Explaining Reiki To Skeptics 

My pleasure Joy and glad you enjoyed the video!! Reiki is a beautiful journey...enjoy every step 😀!

How did it work for you?

A great line of thought to apply to this video! Thank you for the comment!

@@RootsofLifeWow! What an amazing video. I am a practitioner and like you I also like and use the other more “Gu gu” tools but definitely makes more sense to keep Reiki organic and only use them if we know that the person is already into Crystals, sage and other tools. Also this video will help me a lot in explaining what Reiki is in a simple way!

My father used to say “ just because you believe it, does that make it true?”

Nothing is certain. We are limited by our senses. Who kmows, maybe we have senses that are not known to our consciousness. They will not be known to science either to be proven.

woah I say this all of the time!!!

Thank you, I'm glad the video helps! Prior to moving into Reiki full time I was also a teacher (physical and social sciences - Economics, Astronomy, etc). I hope the transition goes well. If I can be of assistance, please reach out!

@@RootsofLife thanks, I really appreciate it. 🙏

Thank you for the comment, I do appreciate it! Indeed - all is connected!

Thank you for the kind comment I appreciate it!

Thank you for the comment and I'm glad to know Reiki has been helping you with your journey!

Yeah I'm not a reiki master and me waving my hands around my mom also cured her and made her feel amazing. Which means reiki is bs. Its monetizing something which everyone has acsess to. Its a bullshit way to restrict the natural healing powers people have by monetizing and gatekeeping and making it into some special magic thing you have to pay for to be special when it's not that at all. Even my cat can do reiki.

Thank you for the comment - indeed at some point Reiki can be viewed as similar to a mindfulness meditation - I think the main difference though is within Usui Reiki Ryoho the final aim would be to work towards a mind and body that is silent, so perhaps one step beyond mindfulness. However, this is difficult to achieve, so keeping a practice that reinforces attention to one area of the body is already such a beneficial practice

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Thank you for the comment, and I'm glad the video benefited you and your practice! Enjoy the journey with Reiki :) Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about traditional Japanese Reiki or if I can help! In Gassho

Thank you for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Thank you, I'm grateful for your comment and keep up your practice!

That’s interesting and a beautiful gift for both you and the horses you work with. I sometimes feel that circular energy in my palms, sometimes feel tingling or slight trembling, but most often feel heat.

Freely finding awareness - I think that's a perfect way to put it! If we allow that awareness to arise freely then we are not forcing with the mind, but more towards surrendering the mind and body - much as we do when we sleep - and this, I think, helps us understand how Reiki helps us to heal. Thanks for the comment!

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Thank you, I'm grateful that the video resonates with you! I appreciate the comment!

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Thank you for the comment, I'm grateful you enjoyed the video!

Crystals have been proved not to work in scientific experiments.It's all in the mind.50 people were given real crystals and 50 were given glass fake crystals.They were all told to expect various sensations such as heat and tingling when holding the crystals.Just as many reported sensations from the glass crystals as were reported from those holding the real crystals.There is no power in a crystal.

Sounds like you were able to feel the natural energy within all things? If you place your hands in front of your heart, as if you were holding a grapefruit or something similar in size, then see if you can't feel it between your hands as well. It will come

Likely just you feeling the airflow and radiating warmth from his hands as well as him likely also touching hairs on your hand either intentionally or unintentionally. People also tend to be more open to suggestion if a person is very confident, which may have given you a placebo reaction. There are many other explanations, but without seeing the situation myself, those are the best I can come up with.

Perhaps, being in prison, you were completely deprived of any touch. I don't picture prison as a place where people give hugs. "The Halo effect" Is why we psychologically are much more likely to believe and trust someone who is good looking. It's why cults are often "cults of personality". Hypnotists can take advantage of trust and suggestion to quickly and easily convince and manipulate a person of absurd things. Reiki can not be disproved for the same reason most things can't, because there is no way to prove it. Unfalsafiable. People in vulnerable psychological states are much, much more likely to embrace and believe such unfalsifiable claims. Humans need touch. Humans need connection and to feel safe and loved, to have hope. We need it so much that our minds can literally heal us (placebo) with just an idea. But little more.

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You are most welcome - thank you for the comment!

