Life Alive Drum Circle with Jason Karol

‘Life Alive – Drum Circle’ will celebrate expressing Spirit through the human body with the Universal language that is music and movement. We will open and close the drum circle with a guided meditation which will include sage, unison drumming, and toning to center and align our energies. In between will be a freestyle drum circle. Anyone can start a rhythm, the group will improvise around that rhythm until it naturally concludes, and then a new rhythm can arise. All skill levels are welcome, this drum circle is open to total beginners and experienced drummers alike. It is also not just open to drummers! Dancers! During the freestyle portion, being conscious of the space you are in and those around you, feel free to get up and move! Shake, dance, stretch, flow… feel free to move to the rhythm and express through your movement.


The first ‘Life Alive’ will be held on 1/26/24 from 7:00-9:00 pm. Please arrive a little before 7:00 if possible to get settled in for our opening meditation.’Life Alive’ will continue to be held after January on the fourth Friday of each month.

There will be a limited number of drums and percussion items available for borrowing at the circle, but if you have an instrument, please bring yours. There will not be enough for everyone who attends to borrow something.

with Registration: $15
Walkins: $25 if NOT sold out.

Click Here to Register

 

About Your Facilitator:

Jason A. Karol needs music just as much as food and water. Okay, maybe not just as much but, music has been a prominent part of Jason’s path since day one. Jason’s father is a musician, guitar is his main instrument, and he instilled a love of music in Jason right out of the gate. Through private lessons and school growing up, plus a healthy dose of trial and error self-teaching (then and now), Jason has become proficient in a wide range of musical instruments, disciplines, and styles. Jason loves sharing his passion for music and wants to encourage and inspire people to expand their love of music through his creation and facilitation.

Jason has taught drum lessons for over 15 years. He taught for 8 years at the Holliston School for the Performing Arts in Holliston, MA. He worked as a Senior Store Associate and Lesson Program Coordinator at the Music & Arts store in Newton Centre, MA for 4 years. He currently teaches private lessons in students’ homes. Part of different projects over the years, he currently performs as part of Drum Nomads, Electric Nomads, 52:db, and he created/facilitates the ‘Divine Design – Ecstatic Dance & Sound Bath’ event series at the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA. He assists the wonderful DJ Tara Ma with putting on her recurring ecstatic dance event in Lincoln, RI. He also has a passion for and experience with audio/video recording, engineering, editing, and production as well as musical instrument construction, maintenance, and modification.

In addition to music, some of Jason’s interests are: connecting with people and listening to their stories, philosophical conversations, learning about existence/the cosmos/The Universe, film, writing (fiction/non-fiction/poetry), hiking/biking/kayaking, yoga/Tai Chi, various and ever-evolving spiritual practices/disciplines (ask if you want to know more), acting in theater productions… oh yes, and most importantly, endeavouring to give cats the best ear massages ever! Jason would like to thank his cat companion Morgan for all the practice over the years.

 

Life Alive Drum Circle with Jason Karol

‘Life Alive – Drum Circle’ will celebrate expressing Spirit through the human body with the Universal language that is music and movement. We will open and close the drum circle with a guided meditation which will include sage, unison drumming, and toning to center and align our energies. In between will be a freestyle drum circle. Anyone can start a rhythm, the group will improvise around that rhythm until it naturally concludes, and then a new rhythm can arise. All skill levels are welcome, this drum circle is open to total beginners and experienced drummers alike. It is also not just open to drummers! Dancers! During the freestyle portion, being conscious of the space you are in and those around you, feel free to get up and move! Shake, dance, stretch, flow… feel free to move to the rhythm and express through your movement.


The first ‘Life Alive’ will be held on 1/26/24 from 7:00-9:00 pm. Please arrive a little before 7:00 if possible to get settled in for our opening meditation.’Life Alive’ will continue to be held after January on the fourth Friday of each month.

There will be a limited number of drums and percussion items available for borrowing at the circle, but if you have an instrument, please bring yours. There will not be enough for everyone who attends to borrow something.

with Registration: $15
Walkins: $25 if NOT sold out.

