Dragonfly Reiki

01/26/2026

Is one of your goals for 2026 to take better care of yourself? ✨️

If you're probably pretty busy like me, then you don't have a lot of extra time to spare.

Reiki practice makes it easier to feel better.

I can teach you to practice the spiritual healing art of Reiki so you can experience these amazing benefits anytime, anywhere:

🤚 less stress and anxiety naturally
🤚 immune system support
🤚 healing of past issues or trauma
🤚 enjoying deeper peace and well-being
🤚 deeper spiritual growth and awakening

In my classes, I show you how you can easily bring Reiki spiritual healing into your life and tap into the abundant, life-sustaining energy all around us to support your health and well-being.

I practice and teach Komyo ReikiDo, a style of traditional Japanese Reiki. Learning Reiki invites you to be more present and grounded in your energy and emotions so you can live with more gratitude, compassion, and purpose.

I bring 20 years of my own dedicated Reiki practice to you, offering ongoing support, tools, and community to help you practice with confidence.

My next beginner-level Komyo ReikiDo class is the weekend of February 21-22 at in Stone Mountain Village.

You will be practicing Reiki on yourself even before you leave class the first day!

Register now and reserve your place!

See link in bio or visit www.dragonflyreiki.net.

01/25/2026

Keep being a light, wherever you can, however you can. ♥️ ~ Nanea

01/19/2026

How special it was to spend this weekend teaching Komyo ReikiDo in the shadow of Stone Mountain itself and being cradled for 2 days in a room where the walls are also made of the stabilizing, grouding energy of Stone Mountain granite.

I'm also reminded on this MLK Jr. Weekend of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech, where he declared, "Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia."

Mountains have long been symbolic of the spiritual journey, awakening, and enlightenment. They are often places of pilgrimage, as Kurama-yama in Japan was for Usui Sensei. Stone Mountain was a sacred ceremonial site for the Cherokee, Creek and Muscogee peoples who lived in the area thousands of years before white settlers arrived.

Stone Mountain granite, according to an article in Smithsonian magazine, " was quarried by the African-American laborers from Shermantown, not only built churches in the area, but also the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the east steps of the U.S. Capitol, the dome of the Federal Gold Depository at Fort Knox, and the locks of the Panama Canal, just to name a few." Even some of the curbs on the streets of my neighborhood are Stone Mountain granite.

What does it mean to let freedom ring? Certainly civil rights are central to that discussion. And so are our spiritual practices. The spiritual practice of Reiki is fundamentally about getting free — untethering ourselves from the mental/emotional shackles of anger and worry so we can live with more gratitude, devotion, and compassion.

Reiki practice helps us get free from the diminishing effects of dysregulated vital energies, enabling us to enjoy improved health and well-being. Reiki encourages us to live and act from what my teacher, Hyakuten Inamoto, calls "the world of oneness" rather than the duality and division that characterize far too much of our human experience.

May we be inspired by those who have sought out and called for freedom to bring that energy and spirit into our hearts, homes, and communities today and every day. 🙏💜

01/17/2026

Grateful to be teaching my first Komyo ReikiDo class of the year at ! The classroom walls are made of beautiful Stone Mountain granite, which feel so grounding and nurturing — and remind me of the granite walls of the sweet little zendo in Candler Park where I'd go for zazen (Zen meditation) in the late 1990s.

With so much fear, uncertainty, and upheaval happening in the U.S. and elsewhere, the spiritual practice of Reiki is needed more than ever. 🙏 May the Reiki ancestors watch over, bless, and guide our journey. ✨️⛩️

01/17/2026

Thank you, Justin B. Stein - Reiki Research for continuing to shine light on our Reiki ancestors!

According to the caption of this remarkable photo, it was was taken 100 years today, on January 16, 1926. Read from right to left, it says that it contains all of the Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryōhō "reiju-sha" (people who could give reiju, the precursor to Reiki initiations) at that time. Less than two months later, Usui-sensei would make his transition.

I first* encountered this photo in Frank Arjava Petter's groundbreaking 2012 book This Is Reiki (I believe there was an earlier 2009 German edition), and I would like to express my gratitude to Arjava, as well as to Olaf Böhm and Mochizuki Tosh*taka, for sharing their research.

Arjava's caption in This Is Reiki identifies six of the twenty-one men in the photo (please note, I am just numbering them in order that they are in the photo).

1. Back row, far left, Captain Wanami Hōichi (1883–1975, would become Rear Admiral in 1931), fifth Gakkai president (c. 1960–1975)
2. Back row, third from left, Rear Admiral Taketomi Kan'ichi (1878–1960), third Gakkai president (1935–1945, c. 1947–1960)
3. Second row, third from left, Usui Mikao (1865–1926), founder and first Gakkai president
4. Second row, fourth from left, Rear Admiral Ushida Jūzaburō (1865–1935), second Gakkai president (1926–1935)
5. Front row, far left, Captain Hayashi Chūjirō (c. 1880–1940), founder of Hayashi Reiki Kenkyūkai
6. Inset, far right, Tomabechi Gizō (1880–1959)

I don't know exactly who the other fifteen men are, but judging from a 1928 Gakkai list of dai-shihan and shihan, they likely include most of the following:

7. Rear Admiral Eguchi Kaname (1877–1942)
8. Captain Tsunematsu Kenzō (d. 1945)
9. Rear Admiral Imaizumi Tetsutarō (1877–1945)
10. Captain-Engineer Sadanaga Jigorō (d. 1944)
11. Mine Umetarō (1865–1934)
12. Rear Admiral Harada Shōsaku (1874–1961)
13. Rear Admiral Mikami Yosh*tada (1880–1947)
14. Senju Takejirō (1870–1957)
15. Haraguchi Saburō
16. Ōtsuka Kaoru
17. Naval Engineer Yoshizaki Tokuichirō
18. Ueda Matajirō
19. Miyagawa Yoshisaburō
20. Sumida Akira
21. Captain Isobe Ken

100 years later, the number of people authorized to give reiju / initiations has grown dramatically, from these 21 Japanese men to likely tens of thousands worldwide. Our research into these early Reiki Masters continues, but for now I would like to raise my hands in gratitude to these pioneers of our practice, as well as to all of my fellow historical researchers for our collective efforts to better understand the roots of our practice.

