I am interested in becoming a reiki practitioner, but where do I find training for this? Anyone know of any certifications available? Preferrably in the Mid-west?

Greetings,
The first thing that I would recommend to you is to first UNDERSTAND what Reiki is and is not. Today, in the West, Reiki has become many different things for many different people. Some people claim that Reiki came from Native Americans, Atlantians, Tibet, and even from outer space!

There are many different types of Reiki out there - some having very little to do with anything Reiki at all. Some forms of "reiki' are nothing more than glamorized marketing ploys to get some sucker to buy into the latest fad. Please be aware of this.

Most of the books and web sites out there are grossly misleading - all feeding off of the same misinformation, twisting and turning it to appear as something new and improved.

If you'd like, I would offer to you some advice, if you'd care to contact me. I can point you in the right direction for books and things to get you building a good solid foundation on Reiki (and tell you which ones to avoid).
For example = any book written by Frank Petter is a good source. Any book written by Diane Stien or Maureen Kelly is NOT.

I can also help you look for a teacher and an accurate style of Reiki.

Contact me offlist and I will give you my web site address that contains much information on Reiki. We can talk further about how to screen teachers, interview them, etc.. .

Looking forward to hearing from you.