Notice of an Annual General Meeting of The Reiki Association

We give notice of the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of The Reiki Association. The meeting will be held on Sunday September 25th, 2022, 1.30pm to 3.30pm. This year the Gathering and the AGM are being held online. So, you will need to register to receive Zoom links to each event. These links are available to logged in members on our Events pages where both are advertised.

• Agenda for AGM – 1.30 to 3.30 pm
• Welcome and Introduction
• Council Year Review
• Q&A
• Presentation on new website – Pete Wayne
• Election of new council members
• Welcome of new council members
• Close

The criteria for standing for council is included at the end of this notice. It is also HERE on the TRA website.

We thank you for being a valued member of our Association and are grateful for the opportunity to serve the community. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday September 25th.
 

With love & gratitude

Diane, Louise, William and Ahn
The Reiki Association Council

Criteria for Standing for Council

To be eligible for the Council individuals must:
-    be over 18 years of age
-    have been initiated into Reiki for a minimum of two years
-    at some point in time been a member of TRA for at least two years
-    agree to abide by and actively support the Statement of Identity of The Reiki Association
-    be initiated into Second Degree
-    have attended a previous gathering
-    be prepared to make a short statement at the General Meeting outlining why they want the role and what they can offer
-    ensure circumstances do not exist which prevent directorship of a limited company

You will need to be able to confidently use IT as emails and online conferencing are a necessary form of communication.  Also have sufficient time to spend on TRA work, attend at least 4 x 3 day meetings a year plus online meetings every week.
Please contact us if you would like to talk further about any aspect of this. We would love to hear from you.
 

GATHERING

For attending the Gathering you will need to register separately.

The Gathering will be held on the morning of Sunday 25th September at 10.30 a.m.  We will all join in circle to sit in reiki for an hour followed by a group visioning and pooling of ideas to manifest next year’s in person Gathering.  
We feel that people want an in-person Gathering but we need your help and support to make this happen.  We cannot do it alone.  So, let’s start now so that we can make it a weekend to remember. 

VACANCIES ON THE CIRCLE OF SERVICE

 FOR MEMBERS OF TRA

New CONTENTS and COMMUNICATION TEAM

Volunteers needed to get this vital new team up and running.

The team will support all TRA communications platforms such as the website , newsletters, Touch, social media and webinars – providing graphics and copy to promote The Reiki Association, holding the calendar of events so that all members can be informed via their preferred medium of when events are happening in the community.

Requirements:

Essential - A willing heart and a strong desire to offer service to your community. Ability to be a team player

Useful Skills – Creative mind, Graphics/Marketing/Communications

Contact Louise : council@reikiassociation.net

WEBINAR TEAM

Volunteers needed to join this existing team to ensure continuity of current offerings and continued innovative ideas for future offerings.

This team provide the vision, research and coordinate with webinar presenters and offer all the tech support needed for this monthly offering from the Association.

Requirements:

Essential - A willing heart and a strong desire to offer service to your community. Ability to be a team player.

Useful skills : experience of running online offerings via zoom, aptitude for technology , imagination . Full training is available to gain the skills for the tech systems that TRA utilises for these offerings.

Contact : Claire: cjprendergast@gmail.com  

New WEBSITE FUNDRAISING TEAM

Volunteers needed to get this vital new team up and running, to keep the money rolling in. Team will run the fundraising campaign for the New Website.

Generating ideas, setting up, promoting and administrating campaigns.

Requirements:

Essential - A willing heart and a strong desire to offer service to your community. Ability to be a team player.

Useful skills: fundraising experience, ability to think outside the box, creative mind, marketing and communication.

Contact : William : council@reikiassociation.net

Volunteers are always needed and welcome to join the Circle of Service, if you would like to offer service and offer support to The Reiki Association but are unsure where you may fit please get in touch with the Council:  council@reikiassociation.net

All Reiki folk are welcome!

One of our keynote celebratory sessions is at 4:30 pm Honouring the Past Gatherings and Speakers.

We are delighted that many of the speakers from our past gatherings are able to join us - Johannes Reindl, lineage bearer, Usui Shiki Ryoho and Furumoto Sensei successor; Paul Mitchell, initiated by Hawayo Takata as a Reiki Master, Head of Discipline; Joyce Winough, together they hold the energy of the Council of Office of the Grandmaster; Paul and his wife Susan Mitchell (Reiki Master) learnt Reiki from Mrs Takata in 1978; Rick Bockner, initiated by Hawayo Takata as a Reiki Master, will also be with us. 

Phyllis Lei Furumoto, Wanja Twan, Marta Getty may no longer be in the body, but they will be very present, well represented by their friends and family as they continue to live on in our hearts and memories.

We are expecting Reiki Masters Anneli Twan, Wanja Twan's daughter and Michelle Beauregard, Wanja's daughter-in-law.

Marta Getty's daughters are also be able to join us.

Please join us and bring your memories of past Gatherings to share. We are hoping that this heart warming session will help us to be in better alignment with the Reiki precept 'Honour your parents, teachers and elders'.

For more details and registration please GO HERE

The Reiki Association Annual Gathering 2021 Programme
Dip in and out.....feel free to join the events that capture your interest and suit your timings!

The Reiki Association would like to update you on the easing of lockdown restriction in the UK and what this means for Public/Professional Reiki Practitioners in the country (in the UK), where you live. This is in alignment with advice from the Complementary Natural Health Council (CNHC), the UK voluntary regulator for complementary health practitioners, 

England 
All Public/Professional Reiki Practitioners can return to work and treat clients in person from 12 April 2021.
You must follow Government guidance for close contact services on working safely. You can find it here.

