

If you are on digest setting, *please* remember to set your email program so
that it does *not* quote the message you are replying to. Otherwise, you will
copy the entire digest -- all twenty odd messages -- back to the list with your
reply. If that happens, the message will be sent back to you with the request
that you edit out the extra material. (You might also want to copy the message
subject line of the message you are replying to into your subject line, and add
"Re:" at the beginning. Otherwise, your subject will read something like "Re:
[ReikiWorkshops] Digest No. 15" which is not very informative and may not get
noticed by the person you are writing to.

If you would like to receive no email at all from the group, but still be able
to view the ReikiWorkshops Calendar, the Teachers Database, the Links directory
and search messages posted to the list for events close to you or workshops on a
particular subject or by a particular teacher -- things that are only available
to group members -- then you can change your email setting to "No Email."

"No Email" means exactly what it says. You will receive no email messages at all
from the group, but will still be able to view everything you wish to see
through the group homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops To
set yourself to "No Email," send a blank email message to:

ReikiWorkshops-nomail@yahoogroups.com

As a group member, you can still see all of the messages posted, and reply to
any of them via the website by clicking "Post" while you have a message up in
your browser.

If you ever decide that you prefer receiving all messages as individual emails,
you can re-set yourself to that setting by sending a blank email to:

ReikiWorkshops-normal@yahoogroups.com

This information on how to reset your email settings is permanently linked on
the ReikiWorkshops home page just above where the most recent group messages
start to be displayed. You can also reset your group preferences via a web form
that is linked on the home page at the top of the page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops

Look at the top bar on the home page that has the group title "Reiki Workshops
and Classes." At the right side of that bar, there is a link called "Edit My
Membership." Clicking on that link will take you to a web form that allows you
to reset your email preferences, among other things.

If anyone has any questions about this, or needs any help in setting their group
membership the way that is most convenient for them, please email me directly
and I will be glad to help you.

Thank you for being a part of this growing Reiki community, and blessings to all
of you.

Will Beckwith
ReikiWorkshops Group Owner

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@...

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIST EMAIL OPTIONS TO RECEIVE LESS EMAIL

A lot of people who unsub from this list write a note saying that the amount of
email they receive is too large. With over 1400 members, the Reiki Workshops
list can generate several dozen messages per day. However, you have the option
to receive less email, or no email at all if you want to. You can still use the
web features such as the teacher database and calendar, and browse messages at
the website that are of interest to you.

When you join the group by email, you are automatically set to receive every
message posted to the list as an individual email message. You can change that
at any time.

First, at the bottom of every messsage sent out by this group is a signature
block that contains full information on resetting your email preferences by
simply sending one email to the yahoo list manager. Here is how it works:

If you want to receive only a single email message per day containing a "digest"
of all of the messages posted to the list that day, send a blank email message
to this address:

ReikiWorkshops-digest@yahoogroups.com

(On some days when a lot of things are posted to the list, or as we continue to
grow, you might receive two email digests per day. Each digest contains a
maximum of twenty or so messages.)

If you are on digest setting, *please* remember to set your email program so
that it does *not* quote the message you are replying to. Otherwise, you will
copy the entire digest -- all twenty odd messages -- back to the list with your
reply. If that happens, the message will be sent back to you with the request
that you edit out the extra material. (You might also want to copy the message
subject line of the message you are replying to into your subject line, and add
"Re:" at the beginning. Otherwise, your subject will read something like "Re:
[ReikiWorkshops] Digest No. 15" which is not very informative and may not get
noticed by the person you are writing to.

If you would like to receive no email at all from the group, but still be able
to view the ReikiWorkshops Calendar, the Teachers Database, the Links directory
and search messages posted to the list for events close to you or workshops on a
particular subject or by a particular teacher -- things that are only available
to group members -- then you can change your email setting to "No Email."

