Reiki is a form of therapy involving the transfer of healing energy from the practitioner's palms to the client. The technique involves the placement of hands on or near specific parts of the body, and the manipulation of universal life energy to affect change in the client's body state. This can be done by a single practitioner or by multiple practitioners working together in coordinated attunements for greater effect.
Though the concepts have been around for centuries, modern Reiki emerged from Japan in the early 1900s. Reiki is practiced and offered in many hospitals, and is said to reduce pain and other ills while promoting a sense of peace and well being. A large-scale multisite study published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (December 2019) concluded a single session of Reiki improved multiple variables related to physical and psychological health.
Today Reiki is commonly offered alongside other therapeutic modalities such as massage and reflexology.
