Often, they believe they have personally benefited from alternative treatments such as homeopathy or reiki or acupuncture.
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To that end, sufferers from arthritis, back pain, depression and other stress-related disorders have found relief from reiki.
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There is, however, a longer training and initiation period for those who wish to become reiki masters or teachers.
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Deemed an easy-to-learn art or technique, lay people can learn how to use reiki on themselves and their families.
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Unlike other alternative medicines such as homeopathy, acupuncture or reiki, herbal medicine and conventional medicine share the same origins.
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In meetings, seeking outside help is encouraged when necessary, but it's often another spiritual method, such as mindfulness or reiki.
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Individual therapy rooms off the main studio will be available for massage, reflexology, reiki, homeopathy and other forms of bodywork.
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Using the techniques of reiki, acupuncture, acupressure, reflexology, massage and meditation can also help in restoring balance to your energetic field.
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I was nervous about how it would be received but I've had positive reactions from everyone from neurosurgeons to reiki practitioners.
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Disease arises when this energy is blocked or imbalanced, and manipulation of the field by a reiki practitioner can restore wellbeing.
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Although the most popular and best known in some ways, it is - according to reiki master practitioners - the most misunderstood.
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Current available evidence does not support the effectiveness of acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, reiki or aromatherapy, all of them known as alternative therapies.
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There has been a quiet upsurge of interest in the so-called healing art of reiki in Ireland in the past few years.
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Sylvia Thompsoncharts the rise of reiki in advance of the first national conference this weekend on the complementary therapy, which uses healing energy.
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That's some of what's on offer at Baby Moon, the bohemian site that also offers yoga classes, reiki therapy, and Indian head massages.
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Reiki is a complementary therapy and not an alternative to orthodox medical treatment.