(If you’re already familiar with what Reiki is, go below to read about My Journey and Practice)
If you are new to Reiki, what is it?
This is from the International Center for Reiki Training…
“Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by ‘laying on hands’ and is based on the idea that an unseen ‘life force energy’ flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s ‘life force energy’ is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.
“The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words – Rei which means ‘God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power’ and Ki which is ‘life force energy’. So Reiki is actually ‘spiritually guided life force energy.’
“Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing…
“Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use… It works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.”
My Journey and Practice
First, I want to acknowledge my Reiki Master, Jasmine Loney, my guide, teacher, inspiration and, most joyfully my friend. Thank you for starting me on the path of Reiki.
I received my training nearly 20 years ago with Jasmine in the Usui Shiki Ryoho lineage. This lineage goes back through many people.
Mikao Usui
Chujiro Hayashi
Hawayo Takata
Phyllis Lei Furumoto
Linda Keiser Mardis
Penelope Jewell
Carol von Kaenel
Jasmine Loney
For me Reiki is a continuation of energy work I came to naturally in my late teens and early 20s. I’ve always deeply felt our innate connection to the world and its energies and have explored many different energy modalities. But I always come back to the simplicity of connecting with the energetic source of the earth and all of life and letting it work through me. We all have this connection and ability and Reiki training simply helps us focus with intention and offer ourselves as a clear vessel to help facilitate the flow of that energy.
Reiki is guided by the divine intelligence within each of us and goes exactly where it is needed. Some people can feel the energy moving around them or in certain areas during a session, most though simply sink into a state of deep and profound relaxation.
Sessions are done on a massage table with clients fully clothed on their backs. There is a prescribed form or system of positions for my hands that is followed but I also allow my intuition to guide me if I’m called to focus on specific areas. The actually laying on of hands lasts an hour but we’ll talk a bit before about your concerns and what has brought you to me before starting, then chat after to explore what the experience was like for you.
Sessions are $100 payments can be made through Zelle and Venmo.