The International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health (ICIMH), held April 20-23 at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City, Utah, was exhilarating and informative. Held annually, ICIMH is the flagship gathering of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health‘s 80+ member institutions from around the world. Clinicians, researchers, educators, and policymakers from as far away as Japan, […]
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 […]
Research Overview CRR director Patricia DeLeon (left), an Associate Professor of Biology and Nutrition at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, with assistance from CRR director Ann Thompson (right), a Certified Medical Reiki Master, is researching the impact of Reiki on the growth of human cancer cells. Experimental Approach and Findings The initial phase […]
CRR, in collaboration with World Reiki Research and Harvard University, has just published the results of a landmark study evaluating whether specific subjective Reiki experiences are associated with changes in health-related symptoms using regression and mediation analyses. Ninety-nine Reiki practitioners had clients complete a survey before and after 1,284 Reiki (60-minute in-person) sessions. Linear regression […]
All CRR past webinars — including Jane Van de Velde’s Reiki For The Cancer Community: Offering Reiki Programs To People Dealing With a Serious Illness — may be purchased in video on demand format here. Past webinars are available at no charge to associate and professional members here.
As part of CRR’s efforts to promote scientific rigor in Reiki research, we’ve successfully connected with the scientific journals Epilepsy & Behavior, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Journal of Nursing and Education. CRR director Ann Baldwin authored three letters to the editors, referencing Biofield Therapies: Guidelines for Reporting Clinical Trials which outlines the […]
We are looking for volunteer research assistants (RAs) to help with a nation-wide survey of integrative therapy use in the U.S. hospital system. RAs will assist with data collection, including obtaining appropriate hospital contacts, conducting telephone calls with hospital staff, and inputting data. Responsibilities: Obtaining appropriate hospital contact information Contacting hospitals through phone and email […]
