My hands are hovering inches above her abdomen when her body spontaneously spasms. The woman is flat on her back on a massage table and the sunlight streaming through the window casts us in a glow ...

Reiki therapy is based on an Eastern belief that vital energy flows through your body. The idea is that a person who specializes in reiki treatment, referred to as a reiki master, uses gentle touch – ...

Reiki is a therapy often described as palm healing or hands-on-body healing in which a practitioner places hands lightly on or over a patient's body to treat or cure various ailments. When you ...

Reiki is a form of energy healing that originated in Japan in the early 20th century, according to the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing. It's based on the idea that we all have an ...

Nancy Berg, of Merrick, set out to learn Reiki to further her spiritual journey — and, she said, it has left her feeling clearer and more balanced. “I believe Reiki can be extremely beneficial and ...

Alex Rainone has been a lifelong skeptic of Reiki, an energy-healing practice used to help people with a variety of health complications, including chronic pain, anxiety and insomnia. But Rainone’s ...

Reiki is a complementary therapy relating to energy healing. Some people say it works through the transfer of universal energy from the practitioner’s palms to the client. Some controversy surrounds ...

The energy therapy is now available in many hospitals. What its ascendance says about shifts in how American patients and doctors think about health care. Reiki’s growing popularity in the U.S.—and ...