"No Email" means exactly what it says. You will receive no email messages at all
from the group, but will still be able to view everything you wish to see
through the group homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops To
set yourself to "No Email," send a blank email message to:

ReikiWorkshops-nomail@yahoogroups.com

As a group member, you can still see all of the messages posted, and reply to
any of them via the website by clicking "Post" while you have a message up in
your browser.

If you ever decide that you prefer receiving all messages as individual emails,
you can re-set yourself to that setting by sending a blank email to:

ReikiWorkshops-normal@yahoogroups.com

This information on how to reset your email settings is permanently linked on
the ReikiWorkshops home page just above where the most recent group messages
start to be displayed. You can also reset your group preferences via a web form
that is linked on the home page at the top of the page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops

Look at the top bar on the home page that has the group title "Reiki Workshops
and Classes." At the right side of that bar, there is a link called "Edit My
Membership." Clicking on that link will take you to a web form that allows you
to reset your email preferences, among other things.

If anyone has any questions about this, or needs any help in setting their group
membership the way that is most convenient for them, please email me directly
and I will be glad to help you.

Thank you for being a part of this growing Reiki community, and blessings to all
of you.

Will Beckwith
ReikiWorkshops Group Owner

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@...

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@...

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIST EMAIL OPTIONS TO RECEIVE LESS EMAIL

A lot of people who unsub from this list write a note saying that the amount of
email they receive is too large. With over 1400 members, the Reiki Workshops
list can generate several dozen messages per day. However, you have the option
to receive less email, or no email at all if you want to. You can still use the
web features such as the teacher database and calendar, and browse messages at
the website that are of interest to you.

When you join the group by email, you are automatically set to receive every
message posted to the list as an individual email message. You can change that
at any time.

First, at the bottom of every messsage sent out by this group is a signature
block that contains full information on resetting your email preferences by
simply sending one email to the yahoo list manager. Here is how it works:

If you want to receive only a single email message per day containing a "digest"
of all of the messages posted to the list that day, send a blank email message
to this address:

ReikiWorkshops-digest@yahoogroups.com

(On some days when a lot of things are posted to the list, or as we continue to
grow, you might receive two email digests per day. Each digest contains a
maximum of twenty or so messages.)

If you are on digest setting, *please* remember to set your email program so
that it does *not* quote the message you are replying to. Otherwise, you will
copy the entire digest -- all twenty odd messages -- back to the list with your
reply. If that happens, the message will be sent back to you with the request
that you edit out the extra material. (You might also want to copy the message
subject line of the message you are replying to into your subject line, and add
"Re:" at the beginning. Otherwise, your subject will read something like "Re:
[ReikiWorkshops] Digest No. 15" which is not very informative and may not get
noticed by the person you are writing to.

If you would like to receive no email at all from the group, but still be able
to view the ReikiWorkshops Calendar, the Teachers Database, the Links directory
and search messages posted to the list for events close to you or workshops on a
particular subject or by a particular teacher -- things that are only available
to group members -- then you can change your email setting to "No Email."

"No Email" means exactly what it says. You will receive no email messages at all
from the group, but will still be able to view everything you wish to see
through the group homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops To
set yourself to "No Email," send a blank email message to:

ReikiWorkshops-nomail@yahoogroups.com

As a group member, you can still see all of the messages posted, and reply to
any of them via the website by clicking "Post" while you have a message up in
your browser.

If you ever decide that you prefer receiving all messages as individual emails,
you can re-set yourself to that setting by sending a blank email to:

ReikiWorkshops-normal@yahoogroups.com

This information on how to reset your email settings is permanently linked on
the ReikiWorkshops home page just above where the most recent group messages
start to be displayed. You can also reset your group preferences via a web form
that is linked on the home page at the top of the page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops

Look at the top bar on the home page that has the group title "Reiki Workshops
and Classes." At the right side of that bar, there is a link called "Edit My
Membership." Clicking on that link will take you to a web form that allows you
to reset your email preferences, among other things.

If anyone has any questions about this, or needs any help in setting their group
membership the way that is most convenient for them, please email me directly
and I will be glad to help you.