Click Here to Register

 

About Your Facilitator:

Jason A. Karol needs music just as much as food and water. Okay, maybe not just as much but, music has been a prominent part of Jason’s path since day one. Jason’s father is a musician, guitar is his main instrument, and he instilled a love of music in Jason right out of the gate. Through private lessons and school growing up, plus a healthy dose of trial and error self-teaching (then and now), Jason has become proficient in a wide range of musical instruments, disciplines, and styles. Jason loves sharing his passion for music and wants to encourage and inspire people to expand their love of music through his creation and facilitation.

Jason has taught drum lessons for over 15 years. He taught for 8 years at the Holliston School for the Performing Arts in Holliston, MA. He worked as a Senior Store Associate and Lesson Program Coordinator at the Music & Arts store in Newton Centre, MA for 4 years. He currently teaches private lessons in students’ homes. Part of different projects over the years, he currently performs as part of Drum Nomads, Electric Nomads, 52:db, and he created/facilitates the ‘Divine Design – Ecstatic Dance & Sound Bath’ event series at the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA. He assists the wonderful DJ Tara Ma with putting on her recurring ecstatic dance event in Lincoln, RI. He also has a passion for and experience with audio/video recording, engineering, editing, and production as well as musical instrument construction, maintenance, and modification.

In addition to music, some of Jason’s interests are: connecting with people and listening to their stories, philosophical conversations, learning about existence/the cosmos/The Universe, film, writing (fiction/non-fiction/poetry), hiking/biking/kayaking, yoga/Tai Chi, various and ever-evolving spiritual practices/disciplines (ask if you want to know more), acting in theater productions… oh yes, and most importantly, endeavouring to give cats the best ear massages ever! Jason would like to thank his cat companion Morgan for all the practice over the years.

 

Life Alive Drum Circle with Jason Karol

‘Life Alive – Drum Circle’ will celebrate expressing Spirit through the human body with the Universal language that is music and movement. We will open and close the drum circle with a guided meditation which will include sage, unison drumming, and toning to center and align our energies. In between will be a freestyle drum circle. Anyone can start a rhythm, the group will improvise around that rhythm until it naturally concludes, and then a new rhythm can arise. All skill levels are welcome, this drum circle is open to total beginners and experienced drummers alike. It is also not just open to drummers! Dancers! During the freestyle portion, being conscious of the space you are in and those around you, feel free to get up and move! Shake, dance, stretch, flow… feel free to move to the rhythm and express through your movement.


The first ‘Life Alive’ will be held on 1/26/24 from 7:00-9:00 pm. Please arrive a little before 7:00 if possible to get settled in for our opening meditation.’Life Alive’ will continue to be held after January on the fourth Friday of each month.

There will be a limited number of drums and percussion items available for borrowing at the circle, but if you have an instrument, please bring yours. There will not be enough for everyone who attends to borrow something.

with Registration: $15
Walkins: $25 if NOT sold out.

Click Here to Register

 

About Your Facilitator:

Jason A. Karol needs music just as much as food and water. Okay, maybe not just as much but, music has been a prominent part of Jason’s path since day one. Jason’s father is a musician, guitar is his main instrument, and he instilled a love of music in Jason right out of the gate. Through private lessons and school growing up, plus a healthy dose of trial and error self-teaching (then and now), Jason has become proficient in a wide range of musical instruments, disciplines, and styles. Jason loves sharing his passion for music and wants to encourage and inspire people to expand their love of music through his creation and facilitation.

Jason has taught drum lessons for over 15 years. He taught for 8 years at the Holliston School for the Performing Arts in Holliston, MA. He worked as a Senior Store Associate and Lesson Program Coordinator at the Music & Arts store in Newton Centre, MA for 4 years. He currently teaches private lessons in students’ homes. Part of different projects over the years, he currently performs as part of Drum Nomads, Electric Nomads, 52:db, and he created/facilitates the ‘Divine Design – Ecstatic Dance & Sound Bath’ event series at the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA. He assists the wonderful DJ Tara Ma with putting on her recurring ecstatic dance event in Lincoln, RI. He also has a passion for and experience with audio/video recording, engineering, editing, and production as well as musical instrument construction, maintenance, and modification.

