content: I completely understand your viewpoint on Reiki and I respect that.  I have studied energy healing and other forms of healing for more than 23 years.  Some methods are more effective given the aliment and the person.  However, I know it to work quite well on open minded people.  I'm not implying that Reiki can heal cancer or fix a broken leg but I do believe that Reiki can help alleviate other aliments like stress or depression.  It might be nothing more than a placebo effect but either way the people that I worked on felt better.  I never did it for money, I did it because I cared about the person that was hurting.  I firmly believe in chakras and our internal energy or Chi and therefore I think of Reiki as being concentrated will or intention.  Here is some information and facts about the study of chakras.  Science has not yet proved that Reiki is real but that doesn't mean that it's not.  Our minds and intentions are quite powerful even if it can't be proven in a lab.  Keep in mind that science does not have answers for everything.  There are countless things we know nothing about. Thanks for commenting.