Thank you for being a part of this growing Reiki community, and blessings to all
of you.

Will Beckwith
ReikiWorkshops Group Owner

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIST EMAIL OPTIONS TO RECEIVE LESS EMAIL

A lot of people who unsub from this list write a note saying that the amount of
email they receive is too large. With over 1400 members, the Reiki Workshops
list can generate several dozen messages per day. However, you have the option
to receive less email, or no email at all if you want to. You can still use the
web features such as the teacher database and calendar, and browse messages at
the website that are of interest to you.

When you join the group by email, you are automatically set to receive every
message posted to the list as an individual email message. You can change that
at any time.

First, at the bottom of every messsage sent out by this group is a signature
block that contains full information on resetting your email preferences by
simply sending one email to the yahoo list manager. Here is how it works:

If you want to receive only a single email message per day containing a "digest"
of all of the messages posted to the list that day, send a blank email message
to this address:

ReikiWorkshops-digest@yahoogroups.com

(On some days when a lot of things are posted to the list, or as we continue to
grow, you might receive two email digests per day. Each digest contains a
maximum of twenty or so messages.)

If you are on digest setting, *please* remember to set your email program so
that it does *not* quote the message you are replying to. Otherwise, you will
copy the entire digest -- all twenty odd messages -- back to the list with your
reply. If that happens, the message will be sent back to you with the request
that you edit out the extra material. (You might also want to copy the message
subject line of the message you are replying to into your subject line, and add
"Re:" at the beginning. Otherwise, your subject will read something like "Re:
[ReikiWorkshops] Digest No. 15" which is not very informative and may not get
noticed by the person you are writing to.

If you would like to receive no email at all from the group, but still be able
to view the ReikiWorkshops Calendar, the Teachers Database, the Links directory
and search messages posted to the list for events close to you or workshops on a
particular subject or by a particular teacher -- things that are only available
to group members -- then you can change your email setting to "No Email."

"No Email" means exactly what it says. You will receive no email messages at all
from the group, but will still be able to view everything you wish to see
through the group homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops To
set yourself to "No Email," send a blank email message to:

ReikiWorkshops-nomail@yahoogroups.com

As a group member, you can still see all of the messages posted, and reply to
any of them via the website by clicking "Post" while you have a message up in
your browser.

If you ever decide that you prefer receiving all messages as individual emails,
you can re-set yourself to that setting by sending a blank email to:

ReikiWorkshops-normal@yahoogroups.com

This information on how to reset your email settings is permanently linked on
the ReikiWorkshops home page just above where the most recent group messages
start to be displayed. You can also reset your group preferences via a web form
that is linked on the home page at the top of the page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops

Look at the top bar on the home page that has the group title "Reiki Workshops
and Classes." At the right side of that bar, there is a link called "Edit My
Membership." Clicking on that link will take you to a web form that allows you
to reset your email preferences, among other things.

If anyone has any questions about this, or needs any help in setting their group
membership the way that is most convenient for them, please email me directly
and I will be glad to help you.

Thank you for being a part of this growing Reiki community, and blessings to all
of you.

Will Beckwith
ReikiWorkshops Group Owner

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@...

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@...

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIST EMAIL OPTIONS TO RECEIVE LESS EMAIL

A lot of people who unsub from this list write a note saying that the amount of
email they receive is too large. With over 1400 members, the Reiki Workshops
list can generate several dozen messages per day. However, you have the option
to receive less email, or no email at all if you want to. You can still use the
web features such as the teacher database and calendar, and browse messages at
the website that are of interest to you.

When you join the group by email, you are automatically set to receive every
message posted to the list as an individual email message. You can change that
at any time.

First, at the bottom of every messsage sent out by this group is a signature
block that contains full information on resetting your email preferences by
simply sending one email to the yahoo list manager. Here is how it works:

If you want to receive only a single email message per day containing a "digest"
of all of the messages posted to the list that day, send a blank email message
to this address:

ReikiWorkshops-digest@yahoogroups.com

(On some days when a lot of things are posted to the list, or as we continue to
grow, you might receive two email digests per day. Each digest contains a
maximum of twenty or so messages.)

