rei·ki (pronounced ray-kee)

noun

Definition:

alternative medical treatment: : in alternative medicine, a treatment in which healing energy is channeled from the practitioner to the patient to enhance energy and reduce stress, pain, and fatigue

[Late 20th century.- Japanese, "universal life force energy"]
Source: msn Encarta® Dictionary

reiki (rei·ki) (ra´ke)

[Japanese, from rei spirit-guided + ki vital energy] a healing tradition of Eastern origin whose purpose is to rebalance the complex energy systems that compose the body when they have become out of balance. This unbalancing may have physical manifestations, which can be relieved by the channeling of energy from an unlimited universal energy source through the hands of the practitioner. Source: Merck Source - Resource Library

Information on Reiki abounds on the Internet - If you do a search, the results are amazing - Google lists 21,300,000 pages - Yahoo lists 9,230,000 -  and MSN lists 2,402,549 - definitely a health topic of interest! For your information, some of these sites are linked to in the left hand column of this page. One of them offers free Desktop Wallpapers (which are gorgeous - I have one on this computer!), as well as email postcards you can send to friends.

If you would like to try Reiki (or learn more about it), see below:

This beautiful picture was taken by Al McGourlay on Christmas at Mugdock Country Park near Glasgow, Scotland - (reprinted with permission). 

For additional information on Reiki, please refer to the links in the column on the left!