Reiki is channeled energy. It is the name for a modality or framework of energy healing that reduces stress and promotes healing. It is based on a concept of life force energy, given by a form of laying on of hands. Reiki means universal life energy, just as Prana means the same in Sanskrit.

According to Reiki.org, the word Reiki is made of two Japanese words – Rei which means “God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power” and Ki which is “life force energy”. So Reiki is actually “spiritually guided life fo...