In addition to music, some of Jason’s interests are: connecting with people and listening to their stories, philosophical conversations, learning about existence/the cosmos/The Universe, film, writing (fiction/non-fiction/poetry), hiking/biking/kayaking, yoga/Tai Chi, various and ever-evolving spiritual practices/disciplines (ask if you want to know more), acting in theater productions… oh yes, and most importantly, endeavouring to give cats the best ear massages ever! Jason would like to thank his cat companion Morgan for all the practice over the years.

 

Life Alive Drum Circle with Jason Karol

‘Life Alive – Drum Circle’ will celebrate expressing Spirit through the human body with the Universal language that is music and movement. We will open and close the drum circle with a guided meditation which will include sage, unison drumming, and toning to center and align our energies. In between will be a freestyle drum circle. Anyone can start a rhythm, the group will improvise around that rhythm until it naturally concludes, and then a new rhythm can arise. All skill levels are welcome, this drum circle is open to total beginners and experienced drummers alike. It is also not just open to drummers! Dancers! During the freestyle portion, being conscious of the space you are in and those around you, feel free to get up and move! Shake, dance, stretch, flow… feel free to move to the rhythm and express through your movement.


The first ‘Life Alive’ will be held on 1/26/24 from 7:00-9:00 pm. Please arrive a little before 7:00 if possible to get settled in for our opening meditation.’Life Alive’ will continue to be held after January on the fourth Friday of each month.

There will be a limited number of drums and percussion items available for borrowing at the circle, but if you have an instrument, please bring yours. There will not be enough for everyone who attends to borrow something.

with Registration: $15
Walkins: $25 if NOT sold out.

Click Here to Register

 

About Your Facilitator:

Jason A. Karol needs music just as much as food and water. Okay, maybe not just as much but, music has been a prominent part of Jason’s path since day one. Jason’s father is a musician, guitar is his main instrument, and he instilled a love of music in Jason right out of the gate. Through private lessons and school growing up, plus a healthy dose of trial and error self-teaching (then and now), Jason has become proficient in a wide range of musical instruments, disciplines, and styles. Jason loves sharing his passion for music and wants to encourage and inspire people to expand their love of music through his creation and facilitation.

Jason has taught drum lessons for over 15 years. He taught for 8 years at the Holliston School for the Performing Arts in Holliston, MA. He worked as a Senior Store Associate and Lesson Program Coordinator at the Music & Arts store in Newton Centre, MA for 4 years. He currently teaches private lessons in students’ homes. Part of different projects over the years, he currently performs as part of Drum Nomads, Electric Nomads, 52:db, and he created/facilitates the ‘Divine Design – Ecstatic Dance & Sound Bath’ event series at the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA. He assists the wonderful DJ Tara Ma with putting on her recurring ecstatic dance event in Lincoln, RI. He also has a passion for and experience with audio/video recording, engineering, editing, and production as well as musical instrument construction, maintenance, and modification.

In addition to music, some of Jason’s interests are: connecting with people and listening to their stories, philosophical conversations, learning about existence/the cosmos/The Universe, film, writing (fiction/non-fiction/poetry), hiking/biking/kayaking, yoga/Tai Chi, various and ever-evolving spiritual practices/disciplines (ask if you want to know more), acting in theater productions… oh yes, and most importantly, endeavouring to give cats the best ear massages ever! Jason would like to thank his cat companion Morgan for all the practice over the years.

 

Deer Medicine Drum Workshop With Respected Elder Jane King

Come build your own sacred Deer Medicine Shaman-style Drum

Register here

The drum is the primal heartbeat of our Mother Earth.

It is your primal heartbeat.

It is the first instrument used by humankind.

A steady drum beat synchronizes the pulse, the blood, lymph, and all life flow, not only in human biology but in all life throughout the cosmos.

copyright 2024 Jane King. All photos are from recent drum making workshops led by Jane and are NOT stock photos

Past participants have experienced life-affirming shifts during this deep deer medicine immersion.

During this workshop, you will journey inward to the spirit of deer, receive the unique medicine that deer has to offer you receiving your personal message and teaching from your deer.

