REIKI PRACTICE & HEALTH CARE

I help hospitals and businesses bring the benefits of Reiki practice to their staff to strengthen well-being, improve job performance and satisfaction, and reduce burn-out.

Being in a highly credentialed profession, you might not know that Reiki practice is completely unregulated. Given that it’s non-invasive (the NIH website affirms there’s no evidence of harm), there’s really no need to regulate Reiki practice. 

The downside of not being regulated is that Reiki credentials are meaningless, and people don’t know how misleading Reiki certificates can be. For example, many Reiki masters have less training and experience than my beginning students. 

The lack of meaningful credentials makes it challenging to identify Reiki professionals or teachers who are able to collaborate effectively in conventional healthcare. That’s why I offer the Reiki & Medicine Masterclass.

Communication between healthcare providers and Reiki professionals is further complicated when Reiki practice gets wrapped in New Age concepts and language. 

When I learned to practice Reiki in 1986, I learned the practice that was taught by Hawayo Takata, the Reiki master who brought the practice from Japan to the US. I learned Reiki practice before it was “adopted” by the New Age community. 

I also had the benefit of nearly 25 years of meditation and yoga practice, and was a meditation teacher, so I recognized Reiki as a spiritual practice, and understood the value of practicing as I was taught, without embellishment. 

Since the 1990s, I’ve been at the forefront of integrating Reiki practice into conventional health care, including Harvard and Yale medical schools, the NIH, and New York-Presbyterian/Columbia.

The nurses, doctors and staff I’ve taught have appreciated having a simple, accessible, effective practice for self care and patient care. The care of the patient begins with the care of the caregiver.

I regularly offer traditional Reiki training in live, interactive, small group videoconferences.