Reiki Trainings in London & Online

A Transformational Journey of Self-Healing & Energy Mastery

This is not just a course. It’s an initiation.

Reiki is more than a healing technique — it’s a pathway back to yourself. Whether you're completely new to energy work or ready to step into advanced mastery, my Reiki Trainings offer a deeply embodied, heart-led approach to transformation.

- Energy work demystified: embodied & empowering instead of fear based superstition

- The only Reiki Master Teacher training in the UK offering Usui, Karuna® & Holy Fire® together

Held by Bianca Timotheo, founder of Self-Retreat.

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I'm here to empower you

I have learned from different teachers and my lineage is only 4 degrees of separation to Usui Sensei, the founder of modern Reiki.

My philosophy is that you should work on yourself first to be a better vehicle of transmission to others. The trainings are big healing experiences above anything!

I am not a conventional teacher and encourage my students to see everything that you learn as a framework to build your own practice and style.

I don’t believe things should be followed strictly just because that is the way that it was introduced in the world ages ago. Humanity evolves through time and with it, the frequencies and energies available to us to work with.

I teach Reiki in the same way I live it — with softness and reverence. My approach is grounded, intuitive, and deeply embodied. We always begin by working on ourselves. Because it’s only from that place of lived healing that your presence enhances any transmission.

In these trainings, you’ll receive the attunements, tools, and lineage — but more importantly, you’ll leave with a deeper sense of who you are and how energy moves through you.

  • I now teach all Master Teacher Levels together: Usui, Holy Fire & Karuna.

    The basis of my Reiki practice today is Karuna & Holy Fire so I want my students to be at that level too. Learning the combination of the 3 modalities will empower you so much more!

  • No need to wait 6 months in between levels

    I no longer require my students to wait 6 months in between levels.

    If you are ready, then you are ready.

    You and you only should reflect and know if it’s time to step into the transformation of Reiki Master Teacher levels. If the answer is YES, I will be there to guide you!

  • Only 2 trainings in Group or Private 1:1

    • Usui Levels 1&2 taught together in 2 full days
    • Triple Master Teacher with Usui, Karuna & Holy Fire taught together in 5 full days
    • 1:1 trainings with dedicated mentorship. You can select a date that best works for you in my calendar.

Begin your journey

Usui Reiki Levels 1 & 2

Reconnect to your innate capacity to channel lifeforce energy.

This training is for anyone — even if you’ve never done energy work before. It’s the perfect starting point to explore the world of subtle energy, intuition, and healing. You’ll learn how to use Reiki for yourself, and how to hold space for others if and when you’re ready.

Here we demystify energy healing.

It is not about just learning a technique, it's a transformative experience in how you understand yourself and the world around you through energy.


Student Feedback

  • "It was truly one of the most amazing and unique experiences of my life. Whether you go in with expectations or not, it doesn’t matter—this class stands out in countless ways that enrich the learning experience with every lesson. Bianca gave individual attention to each of her students, ensuring that no one’s personal style or needs were overlooked. It felt almost like receiving one-on-one Reiki training from her."

    - Sana

  • "I have always loved being the recipient of Reiki practice but the Holy Fire Reiki I experienced during the course was the most profound I have ever known. Reiki is such a special thing to use to be of service to others but I hadn’t realised how comforting and powerful it would be to use it on myself. I had attempted self-healing before the course and the difference after doing the initiation is like night and day."

    - Joe

  • "Honestly, I loved everything about it! It was probably one of the most profound experiences of my life, where I rediscovered parts of myself that were obscured, I discovered a version of myself that I didn't think could exist in this reality."

    - Alba

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Frequently Asked

Why learn Reiki?

Because learning to channel lifeforce energy is an act of empowerment—it’s how you take your well-being into your own hands.

Reiki is a gentle yet powerful energy healing system that reconnects you with your innate capacity to heal — physically, emotionally, energetically, and spiritually. It reminds you that your body is wise and that humans were designed for this. That you are not separate from the life force that flows through all things.

Learning Reiki is not just about technique — it’s a reclamation.

An act of empowerment.

When you bring energy healing into your self-care routine, you complete the trinity of body, mind, and soul — nourishing the subtle body and creating space to restore flow, balance, and wholeness.

At Self-Retreat, my Reiki Trainings in Usui, Karuna® and Holy Fire® are rooted in deep presence, gentle structure, and development of self-awareness. Whether you’re new to energy work or stepping into Master level, this is a safe and sacred container to:

  • Reclaim your self-healing power
  • Learn to channel energy with confidence and clarity
  • Understand the metaphysical foundations of transformation
  • Regulate your nervous system and clear stagnant energy
  • Deepen your relationship with your intuition
  • Harness your sensitivity as a superpower, not a curse.
  • And, when the time is right, support others with heart-led presence

You’re not learning to “do” Reiki. You’re learning to remember what’s already yours.

