DISTANCE Reiki Treatment & Training

(done via phone, video, and email)

I’ve been a Master-Level reiki practitioner & teacher since 2007.  If you asked my younger self what I’d be doing now, I’d never have imagined this.  I hadn't even heard of reiki before 2004, but I’m so grateful I found this path!  I love the opportunities and experiences it provides.

This page touches upon my path to becoming a practitioner and teacher, as well as the path that evolved for the various session formats.

If you'd like to know more about my personal experiences, please visit the healing and thyroid pages.

For clarity, none of these experiences are about me; they’re about reiki. 

In each encounter, I’ve been awed by reiki’s power to bring healing to any situation – whether it’s spontaneous healing events, longer healing processes, or transitions at the end of cycles, stages, or lifetimes.  I’m equally inspired by the many ways reiki supports growth, renewal, and change.

My Reiki Journey

I hadn’t intended to have a reiki practice.  My path started with a sort of handshake, where reiki healed chronic laryngitis in a single session.  Several years later, I returned to reiki and began considering a deeper exploration, which ultimately led to doing reiki for a living. 

People: 

When I first learned reiki, my only intention was to support myself, my kitties, and my loved ones.  After lots of encouragement, I slowly opened to the idea of having a practice.  As I’ve developed my practice and volunteered at places like UCSD Medical Center (Bannister Family House) and various charity events, I’ve had the privilege of working with hundreds of people at nearly every age & stage of life:  from newly-conceived and newborn infants to hospice patients.  

People request sessions for all sorts of reasons.  Sometimes, it’s to enjoy deep peace and relaxation.  Other times, it’s for support with various circumstances, illnesses, injuries, and other life challenges.  The only constant seems to be that every person and situation is unique.

Animals: 

My work with animals started with my own kitties (both have passed) as they struggled to settle into a new apartment.  From there, friends and family began asking for support with their fur babies.  Over time, I became comfortable offering sessions to animals I didn’t personally know, then with making this a regular option for sessions.

In the process, I’ve been fortunate to support many animals.  Sometimes, they weren't responding to their vet-recommended healing protocols, other times, they had (or seemed to have) ‘behavioral problems.'  I put that in quotes because the phrase is often used to imply that an animal is intentionally misbehaving.

Some animals absolutely misbehave on purpose, but even when it's intentional, it's very rarely malicious.  Often times, other factors may be the underlying cause(s).  

For example, the behaviors may reflect undiagnosed medical issues that the animal is struggling to navigate.  Or, they might relate to unhealed trauma, misunderstandings, learning curves, or periods of adjustment with a new phase, person, home, diet, or other life changes.  Like people, every animal and their situation tends to be unique. 

Property: 

Working with home, business, and land clearings began with the apartment my kitties and I had moved into ages ago.  There was a lot of stress because the landlord waited until we moved in to begin mold remediation on the apartment’s foundation.  This involved months of workers, loud noises, smells, and even periodic swarms of tiny water flies coming up through the plumbing. 

It was frustrating for me, but my girls were livid and overwhelmed.  They began urinating everywhere – partly in protest and partly in territory/boundary-setting.  Reiki helped to shift me, my girls, and our home’s energies.  It released the chaos and stress while simultaneously grounding, centering, and re-anchoring us back into peace.  I also sought out the support of a pet behavioral therapist, which was incredibly helpful for practical and material ways to support them through the transition.

As I became more comfortable shifting energies in my home, I tried doing it in other places.  I was working as an administrator, and I started with my office space, then the building where I worked.  From there, I gradually began working with loved ones’ homes. 

Eventually, I felt comfortable working with strangers.  At first, I only did this in-person, but then I had people in other states and countries requesting support, and we experimented with remote sessions.  In one instance, a toddler who’d been frightened to spend time in his new room began feeling a bit more comfortable after one clearing/healing, then felt completely relaxed and safe after a second cleaering session (like people and animals, each space and place tends to be unique and healing may happen as a process or an event).

Teaching:  

Like session work, my path to teaching involved lots of resistance and nudging.  I never imagined teaching until people started asking me to do so, and it took quite a bit of coaxing before I finally explored this possibility.  I started with friends and clients until I felt comfortable enough to work with strangers.  Now, I love helping others to experience and share reiki! 

Distance/Remote support: 

I understand people having hesitations about working together remotely because I had to work through those reservations myself.

After several years of doing only traditional, in-person sessions, I started having people who couldn’t come for their appointment but were open to doing them over the phone. Then, someone couldn’t make their phone appointment but was open to experimenting with email… 

The same thing happened with teaching.  I only taught in-person for years, then a student couldn’t make it to my office and was open to trying a video class.  Later, people from other states and countries wanted remote classes, and so distant classes became a regular option.

At one point, someone wanted a video class, but they were moving and had no internet.  They asked to do the class via phone because they wanted to complete their Reiki III training before moving overseas.  So, another experiment!  In all honesty, I thought it would be a terrible experience for both of us.  In the end, we both agreed that we were nervous about how it would go, and then surprised by how well it went.

Each of these experiences required me to work through various fears around leaving my comfort zone, and to examine limiting beliefs (especially around distance classes).  Even so, things always worked out somehow, and I continue to learn a lot with each class and session.  I gradually gained the confidence to honor what I perceived as my path – and in 2014, I began to do distance-only sessions and classes.  

To learn about my healing journey, please click here.

To learn specifics about my thyroid healing, please click here.

SCHEDULING - By Appointment Only

NOTE:  For session and class fees, please click here.

Distance Healing Sessions 

In US:  conducted via email, phone, or video

Internationally:  conducted via email or video

Human & Animal  

Mon - Fri, 7a - 6p PST 

Sessions conducted via email, phone, or video

60-90 minute sessions (paid by donation)

Last distance session starts 6p

For more information on human sessions, please click here.

For more information on animal sessions, please click here.

If this doesn't work for your schedule, we can discuss other options.

Property:  Home, Business & Land

Mon - Fri, 7a - 6p PST

Sessions conducted via email only

90-minute sessions (paid by donation)

3-hour sessions ($300 flat fee)

Last distance session starts 6p

For more information, please click here.

If this doesn't work for your schedule, we can discuss other options.

Distance Classes

All classes are taught remotely via phone or video

Monday - Friday, 7a-4p PST   (Last class starts 4pm)

Weekend classes available, please contact for details

If this doesn't work for your schedule, we can discuss other options.

Each degree is a single class lasting...

4 hours for 1-2 people

Additional 30 minutes needed for each person, 3+ people

Currently, there are no classes pre-scheduled.  If you would like to schedule a class, please contact me with your availability, and I'll be happy to arrange a class for you one-on-one, or for your group. 

For more information on classes, please click here.

To book a session or individual/group class:

Please call or text me at 619.342.6239 or send me an email.