If you are on digest setting, *please* remember to set your email program so
that it does *not* quote the message you are replying to. Otherwise, you will
copy the entire digest -- all twenty odd messages -- back to the list with your
reply. If that happens, the message will be sent back to you with the request
that you edit out the extra material. (You might also want to copy the message
subject line of the message you are replying to into your subject line, and add
"Re:" at the beginning. Otherwise, your subject will read something like "Re:
[ReikiWorkshops] Digest No. 15" which is not very informative and may not get
noticed by the person you are writing to.

If you would like to receive no email at all from the group, but still be able
to view the ReikiWorkshops Calendar, the Teachers Database, the Links directory
and search messages posted to the list for events close to you or workshops on a
particular subject or by a particular teacher -- things that are only available
to group members -- then you can change your email setting to "No Email."

"No Email" means exactly what it says. You will receive no email messages at all
from the group, but will still be able to view everything you wish to see
through the group homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops To
set yourself to "No Email," send a blank email message to:

ReikiWorkshops-nomail@yahoogroups.com

As a group member, you can still see all of the messages posted, and reply to
any of them via the website by clicking "Post" while you have a message up in
your browser.

If you ever decide that you prefer receiving all messages as individual emails,
you can re-set yourself to that setting by sending a blank email to:

ReikiWorkshops-normal@yahoogroups.com

This information on how to reset your email settings is permanently linked on
the ReikiWorkshops home page just above where the most recent group messages
start to be displayed. You can also reset your group preferences via a web form
that is linked on the home page at the top of the page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops

Look at the top bar on the home page that has the group title "Reiki Workshops
and Classes." At the right side of that bar, there is a link called "Edit My
Membership." Clicking on that link will take you to a web form that allows you
to reset your email preferences, among other things.

If anyone has any questions about this, or needs any help in setting their group
membership the way that is most convenient for them, please email me directly
and I will be glad to help you.

Thank you for being a part of this growing Reiki community, and blessings to all
of you.

Will Beckwith
ReikiWorkshops Group Owner

June 18, 2005 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Sacramento, California

Class includes:
· History of Reiki
· Lecture and Discussion
· Meditation
· Reiki Shoden Reiju (Attunements)
· Energy Work and Experience Discussion
· Practice Time: Giving and Receiving a Full Treatment and Self
Treatment

Class Size is Limited, So Please Call ASAP To Reserve Your Space
916-606-7388
Sacramento, CA

Lisa Chapman-Sorci
Is a Certified, Registered, Komyo Reiki Shihan (Teacher)
Liniage: Usui, Hayashi, Yamaguchi, Inamoto
And a member of the Animal Wellness Association

916-606-7388

http://www.Healing-Alternatives.org

Friends

Upcoming programs at the Center of Light, Ascutney, Vermont.

May 21-22
The Siddhis, The Powers of Consciousness
An explicit practice to raise awareness, build energy and stability in our
subtle form.
Sat, 10-6, Sun 10-4
A supplemental practice may be offered Mon, May 23, 10-4,  to those
attending this weekend.

Fall 2005,
Messages from Mary
Initiations through sacred sound, voices of the Sacred Feminine
The Hathors II
more in depth work with these beings of grace and light
dates to be announced.

For those whom have found sound intuitively coming into their practice,
and would like further exploration, guidance, or understanding of the
use of sound in personal or therapeutic work:

2005 School of Sound Healing,
4 in depth weeks of practitioner trainings, beginning June 1-5, + July,
Aug, October, in MA and VT
http://thecenteroflight.net/SoundHealersTraining.html

The Science and Spirit of Sound
New England Sound Healing Research Institute's 2nd Annual Conference,
Northampton, MA  June 24-26.
Including major teachers/workshops and classes,worldpuja.org live web
broadcast, world healing music concerts
Additional information, including costs, schedule, accomodations should
be up over weekend.
http://thecenteroflight.net/NESHRIConfII.html

