There are so many myths about when Reiki treatment can be safely used. Let’s dispel the myth that Reiki treatment is ever contraindicated once and for all. We can start by looking at what is really happening when we offer Reiki treatment.

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The discussion of the US Catholic Bishops’ anti-Reiki advisory continues as PBS’s Religion and Ethics correspondent Kim Lawton interviews a Catholic nun/Reiki master, a lay Reiki master, and a representative of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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What ingredients make a Reiki practitioner credible? How can you know if a practitioner is trustworthy and well trained?

Since there are no agreed-upon standards for Reiki education, Reiki certificates are essentially meaningless. A First degree (beginning level) student might have more training than someone who advertises herself as a Reiki master. This creates a credibility challenge both for people who are new to Reiki, and for practitioners who want to showcase their credibility.

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Just relaxed is a very big deal. Just relaxed is a biochemical event, the beginning of healing, and what you’re not getting enough of. So follow Dr. Oz’s orders, and try Reiki.

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Reiki is not ancient.
It’s either modern (a practice started by Mikao Usui in the 1920s in Japan), or it’s timeless (if by Reiki, you mean the unified field, source, primordial consciousness, pure awareness, great mystery, whatever you call that all-pervasive, unending reality to which we connect when we practice Reiki).

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We are a sleep-deprived nation. Not only adults, but–even more alarming–many school-aged children are suffering from a lack of deep, nourishing sleep. And I mean suffering. Science links poor sleep with an increasing list of serious health conditions, including obesity and depression.

In one of life’s great ironies, as you become more exhausted, your body seems to forget how to sleep well. Reiki treatment reminds your body how to shift that gear, and quickly improves the quality of your sleep.

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Dr. Oz’s recent endorsement of Reiki on his popular tv show kindled interest among an entirely new segment of the population. Now what?

Think of the people in your (extended) family who are most different from you (and put aside how many times you tried to talk to them about Reiki in the past). Thanks to Dr. Oz, Cousin Vinny is now encouraged that maybe this Reiki thing will relieve the pain in his arthritic joints. Aunt Sally is hoping Reiki treatment will help her sleep after years of insomnia.

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Reiki master Marta Getty had been practicing Reiki less than six months when Hawayo Takata arrived in Getty’s hometown of Eugene, Oregon in 1980. Marta remembers the petite 79-year-old as a “remarkable woman, clear and very strong,” and shares several delightful stories from their time together.

It’s tempting to take stories of great teachers and turn them into rules, but doing this stunts your growth rather than nurturing it. Instead, give yourself the time to let these stories settle into your heart.

It’s not that Mrs. Takata never discussed a fee. But she sure didn’t this time.

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May 2010 be a year of profound peace.
May we live with the awareness that each time we place our Reiki hands on ourselves, we are placing another brick in the road to world peace.
Our self-practice is the effort we can make to create peace, an offering we can give ourselves and the world every day.
Please tell us how Reiki has brought peace to your life.

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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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