You will receive two Reiki placements (attunements) during your training. The Reiki attunement is a powerful spiritual experience and is the most important part of a Reiki class. Once you have received the placement, you will have Reiki for the rest of your life.

The Reiki attunement can start a cleansing process that can create some physical/emotional detox symptoms. Toxins that have been stored in the body may be released along with feelings and thought patterns that are no longer in alignment with your new energetic frequency.

To prepare for the attunement some people refrain from or limit the following a few days before their training: coffee, meat, highly processed foods, sugar, alcohol, and smoking. This is optional, but may help with the integration of the energy. 

Personally I don’t drink coffee/alcohol or smoke, so I didn’t have those in my system prior to my attunements; however, I did eat meat and I’ve definitely consumed some sugar and processed foods (if I’m being honest haha). Just follow your inner guidance and don’t stress about this! You will still receive the energy upgrade regardless of whether or not you choose to eliminate these things.