As a student of Reiki, you may have heard stories or read information that may vary from what you were taught. For the first time, academic scholars who have done "the heavy lifting" of sorting through archival information on Reiki, its history and practice are coming together to share with our global Reiki community their research […]
WEBINAR: What is reiki? What are Reiki Systems?. Join us as our scholars and researchers facilitate an open and respectful discussion on this fascinating subject. As a student of Reiki, you may have heard stories or read information that may vary from what you were taught. For the first time, academic scholars who have […]
Webinar - Reiki and Spirituality As Reiki students, we are often told Reiki practice is a spiritual practice. In this Circle of Scholars Webinar, our academic scholars who have conducted research on Reiki practice will discuss Reiki as Spirituality from the perspective of their research findings. Considered diverse and multi-dimensional, Reiki as a spiritual practice […]
Webinar - Reiki, Healing, and Medicine Join us as our scholars and researchers facilitate an open and respectful discussion on this subject. There is a registration fee for each person attending. Registration Required. Please visit the registration page online. If the link does not work, copy and paste the following URL (all characters) into your […]
Open Panel Discussion. The Open Panel is a time to field questions from participants and to experience dialogue. Reiki students often encounter questions about Reiki practice as we grow deeper into our understanding of all it has to offer. In this Circle of Scholars Webinar, academic scholars who have conducted research on Reiki practice will […]
Webinar – Mythology in Reiki History Join us as our scholars and researchers facilitate an open and respectful discussion on this subject. Joining the webinar are: Justin Stein Robert Fueston Liad Horowitz Dori-Michelle Beeler There is a registration fee for each person attending. Registration Required. For your own time zone, please check the World Clock Converter. […]
Webinar – Reiki and Japanese Culture Join us as our scholars and researchers facilitate an open and respectful discussion on this subject. Joining the webinar are: Justin Stein Jojan Jonker Liad Horowitz There is a registration fee for each person attending. Registration Required. For your own time zone, please check the World Clock Converter. Unless otherwise […]
In this webinar, the Circle of Scholars will be discussing Mrs.Takata's life and teachings throughout her 40+ year career with Reiki. Included in the discussion will be some of the personal experiences working with the Takata Sensei Archives and what lies within this treasure trove of useful resources for Reiki practitioners around the world. For […]
New Age is a term that has become a metonymy, a single descriptor for a wide range of beliefs and practices. This webinar explores the ways in which Reiki practice can be regarded to be part of the New Age, or not, and how researchers have presented this both historically and in the present. For […]
The Circle of Scholars will discuss this topic starting with the American Hayashi Kenkukai in the Hawaiian Islands in the 1930s up until the mid part of the 1980s. Learn from the Circle of Scholars as they discuss the struggles and changes these organizations went through. By stepping into the past, the wisdom of the […]
As Reiki practitioners, we have all learned about the importance of the Precepts in Reiki practice. What is your relationship with the Precepts? Have you come across different versions and wondered why there is a difference or if one version is right? In this webcast, the Reiki Precepts is the center of our discussion. We'll […]
Paul Mitchell, our Guest Facilitator, will continue to explore with our academic scholars how their personal practice of Reiki and their academic research nourishes them and their human journey. Join us as we move deeper in this exploration with them as they share intimately in this subject. All events are PDT (Portland, OR USA) Timezone […]
The stream of Reiki has been flowing for decades and there have been changes. Guest Facilitator: Craig Brown. All events are listed in PDT (America/Los Angeles). For your own time zone, please check the World Clock Converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter-classic.html
Dive deep into initiations, a great mystery, and part of the beating heart of the Reiki system. Facilitators: Liad Horowitz & Robert Fueston All events are listed in PDT (America/Los Angeles). For your own time zone, please check the World Clock Converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter-classic.html
