We created this document to raise awareness about the need to address issues of cultural and spiritual appropriation in Reiki. Both of the authors identify as white Americans practicing a Japanese spiritual art, and spend considerable time working with these issues in our own practices and lives.
The work of spiritual appropriation asks us to reflect on how concepts of race, gender and power show up in spiritual communities, specifically Reiki, without assuming that it doesn't. This worksheet offers you an opportunity to think critically about these issues, discover your truth and learn new strategies.
Included in the worksheet are examples of cultural and spiritual appropriation in Reiki as well as six strategies that provide you actionable steps to address spiritual appropriation in your Reiki practice and life.