| Is Reiki healing legitimate? The short answer is "yes", if | | | | fee structure alone were enough to draw criticism. |
| the practitioner has been trained in the art. Just as with | | | | Reiki healers are sometimes compared to faith healers |
| any other type of therapy, the "therapist" can make all | | | | and most of us have heard the stories about faith |
| the difference. Here's a little general information about | | | | healers like Peter Popoff, whose so-called miracles |
| Reiki and those who practice it. | | | | were proven to be fraudulent. But, Reiki is a legitimate |
| Reiki is considered a form of "complementary" | | | | form of energy medicine or "healing touch therapy". It is |
| medicine. People who are seriously ill and have other | | | | not practiced by ministers or preachers, but by licensed |
| treatment options should not choose Reiki instead of | | | | massage therapists, nurses and anyone who is |
| conventional treatment, but as a complementary or | | | | interested in learning to tap into the "universal life force". |
| adjunctive therapy, it can be very helpful in many | | | | Reiki is actually more closely related to Ayurvedic and |
| conditions. | | | | traditional Chinese medicine than to faith healing. |
| Skeptics generally say that people who practice Reiki | | | | Ayurvedic medicine is widely practiced throughout India |
| and other forms of non-conventional medicine are | | | | and is recognized as a legitimate form of medicine. |
| playing on the desperation of those who are seriously | | | | Traditional Chinese medicine, while considered a form |
| ill. But, no reputable therapist would advise patients to | | | | of alternative medicine in the West, is an integral part |
| stop other forms of treatment, to stop seeing their | | | | of the health care system in China and Taiwan. |
| doctors or to keep "secrets" from their doctors about | | | | In the United States, the National Center for |
| what complementary treatments they are using. | | | | Complementary and Alternative Medicine is currently |
| Whether it be Reiki, herbal remedies or any thing else, | | | | sponsoring scientific research to answer is Reiki |
| in order to receive the most effective treatment, | | | | healing legitimate, to learn how it may work and to |
| patients need to be able to openly discuss all of their | | | | identify conditions in which it may be most beneficial. |
| options with their doctors. | | | | With research of this nature, it is difficult to be sure |
| It is no surprise that people wonder is Reiki healing | | | | that everything is conducted scientifically. In other |
| legitimate. At one time, the fundamentals of this type | | | | words, it may be hard to "prove". As yet, we have |
| of medicine were kept secret. High fees were | | | | been unable to "prove" that the life energy or "Ki" that |
| charged for training and for healing. The secrecy and | | | | is used in Reiki healing exists, but maybe, with time. |