The issue of payment continues to divide the global Reiki community.

Some say it is Divine Energy so therefore it should be free.

Others say that they have paid for their training, so they are entitled to receive payment in return. You may wish to get a monetary return for the time you have spent with the client.

I do some treatments for free, some for exchange and some for money. I go with what feels right at the time, but I lean more toward having a return for the time I have invested with that person, much in the same way that I receive an hourly rate from an employer.

If I give a “free” treatment, then I look upon it as part of a 10% tithe to the universe. I feel that an exchange is better as the other person has made an investment of sorts into the transaction and therefore values the treatment more.