If you are practicing on others, especially as a hospital or hospice volunteer, and you are not practicing daily self-treatment, you may well be a Reiki martyr. (Audible gasp) “But,” you sputter, “Reiki is safe. I was taught that Reiki is safe.”

Hiroshi Doi spoke from his practice, based in Usui’s practice; Hyakuten Inamoto spoke from his practice, based in Hayashi’s practice; and I spoke from my Takata practice.

Campaign for Credible Reiki raises three important questions: Who decides what’s credible? By what standards? How can Reiki practitioners establish credibility?

As doctors graduate medical school, they are famously told, “Half of what you learned in medical school is wrong, and we don’t know which half.” If only the Reiki community were so forthright.

Even if you practice daily Reiki self-treatment, glass-half-empty thinking dribbles your wellbeing here and there, frustrating your efforts to fill your glass, and you don’t feel as well as you might. Two simple explorations can help you redirect now.

“Ask, ask, ask.” As insistent as dandelions in a lawn, the word invaded my awareness, but why? I dropped inside to listen. What was this “Ask” about?

GUEST BLOG: My decision to learn to practice Reiki was more or less a last resort. I had reached a pinnacle of dissatisfaction and anxiety, and my usual coping methods were not working.

I was comfortable with my practice until immediately after the master class, when my teacher said, “Now you are ready to go out and make other Masters.” I felt a twinge of shock, and wanted to say, “What the heck are you talking about? I am brand new at this Master thing! How could I train another master now?”

There is a reasonable expectation that any practice referred to as Reiki traces back to Usui, but we cannot assume this to be true. The lack of agreed-upon Reiki standards creates a buyer-beware market. How can we help the public identify Usui-based Reiki practices?

After two months of daily Reiki self-treatment, a new student is keeping her house neater–a goal that had long eluded her. Reiki benefits come in unexpected forms.