Reiki is a spiritual Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "spiritual life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be spiritual alive. If one's "spiritual life force energy" 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.
While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, and there is nothing you must believe in order to learn and use spiritual Reiki. In fact, spiritual Reiki is not dependent on belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not. Because spiritual Reiki comes from God, many people find that using spiritual Reiki puts them more in touch with the experience of their religion rather than having only an intellectual concept of it.Spiritual and energy healing are often interchanged for each other, because both terms encompass a wide variety of techniques and practices, and most of these techniques overlap well. Energy healing affects all aspect of one’s life, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual and spiritual healing focuses on the same. Therefore, you might come across some energy healing techniques that are also used as spiritual healing techniques. They are usually one and the same, and should not be a source of confusion.