Do you want to be a Reiki Master?

There is just one spot left in the Reiki Master Certification starting on Sunday. Could it be yours?

Reiki Master Teacher Joanna Scaparotti has been practicing and teaching Reiki locally since 2003. She teaches Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki along with her own guided Reiki techniques. Her training emphasize developing intuition and trusting insights from your Inner Wisdom. 

The Reiki Master Program consists of 100 hours of training over the course of 6 months. The class meets approximately twice a month for a total of 40 hours of classroom training and 60 hours of home practice in the form of homework and client case-studies (approximately 3-4 hrs per week).


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Reiki Certifications

Did you know that I provide Reiki Certification? I have been practicing and teaching Reiki in the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition locally since 2003. I specialize in training those who wish to become professional Reiki practitioners and other wellness professionals who are passionate about mind-body-spirit balance and personal growth, and who have a burning desire to help others find healing.

Check out my Reiki Certification listing on Thumbtack or take a peek at the upcoming class schedule.

Reiki can be a smart first step toward recapturing wellness

What is Reiki? by Pamela Miles

We all know that we should be taking better care of ourselves. Many acknowledge the need for stress reduction in our lives; fewer take the time needed to develop proficiency in any calming technique. But receiving Reiki or learning to practice Reiki can actually remove many obstacles to better self-care. How does this work?

"I’m too tired and busy to do anything new." People usually feel better quickly with Reiki, more functional, more focused, more productive, with less anxiety and pain. For this reason, Reiki can be a smart first step toward recapturing wellness.

Read more in the June edition of Wisdom Magazine ...

Empowering the world one person at a time

This weekend I was blessed with the opportunity to share Reiki with a number of people who had never experienced it before. It's such a pleasure for me to create a peaceful space for relaxation and introduce people to energywork. My mother hosted my first Reiki home relaxation party, and the format worked really well. Once everyone arrived, I gave an introduction to how we exist on an energetic level and an overview of Reiki as a modality for wellness. I liked how there was time to answer everyone's questions, so that everyone's curiosity and concerns were addressed before we did the sessions. There is usually not enough time for in depth discussion about Reiki at the community clinics because of the volume of people coming through. Also, having a group of people contributing adds a lot to the discussion because things get brought up in that setting that may not come up one-on-one. I think the discussion adds a deeper level of awareness to the Reiki experience. I'm inspired by this weekend to find other opportunities to present about Reiki - such as community settings in addition to future home parties.

Reiki & Human Open Energy System

People are always asking me how Reiki works. There is a lot of information out there on the internet about what Reiki is and what it isn't, but I have yet to come across resource that explains how it works in a way that lay people can understand. So bear with me as I try to explain my understanding of Reiki and the human open energy system.

Open energy system

Let's start with the basics. I first heard of the theory called "The Wellness Energy System" in one of my courses at Clayton College. Dr. John W Travis, M.D. writes about it in his text Wellness Workbook. He explains the scientific concept of a dissipative structure - an open system in which energy comes in, becomes modified, and then is dissipated back to the environment. One example of this concept is a seed which builds a plant from the environmental resources around it - air, sunlight, water, minerals - and then dissipates oxygen, pollen, fruit, or scent back to the environment, including it's own materials as fertilizer for the soil it came from when it dies.

Travis theorizes that a person is also an open energy system. We take in energy from our environment in the form of information, food, noise, air, relationships, the work we do, etc.. We then go on to organize and transform what we take in to feed our bodies, minds and spirits, and then return the energy in some form back to the environment. We grow, live, and die as part of a perpetual cycle of input, transformation, and dissipation.

"The Wellness Energy System" put forth by Travis, and corroborated by the concept of life-force energy in Traditional Chinese Medicine, theorizies that when the flow of energy through our human open system is strong and free flowing we are in an optimal state of wellness, and when the flow is impeded or weak in any way than symptoms of imbalance and disease may manifest.


How does this relate to Reiki?

My theory is that the universal life force energy (Reiki) is the fuel and intelligence that creates and inspires all open systems. I think of Reiki as the source of the mystery behind a seed becoming a plant or two merged cells becoming a human being. Each of us is a unique conduit for energy - our conditioning, habits, patterns and lifestyle choices determine how much energy we take in, how we use the energy, and how we release it back to our environment. An experienced Reiki practitioner, in particular, is skilled at directly connecting to the source energy that's available in the open systems of our earth and universe, and in conducting this available energy into his or her own open system, and in assisting other open systems to connect as well. By consciously connecting to and drawing upon Reiki, our open systems are able to recharge when they are depleted, dissolve and break up stagnation and blockages, and optimize our open system's ability to flow freely and strongly.