You choose from handcrafted Vermont White Ash or Red Cherry wood, the standing tree spirit medicine that will be your hoop.

Ceremony is used to instill your personal energy, your medicine, and intention into your drum, creating a healing tool, a beautiful instrument as well as a sacred creation or art.

Making the drumstick is included.

All materials included.

This is a peaceful healing event.

copyright 2024 Jane King. All photos are from recent drum making workshops led by Jane and are NOT stock photos

Build your unique healing relationship with Deer Medicine Drum

Are you ready?

There is only now.

The drum takes you there.

There is only now.

The drum is the void

where all life is teaming

with fluid vibrance, here, now.

You are on the precipice of understanding.

The proverbial cusp of awakening.

Birthing your Deer Medicine Drum

shows you the Way

to the virtues of your inner guidance.

heartbeat

Those ready to travel

across the abyss

to the unknown depths of infinite space

are the Ones called to come

to this sacred deer medicine encounter.

Your Deer Medicine Drum beckons you.

copyright 2024 Jane King. All photos are from recent drum making workshops led by Jane and are NOT stock photos

Can you feel its heartbeat in your soul?

The rising and falling

of presence and non-presence.

The ebb and flow

never-ending cadent turbulence

you ride upon

known as deer drum pulse.

Birthing your personal Deer Medicine Drum

is a serious endeavor.

A Being is re-born

yet the being is eternal.

The Being is Deer.

Can you drop into the awakening

of joining your powers.

Can you allow the animal medicine

to guide you?

Can you allow yourself

to drop into the truth

of who you are?

Through the eyes of this four-legged.

This is the tip of the power

of your personal Deer Medicine Drum.

Awakening, enlightenment, non-ordinary

ever-changing truth of eternal life.

There is a place for you here.

Is this leap into the abyss your path?

Can you feel the vibration of exhilaration?

stirring you inward

creating this union with you

and your Deer Medicine Drum?

Yes! You are here now.

Yes! Deer medicine beckons you.

Yes! Your gestation period concludes

this round of growth

as you birth your Deer Medicine Drum.

Medicine is power.

Power of Divine providence.

Power of Spirit.

Power of Great Mystery.

You are invited to come

claim your power

in this unique immersion

exhilaration

Deer Medicine Drum Building

Registration Information

Step 1:

Decide which size drum you are choosing (once chosen, you are NOT able to change your mind later as the rims are custom hand made in Vermont)

  • $450 full request for appreciation for 18″ drum
  • $350 full request for appreciation for 15″ drum

Step 2:

Decide if you are paying in full or making a deposit

A minimum of $150 non-refundable deposit due by NOVEMBER 1, 2024 to hold your spot and order supplies.

NOTE: This is NOT an event you can procrastinate on and see. If this CALLS TO YOU. DO IT. Take the step. Take the action. Commit to yourself and this medicine. Deer medicine is needed more than ever personally and collectively. We are LUCKY to have a wise elder to travel to Massachusetts to offer this powerful medicine that starts way before the day of the event. Please understand this.

This deadline allows Jane to tap into the group to energetically and spiritually prepare, order and make the materials needed for the class.  Contact Us Here for Availability after November 1st

Balance due by the day of the workshop (cash or check only if paid same day).

Step 3:

Decide payment method

To pay via cash or check:

  • Cash – please arrange with Laura for cash payment by calling/texting 857-880-0365.
  • Check – Make check payable to Healing With Spirit and Mail check to Healing With Spirit, 185 Lincoln St. Suit 300, Hingham, MA 02043. Please include size of the drum you are registering for, phone number and email address to keep you posted for updates on class.

To pay via credit card:

Review our cancellation and refund policy here.  You may view our privacy policy here

About Your Facilitator:

I am JaneE King, founder of Medicine Drum LLC. I have facilitated Medicine Drum drum-building workshops throughout the country since 1997.

A retired corporate accountant by profession, I was guided to the International Herb Symposium in 1993 in search of natural remedies for my health concerns at that time. Drumming, dancing, under the stars, herbalists decked out in their regalia, this was a dramatic life-changing culture shock to a conservative accountant like me. In fact an intense ( a long story for another time) dimension shift, a reality wake-up call occurred driving me to seek out my first frame drum.

