Hi! I’m Ana
REIKI II PRACTITIONER
About Me
Hi my name is Ana! Jersey girl born and raised with a strong connection to my Cuban and Puerto Rican roots! I have been living in Hoboken for the last few years and love how close it is to NYC where I spend a lot of time exploring.
I am a dog and cat mom because I couldn’t pick just one! Although, I have recently realized that our pets choose us when we most need them. My fur babies absolutely love reiki and sound healing, it’s the cutest thing in the world.
It has been seven years since reiki found me and I was taught that reiki finds you when you are in need of it so if you’re reading this, it is by no coincidence and I would be honored to hold this space for you.
My Experience With Reiki
I was in the midst of a major career shift from public relations to becoming a hairstylist when suddenly my world completely shattered. My dad was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that affects just 2% of the population. He went to a doctors appointment and then didn’t come home for four months because they couldn’t figure out what he had. They just knew it wasn’t safe for him to leave the hospital.
In between attending school full-time, assisting at a salon on the weekends, and going to the hospital everyday to see my dad, I truly felt like my body was going to give out.
I was experiencing severe burnout and grief all at the same time so my body was shutting down on me, but I was hiding this because I didn’t want to add extra stress to my family. I remember turning to prayer one night and begging for a sign that things were going to be okay because I didn’t know what else to do. The next day I saw a post that my friend from high school shared about the healing benefits of reiki. I didn’t quite understand what it was, but I knew that I had to book a session with her.
My nervous system was not prepared to handle everything that was happening in my life at once and with time, reiki helped my body heal itself. The panic attacks stopped, I was able to eat again, my brain was able to think clearly, and I could come up with solutions to everything I was facing.
Reiki has been a tool I’ve turned to time and time again over the last seven years as I’ve moved through life transitions and built my dream career as a hairstylist. I love what I do and I realized that hairstylists are truly healers too. Working so intimately with my clients has been the best preparation to hold space now as a reiki practitioner.
What Is Reiki?
Reiki is a Japanese stress reduction and relaxation technique that works by jump starting your own body into healing itself. It works on your energetic body which then makes its way into the physical. Reiki does this by pushing out any stagnant negative energy in your body and infusing it with positive energy. When we are clear of energy blockages, our bodies can function in the most optimal way possible. We go from feeling lethargic to full of energy, scattered to focused, grief stricken to feeling a sense of peace. Reiki energy feels like a warm hug and waves of love flowing through your body.
As a reiki practitioner I was attuned in a sacred ceremony by a reiki master to be a channel for life force energy. This means I am not using my own energy to do this, I am simply a conduit for the energy to flow. I will never be transferring my own energy onto you or yours onto me.