My pleasure, and thank you for watching!

You are so welcome - I'm grateful you enjoyed and thank you for the comment!

Thank you for the comment and I'm grateful you enjoyed the video! Welcome to your Reiki practice as well, it's a beautiful journey! If you ever have questions feel free to reach out! Be well and In Gassho

In the West, it is a new idea, it can not be proven or seen, to me, much like religion. I have lived in Kansas my whole life, and yet I feel like I see the ideas as the same thing, in both, the stronger the belief the more benefit you get. ❤

Thank you for your comment and I'm grateful you enjoyed the video. I'm glad you found Quantum Touch and that it is a great fit for you!

Thank you for your comment and I'm glad the video may be of help in explaining Reiki. Enjoy the journey with your practice!

My pleasure & thank you for the comment!

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Thank you for your kind comment and for your support of my channel! I do hope my content is beneficial to your journey!

Thank you for the comment I appreciate it!

Thank you for the comment and I wish you well on your healing and recovery journey.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed!

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed!

You're welcome!

Thank you for your comment and support - I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Speaking to sound, did you see my video on combining Reiki and sound in sessions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kulQlRDRqSg.html

Thank you for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I'm grateful that it is beneficial to your practice indeed!

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Right back atcha!

Thank you for the kind comments and I'm grateful to know that you benefited from the video! I hope you enjoy the content on my channel and that it may be helpful to your journey with Reiki!

Thank you for the comment and I hope that the video helps you to spread the practice!

Thanks so much Brian and glad you enjoyed the video!

Wonderful, I hope you enjoyed it!

My pleasure and I'm grateful that my videos are of benefit to your journey!

@@RootsofLife we live our lives every day to learn new things and your videos and those of many others like you have been a wonderful addition to mine as of late.

It just dawned on me that this is essentially “laying hands”.

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There is absolutely nothing supernatural about the movement of energy, how do you think your phone works?? And just because you don’t touch your owies, you assume that other people don’t either? First thing I have done all my life is to lay my hands on an injury and rub. If it’s actually bleeding, I staunch the flow by pressing it hard. If my head hurts, I lay my fingers on my temple and massage. Maybe you don’t touch your injuries, but most people do.

Thank you for the comment - so in the video you may recall that I was noting that I'm not referring to serious trauma (such as you've described) but more minor sprains or traumas that don't require medical attention. And further, yes of course we continue to heal when we are awake - it's simply that when we sleep we are able to heal much more effectively. I fully agree that there is a lot of language in the Reiki world that is off putting, and for good reason - and I wish the world of Reiki would do more to remove such supernatural language from the practice. This is a point that I'm consistently making across my channel in my other videos. I hope this helps clarify and thanks for the comment!

Thank you I'm very glad you enjoyed the video!

100% :)

Thanks for the comment and I'm glad my videos are of benefit to you! For my thoughts on attunement and distance sessions you can check out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Oyq3Q9HychM.html & ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-poFND4DDju8.html And to your question on the levels and when one may be ready. One is ready when they feel ready to progress. Usui Reiki Ryoho is not simply a healing modality, rather it is a modality that allows us to turn further into the self. That is really what it is about. In brief, the levels of Usui Reiki Ryoho can be viewed as progressive steps deeper into the self. So when one is ready to venture deeper into the self one may consider taking the next step with their understanding of the practice. I hope that helps!

Thank you for the message and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I wish you well with your Reiki training, it's a beautiful journey! In Gassho

Thank you I appreciate the comment. For distance Reiki explained you can have a look at this video I made: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UJchVBPpr5k.html

I think the main difference may be found in the nature of the practice of Reiki vs. the modalities you've noted. In Reiki, ideally, the aim is to be neutral in the mind and body - beyond even the awareness of who you may be working on. I'd think this is a similar mentality to the monks in Bangkok - more of a meditative practice as opposed to a directional one. Thanks for the comment!

Thank you for the comment and I'm grateful that my videos and content is beneficial for your journey with Reiki!