Dr. Justin Stein explores in what ways Reiki resembles japanese traditional arts, such as calligraphy, martial arts, and what aspects it shares with Japanese religious practices. All events are listed in PDT (America/Los Angeles). For your own time zone, please check the World Clock Converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter-classic.html
In this webcast, love is presented as a value in the healing process and how it underpins the moral imperative to provide care. All events are listed in PDT (America/Los Angeles). For your own time zone, please check the World Clock Converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter-classic.html
Guest Facilitator: Ann Baldwin This webcast will discuss: - The need for science-based evidence of efficacy. - Evaluating Reiki research. - The Touchstone Project and Results from new Reiki research. - What is missing from the research. - Randomized, controlled clinical trials. Why are they necessary? - Ideas for large scale trails based on promising […]
Guest Facilitators: Dori Beeler and Jojan Jonker In the enthongraphic research conducted in Britain 2012-2014 by Dori Beeler, the term “surrender” was found to be synonymous with “letting go” or “go with the flow”. The significance of this important feature of Reiki practice is that Reiki is doing something – it is exhibiting action; it […]
What can the study of neuroscience and neuropsychology reveal about how Reiki affects our mind, body and Spirit? Join our Circle of Scholars as we engage in a wide-ranging discussion of this topic. This webcast will share a brief summary of what neuroscience research has already taught us about Reiki and suggest possible directions for […]
Celebrating with the Circle of Scholars - 25 Circle Webcasts. Still going strong! It’s been two years since Circle of Scholars offered its first webcast in February 2019 . Twenty-five webcasts later, we sit with the Scholars to revisit important questions that drive their research. With new members who have joined, the group continues to […]
Quantum Physics & Thermodynamics Are Used to Explain the Reiki Phenomenon The Circle of Scholars is delighted to announce that Francis Vendrell is our guest speaker. He will present on Reiki, Biophysics and Spontaneous Order Creation - Quantum Physics and Thermodynamics are used to explain the Reiki Phenomenon. This presentation introduces a new paradigm of […]
Ann Baldwin, PhD, Professor of Physiology at the University of Arizona, Director of Mind-Body-Science and a Reiki Master for the past 20 years will present some of the most interesting and useful findings about Reiki in practice, that she has so far discovered from published scientific research. She will cover topics such as: the importance […]
During this webcast, you have the unique opportunity to ask a question or suggest a topic for more discussion to this interdisciplinary group of doctoral-level academics. Ann, Dori, Jojan, Justin and Liad are committed to the practice and, for some, the teaching of Reiki. Their research includes representation from the areas of: religious studies, ancient Buddhist studies, […]
Reiki, the "Universal Life Energy". When you think of Reiki, do you consider it a universal energy, a universal system? Does that mean that in all places and all contexts Reiki will be similar, of the same basic core? In this webcast, we will consider Reiki from the viewpoint of localism, globalism, and "glocalism". We […]
On May 28, the first-ever academic conference on Reiki history was held as a six-hour online event. Three of the presenters (Liad Horowitz, Jojan Jonker, and Justin Stein are members of Reiki Home's Circle of Scholars, and will be speaking on the past, present, and future of Reiki as it marks the end of its […]
Excluding the Variables Responsible for the Placebo Effect on Adults The scope of this study has been to evaluate the effect of Reiki in subjects who have never received before a Reiki session and did not know its effects or its methodological practices excluding the variables responsible for the placebo effect. Join us as we […]
Dori Beeler shares a presentation she gave at an annual Anthropology Conference in November 2021. In this discussion, she compares qualitative data highlighting the mechanisms that US and UK Reiki practitioners operationalize to support a growing hospital presence. Based on these mechanisms, issues of acculturation, assimilation, and co-option become central concepts of consideration.
Guest is Duncan Cross PhD In this webcast, Duncan will present research undertaken with Reiki practitioners in the United Kingdom. The survey was developed in early 2021 to take a snapshot of the UK Reiki Federation membership to understand how people came to learn Reiki, their educational journey with Reiki, and finally the impact that […]