Live online or in-person Reiki training: which fits your life?
By Vanessa Chugani · Updated August 2026
Both give you the same levels, manual and price, taught live by Vanessa, never a recording. Choose online if your life is anchored elsewhere right now: work, children, a home you are not leaving. Choose in-person if you can be in Canggu and want her in the room with you for the attunement.
Both are the same training. Same levels, Level 1 through Master Teacher, the same manual and attunement, the same EUR 488 per level, and Vanessa teaching live either way, never a recording and never an automated attunement. Groups stay small, six at most, often 1:1, and dates are arranged around you rather than pulled from a fixed calendar. The real difference is not what you learn, it is where you are while you learn it: in the room with her in Canggu, or on a screen from wherever your life already is. That changes the attunement itself, what the week around it looks like, and who it actually suits.
| Live online Reiki training | In-person Reiki training | |
|---|---|---|
| The attunement itself | Guided live by video call, with clear steps to follow in your own space at the agreed time. | Vanessa attunes you in person, in the same room, at her practice in Canggu. |
| Where you need to be | Wherever you already are, as long as the connection is steady and the room is quiet. | Canggu, Bali, for the full training, in person. |
| Travel and time away | None. Training fits around the life and schedule you already have. | A flight to Bali and however much time you choose to stay. |
| Group feel | Groups of up to six, or 1:1, meeting on screen. | Groups of up to six, or 1:1, meeting in the same room. |
| Who it tends to suit | People whose life is anchored elsewhere right now: a job, children, a home they are not leaving. | People who can travel, or who want the training to be part of time in Bali. |
| What stays identical | The manual, the levels, the price, the support after, and Vanessa teaching live. | The manual, the levels, the price, the support after, and Vanessa teaching live. |
Which one suits you
Choose live online if Bali is not where your life is right now. If you are fitting this around work, children or a home you are not about to leave for two weeks, the screen is not a lesser version: the manual, the attunement and Vanessa's attention are the same, and your routine stays intact. Choose in-person if you can be in Canggu and want her in the room with you. If you are already planning time in Bali, or weighing this as a second act and want to be physically present while you learn something this hands-on, that matters more than logistics alone can capture. Either way you finish with the same levels, the same manual, the same support afterwards, at the same price. The format changes how you get there, not what you walk away with.
Related questions
Does live online training cost less than in-person?
No. Training is EUR 488 per level either way, in Canggu or live online. What changes is travel and time away, not the price of the course itself. The manual, the attunement and the levels are identical whichever format you choose.
Can I actually feel the attunement over video call?
Feeling something strongly during an attunement isn't required, in person or online. Some students feel a lot, some feel very little, and both are ordinary. Vanessa would rather you arrive with accurate expectations than romantic ones, whichever format you choose.
Is one format more suited to becoming a practitioner later on?
Not in terms of what you learn. Some people training as a second act prefer being physically present in Canggu while they take it in. Others prefer training from home and visiting Bali separately. Either way you finish with the same levels and the same manual.