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...
‘Just for today I will not worry’ In response to this difficult yet important issue, the UK Reiki Federation will be publishing information on promoting the importance of positive mental health and ways in which to avoid stress becoming a problem. It will...
Change to CNHC’s CPD Policy On 25 February 2019, CNHC emailed all registrants to inform them of an update to their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Policy. This update was agreed at the CNHC Board meeting last month. The requirement for 5 hours general...
NHS Long Term Plan set to increase social prescribing The recently published NHS Long Term Plan sets out a direction for the NHS in England over the next 10 years. A cornerstone of the plan is to give people greater control over their own health which includes plans...
Get Ready For The 2019 RSPH Awards The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Health & Wellbeing Awards is now open to register your interest. The Health & Wellbeing Awards is the UK’s premier awards scheme for promoting health and wellbeing and is widely...
CNHC initiates article featured in NHS GP Bulletin CNHC approached the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) to draft an article for the NHS General Practice (GP) Bulletin. The NHS GP Bulletin was relaunched this autumn and is distributed by email once a month. It...
We are delighted that this year so many of you have decided to come to the AGM & Festival in beautiful Scotland. We are looking forward to celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UK Reiki Federation with you. It will be a day of meeting like minded members,...
NHS Employers support Accredited Registers Did you know that NHS Employers support the Accredited Register scheme? They encourage employers within the NHS to take every opportunity to raise the profile of the type of accredited registers available to staff as part of...
We receive regular enquires about Reiki for Animals in relation to practitioners we can recommend and good quality Animal Reiki training courses. We cannot unfortunately answer these questions yet but we are moving closer to providing information to help and support...
Stoptober is back The Public Health England and NHS Stoptober campaign is back from 1st October. CNHC is encouraging registrants and other complementary therapy practitioners to support this public health initiative by making patients aware of the variety of services...
King’s College Research Project A project aiming to understand what happens during Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) consultations is being undertaken as part of a PhD project at King’s College London. This project contributes to King’s...
New Member Benefit This year, the Management Committee decided to work on widening the number of benefits for our members. The idea is to find a pool of businesses which would provide discounts to our members. The services and products can be both business related and...
Reiki Profession Specific Board Election The election process for the Reiki Profession Specific Board (PSB) will begin on Monday 1 October 2018. PSB members are elected by registrants in order to give CNHC registered practitioners a direct say in who will act as...
The launch of the first NHS Natural Health School Last month the NHS Natural Health School opened its doors at the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre in Harrogate. The school is the first of its kind and was created in response to complementary therapy services...
Should I try it? What will it do for me? Reiki is a beautifully simple yet deeply profound Japanese method for self-development and healing. Reiki means “spiritual energy” – REI, meaning spiritual and KI, meaning energy It was founded by Mikao Usui in Japan in the...
I have been very fortunate to join the Full Circle Fund Therapies team offering Reiki to support very sick children and adults, their carers and staff in areas of critical need at St George’s Hospital, SW London. The training has been delivered from a clinical...
Yorkshire Cat Rescue is a forward-looking rescue centre with the owner and management appreciating the value of Reiki and the benefit that it can offer to the cats in their care. A manager from Yorkshire Cat Rescue approached Friends Of Baxter and asked if Reiki could...
There is an exciting collaboration with Cranmer Primary School following conversations with the Headteacher (herself a Reiki Master Practitioner) about well-being of staff and staff retention. Currently six teaching professionals have been trained to Reiki level 1,...
As part of the Reiki Awareness Week connect with like minded Reiki friends at two events on 14th June. [mk_blockquote style=”line-style” text_size=”16″ align=”left” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] Reiju...
Many people with disabilities use Reiki, whether being treated by another, for self-treatment or to treat another, often finding their way to using the energy after receiving it themselves. Reiki is an important part of life at places such as Lincolnshire House,...
Sadly, cancer has become a very common illness in the past decade, with terrible predictions being made about it affecting even more (up to one in four) people in the very near future. We’ve all got used to the camaraderie of fighting the disease – from doctors to...
As part of the Reiki Awareness Week 09-17.06 we celebrate the universal energy of love with 2 events: A Reiki Share on Tuesday, 12th of June, at 19.00 and a Free Meet up “Reiki Awareness “, on Sunday 17th of June at 16.00. [mk_blockquote...
GDPR – CNHC Compliance To comply with the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018, we have updated several important documents about data we hold and process. We have updated our Data Protection Policy and have also issued a Privacy...
As part of the annual Reiki Awareness week we are delighted to announce that we are opening a new Reiki Share group in Leicester: [mk_blockquote style=”line-style” text_size=”16″ align=”left” width=”1/1″...
Private Health Cash Plans We regularly receive questions about private health cash plans and which ones recognise CNHC registration. We have recently updated our information about private health cash plan providers who recognise CNHC registration for corporate and...
New to the CNHC Register – Colon Hydrotherapy We are pleased to announce that a new discipline has been added to our register, and the core curriculum has now been published for Colon Hydrotherapy. If you are interested in adding Colon Hydrotherapy to your CNHC...
RSPH Health & Wellbeing Awards 2018 are now open for entries The RSPH Awards 2018 take place on 18th October 2018 in East Wintergarden in London. They are now open for entries with the deadline of 20 April 2018, to request an application pack click here....
UK Reiki Federation driving Animal Reiki developments The UK Reiki Federation is at the forefront of developments in Animal Reiki in the UK. Our aim is to drive a move towards consistent high training standards for Animal Reiki practitioners and to provide clear...
Some are available to download in full, free of charge, but they seem to be in the minority. Each trial will indicate the cost and how you can pay for it, online. On the other hand, there is a way of looking at a summary of a clinical trial free of charge; it’s called...
