What is Reiki?

Reiki is a spiritually guided energy, which originated in Japan and has been passed on from teacher to student for the past one hundred years. Reiki is a system of both healing and spiritual development, and can be learned by anybody who has the intention of learning to use it for good, from a Reiki Master teacher. It is transmitted from the hands of a practitioner to the client, either through light touch or through placing hands near the body. It can be felt as a warm sensation, as a tingling or pulsing, as a feeling of intense relaxation and overall wellness. Its benefits are vast, and available to everyone, regardless of belief in, or understanding of the energy. It is practiced all over the world, by people of all different religious and non religious backgrounds. It has its own intelligence and brings systems of the body into balance.

In January of 2024, I began my Reiki training with Caroline Ruderman. At that time, my mother was going through intense chemo treatment for advanced cancer and she was in pain on every level- physical, emotional, mental, spiritual. Fortunately, she had received a few reiki treatments from an amazing local practitioner, through The Cancer Connection, an organization that provides life enhancing services for people with cancer, at no cost to them. The way she described the benefit of her sessions, and the changes I saw in her,  were compelling enough to give me the impulse to become trained in Reiki myself, so I could have the potential to treat her whenever she needed it.  A year later, she is in remission and has a better quality of life and I am so grateful.

Working with Reiki is an exciting ongoing journey of discovery. I am cultivating a deep relationship with it, and it is changing my life in so many ways. My intuition is strengthened, my trust and faith in its power has also been strengthened, my creativity is super-charged. It’s easy to fall into a trap of doubting that I even know what I’m doing, since I’m just a silly human, but over and over, I see the evidence that it does not rely on my understanding to do what it does. It has its own intelligence and just flows through me. I practice Reiki on myself and on other people. I practice in person, and I also use what’s known as “distance reiki” to treat people who are not nearby, with their consent. I send reiki to past specific situations that need healing, and to upcoming situations or periods of time that I’m needing extra support for. I fill my mosaics studio with reiki before students arrive for a workshop. It’s a game changer!

Some of the benefits I have experienced, in myself and others include: improved sleep, reduced anxiety, reduced physical pain (joint pain, headaches, toothaches, menstrual pain, back pain, etc) emotional healing, release of emotional blockages, healing of past wounds, healing of relationships with loved ones, both living and passed, enhanced focus and productivity, super charged creativity and clarity, and enhanced confidence. These are the effects I have personally experienced and seen in my clients and I know that there really is no limit to what Reiki can heal, through accounts I read and stories shared with me. What’s more, the effects grow with continued practice, it’s a cumulative effect.

Offerings

The more I practice Reiki, the more I want to practice Reiki. Our planet is out of balance and this manifests as trauma and wounding on a personal and collective level. Offering reiki is one way I can do my part to restore balance. I now have a dedicated healing space in my home where I am offering in-person sessions. I am also offering workshops that are a blend of Reiki and hands-on art projects.

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Sessions are one hour. The location is my home in Conway, although I can accommodate anyone who would prefer to have the session over Zoom (it works the same way!)

Sessions are spiritually guided and can involve conversation or can be done in silence. I sometimes include sound healing in my sessions and sometimes I include the use of stones and crystals which have been charged with the Reiki energy.

The session is done with the client lying comfortably on my massage table, fully clothed. I use a combination of light touch, and hands placed near the body. If, for any reason, you prefer hands- off treatment, I honor that preference.

Cost is on a sliding scale:

Single Session (1 hour)

$110- $85

Package of 4 (1 hour sessions)

These can be done weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, depending on need and availability.

$300 – $365

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