• Promotes relaxation
  
• Is completely safe
• Is holistic, affecting body, mind and spirit
• May cut down on the use of medication
• Relaxes muscles and relieves tension
• Alleviates emotional anxiety and stress
• Alters the perception of pain
• Promotes healing of tissue (i.e. skin, bone, etc.)
• Lowers temperature when fever is present
• Relieves distress of pain and discomfort in the palliative and dying
• Alleviates stress or pain of sore muscles/joints

Reiki and Therapeutic Touch work in harmony with all other forms of healing and are never replacements for proper allopathic care from a licensed health care professional. They are alternative therapies that complement medical treatment.