"Returning to Beauty," shamanic programs incorporating the Karpay
initiations,
in the high Alps of Austria, Sept 28- Oct 2, and sacred sites in
Vermont, August 17-21
http://thecenteroflight.net/EarthMysteries.html

Hatun Karpay, The Great Initiation, into Incan mystic traditions,
with Juan Nunez del Prado, in Peru, Sept 2-14
http://thecenteroflight.net/KarpayPeru2005.html

(Please note:  we have had a server problem with our mails, and some
have not been received.  Please keep sending if we do not respond, call
us at 802.674.9585, or use the mail address sunreed@...
(please use this only for private mail, not mail lists, etc.  thank you.))

I will be adding a couple of brief new articles on sound and chanting
over the weekend at:
http://thecenteroflight.net/Articles.html
I hope to include an exercise most of my students find very helpful in
learning how to attune to and voice sacred sound.
Check in later in the weekend!
Please let us know how we can assist further.

Blessings, enjoy this delicious spring!  Good soundings!!
Zacciah Blackburn
The Center of Light
P.O. Box 389
Ascutney VT  05030
802.674.9585
http://www.thecenteroflight.net
http://thecenteroflight.net/SoundHealersTraining.html


Zacciah Blackburn is a sound healer trained in classical healing and
shamanic traditions, and sacred sound cultures, and is practicing in
Ascutney, VT, USA.  Zacciah is Director of Education for the New England
Sound Healing Research Institute, a world wide community of healing
practitioners broadening the awareness of sound healing through
networking, education, and scientific research.  He is also Co-Founder
of the World Sound Healing Organization, a non-profit organization
joining the efforts of numerous individuals and organizations world
wide, dedicated to service to this planet, to its healing and growth,
and to the elevation of human consciousness, embracing the use of sound
as a healing catalyst in simple ceremony throughout the world.

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Just to remind everyone that I organise Reiki shares and socials with
Reiki minded folk on a regular basis.  The next share is in Chiswick
on Saturday May 21st. Join meetup.com to get regular updates, or click
  on this link to find out more about next Saturday.  You dont have to
be a member of the group to come along.  I expect some of us will go
out for a meal afterwards also to which you will also be welcome.

http://reiki.meetup.com/10/events/4425904/

Suzie

The authors of the Reiki Sourcebook and the Japanese Art of Reiki,
Frans and Bronwen Stiene and internationally renowned Reiki teacher,
Tom Rigler will be in the UK, in Scotland in October 2005 teaching
various Reiki courses.
For more information please see
http://www.thistletherapy.co.uk/tom.asp
http://www.thistletherapy.co.uk/stiene.asp

regards
Rachel

Interested in Reiki, Tui-Na Massage or Regression?
I am a Usui Reiki Master in Madrid (Spain)
Contact: escobarcereza@...
Fone:626847277

Interesaado en Reiki, Masaje Tui-Na o Terapia de Regresión?
Soy un Maestro de Reiki Usui en Madrid (España).
Contacto: escobarcereza@...
Telefono: 626847277

(FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN TAKING REIKI WORKSHOPS, INDIVIDUAL TRAINING
IS GIVEN IN MUMBAI. FOR DETAILS, MAIL TO rekhakale_reiki@...)

BENEFITS OF REIKI:

Lasts a lifetime.
Helps relieve pain.
Strengthens intuition.
Promotes spiritual growth.
Works with animals and plants.
Reiki balances the immune system.
Alleviates tiredness & aching muscles.
Reduces stress and promotes relaxation.
Reiki does not conflict with religious beliefs.
It enhances medication and quickens healing.
Reiki starts to flow when you touch something.
Maintains mental, physical & emotional balance.
Vitalizes both body & soul of client and practitioner.
Reiki does not interfere with any medical treatment.
Promotes self-actualizing, goodwill, peace and serenity.
Beneficial in reducing anxiety & lowering blood pressure.
Promotes loving, caring, growing, compassion and trusting.
Heals the cause, and eliminates the effect of the imbalance.
Reiki is releaser, activator, energizer, transformer of energy.
Reiki is an intelligent energy which goes to the greatest need.
Reiki is a complimentary, natural healing & helping method.
This key opens cellular memory stored on all levels of being.

