Reiki As a Clinical Therapy...

Reiki is an increasingly well-known and popular complementary therapy. It is a spiritual healing system using?universal energy?to heal and also offers a path to enlightenment, if the practitioner chooses to take that journey. Reiki is used by millions of practitioners worldwide as an effective form of relaxation and energy balancing. Reiki, more importantly, if used correctly can be used to treat physical, emotional and...

Reiki: An Active Healing Modality...

There are two ways of working with Reiki, in an active way, as practised by the founder of Reiki, Mikao Usui (or Usui-sensei as he was known by his students) or in a passive way, as generally practised in the UK and other western countries today. Before I talk about active Reiki in depth, I feel I should first explain what I mean by passive Reiki. Many Reiki practitioners see themselves as passive channels for the Reiki...

The Lowdown on Reiki...

What exactly is Reiki? There are as many different answers to that question as there are Reiki practitioners. Although many Reiki practitioners insist that any answer is right, traditionally Reiki was practiced in a very specific way, in keeping with its Japanese roots. Firstly, as a good starting point, let’s define the word Reiki. The word Reiki can be translated as spiritual energy, clearly setting out from the outset...