anna dorian
reiki master & founder, vibrant reiki

I believe with all my heart that each of us is capable of greatness, and a return to love. whether it's reiki or shamanic arts or another healing modality that helps you hold more light here, I believe in you. no matter how hard it feels, there is always room for gentleness and healing and love. welcome to vibrant reiki!

many years ago, my cat mufasa introduced me to reiki. he was a marvelous little furperson, and a great teacher who accepted a life-threatening condition to teach me about self love. 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!

since 2004, 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'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 3,000+ sessions, and hundreds of classes. every time I connect with reiki is magic - this healing practice is warm, supportive, and kind, and the most beautiful thing I know. to me, reiki is love.

I discovered reiki and shamanism in the same month, eight years ago, and have since pursued both paths. I lived at esalen for a month-long shamanic intensive, where I completed the way of the shaman course through the foundation for shamanic studies, and journey daily. I can regularly be found toddling about the country at various shamanic trainings and gatherings, and journeying is honestly what I would rather be doing most of the time. (twinkle) I'm honored to offer soul retrieval ceremonies, power animal retrieval, shamanic healing, divination, and monthly shamanic healing circles, with a probable smattering of playful river otter medicine sprinkled lovingly throughout. I love this work!

I am incredibly thankful to be on the healing path, and look forward to supporting you. we can weave magic together, whether you're working with an energetic tune-up, calling in a dream, or walking peacefully into what scares you most. whatever it is, it can get better and hold more light, and I look forward to being of service. until then...

happy healing,
anna