Note: If someone is dying, Reiki may not help them live. However,
Reiki may be used to help make their transition easier and give them
peace of mind.

The Reiki/Seichem workshops are personalised by keeping the group to
a maximum of 4.  For information on workshop dates for Reiki/Seichem
and other new age workshops contact me on: caroline_rsm@...

I'm also offering an online course in Usui Reiki 1-3.   In addition
to having online modules including exercises these classes also
include access to a reiki discussion group.   Link to access
information below

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/DS_ReikiCircle/

Dave Scarbrough

Summer is just around the corner.
There are Reiki opportunities at every level.
Sign up today!


           Reiki I                            June 19        12-5pm     New
Brunswick
                                       or      August 7      12-5pm      New
Brunswick
           Reiki II                           July 17         12-6pm     Long
Branch
           Reiki Master/Teacher      June 11-12    11-6pm     Long Branch

And....

Summer 2005 Training Special
on Individual Reiki II or III Reiki Training
in July or August


          For individual Reiki II and III trainings, please email Sea to arrange
a date.
Have a small group and location in Central NJ? Email to arrange your own class!

For more information, visit the Experience Reiki NJ website or email Sea at
ReikiNJ@....

Healing Blessings,

Sea




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Advanced Crystal Healing Workshop,  July 3rd, 2005 in Edgeley, Stockport,
Cheshire, U.K.

Working with Crystals
Exploring Tom's powerful healing methods
Using clear quartz from the Sweet Surrender Mine Arkansas

This wonderful workshop will cover the following:


You will be working with the energies of :-

Rhodochrosite - for Inner Child healing, merging the energies of the lower

   three chakras with the energies of the top three chakras, through the heart

Azurite for connection and vision. cutting through old outdated belief systems

and opening to a deeper understanding of life

and

Dioptase for healing the inner-most portions of the heart chakra and heart by

renewing love's ability to heal any wound no matter how deep.

Your crystals may be purchased at the end of the workshop day.
(We know how difficult they are to part with!)

Enquires and booking: Amanda Baker 0161 374 1565
Email: amandabaker_01@...

Pre-requisite of this workshop is to have completed the first workshop and
have
worked with the energies for a minimum of 3 months.

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The Introductory Crystal Day with Tom Rigler.  July 2nd, 2005, Chatham
Street Spiritualist Church, Edgeley,
Stockport, Cheshire U.K.


Working with Crystals
Exploring Tom’s powerful healing methods
Using clear quartz from the Sweet Surrender Mine Arkansas

This wonderful workshop will cover the following:-

Selecting and clearing a crystal – Care and feeding.
Different crystal types and their uses
Using crystals to enhance your meditation, sleep and healing.
Crystal programming – Grids and layouts – Sending energy – Accessing
information
Balancing charkas – Chakra work
Using crystals to energise essences

You will also personally receive a beautiful attunement
To crystalline energies to enhance
Your resonance with the crystalline kingdom.

Your crystals may be purchased at the end of the workshop day.
(we know how difficult they are to part with!).

Enquires and booking: Amanda Baker 0161 374 1565
Email: amandabaker_01@...

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Tom Rigler will be teaching a master class for Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki on
Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10 in Manchester, England.

SSR is a healing matrix that is a unique integration of these three
related, yet distinct, multidimensional energies.  The founder of this
system is Diane Shrewmaker.

Come to this place to learn, to grow, to heal, and to express your soul
purpose.

It is common for the recipient of SSR to have the experience of a new
beginning and rebirth of life, together with a greater sense of meaning and
purpose and an expanded awareness of self in relation to the universal
whole.  SSR can also assist a person in finding his or her spirit guides,
angels, the ascended masters and the Source of      ALL LOVE.

