Reiki Healing & Training in Kathmandu, Nepal

Maa Nisha Kabir

Founder, Swamini & Lead Instructor

Updated October 2026

Reiki is a gentle, hands-on energy healing practice that began in Japan with Mikao Usui in the 1920s. At Jivan Parivartan in Tarkeshwor, Kathmandu, you can receive a Reiki healing session, or learn to give Reiki yourself in three levels of Usui Reiki training: Level 1 (Shoden), Level 2 (Okuden) and Master Level (Shinpiden). Maa Nisha Kabir gives every session and teaches every level. She trained in Reiki in 2017 and has taught it here since 2021.

A Reiki healing session lasts 60 minutes and costs $45. You stay fully clothed and lie down while the practitioner rests their hands lightly on or just above your body, from the head down to the feet. You can choose a hands-on session or a guided Reiki meditation, on your own or in a small group of up to four. No experience or belief is needed, and healing sessions need no deposit.

Most people find a session relaxing and come away calmer. People book one to rest, to ease stress, or to try Reiki before training in it. Reiki is not medical treatment. Use it alongside care from your doctor, never instead of it.

Maa Nisha Kabir founded Jivan Parivartan in 2021. She has more than twenty years of meditation practice, including two years alone in a cave in Mustang. She has taught Usui Reiki to more than 70 students. Swami Anish Ji, our Sound Healing Therapist, leads the singing bowl sessions and courses.

Reiki training is taught in person at the centre, one level per trip. Level 1 is two days (10 hours) and covers self-treatment and your first attunement. Level 2 is two days (10 hours) and adds the symbols and distance practice, and comes after at least three months of daily Level 1 practice. Master Level is four days (20 hours), comes at least nine months after Level 2, and teaches you to give attunements and teach. Level 1 is $250, Level 2 is $300 and Master Level is $400. Each level has its own page below.

For people living in Nepal, there is also a private stress management program that combines Reiki with sound healing, meditation and practical stress management, over seven days for one person or five days for a couple. Sessions are held in Nepali.

Every Reiki session is given in person at our centre in Tarkeshwor. We do not offer distance Reiki sessions. Most visitors stay in Thamel, about 30 minutes away, and we can help you arrange a hotel there.

If you are not sure whether to start with a session or with training, send us a message about what you are looking for. You can start with one session and decide about training afterwards.

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