1. Healing (without the use of technology/drugs/medicine) is not necessarily a miracle from God. There are many things in our world which we don't understand, and I believe that many things like healing may have once been within our power (as the lords of our dominion), and may indeed still be fore some. Additionally, it is entirely possible that healing is an angelic power, which can therefore be used, or mocked, by the demonic.
2. Every false healer has those who claim to have been genuinely healed. Whether they are liars, benefiting from the attention, or deceivers, working for the healer, or the deceived, so mentally and spiritually weak that they really believe they have been healed. Personal testimonials mean nothing when it comes to healers. What they teach, and what they do, are how we can know whether they are with God, or against him.
3. Reiki offers a general "spirituality" which is exactly the sort of tool which the devil uses to blind people to the truths of God. Be peaceful, be happy, believe whatever you want, and you will be fine, allows people to escape the search for truth and believe in nothing particularly at all.
4. Reiki claims to treat the spirit and mind. If this is true, then Reiki is using spiritual forces, but since one does not need to be a Christian to use Reiki, then clearly these powers do not come from God. Unwary and uneducated dabbling in the spiritual is merely an invitation to the devil.
5. Reiki is one of the more remarkably un-scientific healing teachings that I have heard of. It doesn't attribute any illness to a rational, physical cause at all, but attributes them to weak "life force energy". I mean, if the power was genuine (hypothetically) then what would be the point in saying things that are clearly not true?
6. "attunement" The gift of Reiki isn't taught or learned, but passed from teacher to student using some sort of spiritual event called an "attunement". In all honesty, this remind me of practices of the modern charismatic church, and their teachings, such as receiving an "anointing" from God or being "slain in the spirit". Opening yourself up to spiritual things without knowing what you are opening up to is one of the ways people are lured into the occult.
Honestly, it sounds to me like this is either a cult, or the guy who started this all is making a pretty penny. Maybe both. But any teaching that deals with spiritual forces and is not Christian is in that sense automatically in opposition to Christianity. Things not of God are either of man, who belongs to the Devil, or of Satan himself.
There are lots of ways that Satan lures people into the occult. Mindless, seemingly harmless dabbling in the spiritual is one effective starting place. Many people are happy to stay there and simply believe in nothing. But many people, once they have opened themselves up to the demonic, continue down the path towards truly occult.
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*looks forward to seeing others' thoughts*
I've always been very wary of it, personally. 
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