Where Reiki leaves off in this latter function, the multi-dimensional
living light energy of Seichim takes over.  Seichim dissolves barriers to
the higher self, activates and strengthens the light body and opens and
enhances one's connection to the Source.

Sekhem is an Egyptian word, meaning power or might.

I come from ALL LOVE
I am ALL LOVE
I allow ALL LOVE to flow through me
I give ALL LOVE
LOVE IS ALL

"Each of us who has been inspired and touched by the living light of the
SKHM energy stream are a part of a greater cosmic family of love and
light.  It is my heartfelt desire and hope that one day we can all realise
this unity and live as one."  Patrick Scott Ziegler, founder of the SKHM
energy healing.

Tom has worked closely with both Diane Shrewmaker and Patrick Ziegler for
many years with this energy, the depth of which is demonstrated in his
classes and the powerful manifestation of the energy.

This class will take you through from facet 1 through to master teacher
level over a weekend.

For more information, contact Amanda Baker at 0161 374 1565 to book in for
the workshop.  Or email
amandabaker_01@...

You may also email Tom Rigler at Lotus@...  for additional
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May 7
Essential Oils for healing
Clearing Areas of negativity

May 14
Discover your Lifes Purpose
Working with Nature Spirits

May 21
Working with the Stone People for Health, Protection, Abundance
Healing with Light and Color

May 28
Communicating with all life forms
Healing with sound

There are many other classes and the costs which can all be found on
my website   www.healingthruspirit.com

Discover Energy Healing.

Take your life into your own hands, start a journey of healing, well-being and
transformation.

Reiki I workshop in Kells (Co.Meath).
Saturday 11th @ 11am - 5 pm
Sunday 12th : 11 am - 4 pm

For information and bookings contact:
Flore 087 21 72 393

Reiki training every first weekend - year round.
Mt. Charleston, Red Rock, Valley of Fire or Lake Mead.

Anthony Glenn Agee, internationally known energy expert, author of numerous
publications, and Traditional Reiki Master Teacher, will be presenting special
classes at the Advanced Reiki Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, this July.

His Advanced Reiki Technique class will cover new and practical information on
methods pioneered by Anthony, such as Reiki Stacks, Reiki Programs, the Reiki
Empowerment Ceremony, the Advanced Michael Sword, Causal and Etheric Body
Balancing, and many more.

It will also include special attunements in Pilipino Psychic Surgery, Gemstone
Reiki and Extended Gemstone Reiki taught nowhere else.  You will leave this
highly practical and experiential workshop with a host of new methods and
techniques you can use in your practice or teaching.  Full details, registration
information and the special ARI low price can be found at:

http://www.reikiretreats.com/classes/agee0507a.php

Anthony will also be teaching a one day workshop on Advanced Crystal Grid
Creation.

Another practical, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to combine Reiki with
the current advances being made in crystal and crystal grid technologies for
healing, spiritual growth and manifestation.  The methods taught in this class
go far beyond anything else you have learned in any previous class and are based
on Anthony's years of Reiki and energy-work experience.

You will not only learn the differences between types of crystals, what they are
best used for, and how to select them.  You will also learn advanced methods of
charging and attuning them, comprehensive descriptions of the best current
crystal grids in use, their energetic make-up, and their most effective use in
actual healing sessions with clients.

Extensive coverage will be given of the actual construction of crystal grids,
their applications and uses. Each student will leave the class with a powerfully
charged crystal grid and the complete knowledge of how to use it for healing,
growth, and manifestation

You will also benefit from Anthony's years of experience working with Devas and
Crystals as well as information that will enhance and elevate the effectiveness
of all your Reiki practice by incorporating Devic Intelligence and special
advanced Reiki guides.

Here is the link for more information:

http://www.reikiretreats.com/classes/agee0507b.php

Join us for these special workshops with a well known and respected Master
Teacher.  Complete information is on the website at

http://www.reikiretreats.com

Please visit this site for details

http://www.fsbazi.com/chios/distance.html

Thank You