Reiki practice found me in 2016 and I could not have survived panic attacks, long distance caregiving, menopause, and chronic anxiety (i.e. 21st century NYC life) without it.

It changed my worldview profoundly and continues to be a daily anchor to my mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.

I care about relationships…with ourselves, each other, and our planet.

Hello I’m so glad you are here, reading & thinking about reiki. I hope that in my lifetime, reiki & energy healing will become more more widely practiced, especially as a partner in our western medical & therapeutic settings.

I’m doing all I can to to make this happen because I want a restored relationship to our individual & collective consciousness; so many of us are working for a cultural, social, and political cohesion that values reciprocity, liberation, trust and love.  Reiki is a gentle but powerful disrupter, may it dismantle with care all that no longer serves us. 

When we are in a clear state of high vibration energetic flow, our body thanks us by doing its regular work of repair and maintenance. Our loved ones thank us for our capacity to be present and supportive, and our world thanks us for our uncluttered capacity to respond with humanity and humility. 

My training & linage Usui Reiki 1 & 2 attunements with Luke Simon, Usui Reiki Master attunement with Lisa Levine, Earth Evolution Reiki attunement with the MINKA reiki godmothers, Manu Del Prete & Aki Baker. I am currently enrolled in MINKA’s Consciousness of Radical Equity Training (CORE) program (class of 2024).

I continue to learn about energy healing with Annie Bond (Heart Mind Healer School Level 1, 2021) and have received training in the modalities of Therapeutic Touch (TM), Craniosacral Therapy, & Resonant Attention. I give thanks to my many dedicated and wise teachers and to the subtle, powerful overlap between these modalities.

I am a member of the Sweet Action poetry collective and enjoy sharing my work at readings and in print. Before practicing reiki full-time I worked in the NYC government/non-profit/philanthropy sectors for over 20 years.

2022 Bowery Gothic, poetry reading, Von, NYC

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