my cat mufasa introduced me to reiki. (laughter) he was a marvelous little furperson, and a great teacher. years ago, he accepted a life-threatening condition to teach me about self care. while exploring every healing modality I could find to help him, I discovered reiki, which helped return him to balance. for the first time, I witnessed the awesome power of healing energy. I was present for mufasa's first breath, his amazing recovery through reiki, and offered him reiki while he died in my arms seventeen years later. he was an amazing being - because of him, I found my lifepath. I honor him with all my heart, and offer infinite gratitude.

I met reiki again while studying cultural anthropology, this time in a case study with my beautiful master teacher, joann pun. we shared a reiki session together, which felt like coming home, and filled in many of the pieces I had been looking for. thank you joann, for the greatest gift in my life!

my journey as a healer began in january of 2004. since then, I have received twenty different levels of reiki attunements, including master levels in: western-style usui reiki (via the takata lineage), komyo or japanese reiki (via the yamaguchi lineage), lightarian reiki® and karuna reiki®. I am a member in good standing of the international association of reiki professionals.

I've shared reiki with young women in recovery as a clinical practitioner, created a low-cost, sliding-scale reiki clinic for san francisco, lectured on reiki at CIIS and UCSF, provided reiki for bay area organizations like the rainforest action network, volunteered reiki for horses at miwok stables in marin, created the annual bay area reiki retreat, and have held reiki space in 1,000+ sessions and hundreds of classes. every time I connect with reiki is magic - this healing practice is warm, loving and kind, and the most beautiful thing I know.

I discovered reiki and shamanism in the same month, six years ago, and have since pursued both paths. in 2008, I attended a month-long shamanic intensive at esalen, and completed the way of the shaman course through the foundation for shamanic studies. I'm moving into training more deeply on the shamanic path, and am a member in good standing of the society for shamanic practitioners.

I love reiki more than anything, and deeply enjoy supporting wellness through reiki sessions, classes and community events. I'm joyfully accepting reiki students and clients at this time in several US cities, with a special welcome to my visiting international students.

I am incredibly thankful to be on the reiki path, and look forward to supporting you. until then...

namaste
anna