About Us
The Reiki Centre was founded by Elaine Hamilton Grundy in 2007 to provide a focal point for Reiki teaching without dogma. Over the years we have developed an online resource and trained many Reiki teachers based on the philosophy that Reiki is a modality for self-healing and personal empowerment.
About Elaine
Elaine discovered Reiki over 30 years ago and was delighted to have found such a powerful self-healing technique. She became a Reiki Master in 1995 and juggled teaching Reiki with a busy corporate career in marketing and market research. Despite "success" in the business sense, Elaine felt dissatisfied and unfulfilled. She stepped away from her career to set up The Reiki Centre and has since dedicated her work to teaching Reiki and advocating for high quality Reiki education free from dogma.
My Passions
Teaching
Teacher training
Empowering others to heal themselves is a deeply held mission and purpose. I feel honoured to have taught thousands of people Reiki over the past 30 years and over 80 Reiki Masters. Knowing I have been a part of the expansion of Reiki brings me great satisfaction.
Writing
Reiki, Pure and Simple 2010
Reiki - A Path to Freedom 2019
I'm somewhat stunned that I author books, but there you go. “Reiki, Pure and Simple” is a down to earth and accessible introduction to Reiki, and "Reiki - A Path to Freedom" outlines the spiritual aspect of Reiki that is often side-stepped or forgotten. I'm in the process of collaborating on a third, the most exciting one of all!
Research
2010 and 2020
You can take the girl out of research, but you can't take the research out of the girl! I am a natural sceptic and want to know I'm not just doolally. Designing these large scale consumer research projects confirm and validate how Reiki benefits thousands of people.
Educating
Anyone who knows me knows I love to blah blah blah! Education and growth is a joy to share. There are many resources and articles on my blog, YouTube channel and podcast.
Community
Spiritual growth can be a lonely path. When I first began this journey I was surrounded by corporate types and my family thought I had gone mad. So I built my own community and it's an amazing source of support, love and celebration.
Learning
Continuous lifelong learning
I have a natural curiosity and thirst for learning, so over the past 30 years I have followed many paths for my own personal growth and for the benefit my clients and students. My particular passion is "unlearning", especially societal patterns, unhelpful and limiting belief systems, and finding our own unique gifts and inner compass.
Professional Standards
Elaine takes an active interest in supporting the evolution of Reiki. She is a founding member of The Usui Reiki Association, Singapore (TURA), and a member of the Complementary Health Professionals in the UK.
Elaine is registered with the CNHC. This means her Reiki professional practice meets the quality standards required. CNHC's register is approved as an Accredited Register by the PSA, a body accountable to UK Parliament.
Elaine has worked in a clinical setting with Garden House Hospice Care, Hertfordshire, providing Reiki to end of life patients and their carers. She has also worked with Mind within the NHS providing guidance and support for those struggling with poor mental health, anxiety, depression and grief.
Other training which enhances Elaine's "toolbox"
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Therapeutic CBT skills
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Life and business coaching
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NLP
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Trauma informed therapy
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Hypnotherapy and past life regression (Brian Weiss)
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The Work of Byron Katie
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Meditation and mindfulness
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Kundalini yoga teacher training
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Systemic and family constellations
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Suicide first-aid
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Narcissism informed coaching
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Autism and neurodiversity aware
Speaking Engagements
SolentMind Annual Conference October 2024
Presentation: Evidence based measurements for efficacy of CBT Wellbeing interventions in patients within the NHS Coastal PCN
Reiki Rays, Reiki Online Summit Nov 2023
Speaker: The evolution of Reiki Attunements, the possibility of self-attuning
Center of Reiki Research, Annual Conference 2023
Presentation: The Role of Consumer Research in Establishing Reiki Efficacy. A Study on the Benefits of Reiki as Reported by Reiki Practitioners
New Zealand Reiki Inc. Annual Conference 2022
Keynote Speaker: Our Role as Reiki teachers in the new Dawn
Research Council for Complementary Therapy, UK Annual Conference 2022
Abstract Presentation: Could consumer research play a role in establishing efficacy in CAM? A study on the benefits of Reiki as reported by Reiki practitioners.
Hospice UK Annual Conference 2022
Abstract Poster: Future proofing Complementary Therapy, lessons from Covid.
The Authenticity Institute Coaching, Teleclass 2021
Guest speaker: Complementary Therapy in Coaching
The Usui Reiki Association Singapore, 2021
Guest Speaker: Reiki and Mindfulness