what are your local Reiki laws... if any

Here in Massachusetts Reiki is not considered a massage.
It is known legally as, bodywork therapy


Exemptions: any person who uses touch, words, and directed movement to deepen awareness of patterns of movement in the body, or the affectation of the human energy system or acupoints or Qi meridians of the human body while engaged within the scope of practice of a profession with established standards and ethics, provided that their services are not designated or implied to be massage or massage therapy. Such practices include, but are not limited to the Feldenkrais Method; Reflexology; The Trager Approach; Ayurvedic Therapies, Rolf Structural Integration, Polarity or Polarity Therapy; Polarity Therapy Bodywork; Asian Bodywork Therapy that does not constitute massage as defined by this act; Acupressure; Jin Shin Do; Qi Gong; Shiatsu; Body-Mind Centering, and Reiki.

in NZ i'm not sure there is a law as such.
there is talk about regulating things - which is more of an annoyance for those in the reiki field than a safety net. i'm not really in that field as a professional and use my reiki in slightly less conventional ways than a 'session' so i dont follow it too closely.

if you sign up to the reiki nz association for $90 a year, they give you a certificate and they insist you sign the terms and conditions and rules for a typical session as depicted by all the members.

Carina_NZ wrote:in NZ i'm not sure there is a law as such.
there is talk about regulating things - which is more of an annoyance for those in the reiki field than a safety net. i'm not really in that field as a professional and use my reiki in slightly less conventional ways than a 'session' so i dont follow it too closely.

if you sign up to the reiki nz association for $90 a year, they give you a certificate and they insist you sign the terms and conditions and rules for a typical session as depicted by all the members.

Being registered in your local
town is different than Reiki
Organization. As a business
you need a license to operate.
It was very clear here in
Massachusetts that we did not
need all the restriction put on
massage therapist. We come under
"body workers" no home inspection
is required.

ah, in NZ to register a business you can either open the doors and be a sole trader or register as a limited liability company for $150. so long as you declare the taxes there aren't any regulations around if you are or aren't able to operate as a business. loads of people work from home with their beauty, massage and even prostitution businesses.

some parts of various cities have an encumbrance on the property, so you do need to clear it with the local council if you can operate a clinic, from a residential area. but it's not often a NO from them.