*Edit: It has been pointed out to me that I likely first encountered this photo in Tadao Yamaguchi's Light on the Origins of Reiki, which was translated into English and published in 2007, and I think that is likely correct. Apparently the original photo comes from a relative of Tadao's mother, Chiyoko Yamaguchi. Apologies for the mix-up and thank you to Mari Okazaki for providing some more information about the origin of the image.

01/05/2026

Without seeing sunlight
The winter camellia
Blooms.

— Kobayashi Issa

01/03/2026

This is YOUR year to shine bright! ✨️

As Reiki practitioners, we believe that everyone innately carries the bright light of Reiki within. Learning the spiritual healing practice of Reiki enables you to access and cultivate this bright light in a deeper, more intentional way.

When you learn a traditional Reiki practice like Komyo ReikiDo, you receive the spiritual concepts, meditations, energetic practices, and teachings to help you polish your own mirror so that you can finally see your True Self reflected back. 🪞

Your True Self is loving and wise, and moves through each day attuned to the qualities of gratitude, devotion, and compassion. Your True Self can’t wait to greet you again! 💜

When you learn Komyo ReikiDo with me, you will be initiated into a beautiful spiritual practice that offers you the guidance, education, and community to support your healing and personal growth. 🙌

Our Reiki practice is ancestor-led, meaning we recognize and honor all of the Reiki Teachers (Shihans) in our lineage going all the way back to the founder, Mikao Usui, because we know their loving energy and presence accompanies and inspires us every step of the way. ⛩️

2026 marks 20 years since my first initiations into Reiki practice. I can’t wait to share Reiki with you and see your light shine bright!

My next beginner-level Komyo ReikiDo training is the weekend of January 17-18th, at
in Stone Mountain Village from 12pm - 4:30pm both days. 📅

Space is limited, so claim your spot today! Details in the bio to register!

12/26/2025

I hope you're all enjoying a wonderful and meaningful holiday season, however you celebrate!

I've been blessed to spend a low-key and lovely Christmas with my family and dear friends, with good food, the "Charlie Brown Christmas" soundtrack on repeat, and a midday nap.

As we look ahead to 2026, I wanted to let y'all know that I'll be making some changes to my schedule and availability. I will be devoting more time to travel, teaching, writing, and other creative/spiritual practices. Stay tuned for more information!

2026 is also my 20 year anniversary of receiving my first initiations into Reiki practice, and some of my activities will be aligned with this meaningful milestone. Reiki has been a life-changing practice and gift that I am committed to sharing with my communities, and part of what makes that possible is when I can take good care of myself and my energy.

Thank you for sharing this journey with me, and I can't wait to see where we go next with Reiki!

12/24/2025

Happy 125th birthday to Hawayo Takata! 🎂

This photo was taken at the Trinity Metaphysical Center, Redwood City, California, in December 1979 to celebrate Takata's 79th birthday. About two weeks earlier, she had recorded a series of tapes meant to be the basis of her autobiography. They begin:

"Well, I was born in Hanamaulu, Hawaii, on December 24, 1900. And when I was born, there were no doctors, so all these immigrants who came from Japan in the [1800s] had midwives. [...] [My mother] asked the midwife, 'What time is it?' and the midwife said, 'The sun is just coming out over the hills.' And my mother asked the midwife, 'Is it a boy or a girl?' and the midwife said, 'It is a little baby girl, black hair, and very, very strong child.'

So my mother said, 'Please give her a bath, wrap her in a new blanket, and face her [towards] the sun. And I want you to initiate her by putting your hand on top of her head and say, 'I name you Hawayo.' And say it three times.' And after that she said, 'Success, success, and success.' So the midwife did exactly as she was told."

12/23/2025

Dream a little dream with me...
..imagine for a moment what would it feel like to have greater freedom to live with more joy and experience less fear?
..imagine learning a daily practice that softens the hard edges of life and opens up more space for ease and clarity?

Reiki can help awaken this deep transformation within you. ✨️

The spiritual self-care that Reiki offers goes all the way down to the soul level and amplifies your inner light.

Reiki healing opens your eyes and heart so you can see and experience your life as sacred, even when times are difficult, uncertain, or even when you are grieving a loss.

When I first learned Reiki, I just wanted to feel better. I wanted to be in less physical pain. I wanted to experience less stress from work and life.

Learning to practice did all of those things.

And it offered me so much more than that.

Reiki practice helped me live with more gratitude, intention, and purpose.

Reiki deepened my intuition, discernment, and compassion.

Life isn't always easy, but I'm so much happier. I know who I am.

It's changed my life for the better.

I've seen how learning Reiki changed the lives of many of my clients and students. After nearly 20 years of dedicated Reiki practice, all that goodness really adds up!

My next beginner-level Komyo ReikiDo class is on January 17-18, 2026 at in Stone Mountain Village. You will learn all the spiritual and energetic fundamentals of a Japanese-style Reiki healing practice in a wonderfully cozy setting.

More information is available at the link in my bio or on my website: www.dragonflyreiki.net

08/18/2025

Wishing , my teacher and the founder of Komyo ReikiDo, best wishes for his 85th birthday! May you continue to enjoy good health and happiness every day.

誕生日おめでとうございます to our beloved Sensei. 🙏✨️💜