‘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...
CNHC News & Notices April 2018 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...
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...
Click on the link to the Research page in the top menu, and at the foot of that page download the document, “Reiki – The Body of Evidence”. Look in the contents for whatever illness or condition you are researching. Another good place to look would be Google Scholar....
No, and it probably never will be! This may be news to you, but new Reiki clinical trials and articles are being published every week of the year, and will be added to the document as soon possible.
No. It contains clinical trials and articles from around the world. Quality science is not something that is unique to the UK.
Yes, there is – and far more than you might think! You could check out some of it right now by just keying in Reiki research into your web browser. You’ll be surprised at what you’ll find! Read what the UK Reiki Federation Research Co-ordinator has to say on the...
Our UK Reiki Federation Reiki Awareness Week will run from Saturday 9th June to Friday 15th June this year. The purpose of Reiki Awareness Week is to promote awareness of Reiki in our local communities. We can do this as individual practitioners by offering treatments...
We have some truly inspirational speakers this year, including our keynote speakers presenting in the morning: Dr. Rosy Daniel (Regenerative Medicine Consultant) From Passive Healthcare to Proactive Health Creation – diffusing the 21st Century health time bomb Jeremy...
Lineages and the system of Reiki For those wishing to learn the system of Reiki it is necessary to understand why there is an emphasis placed on lineages. [mk_blockquote style=”line-style” text_size=”16″ align=”left”...
Barts Health, London, seeks complementary therapists for honorary role Barts Health is looking for complementary therapists who are willing to volunteer their time as an Honorary Complementary Therapist within the NHS. [mk_blockquote style=”line-style”...
The AGM and Festival will be held at Salomon’s Estate, Tunbridge Wells The 2018 Annual General Meeting and Festival will be held at The Victorian Theatre, Salomon’s Estate, Broomhill Road, Tunbridge Wells TN3 0TG (https://www.salomons-estate.com) on Saturday April...
HMRC support with online tax return in time for January 31st deadline! HMRC is offering free webinars to support people to complete their online tax return in time for the January 31st deadline. You can register and take part in HMRC’s webinar here: HMRC...
Connecting Reiki with Medicine – your opportunity to revolutionise the way Reiki integrates with the medical profession Dear Reiki Friends, Practitioners and Teachers, Working with Reiki in Hospital This is a personal invitation to you from all the...
New press release template for recent RSPH report Following on from last month’s report on the role of practitioners on accredited registers – published by the Royal Society for Public Health and the Professional Standards Authority – we’ve produced a new press...
There should be no problem with either of those. You can download the CNHC form from this page and send to us and if you have completed one of our approved courses we can verify that you are eligible to be considered as a registrant. There is no fee to our members;...
The UK Reiki Federation is an approved verifying organisation for the CNHC for Reiki. We are able to offer verification of your training and experience for the purposes of regulation, or we are able to offer a full review of your training, with assessor support and...
No you do not.
No this is voluntary self-regulation, it is not compulsory.
The role of the Regulatory Body is primarily to protect the public in that it gives the public and employers quality assurance that the practitioner’s qualifications and/or experience is such that it meets the minimum standard required for professional practice....
You do not need a formal teaching qualification unless the organisation asks for one, however, you should be a qualified Reiki master teacher and hold appropriate insurance.
There is no reason to pay out lots of money for courses, there are so many other things that you can do, including reading the newsletters, borrowing books from the library etc. Please refer to the Education Section of our website for further information. Or download...
Continuing Professional Development. This is a means by which the practitioner maintains their current level of expertise in line with best practice and develops this further to extend their skills and understanding. If you are a member of the UK Reiki Federation...
If you know that the teacher is one of our members then you can make a formal complaint in writing to complaints@reikifed.co.uk, our Disciplinary Team will investigate and our Disciplinary Procedures may be implemented. If the person is not one of our members, we...
No we do not. However we do provide a Directory of Approved Courses where our Teacher members are able to have their training courses checked to ensure they meet the existing standards.