About Reiki 4 the People

Reiki 4 the People is a vision for community wellness that seeks to proactively cultivate individual and collective wellness while providing responsive care and support in recovering from mental, physical, emotional and spiritual issues.

Reiki 4 the People is a project based in Brooklyn, NY with a vision that seeks to work with the following communities:

  1. The QTBIPOC community who are surviving / thriving institutional and social oppression and trauma;

  2. Men / Masc people seeking to access wellness, healing and recovery from toxic masculinity;

  3. Any and all survivors of sexual and spiritual trauma;

  4. Caribbean diaspora communities seeking to heal on an individual and ancestral level.

My Practice & Spiritual Journey

I was born to be a healer, medium and weaver for the sake of community and the betterment of our world. Informally, I began meditating on my own at the age of 10 as a way to heal and recover from childhood sexual assault. My body knew what I needed in order to calm and soothe my nervous system and I found peace in the water. My breath work continued more formally through my training as a competitive swimmer at the age of 13 which continued through college.

I began my formal breathing and meditation practice at 17 through Buddhist meditation classes and started teaching Buddhist mediation classes at 23, continuing to become a Temple builder and leader with the International Temples Project until I was 30. Through this work I learned to access the guidance of my spirit guides to clear obstacles and manifest places of peace that would bring about growth and spiritual development for others.

For the next 7 years, my work continued in an organizational context as a change-maker and facilitator for the good of people and nature at the ACLU, National Audubon Society, and Chisholm Legacy Project among other organizations.

My work for individual and collective care began in 2019 through making critical connections through the study of trauma-informed care, ancestral healing, somatic anti-racism, culminating in my Reiki mastership training vis-a-vis a 2,000 hour Master Teacher training program at the NYC Reiki Center.

My Reiki and healing work incorporates ancestral and traditional wisdom of curanderismo, working with non-psychoactive plant medicines (ritual, teas, cacao, and tabaco) to support the journey of wellness.

Training & Credentials

Reiki Master Teacher, NYC Reiki Center (expected 2026)

Reiki Master Practitioner, Certified Reiki Practitioner NYC Reiki Center (2024)

Master plant dieta & curanderismo training, Mokan Rate, (2024)

Reiki Level 1, NYC Reiki Center (2023)

Reiki Level 2, Upsoul Center (2023)

Ancestral Lineage Healing, Ancestral Medicine, (2023)

Conscious Ambassador, Trauma Informed Care, Hansra Consulting Services (2022)

Communal Consultations in Somatic Anti-Racism, Education for Racial Equity (2021)

Foundation Program & Teacher Training Program, New Kadampa Tradition (2004 - 2011)