Membership of the Reiki Council is open to all organisations concerned with Reiki in the United Kingdom who meet the requirements for membership as determined by the Reiki Council. New members are always welcomed.

In addition to member associations, there are also spaces for three individual lay members, one of whom is the lay chair of the Council.

All organisations belonging to the Reiki Council work on an equal footing and with agreed aims.

To be eligible to join the Reiki Council, an organisation will

1. represent people who have been attuned/initiated to Reiki in person, face-to-face, by their Reiki Teacher.
2. a) represent at least 100 Reiki-attuned/initiated people whose lineage can be traced back to Dr Usui as specified in the RRWG 2009 working definition of Reiki or as the Reiki Council updates it and the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Reiki OR b) have been an existing member of the RRWG since May 2008 and whose membership of the Reiki Council has remained unbroken since then
3. have a constitution, a code of ethics and disciplinary procedures, be accountable to its members and assess members to ensure they meet points 1 and 2 unless they qualify for membership under point 2b
4. be prepared to abide by the Reiki Council disciplinary and complaints procedure.

It is recognised that the Reiki Council needs to be able to speak for as many Reiki-attuned/initiated people as possible.  To this end, smaller organisations may band together in order to fulfil the requirement of representing 100 or more Reiki-attuned/initiated people. Such groups would pay one membership fee between them and share one vote between them. Please contact the Reiki Council to register your interest in this.

The Reiki Council may put such groups in contact with each other, but it is those groups’ responsibilities to work out the finer details between each other. The aim of this is to make membership more affordable for smaller groups and keep equality of representation.