Now Recruiting Reiki Practitioners

The Center for Reiki Research invites you to take part in a study to better understand the personal, psychological, and spiritual qualities that may contribute to what is described in the research literature as the “healing presence” in Reiki practitioners. Healing presence refers to a state of awareness and relational engagement through which a practitioner may support physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being in others. While previous research has primarily focused on the outcomes of Reiki treatments, relatively little research has examined the inner qualities and lived experiences of the practitioners themselves. This study seeks to explore qualities such as empathy, compassion, mindfulness, spirituality, intention, and transpersonal awareness, as well as early life and childhood experiences, using validated questionnaires and structured survey items. By examining these factors together, the study aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of how personal history and inner qualities may relate to healing presence in Reiki practice and to inform future research in this area.

If you choose to take part, you will be asked to complete a one-time anonymous online questionnaire, which will take approximately 20–30 minutes to complete. The questionnaire includes questions about your demographic background, Reiki training and practice experience, and a series of standardized questionnaires that assess characteristics related to healing presence, such as empathy, compassion, mindfulness, spirituality, universal love, and related experiences. The questionnaire also includes questions about early life and childhood experiences, including adverse childhood experiences. Examples of these questions include whether, during your first 18 years of life, you experienced situations such as feeling unsupported or unloved within your household, or whether a household member experienced mental health difficulties. In addition, the questionnaire includes items relating to noetic beliefs and experiences and extrasensory perception (ESP), including experiences that may occur during Reiki sessions or in everyday life, such as sensing emotions, receiving sudden knowledge or insight, or perceiving information beyond ordinary sensory channels.

There are no intended personal benefits associated with taking part; however, the findings may help the researchers in determining how personal history and inner qualities relate to healing presence in Reiki practitioners and may inform future research in this area.

Take the survey here.