Being an atheist that does daily yoga and meditation, I am of the opinion that the issue between yourself and your partner is semantical. The word “spiritual” is not a part of my vocab because, to me, it belongs with nonsense words such as “prayer”, “sin”, and “soul”. When I meditate and do yoga it is not in the least bit “spiritual” to me, it is me applying relaxation methods to my brain processes and strength training my body. Nothing more. Every time that you use a word such as “spiritual” around your partner, I am guessing he loses a tiny particle of respect for your intellect because he thought that you are better than investing in and saying nonsense words. Instead of communicating this to you, he ribs you about it, hoping somewhere inside that you also realize that there are more intellectually honest descriptors for the activities that you do. Reiki is also nonsense.

i wouldn't even touch a person with a 6foot pole if he deems it childishly funny to ridicule anything i live. i'd rather stay single.

The problem could be stated like this: You have a problem when the how he acts about your spiritual tuality, so, perhaps, you should work to get over your problem.

I don't understand the he should respect everything about you thought. What if you were bulimic or a heroin addict?

And you ain't gotta dump him for your issue.