This article, by Issue Editor Trevor Courneen and excerpted from Newsweek' s Special Edition, Spiritual Living, The Secret to Peace and Happiness, explores the power of Reiki and of an open mind.

While Western medicine is essential for maintaining good health, complementary holistic and energy healing practices have been gaining a lot of traction in recent years. And when used in combination ...

My hands are hovering inches above her abdomen when her body spontaneously spasms. The woman is flat on her back on a massage table and the sunlight streaming through the window casts us in a glow ...

Part of living mindfully is always coming from a place of curiosity and keeping an open mind, so when my Aunt Nancy gifted me with a visit to her Reiki guru, of course, I obliged. The two met nearly ...

BROCKTON — As high-frequency energy music plays in the background, reiki healing takes place in the next room and eucalyptus and lavender aromatherapy oils dance in the air. You have entered Healing ...

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Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows ...

A woman stricken with Multiple sclerosis came to me for a Reiki treatment some years back upon the recommendation of her son. Her granddaughter had been killed in a tragic accident a year earlier and ...