Using that first drum as a model, my former partner, Richard King, gathered the drum parts and materials to create our first Medicine Drum. At that time all our drums were made with cow skins and imitation sinew lacing. Our first drum-building workshop was in our garage with friends and family participating.

That was a magical winter Saturday where Mama Gaia confirmed our new venture by beginning the day with cold, snow that turned to rain, then the clouds churned with thunder and lightning only to have the day end with warm breeze and brilliant bright sunshine as the clouds parted in the sunset. A day emblazoned on my memory banks, February 27, 1997.

Richard and I have gone our separate ways. My passion for drums, drumming, and teaching drum building ramped up. While Richard had lost interest I expanded my passions to add deer skins to our previous monotone mix of only cow.

Today it is the animals, deer, elk, buffalo, horse, and bear that drive me to offer these deep-dive immersions into building your own sacred Medicine Drum. Offering two-legged souls, humans, the opportunity to foster and create a mutually respectful relationship with these animals by ceremonially rebirthing them, giving them a new voice in the voice of their Medicine Drum, feeds my soul. It is my small way of bringing oneness and peace to our planet.

My Healing Medicine Drum Circles also are now in demand inviting, allowing our Medicine Drums to play us with their living animal medicine vibes.

I am also a Certified Brennan Healer, a certified Hypnotist, an Ordained Minister, an earth ceremonialist, and an educator with over 25 years of experience teaching and practicing laying-on-of-hands healing. Melding all these parts into the sanctity of a healing session, when the client is ready, miraculous life-affirming positive changes occur.

My transformative “Way of being with” you can shift your vibe and assist in the awakening of your “inner Healer”, the only true healer. I offer private individualized healing sessions tailored to your uniqueness. Potentially metamorphic. My tools include drum, rattle, crystals, trance, singing bowl, human voice, and many other esoteric tools as called upon by your Being.

From career Accountant to Energy Medicine Professional to Animal Medicine Drum advocate, I humbly, modestly follow where my Soul leads as I continue to mine for my Soul’s gold within and in so doing catalyze others to do the same.

 

 

Jikiden Reiki® Seminar in Shoden (Level I)

CLASS TIMES:  Friday,  7-9:30pm,   Saturday 11am-7pm, Sunday 9:30am-6pm

Are you looking for ways to improve your quality of life, reduce stress and anxiety, remove toxicity from the body, and guiding it towards wholeness?
 
The traditional standard treatment in our American healthcare system rarely looks at the “root cause” of our symptoms and treats only the symptom. Therefore, we rarely address and heal the underlying cause. Left untreated, it can manifest into illness.
 
Our bodies are designed and fully equipped to heal themselves. Reiki taps into those innate abilities.
 
Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a simple form of energy healing from Japan known as “Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho”, which translates as “Usui treatment for the improvement of body and mind”.
 
Reiki supports the whole person physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually while drilling down on specific issues. Jikiden Reiki® sessions focus on removing toxins from the body and guiding it towards wholeness.
 
Jikiden Reiki® is the “direct teaching” of Reiki presented with credibility and clarity from authentic verifiable Japanese lineage.
 
This lineage goes from Mikao Usui to Dr. Hayashi to Mrs. Chiyoko Yamaguchi, Tadao’s (current President of Jikiden Reiki® Kenkyukai) mother, who learned Reiki in 1938. Because this lineage has not gone through Mrs. Takata, it lacks the Westernization of Reiki.
 
Learning reiki is easy and can be used in a home or clinical setting to enhance the health and emotional wellness of both self and others. It is also complementary with all other alternative or traditional medical treatments, and in non-invasive.
 
In these classes (called seminars), you will experience Reiki in its original beauty and simplicity as it was taught in Japan before it was brought to the west in the 1930’s. Because Jikiden Reiki® is free from Western influence, it differs from “Western” style of Reiki in approach, attitude, and ideas.
Its roots go back almost to the discovery of Reiki itself.