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Thank you, I appreciate it and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I've noticed your points as well and I'm working on eliminating those words from the way I deliver content - hopefully that's visible in my newer videos! I hope my content is beneficial to you and your practice. Be well

Thank you for the comment and the kind words, I appreciate it. Reiki is a method that we can use to work towards increased levels of peace in our mind and body, and so as a result of this we are giving our physical body increased opportunities or time to heal itself. So in that regard, yes indeed it aids in healing. Ultimately, however, Reiki is a process to discover internal peace. I hope that helps!

Thank you for the comment and your thoughts. Yes, even without sensation Reiki is still flowing as it is simply the energy of all things. With practice, sensitivity to these feelings (heat, etc) may increase...but this is not an indication by any means of depth of practice. If there is any measure to stay focused on in regards to your practice, I would encourage you to keep working towards an ever quieter mind. I hope that helps!

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Thank you for the comment and I'm grateful the video has helped!

Same :)

Thanks for the comment!

Thank you for the comment and I'm glad to hear Reiki is impactful for you!

Hello and thank you for the comment. She may have seen the mandala for the throat chakra, or a number of other things. I would wonder how it felt to you and did you feel anything in the throat?

Reiki helps to calm the mind and the body, so it is very possible that Reiki can help you. Thank you for the comment, I appreciate it!

Thank you for your comment - the example that I'm giving regarding the sprained ankle, as noted in the video, would be for minor/moderate injuries. With more severe injuries of course you may need prompt care. What I'm referring to is our natural instinct to hold wounds or areas of trauma..or conversely, to hold areas of focus on the body. With the practice of Reiki the hands can become much hotter than baseline body temp which is what I'm referring to for the heat. I hope that helps!

Thank you for the comment I appreciate it. The difficult thing with proving something is the subjectivity of the data used or the approach taken in gaining the information needed for a proof. This is made even more difficult in regards to something intangible and experencial such as Reiki. There are a good number of papers published within the NCBI that talk about the efficacy of Reiki as a practice...some are well powered and done correctly, some could have been more rigirous, and a few are not worth reading. If you do a search for "Reiki Is Better Than Placebo and Has Broad Potential as a Complementary Health Therapy" you'll find a good paper that sums up a lot of the data. At the end of the day, these are all subjective experiences still, so for further "proof" I would say the most important approach here is how does it make the individual feel? How is it helping them along? For me Reiki has helped me without a doubt. Some may say that's the placebo effect, if so and there is still positive gains then that's fine. One can further liken Reiki to the efficacy of our own healing when we sleep. To me this is a better summation of Reiki beyond simply just the placebo effect. When we sleep we get out of the way of the self and let the body do what it does naturally...much the same in a Reiki session.

Thank you for the comment I appreciate it. To what I'm meaning here in regards to holding space for the client - is to maintain a neutral position within the Reiki session so that the client may be able to let go a bit further into their own healing. We can't do that if one is assisting from an attached mind or a mind that is focused on the outcome or experience (from the practitioner perspective). Absolutely we can all heal ourselves, and we've been doing and practicing hands on healing instincitively always, but I'm not sure that we can get better results always if we go it alone. Often people are afraid of their own healing journey, and thus the sensation of neutral and caring touch will help facilitate this journey. the practice of Reiki is very much a martial art, as opposed to just a healing modality, in that the individual is working to cultivate internal stillness...so from this, the deeper the practice then, hopefully, the more this route to stillness is cultivated and, from there, then the individual has a more neutral understanding of the energy within all things. This, then, reflects on the session for the client.

@RootsofLife I see, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining further.As part of my QiGong training, we are working to awaken the "energy body" and become more sensitive to internal sensations. Just FYI: I would not consider Reiki or Qigong a martial art, which is generally defined as a practice of self-defense or competition sport fighting.

Thanks so much for your comment and I'm glad you enjoy your practice!

indeed, this is what Reiki is all about

Thanks so much!

I would agree that love=Reiki. Love is the base energy of the universe and it is neutral. As the old adage goes: If you love something set it free. Neutrality in our practice helps us recognize neutrality outside of the practice.

It was explained to me early in my learning, that love, like a mothers love, one who kisses a boo boo, is a form of reiki energy. It helped me understand the power of that energy, my mom could fix anything!! She loves her children very much!

Thank you, and I am grateful for your comment and wish you the best of luck with your practice! In gassho

Thank you!

