Put simply, Reiki is universal energy healing. Reiki enhances the effectiveness of traditional Western medicine, by working at the spiritual level. Reiki healing originated in Japan, and I have trained with American and French Reiki Masters who received the knowledge directly from the technique’s originators, Mikao Usui and Hawayo Takata. Each of us has access to the universal power of healing; Reiki techniques help us strengthen and conduct the Reiki healing energy using special symbols first devised by Usui.