Reiki is a form of complementary and alternative medicine based on the belief that a vital energy flows through the human body. The goal of energy healing is to balance the energy flow in the client. It is used to reduce stress and anxiety and promote well-being.

Reiki practitioners believe that improving the flow of energy around the body can enable relaxation, relieve pain, speed healing, and reduce other symptoms of illness. It is particularly useful for healing trauma, because the energy that is held in that space after a trauma occurs is of low vibration and it is this low vibration that blocks the flow of energy. After the blockages take place in our energy pathways, energy becomes denser and heavier emotionally and psychologically. Once this happens, we need help to clear those pathways, Reiki is designed to do just that. The Reiki practitioner taps into the Universal life force energy and channels it into the client and the energy opens the blockages. 

Mikao Usui developed Usui Reiki Ryoho, the most current form of Reiki, in 1922; however, people have practiced Reiki for about 2,500 years Reiki has different lineages but all come from Master Usui. Reiki is now practiced all over the world, in a variety of settings, and there is a need for more practitioners and teachers.