What is a reiki therapist

And how to find one

Reiki is form of energy healing with roots in ancient cultures, it’s based on an Eastern medicine belief that living beings have energy fields that support their health and vitality.
 
Reiki uses what’s known as universal life force energy—ki or qi—to improve people’s lives and ailments. Reiki therapists place their hands on or just above different areas of the body and focus on sensing energy blocks and moving the energy for the greatest good of the client.
 
A reiki therapist, also known as a Reiki Practitioner or Reiki Healer, is someone who has completed both Level One (reiki 1st degree or Shoden) and the second level of a reiki (also known as reiki 2nd degree or Ouden Reiki), taught by a Reiki Master.
 
Whilst there’s no exam to take, most ethical Reiki Masters will ensure that their teaching meets the national core standards of Reiki and that their Reiki students meet those standards.
 
A Reiki Practitioner should be appropriately insured and ideally be a member of a professional organisation, such as the Reiki Federation, who have a set of standards of practice and codes of ethics that practitioners must abide by.

The best way to find a professional Reiki Practitioner is by referral from friends, or you can contact The Reiki Federation and view their list of practitioners, you can then be confident that they are professionally trained, qualified and insured.  
 
If you are searching for a Reiki Therapist to work in a healthcare setting, such as care home, hospice or hospital, then you are advised to search the CHNC register for an accredited Reiki Practitioner. Set up by the government to protect the public, the CHNC are an independent UK register of complementary healthcare practitioners and are  also the holder of an Accredited Register by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, an independent body, accountable to the UK Parliament. So you can be assured that CHNC registered Reiki Practitioners adhere to the highest standards of client care.
 
Reiki Practitioners come from all walks of life and belief systems. I have taught many Reiki students including but not limited to; teachers, nurses, police staff, farmers, retail staff and solicitors! It really is interesting to be amongst Reiki healers from so many different walks of life.
 
Reiki Healers may also use Reiki healing as part of a wider holistic approach, and integrate it with massage, crystal healing and aromatherapy to name just a few.