COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Oraya Communications is based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Group rates for classes in other locations may be negotiated. Please contact us for details. Upcoming dates for the following classes may be found on our "Class Schedules" page.
VISIONING WORKSHOP
This workshop is designed to help you gain clarity around goals and desires in all areas of your life and then implement them!. Participants will be led through a guided visualization, written work, the building of a vision board, and strategies for manifesting the vision. This is a fun-filled, stress-free workshop open to teenagers and adults.
1 day class (6 hours - includes lunch break) $100.00 - Supplies provided
REIKI
Reiki Level 1
Students will learn about Reiki including the history, how it works and what it can be used for. Included in Level 1 is instruction for a specific type of meditation used in Reiki, as well as a form of body scanning and a method to release negative energy. Students will then receive the attunement for Reiki Level 1. Students are ready to begin giving Reiki treatments at the completion of the class.
1 day (5 hours- includes 1 hour lunch) $150.00
Reiki Level 2
Students will share the effects from their Level 1 Attunement, use of Reiki in their practice, followed by a brief question and answer period. The instructor will then provide a talk on the Reiki 2 symbols, their meaning and how to use them including distant and past/future healing. Students will then receive the attunement for Reiki Level 2 and will learn how to do a complete Reiki treatment using all the symbols. There will be time allotted for practicing treatments without symbols and with the symbols. At completion of class students will have increased their Reiki healing abilities, including the ability to do distant healing and past or future healing.
Prerequisite: Reiki Level 1
1 day class (6 hours-includes 1 hour lunch) $250.00
Reiki Level 3 - Advanced Reiki Training (A.R.T.) Class
This class is intended for students who want to use the Usui Master symbol in their sessions but do not want to teach and train others. After students have received and learned the Master symbol, they will receive the attunement and practice giving sessions using the symbol. There will also be time spent learning how to build a Reiki Crystal Grid for continuous healing, distance healing, personal healing, goals and manifestation. Students will also learn a moving meditation and Reiki Aura Clearing.
Prerequisite: Reiki Level 1 & 2
1 day class (7 hours-includes 1 hour lunch) = $350.00
Reiki Level 4 - Master/Teacher Class
The Reiki Master/Teacher Class is designed for students wishing to teach and train others in Reiki. In addition to learning another Master symbol, students will be taught an ancient symbol for healing and how it is used in meditations and attunements. Time will be spent covering specific exercises and meditations, including breath work, energy flow and the attunements used specifically for Reiki Level 1, 2, A.R.T. and Master classes. After receiving the Master Attunement, students will learn the Healing Attunement and practice giving this to each other during class. Students will also practice giving each other Reiki Level 1 and Level 2 attunements. Time will be spent learning self-attunements and healing attunements at a distance.
Prerequisite: Reiki Level 1, 2 and 3 - Advanced Reiki Training
2 day class (6 hours/day-includes 1 hour lunch) = $500.00
VISIONING WORKSHOP
This workshop is designed to help you gain clarity around goals and desires in all areas of your life and then implement them!. Participants will be led through a guided visualization, written work, the building of a vision board, and strategies for manifesting the vision. This is a fun-filled, stress-free workshop open to teenagers and adults.
1 day class (6 hours - includes lunch break) $100.00 - Supplies provided
REIKI
Reiki Level 1
Students will learn about Reiki including the history, how it works and what it can be used for. Included in Level 1 is instruction for a specific type of meditation used in Reiki, as well as a form of body scanning and a method to release negative energy. Students will then receive the attunement for Reiki Level 1. Students are ready to begin giving Reiki treatments at the completion of the class.
1 day (5 hours- includes 1 hour lunch) $150.00
Reiki Level 2
Students will share the effects from their Level 1 Attunement, use of Reiki in their practice, followed by a brief question and answer period. The instructor will then provide a talk on the Reiki 2 symbols, their meaning and how to use them including distant and past/future healing. Students will then receive the attunement for Reiki Level 2 and will learn how to do a complete Reiki treatment using all the symbols. There will be time allotted for practicing treatments without symbols and with the symbols. At completion of class students will have increased their Reiki healing abilities, including the ability to do distant healing and past or future healing.
Prerequisite: Reiki Level 1
1 day class (6 hours-includes 1 hour lunch) $250.00
Reiki Level 3 - Advanced Reiki Training (A.R.T.) Class
This class is intended for students who want to use the Usui Master symbol in their sessions but do not want to teach and train others. After students have received and learned the Master symbol, they will receive the attunement and practice giving sessions using the symbol. There will also be time spent learning how to build a Reiki Crystal Grid for continuous healing, distance healing, personal healing, goals and manifestation. Students will also learn a moving meditation and Reiki Aura Clearing.