What makes my trainings different

This isn’t just a skills course. It’s a space for transformation.

At Self-Retreat, I don’t teach Reiki as a rigid protocol or a performance. I share it as a living, breathing practice — one that meets you where you are and grows with you over time.

What makes this training different is the way I hold it. It’s not hierarchical. It’s not rushed. It’s not about becoming someone else. It’s about coming home to yourself — with presence, with reverence, and with the support of a loving energy that knows exactly what you need.

Here’s what sets this space apart:

It begins with you. Your body. Your energy. Your rhythm. Self-healing the foundation of everything — because from that place, you become a clearer and more grounded channel for others.

I demystify energy. I teach energy work without fear or superstition — sensitivity is something that  empowers you. You’re not a sponge, you’re a sovereign being.

Don't hold back. This is a trauma-aware, emotionally spacious environment. You’re not expected to be calm, spiritual, or “high vibe” — just honest. Your full humanity is welcome here.

I hold sacred space, not just curriculum.
You are not here to memorise. You are here to embody. To soften. To remember.

This is a sanctuary for your healing as much as it is a learning space.

Class Outline: Usui 1 & 2

This course can can be done in-person or online. Check our upcoming training dates.

In this 2-day immersion you will learn to treat others and enhance your practice of self-treatment with a complete set of techniques, along with 3 symbols for physical, emotional, mental and long-distance healing.

This professional course is a combination of talks, discussion, extensive practice and powerful experiences. It includes both Reiki Levels 1 & 2 and is a combination of the Japanese & Western style.


INCLUDED

You will be traditionally attuned to Usui Shiki Ryoho levels 1 & 2, certified as a Reiki Practitioner and learn everything you need to start your own practice, professionally or for deeper self-development. 

Manual in English and Class Certificates are included.

 

CLASS OUTLINE

  • The origin and history of Reiki
  • How Reiki works
  • Chakras & The Human Energy System
  • The complete hand placement system
  • Japanese Techniques including:
  • Gassho meditation
  • Byosen Scanning: Using the sensitivity in the hands to locate areas needing healing
  • Reiji-Ho: Using inner guidance to know how and where to treat
  • Kenyoku: Dry bathing, a method to purify your energy field
  • Gyoshi-ho: Sending Reiki with the eyes
  • Sending Reiki at a distance
  • Building your Reiki practice
  • Self-Development & Energy Management
  • Reiki Level 2 symbols: How to use them & extensive practice time
  • Attunements & Placements for Levels 1 & 2

Requirements

There are no prior requirements to attend this course.

Anyone can be attuned to Reiki and it is my personal campaign that every single person should learn Reiki 1 & 2 because learning to channel lifeforce energy completely changes the way you understand yourself!

A soul-level initiation

The Triple Reiki Master Teacher

Not just a teacher training — a soul initiation.

This is an intensive, deeply transformative training in which you will receive Master-level initiations in three lineages: Usui, Holy Fire® and Karuna®.

You will receive advanced attunements, deepen your practice, and learn how to initiate others if you feel called to teach. Most of all, this is a powerful healing container for you to meet your Authentic Self.

This training is for the person who:

  • Is walking a path of inner transformation and wants to become a clearer, stronger, softer vessel for energy, presence, and soul work — not just for others, but for themselves first.

  • Wants to explore metaphysical concepts not as abstract ideas, but as a grounded framework to understand their own transformation and evolution — to make sense of what they’re feeling, sensing, and becoming.

  • Doesn’t want to be boxed into outdated structures. Who trusts their inner readiness and knows that transformation doesn’t follow a calendar.

  • Is not just looking for more tools — but for embodiment. This training is not about collecting certificates. It’s about going deep within and learning how to hold space from that place.

  • Wants to empower other people too — not to be “the healer,” but to co-create healing space with reverence, clarity, and heart.

  • Feels a quiet (or loud) call to serve — whether that’s through offering Reiki, teaching, or simply becoming more energetically aligned in everyday life.

  • Is ready for depth. For intensity. For expansion.

This training is a catalyst.

It meets you where you are — and invites you into more.