Yes we need to work on ourselves only - work towards a still and quiet mind. This is the path inward and the path that allows healing.

beautifully said and thank you for taking the time to post your comment! Much appreciated and wishing you the best with your journey. In Gassho

Thank you for watching, I appreciate it!

Thank you, I hope the video has helped you!

Thank you for the comment and I'm grateful that you enjoyed the video. I think the point that I'm trying to make here is that incorporating these things into the Reiki discussion may be off putting to a wider audience who may already be viewing Reiki with some skepticism. As I state in the video, I have nothing against all of these and I incorporate them all the time in my personal practice. I think that keeping the conversation around Reiki as simple and neutral as possible is a way to approach a wider audience, which is what I'm trying to convey in this video. I hope that helps and thank you for the comment!

100% and thank you!

Thank you for the comment. I appreciate it! I believe this is also what I am saying in the video. Around the 2:30 mark, I note that there is - first - a trauma or pain, and then because of that pain, we place our hands instinctively on the site of the trauma. From here, we allow everything else to settle down, and our awareness becomes more focused on the site of the trauma. This is akin to the practice of Reiki in that we are working to quiet down the noise and attachments so the body can do what it naturally does - which is heal. I'm grateful for the comment and I hope you found the video beneficial!

Thank you for the comment, and I'm grateful you watched the video. So to your question, there are several published papers out there that show Reiki to be better than a placebo, for instance: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871310/#:~:text=It%20was%20found%20that%20Reiki,between%20groups%20for%20mental%20relaxation. However, the ardent skeptic will note that these data points are likely too subjective to be viable. That could be a fair point, but a fully scientific lens will always have difficulty explaining the subjective or the experiential practice. This is why I was leaving it out of this video and rather focusing on the aspects of our life where we perform Reiki instinctively. The fact that we all do this, and always have, and always will... is far more convincing, in many ways than data that can be skewed or not reach stat sig levels to be viable. Reiki is a beautiful practice that demands us to turn inward and seek stillness within. If we can reach this, we heal as a by-product - much like when we sleep. Enjoy your journey, and perhaps a more esoteric or traditional practice of Reiki would resonate more with you if your initial training were more "Western"?

You can never convince a skeptic. This is because they are "in fear" of it or due to some religious programming will not accept it at all. I always say those who don't want to believe in it are the ones who are actually very good at healing but need to heal themselves. No judgement. 💙🙏🩵

Thank you for your comment I appreciate it. Perhaps I can add a bit to the video in that Reiki is something akin to a practice that facilitates a focused awareness. So in the example of a twisted ankle - we would benefit from focused awareness in that we would, ideally, be able to mitigate the pain response, or perhaps other stressors that may be accompany the trauma. From here, the body is able to heal more efficiently as we would be working our way back to the parasympathetic state. Perhaps one can see the hand placements as to protect the ankle or apply pressure, I don't know. I would think that, post sprain, one is already sitting down or not putting weight on it so it is likely removed from any further danger, and also I don't know if we would want to apply pressure, but perhaps. As for the pregnancy example, I agree, there can be hundreds of reasons why, but I think it still goes back to the idea of focused awareness. Regardless of the impetus, focalized awareness is likely still the aim here. The practice of Reiki is not about healing, rather, it is about a state of being called anshin ritsumei - or to live peacefully in both mind and body. We do this by calming down all the added stressors and external stimuli via focused awareness and, hopefully, with depth of practice, even the last attachment can be let go of so we can just be neutral. I hope that helps and thank you for the comment.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871310/

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​@@Lac4ever@lukecross1101 Apologies, I thought your initial comment was meant to be more of a joke. A joule is the SI unit for energy and measures all forms of energy (work, heat). I would guess what you are getting at is the nature of the heat that one may feel during a Reiki session or similar practice? This is a peculiar experience with such practices as the practitioner is often able to notice a marked and easily measurable increase in the temperature in the palms. As far as I know, it is not possible to raise the surface temperature of any other area of your body at will as it is on the palms during such practice.

@RootsofLife and if reiki worked you could get a result and should know the joule.

