Are online Reiki courses scams, or effective
ways to learn Reiki Healing?
Can you
learn to be an Usui Reiki Master at once, or do you need to take
it one step at a time?
and
most of all: Is Reiki effective, or
just another hoax?
As HUGE skeptics, while preparing this
review we were very surprised to see that the answer to ALL three
questions is a resounding Yes! Reiki is real and although some
Reiki courses are ineffective, others are true gems which
can really teach you how to heal others, even as a profession. Keep on
reading, and we'll tell you all about Reiki, Reiki Scams, which
of the courses available are worth their salt, and which are
ineffective hoaxes.
Following is an
explanation of Reiki, Scientific research regarding it, Reiki
teaching and online Reiki courses. If you want
to skip it
and jump to our Test Conclusions where
we compare top-rated courses,
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Topics: What is Reiki?
Our Problem with Reiki
The Reiki Cash Machine
Reiki Courses Reviewed
Test Conclusions
Reiki (pronounced RayKey) is a
combination of two Japanese words Rei and Ki, meaning
universal life energy[1]. Reiki is an ancient healing technique
that supposedly involves using the life force energy to heal, balancing the
subtle energies within our bodies.
It addresses several
imbalances - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Reiki's ki-energies flow
through the
practitioner's hands while they
are touching or hovering above the recipient's body. In
essence, the Reiki practitioner serves as a vehicle that supplies
healing energies where they are most needed by the recipient. This healing art is an effective delivery system[2].
Reiki does not involve physical manipulation or the
ingestion or application of any substances, but supposedly works with the
subtle vibrational field thought to surround the body.
Although Reiki is ancient in origin, modern day Reiki was formulated
in the early 1920's, by Dr. Mikao Usui. Dr. Usui was a
Christian monk, studying with Zen Buddhists[3].
Familiar with oriental
and western methods of healing, he synthesized these together.
During his attempts to find a better healing method, Dr. Usui
secluded on Mt. Kurama, outside of Kyoto, to meditate, fast, and
pray. During his stay on the mountain he gained deep
understanding of how some of the vital life force energy already
flowing within him could be channeled and used for healing.
Today Reiki continues to be taught by Reiki Masters who have
trained in the tradition passed down from Master to student.
Reiki is not attached to any
belief system, so anyone can receive or learn to give a Reiki
treatment, regardless of religion or faith. The only
prerequisite is the desire to heal or be healed.
Following is an
Scientific research regarding Reiki, Reiki
teaching and online Reiki courses. If you want
to skip it
and jump to our Test Conclusions where
we compare top-rated courses,
Click Here.
What we gave above is the widespread explanation of this form of
healing. This is more-or-less what most good Reiki sites will tell
you. However - WE have a huge problem
accepting this explanation!
We are a scientifically
inclined website. Our founders' background is in finance and in
"hard" science and engineering. As
such, we really have a problem with "spiritual" terms such as
"universal life energy", "vibrational field surrounding the
body", "channeling energies" and the whole concept of hand
healing without touch. What we need so that we can accept Reiki
are two things: scientific research, and
hands-on experience
with it.
Searching for
scientific studies, we've found that Reiki has been
proven effective in reducing pain and improving Quality of
Life in advanced cancer patients[4,5],
changing blood hemoglobin and hematocrit levels[6], reducing levels of free radicals[7],
reducing anxiety and lowering blood pressure[8],
etc. etc. - the list goes on. Reiki even proved effective in
improved growth of heat-shocked bacterial cultures[9].
There's a vast body of recent research, mostly pointing to the
effectiveness of the method.
Adding to that, our
hands-on experience with several courses also proved that
if you use a good course, Reiki is valid.
So - how does
Reiki work? Is it by "channeling universal life energy"
as the believers say, or by relaxation and placebo effect as
some say[10]?
In all truth - we don't know. All we know is that it
DOES work.
So - Reiki in itself is NOT
a scam. However, many Reiki courses ARE! Reiki has really
become a real cash machine: Most Reiki masters teach in three
distinct stages, and each stage requires hefty premiums:
- Level 1 - Reiki
Practitioner: $100-$150
- Level 2 - Advanced Reiki
Practitioner: $150-$500
- Level 3 - Reiki Master:
$350-$10,000
- These are the prices for
Reiki courses. Reiki Healing costs $25-$70 an hour from
Reiki practitioners, $50-$120 from Reiki Masters.
Clearly,
becoming a Reiki master can be very profitable! But as
the courses are usually pretty short - we have to ask: why
is tuition so high? The only explanation we have is that
Reiki has become a cash machine, and existing masters usually want to
keep competition low, unless they profit from teaching!
However, it's
possible to
become a Reiki Master
at a fraction of
the cost of "regular" Reiki lessons!
Our team has performed hands-on tests of
several leading home-study Reiki
courses, and found out that although some
courses are worthless, others are truly magical, and won't
cost you an arm and a leg. The following web pages provide
in-depth reviews of the three
top-rated Reiki Master Courses. The reviews are followed by our
Conclusions
where we compare these products to each other
The three top-rated
Reiki Courses are:
(click to read reviews)
Although we tested
several other courses,
some did not make the cut. To avoid data
overkill (and legal issues from sore losers), the also-rans and
scams are not listed here.
Wondering whether
our reviews are biased? Read our
disclosure.
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