Seven centres from Root to Crown; each has a colour, an element and a tone. Choose one, look at its colour and listen.
Open your heart with love.
Your attention can settle on this centre; with each breath you can imagine its colour widening a little.
The idea of chakras comes from Indian tantric and yogic traditions thousands of years old; in Sanskrit it means "wheel". Tradition describes seven main centres along the middle of the body, each linked with an area of life: safety, flow, will, love, expression, intuition and connection. In Sakin each chakra meets a colour, an element and a frequency; the practice begins by gently bringing your attention to one centre.
Reiki is a calm energy practice in which the hands rest lightly on the body or are held just above it. In the Reiki tradition, universal life energy flows through the practitioner and is guided to the chakra centres. NCCIH, part of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), describes Reiki as a complementary approach. Hospitals such as Cleveland Clinic have offered short Reiki sessions to patients as complementary support. In Turkey, nursing researchers have studied Reiki in state and university hospitals with randomized trials; it was linked with less anxiety and pain before endoscopy and after abdominal surgery and caesarean birth. A 2024 meta-analysis also linked Reiki with a clear decrease in anxiety. Some long-term observations report that heart rate variability changes together with the Earth's geomagnetic activity.
Each card shows what the study actually found, and its limits.
A systematic review and meta-analysis suggesting Reiki may be better than placebo on some mood measures.
Limitation: Few studies per outcome.
Zadro, S., Stapleton, P. (2022). Does Reiki benefit mental health symptoms above placebo?. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.897312
A meta-analysis covering 824 adults linked Reiki with a clear decrease in anxiety.
Limitation: Results are less consistent for pre-surgery and cancer-related anxiety; most studies had no sham control.
Guo, X., Long, Y., Qin, Z., Fan, Y. (2024). Therapeutic effects of Reiki on interventions for anxiety: a meta-analysis. BMC Palliative Care. doi:10.1186/s12904-024-01439-x
In 159 patients, a single Reiki session before endoscopy was linked with lower stress and anxiety and more comfort than sham and control groups.
Limitation: Single centre, single session.
Utli, H., Vural Doğru, B. (2023). The effect of Reiki on anxiety, stress, and comfort levels before gastrointestinal endoscopy: a randomized sham-controlled trial. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. doi:10.1016/j.jopan.2022.08.010
At Çukurova University, 93 patients in the Reiki group had less surgical fear, anxiety and pain, compared with sham and control groups.
Limitation: Single centre; Reiki was given by the researcher.
Şişman, N. Y., Arslan, S. (2023). The effect of Reiki on anxiety, fear, pain and oxygen saturation in abdominal surgery patients: a randomized controlled trial. Explore. doi:10.1016/j.explore.2022.11.005
In 90 women, Reiki was linked with less pain, anxiety and need for pain relief after caesarean birth.
Limitation: The control group only rested; no sham.
Sağkal Midilli, T., Eser, İ. (2015). Effects of Reiki on post-cesarean delivery pain, anxiety, and hemodynamic parameters: a randomized, controlled clinical trial. Pain Management Nursing. doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2014.09.005
A meditation focused on the heart and crown chakras was linked with lower exam anxiety in 100 nursing students.
Limitation: Control was usual preparation; short follow-up.
Varvani Farahani, P., et al. (2026). The effect of meditation on exam anxiety of nursing students: a randomized clinical trial. Irish Journal of Medical Science. doi:10.1007/s11845-026-04308-z
In 16 people over 5 months, heart rate variability was linked with changes in solar and geomagnetic activity.
Limitation: An observational study; it does not show energy being guided to the chakras.
Alabdulgader, A., McCraty, R., Atkinson, M., et al. (2018). Long-term study of heart rate variability responses to changes in the solar and geomagnetic environment. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20932-x
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