Go to a hospital take two open wounds Use reiki on one and nothing on the other I guarantee they heal at the same time

Thank you for the comment, and I'm happy to discuss this further. Regarding the energy question, I'm referring to the energy of the universe, which is the energy found in all things. The same energy from the Big Bang. One may feel this in a kinetic way via increases in heat, or perhaps in more potential ways via increases in neutral or passive feelings within the mind and body. Measurement of this would be difficult because it is too subjective, however heat on the hands and the ability to increase or decrease this heat at will is quite measurable. The fundamental nature of practices like Reiki is to bring someone closer to a parasympathetic state of existence or rest and restore state. So, from here, we can heal with greater efficiency. This state, unfortunately, is not a measurable state from a statistical perspective, and I wish it could be as there could then be properly powered and relevant double-blind studies that could be performed to prove or disprove the validity of Reiki. If we are always looking with a rational lens, then we will also miss much of the story because here, there is no story - there is no form or function to the practice. We are trying to calm down the mind and body so that we can let go of our suffering, anger, resentment, trauma, and so on. If we can do this in a waking state, we can cultivate a state of being that will allow the body to do what it does naturally: heal. Much like we do each night when we sleep - the body rests and restores. Reiki is a practice of internal stillness and the cultivation of internal peace. The focus of traditional Reiki is something called anshin ritsumei, and so, to make this more rational or logical, it would be akin to the formless nature of energy at Planck time, where all forces are unified as one. The GUT, in its present state, remains unsolved because of gravity, which is a function of mass. I'm saying all of this because, and this is from a more Buddhist or spiritual perspective now, from this form (mass, our being, etc.) arises all of our suffering - as all suffering comes from attachment and attachment (in a roundabout way) could be simplified to be understood as a natural and inevitable function of mass. So, what is Reiki? It is a practice that helps us soften the form and find peace in a greater sensation, not of the self, but of the universe's energy. I'm sorry you've had a negative experience with Reiki. It's unfortunate that Reiki is so often viewed as abstract metaphysical jargon and muddled up with so many other quasi-spiritual practices and thinking. Reiki is none of this-it is simply closing your eyes, quieting down your mind and body, placing your hands on yourself if desired, and allowing the noise and dust to settle. Once everything settles, there is a universe to discover. One studies Reiki, namely Usui Reiki Ryoho, to learn how to facilitate the quieting of the mind and the body. In traditional Reiki, the focus is not on healing...it is not on channeling angels or anything else, but rather it is on stillness. It is my hope and desire that an increasing number of people will see Reiki as such a practice, as opposed to often how it is taught and expressed. If this happens, then perhaps more will be able to cultivate a similar stillness within - and that would be beautiful indeed. I hope this helps.

Ancient indeed!

Thank you for the comment. The energy that I'm referencing here is the same energy that is found through all things in the universe - it is the energy that arose from the big bang, and from which everything came. Just like the GUT is trying to confirm, if once all was energy, then still, all is energy - as total energy in the system is constant, and we are a part of that system. So, when we place our hands on an area of trauma, for instance, then our mental and physical bodies are able to - hopefully - relax and calm down and prioritize healing via the parasympathetic response. This is much the same as when we sleep. If we get the mind and body out of the way then the whole system does what it does naturally, and what all systems strive to do, which is return to equilibrium. This is a state where the resistance to the flow of energy is minimized, and such resistance within the body, for instance, is the very trauma that one may be placing their hands over. This is akin to the basis of Chinese medicine, and similarly why meditation and relaxation practices are able to stimulate a healing response within the body, because such a response is the ability for energy to flow through the system and the system to move closer to equilibrium.

Everything is energy ✨️

This is how I understand it: in quantum physics, the concept that “everything is energy” comes from the idea that subatomic particles, which make up atoms, exhibit both particle-like and wave-like behaviors.. this wave-particle duality means these particles have energy states and can be described by their energy… even Einstein’s equation E=mc2 supports this. So, at a fundamental level, everything in the universe, being made of particles, can be considered as forms of energy. (Not a quantum physicist, just a woo-woo girl also trying to understand the strange nature of our universe!)

Thank you for the thoughts, I appreciate it!

Thank you for the comment I do hope you enjoyed the video!