Northern Ireland
Some of the current restrictions will be eased on 12 April 2021 but close contact services cannot yet reopen. The next review of coronavirus restrictions by the Northern Ireland Executive is due to take place on 15 April. We will contact you once a date is announced for the reopening of close contact services.

Scotland
The planned date for the reopening of close contact services in mainland Scotland and the Isle of Skye is 26 April 2021. We will let you know when the date is confirmed by the Scottish Government.

Wales
All Public/Professional Reiki Practitioners can return to work and treat clients in person from 12 April 2021.
You must follow Government guidance for close contact services on working safely. You can find it here.

Find out more
You can find more detailed information for each country in the UK, including what the current restrictions are, on the  CNHC website.
 
We wish you the very best with the decision you make at this time, whether you return to work right away or prefer to take it slowly.
Our best wishes for you and your clients to stay safe.

The Reiki Association Council

We have received the following guidance for Registrants from CNHC:

The lockdown in England ended on 2nd December and new local restriction tiers now apply.

The new tiers are:

    Tier 1: Medium alert
    Tier 2: High alert
    Tier 3: Very High alert

In all three tiers “personal care”, the category in which complementary healthcare is deemed to fall under, can remain open. This includes mobile working.

Guidance on the local restriction tiers can be found here.

The full list of local restriction tiers by area can be found here. You can also use the postcode checker to find out which tier your address falls into.

Contact CNHC
If you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate to contact CNHC at info@cnhc.org.uk.

In light of the latest advice from CNHC, only those TRA members who are currently registered with CNHC, can practice in-person during the current lockdown in England. Please visit the CNHC website for full information about other parts of the UK and to ensure you are following their guidance correctly.

If you have been through the verification process, and hold the certificate of a verified practitioner from a member organisation of The Reiki Council , registering with CNHC is quite simple. Please feel free to contact TRA’s Verification officer, Rain Mcmanus (verification@reikiassociation.net) or membership secretary, Tripuri Dunne (memsec@reikiassociation.net) for help, if needed.

All TRA members who are not currently registered with CNHC, including those working with animals may wish to consider working remotely during this time, using level 2 Reiki practice. All TRA members are welcome to join the distant healing session on Thursday (10am to 11am) with Age UK members to observe how some TRA members are using level 2 Reiki practice with Zoom software to support the community. Please email distantreiki@reikiassociation.net for more info.

Please check with your insurer to confirm you are covered. Balens latest guidance is on their website.

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The Reiki Association Council

The Reiki Association endorses the latest advice received from CNHC, in line with the latest announcement from the Prime Minister on Oct 31, 2020. The Complementary Natural Health Council (CNHC) is the holder of an Accredited Register by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, an independent body, accountable to the UK Parliament.

UPDATE: New national restrictions for England
On 31 October 2020 the Prime Minister announced new national restrictions for England. The new restrictions come into force on Thursday 5 November and last until Wednesday 2 December. All CNHC Registrants with practices in England must stop working from 5 November. You can find Government guidance on the new restrictions here.
Until Thursday 5 November, the relevant Local Covid Alert Level measures will continue to apply in the area where you live.
After 2 December the Government will look to return to a regional approach based on the latest data.

Please visit the CNHC website for latest updates from all the UK governments.
https://www.cnhc.org.uk/working-during-covid-19-latest-updates

Latest information sent from CNHC:

The NHS COVID-19 Test and Trace app launches on 24 September 2020 for England and Wales. A NHS QR code and official NHS poster is available.

The NHS COVID-19 app has a feature that allows users to quickly and easily ‘check in’ to your premises by scanning the code. The information stays on the user’s phone. In England, you do not have to ask people who choose to ‘check in’ using the official NHS QR code to provide their contact details for the purposes of Test and Trace. If there is an outbreak associated with your premises, a message will be sent to the relevant app users with the necessary public health advice.

The updated UK Government guidance for maintaining records for Test and Trace can be found here.

England
CNHC Registrants in England who provide close contact services (i.e. practise 'hands-on') must register for an official NHS QR code and display the official NHS QR poster from 24 September.

You can find helpful FAQs for England here.

The deadline for generating your NHS QR code and downloading your poster is 24 September 2020. You can do it here.

Wales
CNHC Registrants in Wales who provide close contact services (ie practise 'hands-on') are strongly encouraged to download the NHS QR code and official NHS poster.

You can find helpful FAQs for Wales here.

The deadline for generating your NHS QR code and downloading your poster is 24 September 2020. You can do it here.

A Welsh language version can be generated here.

Contact CNHC
If you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate to contact CNHC at info@cnhc.org.uk

The Reiki Medic-Care creators and organisers would like to thank all TRA members who have generously decided to volunteer to send Reiki to our wonderful frontline NHS nurses, doctors and paramedics.  Without you this volunteer service would not be possible.

The website is now live.  A test team has been sending 4-day Reiki treatments to consultants and a doctor at three different NHS hospitals (King’s, St George’s and The Royal Free), tweaking the system to make it the best it can be.  It is a thrill that the initiative is generating what seems to be genuine interest, and to have the honour to send Reiki to people who do so much for the nation and who now need extra help for themselves.

As we begin to roll out the project, we are looking for more practitioners to join us.  The door is permanently open for any Reiki II student who is a member of a Reiki Council member organisation and has valid insurance.

Well over 200 practitioners have been verified and are committed to the process.  We hold regular online shares and training sessions to build the community and to hold energy for each other.  We plan to have guest speakers and other fun offerings for the team too.  We also have a private Facebook page for our practitioners which allows us to come together safely.

Please visit the website to read all about Reiki Medic-Care and sign up via the Practitioner Registration link here:  https://reikimedic-care.org/our-practitioners/

We look forward to hearing from you.

Alexander Gray, Feona Gray, Seena Patel, Rosemary Pharo, Diana Shaw