It has been my great pleasure to have taught NHS nurses and it is has been through the endeavours of some NHS nurses that Reiki is now supported as a treatment, by the British Association of Medicine.
Reiki is not hocus-pocus it has its roots in quantum physics and in my courses we go into this in great detail. This enables you to understand it, not just is a spiritual way, but also in a scientific way.
Like all things, one therapy does not treat all conditions and so it would be dishonest to make huge claims. In my own experience and judging by the many letter I receive from students, it seems to sooth, calm and in a lot of cases, alleviate chronic and acute pain and stress.