How did this holistic tale begin? Meditation, yoga, and Reiki have continually shown up throughout my life and when things keep “appearing,” I investigate! One pivotal moment in my journey was seeing Reiki offered at Duke Integrative Medicine while my mom was battling breast cancer. Even then, I pushed it aside as something “whoo whoo.” However, the human mind, body and spirit have always fascinated me, and I set out to find answers by completing Reiki Training. Several times; I was skeptical. Hope had me continue working with Reiki.

Some time after, our family moved to the country; and I was looking for a yoga studio nearby. I decided to open my own space because the closest studio was quite a drive away. Getting caught up in the day-to-day of being a wife and mom, working full time and running a side-hustle yoga studio, Reiki went to the back burner. With stress at an all-time high, my world came to an abrupt halt with a brain tumor diagnosis. It was in my own illness that I worked with Reiki with more intention. Western and Eastern medicine interwoven for my healing. This was when I realized I had to share this gift with people.

Simplify! Something had to change fast; so I took a leap of faith!

I left my twenty year career as a public-school teacher and focused on the my health and the studio. I boldly placed “Reiki Master” on my business cards, with a tinge of fear.  Ok, not a tinge, but full-on fear of what people would think.  In that fearful but fearless action, one of my many purposes showed up.