The Northern Ireland Executive has confirmed that further close-contact services, including massage, spas, tattooing and piercing can reopen from this week. What does it mean for CNHC Registrants practising in Northern Ireland? If you are a CNHC Registrant with a...
LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD! The Government must take advice from the Integrated Healthcare Collaborative and its member organisations, including UKRF, and let Reiki Practitioners back to work now. We have all been waiting patiently, while diligently following government...
Dear Member Inconsistent government lockdown easing policies lack scientific basis and clarity says Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) The Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC), of which the UK Reiki Federation is a Core Member, has written to the Prime...
For our Members in England Boris Johnson’s UK Government Press Release “Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today (Tuesday 23 June) set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get back...
We still find ourselves in a position where self-employed Registrants cannot return to practising face to face due to the coronavirus crisis. Our advice has to comply with current UK Government guidance for England as well as for the devolved administrations of...
UKRF Member Guidelines – Exiting lockdown and preparing to return to treating and teaching with Reiki The UK Government’s nationwide lockdown on 23rd March 2020 resulted in the closure of all ‘hands on’ Reiki treatments and in person teaching. At the UKRF, we are...
WELCOME TO OUR MAY NEWS UPDATE I hope you are all safe and well. The recent months have been extremely difficult for everyone, and I appreciate the impact it has had on our Registrants. For those of you who have been able to continue to practise, if you have not...
On 11 May the UK Government published its COVID-19 recovery strategy for England, called Our plan to rebuild. The document sets out a three-stage roadmap to lifting restrictions. A key message is that there can be no relaxing of all social distancing measures right...
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Effect of Reiki Therapy on Pain and Anxiety in Adults: An In Depth Literature Review of Randomized Trials with Effect Size Calculations DATE 2014 AUTHORS Thrane, S Cohen, S M REFERENCE Pain Management Nursing. 2014 Dec;15(4):897-908. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2013.07.008....
Reiki For Depression And Anxiety DATE 2015 AUTHORS Joyce J and Herbison G P REFERENCE Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Apr 3;(4):CD006833. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006833.pub2. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006833.pub2/full METHODOLOGY A...
Biofield therapies: helpful or full of hype? A best evidence synthesis DATE 2010 AUTHORS Jain S1, Mills PJ. REFERENCE Int J Behav Med. 2010 Mar;17(1):1-16. doi: 10.1007/s12529-009-9062-4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2816237/ METHODOLOGY This...
Care for the Caregiver: Evaluation of Mind-Body SelfCare for Accelerated Nursing Students. DATE 2016 AUTHORS Drew BL1, Motter T, Ross R, Goliat LM, Sharpnack PA, Govoni AL, Bozeman MC, Rababah REFERENCE Holist Nurs Pract. 2016 MayJun;30(3):148-54. doi:...
Implementation of an Integrative Coping and Resiliency Program for Nurses DATE 2015 AUTHORS Deible S, Fioravanti M, Tarantino B, Cohen S REFERENCE Glob Adv Health Med , 4 (1), 28-33 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.7453/gahmj.2014.057 METHODOLOGY A...
Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of a pilot integrative coping and resiliency program for healthcare professionals DATE 2013 AUTHORS Tarantino B, Earley M, Audia D, D’Adamo C, Berman B. REFERENCE Explore (NY). 2013 Jan-Feb;9(1):44-47. doi:...
The effect of Reiki on work-related stress of the registered nurse DATE 2011 AUTHORS Cuneo CL, Curtis Cooper MR, Drew CS, NaoumHeffernan C, Sherman T, Walz K, Weinberg J. REFERENCE J Holist Nursing. 2011 Mar;29(1):33-43. doi: 10.1177/0898010110377294...
Reiki is better than placebo and has broad potential as a complementary health therapy DATE 2017 AUTHORS McManus DE REFERENCE Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine 2017, Vol. 22(4) 1051-1057...
Mental health wellness and biofield therapies: An integrative review DATE 2017 AUTHORS Mangione L, Swengros D and Anderson JG REFERENCE Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 38 (11); 930-944 https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2017.1364808 METHODOLOGY Authors reviewed...
The use of self Reiki for stress reduction and relaxation DATE 2015 AUTHORS Bukowski EL REFERENCE Journal of Integrative Medicine; 13(5); 336-340 METHODOLOGY N=32 students taught Reiki level 1, agreed to give self-Reiki twice a week for 20 weeks. Questionnaires used...
Immediate effects of Reiki on heart rate variability, cortisol levels and body temperature in health care professionals with burnout DATE 2011 AUTHORS DiazRodriguez L, ArroyoMorales M, Fernandezde-las-Penas C, Garcia Lafuente F, Garcia-Royo C, TomasRojas I. REFERENCE...
Reiki Reduces Burnout Among Community Mental Health Clinicians DATE 2015 AUTHORS Rosada RM, Rubik B, Mainguy B, Plummer J, MehlMadrona L REFERENCE The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2015; Volume 21: pp489-495...
A randomised controlled, single-blind trial of the efficacy of Reiki at benefitting mood and well-being DATE 2011 AUTHORS Bowden D, Goddard L, Gruzelier J REFERENCE Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2011: Vol 2011; Article ID: 381862...
The application of Reiki in nurses diagnosed with Burnout Syndrome has beneficial effects on concentration of salivary IgA and blood pressure DATE 2011 AUTHORS DiazRodriguez L, ArroyoMorales M,CantareroVillanueva C, Polley M and Fernandezde-las-Penas C. REFERENCE Rev....
Massage and Reiki to reduce stress and anxiety DATE 2016 AUTHORS Kurebayashi LFS, Turrini RNT, Souza TPB, Takiguchi RS, Kuba G, Nagumo MT REFERENCE Rev Latino- Am Enfermagem; 24: e2834 Published online 2016 Nov 28. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.1614.2834 http://www.scielo.br...
