Many people who have experienced a course of Reiki treatments with me report feeling better on an emotional level. Common feedback I get from clients includes phases such as: feeling emotionally ‘lighter’, feeling happier, more at peace, worrying less, feeling less stressed, observing improvements in their mood, or feeling shifts emotionally on a deep level.

As someone who teaches Reiki as well as delivers Reiki treatments, the most frequently asked question I get  is, "What is Reiki?" In the western world, Reiki is commonly defined as universal healing energy. A more accurate definition, taken from the meaning of Reiki in the original Japanese language, where Reiki originated would be soul energy with 'Rei' meaning soul and Ki meaning energy (above is the original way of writing Reiki in Japanese kanji characters).

For many their first experience of Reiki will be from receiving a Reiki treatment, the start point of which would be selecting a Reiki practitioner and booking their first Reiki treatment. The aim of this article is to provide some considerations with the aim to help you in your selection of a Reiki professional.

This article topic is one I have had listed as a future article topic for a while, purely due to the fact that it is something many people I have helped have said it is something Reiki has helped them with and in many cases it has been the main reason they came to Reiki in the first place. 

In this article I want to explore a perception of Reiki that some people have who are looking at Reiki for the first time, in that Reiki is in some way ‘fluffy’, a bit ‘woo woo’ or ‘out there’. As such a perception can hold people back from trying Reiki and therefore benefiting of it in their lives, be that through receiving Reiki treatments or learning Reiki for themselves. So today I wish to simply explore this perception of Reiki, where it might come from and my thoughts on it.