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Background: Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Pain in cancer may arise from a tumor compressing or infiltrating nearby body parts; from treatments and diagnostic procedures or from the skin, nerve and other changes caused by a hormone imbalance or an immune response. Reiki, a stress reduction and relaxation technique, has become a subject of curiosity for cancer patients everywhere. Reiki therapy has many benefits not only physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. It also helps to relieve the pain as well as provide physical relief. Reiki is a non-invasive technique that causes no side effects or complications. Objective: The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of Reiki Therapy on pain among patients admitted in a selected cancer hospital of Bhopal. Material and method: In this study, an experimental one group pre-test, post-test design was carried out to assess the effectiveness of Reiki therapy on pain among cancer patients of Navodaya Cancer Hospital, Bhopal. The Purposive Sampling technique was adopted for data collection and 25 cancer patients was collected in this study. The data were collected by using a Visual analogue Scale. They were assessed for the level of pain. Data was analyzed by using SPSS. Result: the finding of the study shows that the majority of the subjects were in the age group of 41-50 years 12 (48%), were male 22 (88%), belonged to the joint family 15 (60%), 13 (52%) were 10000 per month or less, most of the respondents 7 (28%) were in the education of middle and higher secondary, most of the respondents 15 (60%) were in the duration of illness 1 year or less. The moderate pain post-test score of level of pain 14 (56%) is lower than the moderate pain pre-test score level of pain 16 (64%). Finding related to the effectiveness of Reiki therapy on pain among cancer patients was found through paired t test value 15.501 & P value. 000. There was significant difference between pre-test, post-test level of pain. Conclusion: Based on the finding, the investigator conducted that Reiki therapy is significantly effective in reducing pain among cancer patients.