Ahh classic the ol hurt knee gag! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for your comment, and I appreciate your points. Indeed, the pain will help bring our awareness to the point of trauma, and I think if we can further calm that pain down, then the healing will, perhaps, be accelerated - much as it does while we sleep. And I fully agree with you on your point in regards to manipulating the energy using hands or other "tools". This is simply the attachment of the mind and the ego, and sadly it is an aspect of the practice of Reiki that, I feel, turns people off...and in many ways for good reason. As Reiki is traditionally practiced, there is no space or need for any of these things that you've mentioned. Reiki is not a "healing" modality, as it is often billed and taught - rather it is a modality that helps us to quiet down the mind and still the body, which allows healing as a by-product. Again, much the same as when we are sleeping. So in order to do this, we need to let go of all of these distractions that busy the mind. We need to turn inward and work on the cultivation of internal stillness. This is an aspect that Western Reiki often doesn't teach or understand, and as such, I believe the perception of Reiki is skewed into the negative. It is a beautiful and simple process more akin to meditation, in many ways. I hope that helps and thank you for the comment!

Thank you for the way you've explained this. I am a reiki practitioner, massage therapist and also provide reflexology sessions. When I talk to people about reiki, it's often difficult to explain without using terms or descriptions that many people aren't familiar or comfortable with. I lean toward referring to it as a relaxation tool, rather than a healing session.

Thanks for the comment and for watching the video...I hope you've enjoyed it. Traditional Japanese Reiki, which is Usui Reiki Ryoho, is a practice of surrendering the mind and body into, hopeful, neutrality, and just working on cultivating that space. This superceedes the idea or use of any external tools, beliefs, thoughts, images, sources, practices, modalities and so on. This is what I'm referring to with a neutral approach to the practice. Everything beyond neutrality is belief. So why have everything else beyond neutrality then? Because the journey inward is often a difficult one and sometimes we need things that we believe in to help us find something more true about our self. I would say the difference between Usui Reiki Ryoho and all other touch based modalities is simply found in the neutrality, first and foremost, that is the focus of this practice. If we can find neutrality...meaning no thoughts and no belief, then what else is there? We definately need human contact to live healthier lives, and I appreciate you noting that...I think this is what Reiki and touch practices, in particular, can help facilitate...however again back to the neutrality of the practice, I think this is the key. As I'm noting in the video, if someone comes to me for a session they are going to be best served if the session is neutral from my perspective. Often times, and to the detrement of the practice, practitioners have beliefs in themselves as if they are "healers" and "divine channels" and so on...but that, again, is all the belief of the ego from the practitioner. To be fully present with someone in a session is to stand with them, without judgement, thoughts, belief or story, and to simply be present as the individual embarks further on their own journey inward. For the papers and research on Reiki, if you have a look through the comments I've covered this side in a reply to the user @kriptonis. This is a tricky part though because we are tryign to explain something that is fundamentally intangible via avenues that demand tangibality. So in all the papers and research that is out there supporting Reiki there are few that are done correctly and statistically well powered. I hope this helps and thanks for the comment!

Àdvanced reiki doesn't even touch you.

I think this skepticism is valid and I feel that much of it is a result of Reiki not being realized as something akin to a meditation practice. If we see Reiki as such a practice, to which there is ample and irrefutable evidence towards associated health benefits, then - I think - the conversation may be a bit less mystical and more grounded in results and evidence. As to the energy that one may feel in the practice - the energy in a system (the universe) is fixed, it cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change forms. We are simply a form of this energy and, by engaging in a practice that helps quiet down the rational and busy mind, we may become more sensitive to this energy within all things. It's simply sitting and working towards increased stillness - everything along that path is a beneficial byproduct.

Please see the reply to a previous comment from @kriptonis, that should help with your comment

You are capable of taking what he says and doing your own research, yes? And I mean true scientific/medical research as in academic not social media opinions.

The sprained ankle self touch and the mother touching her womb are explanations that you are already naturally your own source. He mentions other cultures that are comfortable with mind/body/spirit/energy lifestyles as the generational norm. He also mentions Western culture being rather separate from this science. It is science that is finally reproveing for us all that we are electromagnetic beings to give the proof that skeptics were pondering. There are tremendous sources to learn from that are hundreds of years old.

@@christenw.1726people have gotten used to all their problems being solved by an outside source. This is why they always ask for proof but never seek it themselves.