/oss/taxonomy/term/4132/all en /oss/article/health-pseudoscience/should-we-take-reiki-seriously <p>The topic of Reiki can be approached with a fist or with a light touch. Its interventions, which are based on an energy not measured by scientific instruments, offer an unmissable punching bag to the skeptic who wants to pummel absurdity. A study on<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04012.x"> the effect of carbonated drinks on chakras</a>, you say? A Reiki master<a href="http://www.reiki-canada.com/"> using stuffed animals</a> to practice distance healing, really?</p> Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:56:07 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8108 at /oss /oss/article/pseudoscience/energy-wasnt-there <p>A local Reiki practitioner claims on her website that her clients receive “spiritual universal energy” during one of her therapeutic sessions. Indeed, one of the published testimonials is from a client who claims the practitioner could “connect to [her] energy almost instantaneously” and she could feel her moving from chakra to chakra, “connecting all the pieces.”</p> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:10:08 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 7978 at /oss