The Holy Fire III Reiki is still Usui and was developed by William Rand in 2014 -  below is the best explanation I have found to explain the subtle but powerful differences.  -   If you already have Reiki Certification in Usui non Holy Fire -  we will be holding classes that integrate the Holy Fire energy without all levels of certification in Holy Fire.   I will also be offering Reiki meditations  that introduce you to the Holy Fire Energy.    Please let me know if you have any other questions by emailing me at    broland@newearthconnections.org.

Holy Fire® Reiki is an evolution of Usui Reiki. 

Holy Fire® Reiki was introduced by William Lee Rand through his spiritual guides and advisors in 2014 as a more gentle and more powerful expansion of the Usui Reiki energies.
In the previous style of Usui Reiki, called Usui Tibetian Reiki (also developed by William Rand in the 1990s), there was a great deal of auric field intermingling between the teacher and student to pass on the energy in my own personal experience. What the student received was dependent on the spiritual work that the teacher had done on themselves. In addition, when the student’s aura accepted Reiki, there was a raising of the student’s vibration to match the high vibration of Reiki. With this raising of the vibration, things that no longer served the student were released into the earth by way of the teacher’s auric field.
With Holy Fire® Reiki, this minging between the teacher and student no longer happens. What the student receives during the attunements (now called placements within the Holy Fire® system) comes directly from the Source of all that is, so what the student receives is suited for them perfectly at that moment of their spiritual path.
In conclusion, with Holy Fire® Reiki, the energy is still Usui Reiki, but is part of the natural changes and evolution that all life goes through.
 From William Rand,  Founder of Holy Fire Reiki :
 Holy Fire® Reiki is a new form of Reiki that was introduced about nine years ago by the ICRT. It is both powerful and gentle and provides purification, healing, empowerment and guidance. It is included as part of our Usui Reiki classes and has also been added to Karuna Reiki® training.
Holy Fire® energy is noticeably more refined and comes from a higher level of consciousness. Some of the qualities students have experienced include:
·  Works continuously even when not thinking about it and spontaneously heals issues as they come up.
·  Always respects free will.
·  Heals deeply and quickly without distress.
·  Heals relationships and interactions with others.
·  Releases worry and replaces it with a sense of safety in a most pronounced way.
·  Spontaneously provides guidance that is palatable for every level of life experience.
·  Tends to develop all the personality traits that are healthy for a person to have such as love of self and others, kindness, patience, confidence, vitality, enthusiasm, optimism, trust, joy, peace and so forth.
·  One of the more wonderful effects is a feeling of being loved. This is a deep and refined feeling that is very nurturing.
·  Once received, it continues to develop itself to be more evolved and effective.
These qualities are present in I&II and become more pronounced in the ART/Master and Karuna classes.