Entries by Ruth McKlusky

Announcing IRRC’s Animal Reiki Panel Discussion

The International Reiki Research Conference preliminary program is shaping up! We’ve received a record number of abstracts this year — including three ๐—”๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€. On that note, we’re excited to announce there will be an ๐—”๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป on October 3rd. This highly interactive Animal Reiki panel discussion will invite audience participation as […]

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

As anxiety, depression, and chronic pain continue to rise globally, the need for safe, compassionate, and evidence-informed approaches to care has never been greater.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ A landmark 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis of ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ,๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ provides compelling evidence that Biofield Therapiesโ€”including Reiki, Healing Touch, Therapeutic Touch, and External Qi Gongโ€”can […]

CRR Attends ICIMH As Both Presenter And Exhibitor

Theย International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Healthย (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 theย Academic Consortium forย Integrative Medicine & Health‘s 80+ member institutions from around the world. Clinicians, researchers, educators, and policymakers from as far away as Japan, […]

Help Us Recruit 1,000 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 โ€œhealing presenceโ€ in Reiki practitioners. Healing presence refers to a state of awareness and relational engagement through which a practitioner […]

Exploring the Effects of Reiki on Cancer Cell Growth

  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 Paper Links Subjective Reiki Experiences to Changes in Physiological and Psychological Health

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 […]

CRR Webinars Available in VOD Format

  All CRR past webinars — includingย  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.

Advocating for Scientific Rigor in Reiki Research

As part of CRRโ€™s efforts to promote scientific rigor in Reiki research, weโ€™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 […]