  • Student Feedback

    From someone who had done 5 Reiki Master trainings prior to mine:

    "What I loved the most was that it didn't feel like a typical training. Yes, there was an absolute wealth of knowledge and information passed on by Bianca, but the teaching was so regularly interspersed with Holy Fire energy transmissions that actually the training days felt much more like a profound healing experience. It was always fun and exciting to know another powerful energetic download was around the corner! Bianca has found a way to structure this incredible training in a way that feels so fresh and dynamic that the time just sailed past and I was never bored for a second. It also helps that the content of what you are learning about the Holy Fire energy is so interesting and inspiring that the whole class was constantly energised and engaged in lively discussions. Bianca's teaching style is very much an active dialogue rather than passive passing on of information and I feel this creates an extremely supportive and fertile atmosphere for learning. And on a personal level, Bianca just radiates warm, loving energy. I often think of her as human sunshine. She has this uncanny ability to make you feel seen, valued and loved. And because of the energy she brings I feel like our group bonded very closely and quickly, with everyone feeling safe to be their most vulnerable, honest authentic selves. I cannot recommend this training (and, indeed, any training or spiritual work with Bianca) enough!"

    - John

Frequently Asked

Difference between Usui, Karuna® & Holy Fire®

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It was discovered by Mikao Usui in the 1922 and has since evolved into different styles and systems.

USUI REIKI

The original form of Reiki that Usui taught to his students and the most widespread modality worldwide. It uses three symbols that represent power, harmony and distance healing + a master symbol. Usui Reiki is based on the concept of spiritually guided life energy that flows through the practitioner to the recipient.

KARUNA REIKI®

A system that has a higher vibrational frequency than Usui Reiki and uses eight symbols that have a wide range of specific purposes such as clearing karma, creating trust, healing the shadow self and unconscious patterns and connecting with higher self. Karuna means compassionate action in Sanskrit.

HOLY FIRE REIKI®

Holy Fire is a complete game changer to Reiki! It is a universal energy that transcends duality and connects with the highest level of consciousness.

The initiations done by Holy Fire are so powerful because the energy is attuned directly to the student, instead of being channelled by the Reiki Teacher. It is pure and bespoke to each person depending on where they are in their journey.

It introduces several healing meditations and a new master symbol that not only empowers all other symbols from Usui and Karuna Reiki but also enhances the attunement process, deepening the healing process of students and increases their capacity to hold and channel more energy.

What are all Reiki levels?

USUI REIKI LEVELS

LEVEL 1

The beginner level, where the student learns the history of Reiki, how to perform self-Reiki and how to give Reiki to others. The student also receives an attunement that opens their energy channels to the Reiki energy

LEVEL 2

The professional level, in which is generally established that you can start having clients. The student learns the first three Reiki symbols, which enhance their connection to the Reiki energy and enable them to perform distance healing, receiving another attunement that increases their Reiki power.

MASTER LEVELS

The master level, where the student learns the final Reiki symbol, which represents the completion of their Reiki journey. The student also receives the final attunement that raises their vibration to the highest level.

It is usually taught in 2 different trainings known as
- Level 3A (or 3): Reiki Master Practitioner
- Level 3B (or 4): Reiki Master Teacher, from when the student can then teach Reiki to others if they wish.

KARUNA REIKI® LEVELS

LEVEL 1

the practitioner learns 4 symbols that can be used to enhance the healing power of Reiki, as well as to address specific issues such as past traumas, karmic patterns, addictions and negative emotions. Helps to develop a deeper connection with the higher self and the universal energy.

LEVEL 2

Introduces 4 more symbols of higher vibrational frequency that can be used to heal the subconscious mind, the shadow self, the collective consciousness and the earth. The second level also helps the practitioner to access higher dimensions of reality, such as the angelic realm, the ascended masters and the enlightened beings.

MASTER LEVEL

The Master Teacher level. Enables the practitioner to teach and attune others to Karuna Reiki. The third level also teaches the practitioner how to use a master symbol that can amplify the effects of all the other symbols, as well as to create a sacred space for healing and meditation.

HOLY FIRE REIKI® III World Peace

This is the most updated frequency of Holy Fire Reiki at the moment, which continues to evolve and introduce new techniques in every couple of years.

As the students open themselves up to this gift, the World Peace frequency is able to maintain peace within an individual, independent of what is happening around the person or in the world. It more completely unifies your divine consciousness with your human consciousness and connects you more deeply with the Spirit of the Earth.

It also contains the power to guide you in how you live your life and to manifest opportunities to solve problems and create a life of greater peace and purpose for you. Once awakened in an individual, it continues to develop in noticeable ways. 

By doing the Triple Reiki Master Teacher Training you will be initiated into the Master Teacher Level of Usui, Karuna & Holy Fire.

