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  • Using a specific sequence of hand positions and symbols to channel the universal life force for recharging, realigning, and rebalancing the human energy field
    Nursing Interventions Classification
    University of Iowa, 2007
  • (reiki therapy) An alternative medical practice. The practitioners of reiki believe that health and disease are a matter of the life force being disrupted. Reiki healers claim to channel reiki into "diseased" individuals for "rebalancing." (from Skeptic's Dictionary)
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Reiki, which originated in Japan, is a type of energy medicine. In Reiki, practitioners intend to channel energy through their hands and transfer it into the patient�s body to promote healing.
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2025
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