Is Sekhem Better Than Reiki? Here's an Honest Answer

Sekhem is not objectively better than Reiki, and Jason Donaldson, who practices Sekhem and doesn't practice Reiki, isn't going to tell you otherwise just because it's his tradition. Both are legitimate, channeled energy healing practices with their own lineages, their own trained practitioners, and their own track records of people finding them meaningful. What matters more than which tradition wins some abstract comparison is whether the specific approach, and the specific practitioner, fits what you're looking for right now.

Why the question deserves a straight answer

Search engines and energy healing forums are full of confident claims about which modality is "stronger" or "more powerful" or "the real one." Most of that is marketing dressed up as insight, coming from people who have a financial reason to say their tradition is the best one. What follows is a straight answer from someone with twenty years of practice, a specific opinion, and no interest in overselling his own modality.

What Sekhem does differently, not necessarily better

Sekhem, as Jason practices it, works through the soul chakra, about twelve inches above the head, and the earth chakra, about twelve inches below the feet, and draws on the Neteru, Egyptian archetypal energies like Horus, Sekhmet, Thoth, and Anubis. It's described as reaching past, future, and parallel lives at a soul or monadic level, more multidimensional in scope than a typical Reiki session. That's a real difference in approach. It's not evidence that Sekhem works "better," whatever that would even mean given how individual and subjective this kind of work is.

Reiki has its own strengths: a well-documented lineage, a widely standardized training path, and an enormous base of experienced practitioners across the world, which makes it easier to find someone locally almost anywhere. That accessibility and consistency is a real advantage that Sekhem, being less common, doesn't have.

How to actually decide

Ask what you're looking for. If you want the depth of past-life, future, and parallel-life exploration, and you're drawn to Egyptian archetypal energy work specifically, Sekhem is built for that. If you want something more standardized, widely available, and focused primarily on present-body energy balance, Reiki might be the more straightforward fit. Neither answer is wrong. The honest move is choosing based on what you need, not based on which practitioner makes the bigger claim.

It's also worth trusting your own felt response more than any comparison page, this one included. Read about both. See which one you feel pulled toward. That instinct is often more reliable than an argument about lineage or tradition.

What Jason can offer either way

If you decide Sekhem fits, sessions run 90 minutes, $222, online, or in person by request on Hawai'i Island, drawing on twenty years of practice and training that also includes psychology, breathwork, and tarot. If you decide Reiki specifically is the better fit for you, that's a legitimate choice, and this site would rather you make it with clear information than get talked into something under a misleading label. For the full side-by-side, see Sekhem vs Reiki, or for a step by step look at what an actual session with Jason involves, see a Sekhem session, step by step.

The honest limits of any comparison page

No page like this one, including this one, can tell you in advance how a session will feel or whether it will be meaningful for you. That's true of Sekhem, Reiki, and every other modality in this space. What a comparison page can do is give you accurate information about lineage, training, and structure so your decision is based on something real rather than marketing language. Beyond that, the only way to actually know is to experience it, with a practitioner whose training you trust. For more on what Jason's Sekhem sessions specifically involve, see Sekhem energy healing.

Why practitioners rarely give this honest an answer

Most practitioner websites in this space have an obvious incentive to claim their tradition is superior, since that's part of how they convert a visitor into a booking. Jason's take is different mostly because it has to be: he's not trying to convince anyone that Sekhem beats Reiki on some objective scale, because that claim wouldn't be true and wouldn't hold up under any real scrutiny. What he can speak to honestly is his own twenty years of practice, his specific training, and what he's personally seen shift for clients. That's a narrower, more honest claim than "my modality is the best one," and it's the one actually worth trusting.

When it's worth trying both

If you genuinely can't decide and have the means to explore, there's nothing wrong with trying a session in each tradition over time and comparing your own direct experience rather than relying on anyone's comparison page, including this one. Your felt sense of a practitioner and a modality, built from actually being in the room, will tell you more than any amount of reading can.

A short answer for people who just want the short answer

No, Sekhem isn't better than Reiki, and no, Reiki isn't better than Sekhem. They're different traditions built for people with different needs, curiosities, and comfort levels. If you take nothing else from here, read that sentence twice before you book anything, with either practitioner, so you're choosing based on fit rather than a marketing claim about superiority.

What actually predicts a good outcome

If there's one thing more predictive of a good outcome than the modality itself, it's the match between practitioner and client. The same Sekhem session that feels profound for one person might feel unremarkable for another, and the same is true for Reiki or any other energy work tradition. Trust in the practitioner, your own openness going in, and whether the specific approach fits what you're looking for tend to matter more than which name is on the door. That's not a dodge. It's the most honest pattern Jason has seen across twenty years of sessions.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sekhem more powerful than Reiki?

No tradition is objectively more powerful. Sekhem works differently, with a broader scope touching past, future, and parallel lives, but that's a difference in approach, not a proven advantage.

Why would someone choose Sekhem over Reiki?

Interest in the Egyptian lineage and archetypal energies, a desire for multidimensional or past-life work, or simply feeling drawn to this specific tradition and practitioner.

Why would someone choose Reiki over Sekhem?

Wider availability, a more standardized training path, and a preference for present-body focused energy work.

Does Jason recommend Sekhem to everyone?

No. He's upfront that fit matters more than which tradition is "better," and some people may be better served by Reiki or another modality entirely.

Can I try Sekhem and decide for myself?

Yes. Book a session and see how it feels, without needing to resolve the comparison in the abstract first.