Maybe you've heard the work Reiki, or maybe you haven't. Either way, you're probably wondering "what it Reiki?"

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy."

A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well-being.

Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

Reiki therapy is widely known as an integrative energy therapy - found in the 2007 Mayo Clinic Guide to Alternative Medicine and recognized by NIH (National Institutes of Health - see their NCCAM website). It is used in Cancer treatment centers, hospitals and clinics world wide ~ for reduction of nausea, accelerated healing of radiation burns and overall reduction of chemotherapy side affects. Clients who suffer from Arthritis receive pain relief and increased mobility. Many hospitals recommend Reiki therapy pre and post surgery and have recorded reduced pain medication and shorter hospital stays due to quicker recovery. Reiki therapy has grown to become an important integrative therapy in many American hospitals including Beth Israel, Yale University, University of Michigan, and is offered in Veteran's Hospitals nationwide.