Who should take a Jikiden Reiki® Class?

  • Anyone interested in learning Reiki
  • Current reiki practitioners who wish to deepen their practice & understanding
  • Mothers looking for ways to reduce medication usage and visits to the pediatrician’s office every time your child gets sick
  • Caregivers constantly fighting the fight looking for a better way to care for your loved ones
  • Anyone looking for ways to minimize the need for medications or medical procedures
  • Anyone looking for ways to improve your quality of life, reduce stress and anxiety, remove toxicity from the body, and reduce the over-reliance of over medication and overuse of medical procedures.
  • Clergy
  • Hospice workers & volunteers
  • Healthcare providers such as doctors, nurses, massage therapists, mental health workers, addiction counselors, etc. looking to incorporate a more integrative and holistic approach into their scope of practice.
  • School teachers, administrators, and aides
  • Those in addiction recovery.
  • Advocates – domestic violence, social justice, health, hospice, anti-racism etc.
  • Trauma survivors such as medical trauma, domestic violence, sexual assault

What you will discover:

  • It is unique – A Japanese Reiki with NO Western ties.
  • It is much more than a relaxing therapy
  • A deep Jikiden Reiki® practice with a history of success with chronic illness as well as to address deep-rooted beliefs, habits, traumas, and addictions.
  • A proven approach that is safe and effective
  • An effective treatment option for alleviating pain, pre-op and post-op surgery recovery, anxiety, skin conditions, and post-traumatic stress.
  • A simple, non-religious therapeutic treatment that works
  • Includes ideas and methods not previously taught in the West

♡ Certification is through the Jikiden Reiki® Kenkyukai (Institute) in Kyoto, Japan.  Certificates in Japanese are sent directly from the Institute in Kyoto, Japan.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES join our Learn Jikiden Reiki Facebook Group here.

Investment: $350

A $150 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit is required to reserve your spot. Payment in full is required if paying within 30 days of class. 

For more information, please contact Laura or call 857-880-0365

Click here to learn more about Jikiden Reiki® Services

Click here to learn more about Jikiden Reiki® Training Classes.

To Register:

It is highly encouraged to experience a Jikiden Reiki session before registration and to inquire about the training & commitment level to learning.

Please download and complete the registration form and mail it back 2 weeks before class dates. If within less than 2 weeks class, before class, please contact us to inquire about availability.

To register using cash or check, click here: JIKIDEN-SEMINAR-REGISTRATION-FORM-1

Click here for those who wish to use a credit card. Please note there is an added fee to use a credit card.

Please check out our Cancellation Policy

Yohei Yamaguchi (Chiyoko Sensei’s grandson),
Laura Joseph, and Frank Arjava Petter Sensei 2015

ABOUT LAURA:

Our seminar teacher is an approved certified Shihan through the Jikiden Reiki® Institute in Kyoto, Japan.

She is a student of Frank Arjava Petter, Vice Chairman of the Jikiden Reiki® Institute, a leading reiki historian expert who studied directly with Chiyoko Sensei and Tadao Yamaguchi, son of Chiyoko Sensei and current Chairman of the Jikiden Reiki® Institute.

Laura has a background as a college educator, domestic abuse advocate, and allied health professional with a focus on trauma-informed care.

She has over 15 cumulative years in the holistic and allopathic health fields apprenticing under an Osteopathic physician learning holistic therapies and has incorporated reiki in her line of work since 2006 when she learned the more westernized reiki and became a reiki teacher in 2009.

Tadao Sensei, Ikuko, and Laura in 2019

In 2011, Laura discovered Jikiden Reiki and instantly felt a calling towards it and took her first class in 2015 and became a full teacher (Shihan) in 2017. Following the traditions and teachings of Usui Sensei, Laura continues to deepen her reiki teachings as a student on a regular basis with her teachers who are referred to as Sensei.

In late 2022, Laura published her 2nd book: The Secrets to Healing: An Invitation to Heal Trauma and Other Root Causes of Chronic Illness Using the Japanese Reiki Gokai

Laura brings her passion, compassion, and wit to assist in bringing out the best in you.