Prerequisite: Reiki Level 1 & 2
1 day class (7 hours-includes 1 hour lunch) = $350.00
Reiki Level 4 - Master/Teacher Class
The Reiki Master/Teacher Class is designed for students wishing to teach and train others in Reiki. In addition to learning another Master symbol, students will be taught an ancient symbol for healing and how it is used in meditations and attunements. Time will be spent covering specific exercises and meditations, including breath work, energy flow and the attunements used specifically for Reiki Level 1, 2, A.R.T. and Master classes. After receiving the Master Attunement, students will learn the Healing Attunement and practice giving this to each other during class. Students will also practice giving each other Reiki Level 1 and Level 2 attunements. Time will be spent learning self-attunements and healing attunements at a distance.
Prerequisite: Reiki Level 1, 2 and 3 - Advanced Reiki Training
2 day class (6 hours/day-includes 1 hour lunch) = $500.00
To schedule private Reiki treatment sessions in Victoria, BC, please contact Alice Van Blokland, Master/Teacher & Practitioner. Contact details are on the Bios & Contact Information Page.
LIFE STORY WRITING
Life Story Writing Level 1
This course will instruct the beginning writer how to turn life experience into a time-lined autobiography consisting of stories, poetry and humorous anecdotes. Topics to be covered include journal writing, storytelling, stream of consciousness writing, myth, symbol, clustering, free-association and much more.
2 day class (6 hours/day-includes 1 hour lunch) Price: $200.00
Private Consultation Available - Contact us for price and schedule
Life Story Writing Level 2
Writers will further develop a time-lined life story into a more formalized memoir. Topics to be covered include journal writing, storytelling, myth, symbol and more. Students of Level 1 are encouraged to bring their writing. This course is open to students who have taken the Level 1 course and anyone who has started the process of writing their life story.
2 day class (6 hours/day-includes 1 hour lunch) Price: $200.00
Private Consultation Available - Contact us for price and schedule
JOURNAL WRITING
A journal is a personal document and a constant companion for the writer. There are no hard and fast rules for journal writing: the more creative the better. Procedures and organization develop according to personal style and purpose. This workshop will briefly review some famous diarists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Virginia Woolf, Thoreau and Anne Frank. The main emphasis will be on writing that will help you grow as a person. Topics will include objectives of writing, confidentiality, establishing a routine, stream of consciousness, dreams, story-telling, portraits, writing blocks and much more.
2 day class (6 hours/day-includes 1 hour lunch) Price: $200.00
Private Consultation Available - Contact us for price and schedule
DRUMMING LESSONS
Learn how to play bongos, congas and djembe drums. Personal lessons will cover posture, strokes, drum sensitivity and dynamics. Afro-Cuban, Latin and Latin jazz musical styles will be studied. Basic beats to be played are tumbao, mambo,meringue, samba, bossa nova, reggae and more. This is an enjoyable introduction for beginner to intermediate drummers. Some drums will be supplied. Please contact the instructor regarding possible additional instrument needs.
One-on-One Lessons Price: $35.00/hour
This course will instruct the beginning writer how to turn life experience into a time-lined autobiography consisting of stories, poetry and humorous anecdotes. Topics to be covered include journal writing, storytelling, stream of consciousness writing, myth, symbol, clustering, free-association and much more.
2 day class (6 hours/day-includes 1 hour lunch) Price: $200.00
Private Consultation Available - Contact us for price and schedule
Life Story Writing Level 2
Writers will further develop a time-lined life story into a more formalized memoir. Topics to be covered include journal writing, storytelling, myth, symbol and more. Students of Level 1 are encouraged to bring their writing. This course is open to students who have taken the Level 1 course and anyone who has started the process of writing their life story.
2 day class (6 hours/day-includes 1 hour lunch) Price: $200.00
Private Consultation Available - Contact us for price and schedule
JOURNAL WRITING
A journal is a personal document and a constant companion for the writer. There are no hard and fast rules for journal writing: the more creative the better. Procedures and organization develop according to personal style and purpose. This workshop will briefly review some famous diarists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Virginia Woolf, Thoreau and Anne Frank. The main emphasis will be on writing that will help you grow as a person. Topics will include objectives of writing, confidentiality, establishing a routine, stream of consciousness, dreams, story-telling, portraits, writing blocks and much more.
2 day class (6 hours/day-includes 1 hour lunch) Price: $200.00
Private Consultation Available - Contact us for price and schedule
DRUMMING LESSONS
Learn how to play bongos, congas and djembe drums. Personal lessons will cover posture, strokes, drum sensitivity and dynamics. Afro-Cuban, Latin and Latin jazz musical styles will be studied. Basic beats to be played are tumbao, mambo,meringue, samba, bossa nova, reggae and more. This is an enjoyable introduction for beginner to intermediate drummers. Some drums will be supplied. Please contact the instructor regarding possible additional instrument needs.
One-on-One Lessons Price: $35.00/hour