Class Outline: Triple Master Teacher

In this 5-day immersion you go through a profound healing experience, enhance your connection with Reiki and your Higher-Self and learn 2 Master symbols for spiritual healing and initiation of new practitioners and masters.

You will expand your frequency and quality of Reiki energy, connect to higher levels of consciousness and learn 8 new symbols for several types of healing and initiation of new Karuna Reiki masters.

This professional course is a combination of talks, discussion, extensive practice and powerful experiences. It includes both Reiki Master Levels 3 & 4 (or 3A & 3B) and is a combination of the Japanese & Western style with the incredible energy of Holy Fire® Reiki.


INCLUDED

You will be traditionally attuned to Usui Shiki Ryoho levels 3 & 4 (or 3A & 3B), certified as a Reiki Master Teacher and learn everything you need to teach your own classes both online or in-person.

Karuna Reiki® levels 1, 2 & Master all at the same time with the incredible support of Holy Fire® Reiki.

In this course you will be certified as a Karuna Reiki Master Teacher and learn everything you need to teach your own classes both online and in-person.

You will also be initiated in Holy Fire® III Reiki, an evolutionary form of the traditional Usui Reiki. It is both powerful and gentle, noticeably more refined and it comes from a higher level of consciousness.

Manual in English and Class Certificates are included.


Class Outline

  • The values and spiritual orientation of a true Reiki Master.
  • Difference between Usui Reiki & Holy Fire® Reiki.
  • Introduction to the most up to date frequency of Holy Fire® Reiki and how it - enhances the whole Usui Reiki system.
  • Introduction to Placements & Ignitions: the upgraded forms of Attunements.
  • Introduction to Experiences provided by Holy Fire® Reiki.
  • Introduction to Karuna Reiki® & the most up to date version of Holy Fire® Reiki.
  • Difference between Usui Reiki & Holy Fire® Reiki.
  • Introduction to Placements & Ignitions: the upgraded forms of Attunements.
  • Introduction to Experiences provided by Holy Fire® Reiki.

Learn 8 Karuna Symbols for extensive healing, including:

  • Unconscious Patterns
  • Shadow Self
  • Sexual & Physical Trauma
  • Psychic & Psychological Attack
  • Past Life Issues
  • Child Abuse
  • Karmic Issues
  • Relationships
  • Addictions
  • Co-dependency
  • Insomnia
  • Fear & Panic

The 8 Karuna Symbols will also assist in your self-development to:

  • Harmonise Lower & Upper Chakras
  • Develop Compassionate Action
  • Develop Good Habits
  • Contact Spiritual Beings
  • Clear the Mind
  • Clear Negativity
  • Manifest Goals
  • Improve Learning Ability
  • Improve Communication
  • Increase Creativity
  • Increase Trust in Life
  • Grounding
  • Higher-Self Embodiment

Introduction & Discussion of metaphysical concepts, including:

  • Soul & Spirit
  • The Twelve Heavens
  • The Formless Realm
  • The Ascended Masters

Reiki Master Teacher Tools & Techniques, including:

  • 8 Holy Fire® Experiences
  • Holy Fire® Healing Experience (an upgrade of the Psychic Surgery)
  • Holy Fire® Meditation
  • Healing Spirit Attachments
  • Reiki Crystal Grid
  • Spiritual Guidance

Initiation

  • Receive the traditional Usui Master Attunement for levels 3A & 3B.
  • Receive 1 Usui Reiki Master Practitioner Placement (upgraded form of attunements).
  • Receive 4 Usui Reiki Master Teacher Ignitions (upgraded form of attunements).
  • Receive 4 Karuna Master Teacher Ignitions (upgraded form of attunements).
  • Learn 2 Master Symbols for Usui Reiki and Holy Fire® Reiki: How to use & practice time.
  • Instruction on how to conduct Reiki Attunements for all levels.
  • Instruction on how to conduct Reiki Placements for Reiki 1, 2 and Master Practitioner.
  • Instruction on how to conduct Reiki Ignitions for Usui & Karuna Reiki Master Teacher.
  • How to give yourself Experiences, Placements and Ignitions.
  • How to teach including going over the class outlines.

Requirements

You must have completed Usui Reiki Level 2 (with me or another teacher).

I’m not here to gatekeep your transformation. I don’t follow outdated rules like “you must wait 6 months in between levels.”

You get to decide when you are ready to go deeper. This training calls you into expansion — and it meets you there.

Even if you already done any other Reiki Master Levels, I guarantee this training will take you deeper!

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