For more information about Laura, please visit our About Us page or go to her Reiki Blog

To book a private Jikiden Reiki Session, click here.

Jikiden Reiki® Seminar in Shoden (Level I)

CLASS TIMES:  Friday,  7-9:30pm,   Saturday 11am-7pm, Sunday 9:30am-6pm

Are you looking for ways to improve your quality of life, reduce stress and anxiety, remove toxicity from the body, and guiding it towards wholeness?
 
The traditional standard treatment in our American healthcare system rarely looks at the “root cause” of our symptoms and treats only the symptom. Therefore, we rarely address and heal the underlying cause. Left untreated, it can manifest into illness.
 
Our bodies are designed and fully equipped to heal themselves. Reiki taps into those innate abilities.
 
Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a simple form of energy healing from Japan known as “Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho”, which translates as “Usui treatment for the improvement of body and mind”.
 
Reiki supports the whole person physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually while drilling down on specific issues. Jikiden Reiki® sessions focus on removing toxins from the body and guiding it towards wholeness.
 
Jikiden Reiki® is the “direct teaching” of Reiki presented with credibility and clarity from authentic verifiable Japanese lineage.
 
This lineage goes from Mikao Usui to Dr. Hayashi to Mrs. Chiyoko Yamaguchi, Tadao’s (current President of Jikiden Reiki® Kenkyukai) mother, who learned Reiki in 1938. Because this lineage has not gone through Mrs. Takata, it lacks the Westernization of Reiki.
 
Learning reiki is easy and can be used in a home or clinical setting to enhance the health and emotional wellness of both self and others. It is also complementary with all other alternative or traditional medical treatments, and in non-invasive.
 
In these classes (called seminars), you will experience Reiki in its original beauty and simplicity as it was taught in Japan before it was brought to the west in the 1930’s. Because Jikiden Reiki® is free from Western influence, it differs from “Western” style of Reiki in approach, attitude, and ideas.
Its roots go back almost to the discovery of Reiki itself.

Who should take a Jikiden Reiki® Class?

  • Anyone interested in learning Reiki
  • Current reiki practitioners who wish to deepen their practice & understanding
  • Mothers looking for ways to reduce medication usage and visits to the pediatrician’s office every time your child gets sick
  • Caregivers constantly fighting the fight looking for a better way to care for your loved ones
  • Anyone looking for ways to minimize the need for medications or medical procedures
  • Anyone looking for ways to improve your quality of life, reduce stress and anxiety, remove toxicity from the body, and reduce the over-reliance of over medication and overuse of medical procedures.
  • Clergy
  • Hospice workers & volunteers
  • Healthcare providers such as doctors, nurses, massage therapists, mental health workers, addiction counselors, etc. looking to incorporate a more integrative and holistic approach into their scope of practice.
  • School teachers, administrators, and aides
  • Those in addiction recovery.
  • Advocates – domestic violence, social justice, health, hospice, anti-racism etc.
  • Trauma survivors such as medical trauma, domestic violence, sexual assault

What you will discover:

  • It is unique – A Japanese Reiki with NO Western ties.
  • It is much more than a relaxing therapy
  • A deep Jikiden Reiki® practice with a history of success with chronic illness as well as to address deep-rooted beliefs, habits, traumas, and addictions.
  • A proven approach that is safe and effective
  • An effective treatment option for alleviating pain, pre-op and post-op surgery recovery, anxiety, skin conditions, and post-traumatic stress.
  • A simple, non-religious therapeutic treatment that works
  • Includes ideas and methods not previously taught in the West

♡ Certification is through the Jikiden Reiki® Kenkyukai (Institute) in Kyoto, Japan.  Certificates in Japanese are sent directly from the Institute in Kyoto, Japan.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES join our Learn Jikiden Reiki Facebook Group here.

Investment: $350

A $150 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit is required to reserve your spot. Payment in full is required if paying within 30 days of class. 

For more information, please contact Laura or call 857-880-0365

Click here to learn more about Jikiden Reiki® Services

Click here to learn more about Jikiden Reiki® Training Classes.

