Healing Space Reiki Therapy: Effectiveness and Experiences

NCT06937359 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2025HSR
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 93
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Reiki is an energetic healing method in which a therapist uses his hands on or near the clients body to channel life energy and send it to the client. This activates healing within the client and restores balance. In this study clients at the Reiki training institute Healing Space are monitored for 4 weeks during 4 weekly Reiki healing sessions. Any client 18 years or older with any complaint can participate. A validated MYMOP questionnaire is used to monitor one main complaint, one secondary complaint and overall wellbeing after each of the 4 treatment sessions and before the start of treatment. A small number of clients will be interviewed for additional in depth data about their experiences. The aim of the study is to gain understanding about the effectiveness of Reiki.

Conditions

The Focus of the Study is on Any Volunteer With Any Symptom or Condition

Keywords

Reiki; MYMOP; symptoms

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Self reported main symptom

  Self reported main symptom measured with the MYMOP questionnaire.

  1 week

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Self reported secondary symptom

  1 week

• Overall wellbeing

  1 week

Interventions

Reiki healing OTHER

Each client received four treatments with Healing Space Reiki Therapy: a foundation of Reiki, combined with a fully customized treatment with trauma processing and adjustments in diet and lifestyle at Dojo In Reiki treatments. In the Dojo In, there were 8 futons, with two Reiki Therapists at each futon treating one client. During these sessions, participants receive 4 Reiki treatments, each lasting about an hour, over 4 consecutive weeks. During these days, 2 trained and/or still training Reiki Therapists per treatment table provide a Reiki treatment under the supervision of the founders of Healing Space.

Also known as: energy healing, biofield therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Any adult person with any complaint contacting Healing Space for treatment

You may qualify if:

• Presence of any self reported complaint
• years or older
• No other treatments for this complaint during the intervention period

You may not qualify if:

• Other treatments for the complaint during the intervention period

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Louis Bolk Institute: lead
• Healing Space: collaborator
• National Research Centre of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Norway: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Healing Space

Bussum, Utrecht, 1402AD, Netherlands

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 9, 2025
• First Posted: April 22, 2025
• Study Start: August 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2023
• Study Completion: November 1, 2023
• Last Updated: April 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: September 2024 till end of 2026
• Access Criteria: NAFKAM will access anonymized MYMOP and demographic data in excel format

Locations

NL (1)