Treatments will generally take 30 minutes to an hour. Both client and practitioner will know when the client's body has received the appropriate amount of treatment for that session. Reiki is based on a high level of trust of one's own knowing. Like all professions, the greater the practitioners level of confidence in his or her ability, the more successful the sessions outcome. Reiki is a recognized form of laying on of hands.
Massage is a form of laying on of hands.
Medical exam, diagnosis, and treatment includes touch, the element of laying on of hands. Many of our churches and organized religious practices include appropriate touch and the laying on of hands. The Unity Church teaches and practices a laying on of hands called Healing Touch. I totally believe in the power of universal life energy, the power of love, and in God. After all, they are all the same.