Editing Reiki (section)

==Training, certification and adoption==

A reiki practitioner who offers teaching is known as a "reiki master".<ref name=ACS/>

There is no central authority controlling use of the words ''reiki'' or ''reiki master''.<ref>{{citation|title=Modalities for Massage and Bodywork|author=Elaine Stillerman|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|year=2014|page=295|isbn=9780323260794|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pi9yBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA295|quote=Currently there is no standard for certification in Reiki throughout the world.}}</ref> Certificates can be purchased online for under $100.<ref>{{citation|pages=7–8|title=Essential Reiki Teaching Manual: A Companion Guide for Reiki Healers|author=Diane Stein|publisher=Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony|year=2011|isbn=9780307783806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eASXC2-iEv4C&pg=PA8}}</ref> It is "not uncommon" for a course to offer attainment of reiki master in two weekends.<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZmKzzvL29G0C&pg=PT297|chapter=Reiki Training Levels|title=Reiki Collection|author1=Penelope Quest |author2=Kathy Roberts|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781101576205|year=2012}}</ref> There is no regulation of practitioners or reiki master in the United States.<ref>{{citation|chapter=Reiki classes and certification|title=Reiki for Dummies|author=Nina L. Paul|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2011|isbn=9781118054741}}</ref>

''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported in 2014 that in response to customer demand, at least 60 hospitals in the United States offered reiki, at a cost of between $40 and $300 per session.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post |author=Sacks B |date=16 May 2014 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/reiki-goes-mainstream-spiritual-touch-practice-now-commonplace-in-hospitals/2014/05/16/9e92223a-dd37-11e3-a837-8835df6c12c4_story.html |title=Reiki goes mainstream: Spiritual touch practice now commonplace in hospitals |access-date=6 December 2018 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010810/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/reiki-goes-mainstream-spiritual-touch-practice-now-commonplace-in-hospitals/2014/05/16/9e92223a-dd37-11e3-a837-8835df6c12c4_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Cancer Research UK reported in 2019 that some cancer centers and hospices in the UK offer free or low-cost reiki for people with cancer.<ref name="Cancer Research UK" /> The cost per session for treatment vary widely, but a CNBC report found a practitioner charging $229 per session of 60–90 minutes.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/19/budget-breakdown-of-a-37-year-old-who-makes-108000-dollars-a-year.html Here's the budget breakdown of a 37-year-old ex-CIA analyst turned energy healer who makes $108,000 a year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419010835/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/19/budget-breakdown-of-a-37-year-old-who-makes-108000-dollars-a-year.html |date=2021-04-19 }}, ''[[CNBC]]'', Emmie Martin, 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.</ref>