reiki and hypnosis are both natural gifts available to everyone, and hypnosis can powerfully enhance our reiki experience and abilities. in this interactive workshop, we'll learn the basics of using self-hypnosis to increase our connection to reiki. we'll each create an individualized, meaningful reiki self-hypnosis program for ourselves, and also enjoy a group hypnosis session for relaxation, grounding, and focus, during which we can implement our own personal suggestions. we'll each take home a hypnosis cd to continue the work we begin here.

herschell larrick is a certified hypnotherapist and reiki practitioner. he has been a shamanic practitioner for 19 years and also practices aikido holding shodan rank. he is starting his hypnotherapy practice this fall in san francisco. he is an artist who makes whimsical monsters in polymer clay and ceremonial rattles out of kelp, crystals and wood.

as human beings we can’t help being creative. our birthright is to imagine, choose, create, and celebrate what comes from our own vital essence, yet our culture seems to believe that only certain people can be artists and the rest of us are doomed to consume. in this workshop, we will apply reiki to our limiting beliefs about our own creative powers. as we make simple prayer flags, we’ll transform our old stories into blessings and release our renewed creativity to the four winds. no arts experience necessary, all materials provided.

carol harada is an artist healer and body-mind counselor focusing on natural cycles of change. with a background in certified clinical hypnotherapy and EFT, carol now practices body wisdom integration, inner relationship focusing, and cross-cultural shamanism. she also offers hands-on reiki and biodynamic craniosacral therapy. as an educator, carol passes on wisdom drawn from a lifetime of process arts, watching the seasons, and moving through cycles of creativity. please visit her online here.