Kate Milliken is a video producer in NYC who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in December 2006, at 34. A year later, her MRI came back clean. Reiki is part of Milliken’s integrative approach to reversing a disease that conventional medicine has labeled “incurable.”
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Healing MS
December 25th, 2009
Emergency Reiki
November 13th, 2009
You’re at the site of an emergency. What do you do first, call 911 or offer Reiki?
Reiki Is Not a Word
November 5th, 2009
How often have you seen information about Reiki that starts with this: Reiki is a Japanese word meaning universal life energy.
What is wrong with that sentence?
First of all, there are no Japanese words. The Japanese language is written in pictograms, not words.
I hear someone saying, “Picky, picky, picky.” And I completely own it. I am picky, [...]
Reiki in the Name of Jesus
October 29th, 2009
The intersection of Christianity and Reiki has gotten a lot of press this year, starting in response to the American bishops’ pronouncement last March, and taking an unexpected turn when, contrary to the debunking by historians in recent years, the Reiki Digest unearthed evidence that Usui may have been involved with Christianity after all.
How does all [...]
Reiki Integrative Healthcare Talk
October 23rd, 2009
The Integrative Healthcare Symposium is held annually in February in New York City. I have been asked to present Reiki there twice. This year, in the name of integration, I invited James Dillard to join me. James is a physician who is an integrative pain specialist with an unusually diverse background: he was first a [...]
Fewer headaches, Less meds
August 5th, 2009
We had 3 lively midweek Reiki refreshers at T Salon in July, each different and delightful. A mention in Time Out New York and my beloved Urban Zen students brought the third event to overflow.
Getting together had lasting impact for many who attended. This just in from a senior citizen–
After attending the session at T [...]
How Long?
July 30th, 2009
What’s the ideal length for a Reiki treatment?
Simple answer: as long as is needed.
But how frequently is that an option?
More often we’re looking at how much time we have. Of course, professionals need to finish before the next client arrives–and we’ve given enough treatments to know how far apart to schedule–but even sharing treatment with [...]
12 Years of Back Pain Relieved
June 17th, 2009
How fast can Reiki treatment help and how much is needed?
Most people experience a reduction in pain and anxiety from a single Reiki treatment, a clinical observation that is supported by research. But some people seem to hit the Reiki jackpot. A student who has been practicing daily self-treatment since last month’s First degree class [...]
Smiles Said It All
June 10th, 2009
Many women entered the sunlit room smiling, but others looked tentative, and some were in obvious pain. A couple dozen didn’t speak English.
All were recently diagnosed with cancer.
During six hours of silent treatment last Sunday, 120 women had their first Reiki experience at the JCC’s annual Spa Day for Women with Cancer. Each group was [...]
Gospel Reiki
June 6th, 2009
The Catholic Bishops were just doing their job–not well, not to my liking, but still, it is their job, not mine. And I promise to get around to the particulars of how they could have done better in a separate post.
But in the meantime, let’s not get bogged down in criticizing the bishops (or anyone [...]


