What is Reiki? Reiki (pronounced ra-key) is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is the laying on of hands technique that is thousands of years old. The word "rei" means universal spirit, and "ki" means life force energy and promotes healing of the physical body and emotional and spiritual bodies. We are alive because of life force energy. The disruption of "Ki" or life force energy causes illness. We are in the presence of e