Reiki reiki is a japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing it is administered by 34laying on hands34 and is based on the idea that an unseen 34life force energy34 flows through us and is what causes us to be alive if one39s 34life force energy34 is low then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress and if it is high we are more capable of being happy and healthy the word reiki is made of two japanese words rei which me