Dr Ann West will be offering 1st, 2nd and 3rd Degree Reiki Master Certification Course at Pura Vida Eco Retreat in Yelapa, Mexico.

This one week course is available to all. There are no pre-requisites.

This is six days of interactive classes which include:

• Class Materials
• The complete Usui/Tibetan Master attunement
• Instruction on how to give Reiki attunements for Reiki I, II, III (ART), and Reiki Master Teacher
• The Healing Attunement
• Two Tibetan symbols
• Lots of practice time doing attunements
• How to give yourself attunements
• Meditation to harmonize the energy of the chakras

The student becomes confident in administering Reiki by practicing on each other, so that each student receives many  attunements. The Healing attunement is given and received by all  students. This class is a powerful healing experience. A class manual is included that includes all information and detailed steps for giving all of the attunements after the course.

Do you have the desire to become a healer? Or add a new skill set?

Many of us feel a need and desire for healing in our lives which may  lead us to want to learn Reiki. The Usui System is simple to learn. The  capacity to use universal life energy for the purpose of healing is  conferred by a Reiki Master through initiation and through a specific  form of teaching. Relationship with a teacher is vital to initiation.  Through exposure to a qualified and experienced Reiki Master we gain  inspiration, confidence and trust. We make a strong link not only with  that teacher but with the entire lineage of masters associated with the  practice, going back to Mikao Usui himself.

What Is Reiki?

Reiki is the Japanese phrase for “universal life energy,” or in  Hawayo Takata’s words, “God-power.” The Usui System of Reiki Healing is a  hands-on healing practice. Reiki – universal life energy – is channeled  through the practitioner’s hands for self-treatment or treatment of  others. The result of receiving Reiki is enhanced health and well-being –  physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

Where did Reiki come from?

The origins of Reiki could be said to be as old as human kind.  Throughout human history there have been those who were known for their  healing touch. This is something that we know little about and consider a  gift. The particular form of this gift that we know of as the Usui  System of Reiki Healing has its origins in the person of Mikao Usui, a  Japanese gentleman who lived in the late 1800’s and died in 1926.

As a teacher, he was challenged by his students about his unwavering  faith in the reality of a healing force. It became his personal quest to  be able to source this power as a help to mankind. Through years of  scholarship, studying sacred scriptures of Christian and Buddhist  origins, as well as living a life of personal prayer and meditation,  Mikao Usui experienced a spiritual awakening or spiritual transmission  that resulted in the creation of the system of healing we have received.

What we know has been passed on to us through a series of lineage  bearers who have been guardians and preservers of the integrity of the  practice. Chujiro Hayashi, a successor of Mikao Usui, practiced and  taught in a clinical setting in Tokyo, Japan. It was to this clinic that  a young Japanese-American, Hawayo Takata, was brought in 1932. Reiki  healed her of the illnesses that had brought her to Japan. As a result  of her healing she stayed in Japan for a year of training and practice  in Usui Shiki Ryoho, the Usui System of Reiki Healing.

In 1937, Hawayo Takata became a Reiki Master in Usui Shiki Ryoho, a  person empowered to teach Reiki to others. In that same year and for the  first time, the Usui System of Reiki Healing was taught outside of  Japan by Takata’s teacher, Chujiro Hayashi. Mrs. Takata was chosen as  Dr. Hayashi’s successor and brought Reiki to the West.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included – We provide healthy, organic, vegetarian/vegan meals prepared with love by our local staff.  All meals are served buffet style, and smoothies juices and raw treats are available for additional purchase.

Diet Option 1: Organic Rejuvenating Gourmet Diet:  your choice of 100% raw, living foods or a mix of raw and cooked foods.  Vegan, gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free.

Diet Option 2: Juice Cleanse – 100% organic liquid  diet including juices, soups, super food smoothies; we use locally grown  and organic produce whenever possible.

Diet Option 3: Combination of Juice and Food  Cleanse – 1 meal daily and the liquid diet for the rest of the day or  half juice / half food (for example 3 days juice / 3 days food)

• Reiki healing sessions – receiving and giving
• Reiki classes
• Meditation practice
• A serene location for relaxing and recharging
• Optional island tours to explore the pristine surrounding islands
• Hikes to waterfalls
• Swimming and snorkeling
• Connecting with like-minded spiritual seekers
• Healthy and yummy vegetarian/vegan meals/juices
• Accommodation in our beautiful open rooms most with sweeping views of the sea

Pura Vida offers many options for additional sessions and excursions  if further restoration or adventure is what you are looking for, we have  you covered.

SESSIONS

Note: All sessions are not included in the retreat package but  available at $75/session (some sessions may not be available for these dates, please inquire early)

• Deep tissue, orthopedic, acupressure, and Swedish massage
• Acupuncture
• Chinese medicine
• Cupping
• Breath work
• Reiki
• Ozone Therapy

• Boat trip to the Marietas Islands: snorkeling in crystal clear  waters, wildlife watching and opportunity to see dolphins and whales!
• Sea kayaking
• Standup Paddle boarding
• Snorkeling
• Parasailing/Paragliding
• Whale watching
• Birding
• Beach bumming
• Dancing

• Sea Kayaks
• Standup paddle board

Commune with nature in all its forms—sea, jungle, river, tropical  plants and birds. Accommodations are rustic, but clean and comfortable,  designed in modern Mexican palapa style, with all comforts, including  hot showers, mosquito nets, safe boxes, LED lights, hammocks, etc.

Dr. Ann West is a  seasoned relationship coach, holding over 20 years of experience  assisting families, couples and individuals. Her deep desire to learn  about the mind and how we think only increased as she studied clinical  psychology. Along the way she discovered a natural calling in the fields  of psychology and spirituality, which culminated in her earning a Ph.D  in Spiritual Psychology.

Dr. West teaches Non-Violent  Communication, in addition to coaching individuals in relationship  breakdowns towards breakthroughs. Over the past 20 years, Ann has  utilized her training in PAIRS to help thousands of couples and  individuals make major breakthroughs in their lives and relationships,  acting as the magnifying lens that allows them to identify their blind  spots, and overcome them. Under her nurturing guidance, clients can  eliminate fears, stay on track with life choices, and release the  emotional trauma holding them back.

A 3rd Degree Usui Reiki Master,  Holotropic Breathwork facilitator, Theta Healing practitioner and Life  Coach. For the past 20 years, Dr. West has taught meditation and more  advanced techniques such as trauma release to help clients recover from  childhood traumas, deep emotional wounds, and extreme loss.