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- noun Plural form of
attunement .
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Examples
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Likewise, the various "attunements" which the Reiki practitioner receives from a Reiki Master are accomplished through "sacred ceremonies" that involve the manifestation and contemplation of certain "sacred symbols" which have traditionally been kept secret by Reiki Masters.
Archive 2009-03-22 2009
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Four "attunements" are given to the student by the teacher.
CAMLAW : Complementary And Alternative Medicine Law Blog 2008
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This energy is said to pass through a channel in the body which can be opened by way of four "attunements" given by the Reiki master to a student.
Best Syndication - 2008
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Parents of securely attached kids also know when an inevitable rupture has occurred in such attunements and make a repair to reestablish their connection.
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': This Interconnected Life -- A Mother's Day Gift for Everyone M.D. Daniel J. Siegel 2010
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Recognizing moral issues when they arise requires a highly trained set of capacities and a broad range of emotional attunements.
Moral Reasoning Richardson, Henry S. 2007
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In order to enter some areas in the game, special effort is needed, or attunements.
Blizzard and the gold-sellers Torill 2006
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In order to enter some areas in the game, special effort is needed, or attunements.
Archive 2006-11-01 Torill 2006
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The artist not only uncovers what is generative in the world but also what is generative in him or herself, the alignments or attunements that make possible an art that is more than repetition or imitation.
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Others, with perhaps slightly different critical attunements, picked up on subtexts I had missed.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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Others, with perhaps slightly different critical attunements, picked up on subtexts I had missed.
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