The History of THE REIKI NETWORK

'When John and I began teaching and found there were so many different ways of teaching we thought it would be beneficial to students if they would have referrals to those teaching in like manner - plus we wanted, obviously, to have the networking between Masters.' Esther Veltheim-Vallee. Esther is cofounder of The Reiki Network together with Dr. John Veltheim.

1990	'The Australasian Reiki Master's Association' appeared which then in
1993	becomes 'The Reiki Network' with 20 members.
1994	The executive committee for 1994-96 consists of the founders, a secretary and four secretaries for different areas. First plans for a General Meeting
1995	The Reiki-book 'Reiki - the science, metaphysics and philosophy' by John and Esther Veltheim is released. It forms a cornerstone of The Reiki Network and is part of the Teachers Manual. The Teachers Manual is distributed for the first time. It ensures the "like manner" and the definition of "the standards" to which The Reiki Network teaches.The meeting originally planned for Auckland is held in Norwich in October 1996.
1996	The Norwich (UK) General Meeting in October 1996: The founders hand over the entire responsibility to the members. A committee of 7 is elected and the Teachers Manual becomes compulsory for all members and a working group is appointed to revise it.
1998	The Luzern (Switzerland) General Meeting in September 1998 passes the Teachers Manual revision.
2000	The Penang (Malaysia) General Meeting in October 2000 reaffirms the tradition.
2002	The Malta General Meeting in October 2002 passes the constitution.
2004	The General Meeting in October in Malmö / Sweden re-affirms the Network practice and endorses the Netsite.
2006	In October 2006 the General Meeting took place in Rome with 45% of the worldwide members present.
2008	The General Meeting takes place in Strasbourg (France) and finds a way to honour the traditional fee for Reiki Master training and allowing the fee to increase with the cost of living.

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