Nurses lived experience of Reiki for self care DATE 2009 AUTHOR Vitale A REFERENCE Holistic Nursing Practice, 2009; Vol 23(no 3): 129-141 METHODOLOGY Qualitative: Phenomenology N=11 sample size : 252 statements analysed Inclusion criteria: Nurses who were Reiki...
THE UK REIKI FEDERATION BECOMES FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE The UK Reiki Federation has become one of the founder members of the Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC), which is a collection of leading organisations within...
Dear Client We appreciate and share the very real concerns about the impact of the Covid-19 virus, like all other businesses we are in uncharted waters. Balens have worked closely with the UK Reiki Federation to ensure we are providing as much support and guidance to...
The UK Reiki Federation is part of the new Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) which is a collection of 21 leading organisations representing complementary, traditional and natural healthcare in the UK. At a recent online meeting it was discussed that the...
The COVID-19 outbreak presents an unprecedented challenge on a global scale. CNHC’s key priority at this difficult time is to support our Registrants. Registrants will have received email updates with the latest advice and signposting to useful resources, and we will...
Discussions have been taking place with the Reiki Council member organisations and Balens Insurance with regard to teaching Reiki online and giving distant attunements. The statement released by the Reiki Council on 29th March 2020 can be read here and is noted below:...
On Monday 23 March the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced stricter measures to help to prevent the continuing spread of coronavirus. We must all stay at home and only go outside for food, health reasons or work (where this absolutely cannot be done from home)....
PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT STATEMENT FROM THE CNHC As you appreciate, we are in the midst of an unprecedented global health crisis. We have previously issued advice to our Registrants signposting Government and PHE guidance and have also issued a joint statement as...
Thursday night’s intention was absolutely incredible, we literally had thousands of participants sending healing from each continent of our wonderful planet. As a result, we are arranging to do this again on Sunday 29th March at 8pm. If you would like to also...
UPDATED 25/03/20 These are very difficult times for everyone and I just wanted to make sure our advice is as up to date as possible. I will start with Reiki Shares and would advise all that all Reiki Shares are cancelled for the forseeable future. The allotted time...
Due to the social distancing restrictions now in place, our AGM is now postponed for the 24th April. However, we are looking at an online version and will be sending out details in due course. It’s when we start working together that the real healing takes place...
Nominations for election to the Management Committee have now been received and full details on candidates are given below. No further nominations may now be made for elections for the current year. Voting for election to the Management Committee will take place at...
Sugar Awareness Week blog post We marked Sugar Awareness Week in January with a blog post from Nathalie Gudgeon, a CHNC Local Champions and Nutritional Therapist. Nathalie offered tips on cutting down on children’s sugar intake. Read the blog post here. An opportunity...
Welcome to the first news update of the year, and indeed the decade! I wish you all a very happy New Year. As January is traditionally a time for making resolutions and setting goals for the coming year, I would encourage you to ‘Stand Up for Standards’ as...
We warmly invite you to the 2020 UK Reiki Federation Annual Conference Monday 21 September – Friday 25 September 2020 from 1700-2100hrs and Sunday 27 September 2020 from 1000-1600hrs via ZOOM FREE TO UK REIKI FEDERATION MEMBERS Non-members £15 (which can be deducted...
Well the nights are most definitely drawing in as we approach the shortest day of the year and I have no doubt that thoughts will be moving towards some sort of time away from work in the coming weeks. Our Chief Executive, Margaret Coats, was very pleased to have met...
Hello Everyone We are so excited to tell you that myself, as Acting Chair, Jon Matson-Higgins, as Acting Vice Chair and the Management Committee are upgrading and changing so many things for the good of the UK Reiki Federation. The last four weeks have been and...
You may have read the blog last month about my plans to run the Sheffield City 10k on October 13th for the UK Reiki Federation, to raise funds towards setting up an Animal Reiki Research project. We are not aware of anyone having compiled studies measuring the effects...
Updates to the CNHC Code of Conduct, Ethics and Performance Following newly published guidance and briefing notes for CNHC registrants, the CNHC Board has agreed several updates to the Code of Conduct, Ethics and Performance. The updates are included in sections E3,...
10K Run to Raise Funds for Animal Reiki Research Project I am the UK Reiki Federation Animal Reiki Coordinator and I am passionate about raising awareness and support for the benefits that Reiki can offer to animals, also driving training standards and the...
CNHC registrant develops NHS funded complementary therapy service and social prescribing programme Teresa Meekings, CNHC registered for Reflexology, Reiki and Massage Therapy, has written our latest blog. She has developed a successful and fully funded complementary...
CNHC is seeking two new members to join their Board CNHC is currently recruiting to fill two vacancies on their Board. Positions are available for one registrant and one lay member. The role of the CNHC Board is to oversee their continuing development as the...
Collecting Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) The latest edition of Massage World includes an article from the CNHC Chief Executive and Registrar, Margaret Coats. She discusses the Charity Commission Consultation outcome earlier this year and what the use of...
The Holistic Health Show in Birmingham As there are so many aspects to holistic health, there are inevitably many approaches and many therapies, which work to bring people this all-round and balanced state of health: physical, mental and spiritual. Among these, Reiki...
CNHC PSB election results for Massage Therapy and Nutritional Therapy The deadline for receipt of election statements for the Massage Therapy and Nutritional Therapy Profession Specific Board (PSB) was on 2 May 2019.For Massage Therapy CNHC received three election...
CAMSTRAND 2019 abstract deadline The Research Council for Complementary Medicine (RCCM) have announced the details for CAMSTRAND 2019 Conference: ‘Working with others and Collaboration in Research”. The conference will be taking place on Monday 1st and...