To Register:

It is highly encouraged to experience a Jikiden Reiki session before registration and to inquire about the training & commitment level to learning.

Please download and complete the registration form and mail it back 2 weeks before class dates. If within less than 2 weeks class, before class, please contact us to inquire about availability.

To register using cash or check, click here: JIKIDEN-SEMINAR-REGISTRATION-FORM-1

Click here for those who wish to use a credit card. Please note there is an added fee to use a credit card.

Please check out our Cancellation Policy

Yohei Yamaguchi (Chiyoko Sensei’s grandson),
Laura Joseph, and Frank Arjava Petter Sensei 2015

ABOUT LAURA:

Our seminar teacher is an approved certified Shihan through the Jikiden Reiki® Institute in Kyoto, Japan.

She is a student of Frank Arjava Petter, Vice Chairman of the Jikiden Reiki® Institute, a leading reiki historian expert who studied directly with Chiyoko Sensei and Tadao Yamaguchi, son of Chiyoko Sensei and current Chairman of the Jikiden Reiki® Institute.

Laura has a background as a college educator, domestic abuse advocate, and allied health professional with a focus on trauma-informed care.

She has over 15 cumulative years in the holistic and allopathic health fields apprenticing under an Osteopathic physician learning holistic therapies and has incorporated reiki in her line of work since 2006 when she learned the more westernized reiki and became a reiki teacher in 2009.

Tadao Sensei, Ikuko, and Laura in 2019

In 2011, Laura discovered Jikiden Reiki and instantly felt a calling towards it and took her first class in 2015 and became a full teacher (Shihan) in 2017. Following the traditions and teachings of Usui Sensei, Laura continues to deepen her reiki teachings as a student on a regular basis with her teachers who are referred to as Sensei.

In late 2022, Laura published her 2nd book: The Secrets to Healing: An Invitation to Heal Trauma and Other Root Causes of Chronic Illness Using the Japanese Reiki Gokai

Laura brings her passion, compassion, and wit to assist in bringing out the best in you.

For more information about Laura, please visit our About Us page or go to her Reiki Blog

To book a private Jikiden Reiki Session, click here.

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow, or it will die.  This is a universal law, and it applies to the spiritual quest.  We all hold the seeds.  Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

Dates: April 24th – June 12th

Course Fee: $300

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

To provide access to people of all income levels Eileen offers this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact her directly to discuss pricing options.

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow, or it will die.  This is a universal law, and it applies to the spiritual quest.  We all hold the seeds.  Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

Dates: April 24th – June 12th

Course Fee: $300

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

To provide access to people of all income levels Eileen offers this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact her directly to discuss pricing options.

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

8-Week Learn to Meditate with Eileen Shaw

Learn to Meditate – Part 1

This 8-week series explores enduring practices that steady the mind, expand the heart, and support us to engage our lives with kindness, awareness, and wisdom. You will learn the step-by-step techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits.

Audience: People interested in learning how to relax or reduce stress through meditation.

Class Length: 1 1/2 hour sessions, once a week for eight weeks

Description: Meditation can bring balance, rest, and a growing inner peace to those who practice it. The benefits to both the mind and body can impact a person on many levels – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this eight-week series, you will be taken step-by-step through techniques that will allow you to incorporate meditation into your daily life, and experience its many benefits. You will learn how to:

  • Reduce tension and stress
  • Feel happier, more relaxed, and at peace with yourself
  • Improve your health, mental clarity, and vitality
  • Discover and explore your inner spiritual nature

Each one-and-a-half-hour session will include a talk, guided and silent meditation, and interactive practices including time to talk with each other.

This series is designed for those with no meditation experience.

“A seed that sprouts can never be a seed again; it must have nourishment to grow, or it will die.  This is a universal law, and it applies to the spiritual quest.  We all hold the seeds.  Once aroused, we have no alternative but to continue the process”.

Dates: April 24th – June 12th

Course Fee: $300

To Register:  Go to Classes (meditation-works.org)

To provide access to people of all income levels Eileen offers this 8-week “Learn to Meditate” course on a sliding scale for those who need it to be. Please contact her directly to discuss pricing options.

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course, and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting-edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.