Reiki is a hands-on energy healing method developed by Mikao Usui in 1922. What sets it apart is the attunements passed from Teacher/Master to student, opening up their energy fields. Reiki involves transferring universal life force energy from practitioner to client, with hands placed on or above specific body locations. Symbols are used with different intentions, visualized or drawn. Reiki can be done in person or through distant healing, lasting 60-90 minutes. It aids in pain relief, healing, relaxation, and balancing chakras and aura energy. Clients remain clothed on a massage table during sessions. For IICT purposes, a Reiki Master is someone who is qualified to teach and attune others to Reiki.

The word Marma means ‘vital energy point’ and refers to unique points of energy located throughout the human body. Each Marma has a receptor point on the skin that correlates with specific chakras, organs and tissues through which Prana (vital energy) passes. Marma points are treated much like Acupressure points in that we can apply pressure to these points in order to stimulate, inhibit or rebalance the body’s organ networks and thereby assist the restoration of health and wellbeing. To this end, Marma point therapy also employs a number of medicated herbal oils, essential aromatic oils and other balancing oils to thoroughly harmonise the body’s energy.This course will introduce student to the practice of Marma Therapy and Indian Head Massage. Both of these techniques emerged within the broader context of Ayurvedic Medicine, and as such, this course will also include a basic overview of Ayurveda itself.