Reviewed by Alicia Bigelow, ND Key Takeaways Reiki is a Japanese energy healing practice rooted in the principle of ‘ki’ or ...

Living with a newly diagnosed chronic illness at 16, I struggled to navigate how best to manage the debilitating symptoms I was experiencing. I endured significant stress, unknowingly manifesting as ...

Buddhist monk Mikao Usui introduced the energy-healing therapy of reiki in 1920 in Japan before it came to the United States in the 1940s, and then Europe in the 1980s. The aim of the practice? To ...

Reiki is an ancient Asian technique that harnesses energy to support emotional and mental healing in cancer patients. Twanda Frazier, a cancer survivor and Reiki master, uses her spiritual practice to ...

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 ...

Dr. Sheldon Marc Feldman explores Reiki’s potential to reduce stress and anxiety for patients undergoing breast cancer surgery at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center. Reiki therapy, an ...