Reiki is a non-invasive, gentle energy healing modality with Japanese roots. The literal translation of the name "Reiki" is "universal life energy," emphasizing the practice's core idea of gathering and using energy from the universe for therapeutic effects.

Reiki practitioners hold that all living things are made of this universal life energy, which can cause emotional, mental, or spiritual imbalances when it becomes blocked or depleted. In a Reiki treatment, the practitioner guides this energy to the recipient by passing it through their hands without touching the body.