In both the first and second histogram versions of healing progress and sex a similar trend is noted. Both the below 18 years and above 59 year bands show a similar trend which is that the lower success levels claim the higher proportion of the sample. Each successive healing progress band, away from the least successful, shows a lower percentage of the sample.

The exception to this general trend, mentioned above, is with the 18 to 59 year band. Here, with the exception of the no progress band there is shown a stead increase in sample proportion from little progress to goal achieved.

For those clients that slept for a part of some sessions there was no difference between no healing progress and a little progress. The other categories of healing success were markedly higher showing more than double that of the lower categories.

For those who felt the reiki energy in some form half of those who made no progress felt nothing. Of the other categories, feeling the reiki energy was a very high occurrence.

Who has a Reiki treatment.

• Conclusion: Boys are much more likely to receive Reiki than girls.
• Conclusion: A receiver of reiki is likely to be aged between 18 and 59 years.
• Conclusion: A receiver of Reiki is least likely to be under 18 years.

• Conclusion: A receiver of reiki is likely to be new to Reiki.
• Conclusion: The 18 to 59 year olds are less likely to return for more Reiki.
• Conclusion: A returning Reiki receiver is more likely to be a man than a woman.
• Conclusion: A returning Reiki receiver is more likely to want treatment of a condition previously treated with Reiki.

Range of medical conditions and symptoms disclosed.

• Conclusion: At present, he sample size for any single condition is still too small to enable any valid conclusions to be drawn.
• Conclusion: Stress is the single most common condition mentioned by Reiki receivers.
• Conclusion: Pain is the single most common symptom highlighted by Reiki receivers.

Length of prior condition before starting a Reiki treatment.

• Conclusion: A receiver of Reiki is likely to have had their medical condition for a significant length before trying Reiki.
• Conclusion: Women wait a shorter period than men before trying Reiki.
• Conclusion: 18 to 59 year olds wait the shortest times before trying Reiki.
• Conclusion: With the increased length of prior condition up to 36 months the session numbers needed increases but the achievement of the healing goal decreases.

• Conclusion: Reiki induces a state of relaxation in nearly all Reiki receivers.
• Conclusion: There is a slight increase in those who do not relax during a Reiki treatment.
• Conclusion: Many Reiki receivers sleep at sometime during their treatment.
• Conclusion: Males are more likely to sleep during Reiki treatment than females.
• Conclusion: There is an increase in the incidence of sleep with increased age.
• Conclusion: Most Reiki receivers 'feel' the Reiki energy received in one form or another.
• Conclusion: Females are more likely to feel Reiki energy during Reiki treatment then males.
• Conclusion: There is an increase in the incidence of feeling the Reiki energy with increased age.

Number of sessions in a Reiki treatment.

• Conclusion: Most Reiki receivers have less than five sessions in their Reiki treatment
• Conclusion: The number of sessions in a Reiki treatment varies widely.
• Conclusion: The number of sessions in a Reiki treatment declines with increased age.
• Conclusion: Women need fewer sessions than men.
• Conclusion: As the number of sessions needed increases, to 6 sessions, so the length of prior condition increases. With increasing session numbers, above 6 sessions, the length of prior condition falls. This is a similar pattern to that of clients returning for more Reiki.
• Conclusion: When the session numbers increase so 'becoming relaxed and calm' and the ability to feel the Reiki energy increases.
• Conclusion: When session numbers increase so the likelihood of reaching a healing goal is decreased.
• Conclusion: When the session numbers increase from 1 to 12 the likelihood of an unexpected healing also increases This higher level is maintained when above 12 sessions.

• Conclusion: Most Reiki receivers make progress towards or achieve their healing goal.
• Conclusion: Two thirds of Reiki receivers make 'a lot of progress' or 'achieve their healing goal'.
• Conclusion: Women are more likely to achieve their healing goal than men.
• Conclusion: All age groups show a steady increase across the healing outcome band range from 'no progress' to 'healing outcome'.
• Conclusion: A very small number of Reiki receivers seem not to benefit from having Reiki.
• Conclusion: Men are more likely than women to make no progress towards their healing goal.
• Conclusion: There is an increase in the likelihood of no progress with increased age.
• Conclusion: Reaching a healing goal is more likely to happen for the 18 and 59 years age group.
• Conclusion: In general, the shorter the length of prior condition the more likely the achievement of healing progress.
• Conclusion: In general, the fewer sessions in a Reiki treatment the more likely is the achievement of healing progress.
• Conclusion: In general the more progress made towards achieving the healing goal the lower the likelihood of initially feeling worse after reiki treatment.

Feeling worse after their first Reiki session

• Conclusion: A small number of Reiki receivers feel that their condition initially becomes worse following the first Reiki session.
• Conclusion: Males are more likely to feel worse after the initial Reiki treatment than females.
• Conclusion: Reiki receivers who initially feel worse make good progress towards their healing goals.

Unexpected healing.

• Conclusion: A small number of Reiki receivers will have unexpected healing during their Reiki treatment.
• Conclusion: Men are more likely to have unexpected healing than women.

• Conclusion: Age and sex have been found to be very strong variables. To some extent they interrelate together and help to predetermine the Reiki treatment and its outcome.

• Conclusion: Sex seems to be the more powerful determiner of the Reiki treatment and its outcome.

Age:
With increased age reiki receivers feel the Reiki energy more but are less likely to make progress towards their healing goal. Those between 18 to 59 year have lower level of return for further Reiki treatment and are more likely to reach their healing goal. Sex:
Females start their Reiki treatment sooner, need fewer Reiki sessions, feel the Reiki energy more during reiki sessions, are more likely to achieve their healing goal and have less need to return for further Reiki treatment.

Males wait longer before Reiki treatment commences, have a longer number of Reiki sessions, sleep more often during the Reiki sessions, are less likely to achieve their healing goal, but are more likely to have unexpected healing of another undisclosed condition, are more likely to feel worse after their first Reiki session and are more likely to return for further Reiki treatment

• Conclusion: A significant number of Reiki receivers stop receiving Reiki before they achieve their healing goal.
• Conclusion: Anecdotal evidence suggests that Reiki receivers who have stopped their Reiki sessions early generally continue to make healing progress.
• Conclusion: Anecdotal evidence suggests that people are coming to Reiki as the last of a long line of treatments starting with the GP and hospital system.
• Conclusion: Anecdotal evidence suggests that many Reiki receivers have been told that there is nothing more that can be done to help them.

This study set out to try to pin down some of the things that traditionally are said about Reiki but on which there has been no published work. It is based on actual case notes of those involved completed during the working day. As such, in order to increase the likelihood of client participation in this study the information collected had to be organised to maximise information while minimising the intrusion into the clients life.

Any future study needs to include social position as well as age and sex. In the present study it is felt that the age related outcomes could as easily reflect social status and the availability of money.

Though growing year on year the size of sample is still quite small for some areas of information being gathered. Hopefully time will overcome this issue.

Despite the above limitations this study is organised well enough to form a reasonably solid basis for further research into Reiki.