Reiki is a Japanese energy healing practice developed in the early 20th century, in which a practitioner channels energy through light touch or hands held near the body to support relaxation and balance. It is not a medical treatment and does not diagnose or resolve disease. Jason Donaldson does not practice Reiki. He practices Sekhem, an older, Egyptian-lineage tradition related to Reiki, and the two should not be confused.
How Reiki works
A typical Reiki session involves the practitioner placing hands lightly on or near the body in a series of positions, channeling energy with the stated intention of supporting the client's own natural healing capacity. Reiki practitioners are trained and attuned through specific lineages traced back to its founder, Mikao Usui, and most sessions run somewhere between 30 and 90 minutes depending on the practitioner and format.
Reiki has become widely known partly because it's relatively easy to find trained practitioners in most cities, and partly because the format, gentle, quiet, hands-off or light-touch, feels approachable to people new to energy work. Its popularity is part of why the term sometimes gets applied loosely to other, older traditions it's historically connected to, including Sekhem.
Why this matters on Jason's site
If you're researching Reiki and found your way here, it's worth knowing directly: Jason is a certified, highly trained Sekhem Energy Practitioner, not a Reiki practitioner. Sekhem is sometimes called Egyptian Reiki because of the shared hands-on structure, but Jason describes it as more multidimensional, working through the soul chakra and earth chakra and involving the Neteru, Egyptian archetypal energies connected to past, future and parallel life themes. See Sekhem vs Reiki for a direct comparison, or read about Sekhem energy healing itself, including his specific training lineage.
If you were searching specifically for Reiki near you
A lot of people arrive here after searching for Reiki in Hawai'i, expecting to find a Reiki practitioner. Jason wants that to be clear upfront rather than discovered after booking: what he offers is Sekhem, not Reiki. The two traditions overlap in feel, hands-on or hands-near-body energy work, a calm and often deeply relaxing session, but they come from different lineages with different training paths behind them. If Reiki specifically is what you're looking for, it's worth seeking out a practitioner trained and attuned in that tradition by name. If you're open to exploring a related, older practice instead, Sekhem is worth reading about on its own terms.
Frequently asked questions
Does Jason Donaldson practice Reiki?
No. Jason practices Sekhem, an older Egyptian-lineage energy healing tradition sometimes called Egyptian Reiki. He does not hold Reiki training and does not offer Reiki sessions.
Is Sekhem the same as Reiki?
No, though they're related and share some structural similarities. Sekhem predates Reiki and works, in Jason's description, on a more multidimensional level. See the full comparison on the Sekhem vs Reiki page.
Jason practices Sekhem, an older Egyptian-lineage tradition, not Reiki.
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