Reiki—a practice originating from Japan and developed by Mikao Usui in the 1920s—is most often translated as universal energy, or life-force energy. It can be understood as that essential quality that makes something alive, the difference between animate and inanimate. When this vital energy is amplified, it creates the conditions for healing and nourishment to occur. This online monthly group will provide a space for the therapeutic application of Reiki for relaxation, release, and community; relaxation exercises and therapeutic sound (such as Tibetan bowls and chimes) will also be utilized. Reiki can have restorative effects on the nervous system and allow for increased creativity, insights, emotional release, light trance states. It can also be beneficial to those who are grieving or wish to prepare for “a good death,” by inviting a deeper relationship to energy beyond the physical body.