Healing Homes & Hearts, Rev Amanda Carter, Reiki Master & QHHT Practitioner

04/29/2026

Today the Supreme Court hears arguments in Miot v. Trump, a case that will determine whether 350,000 Haitian men, women, and children living legally in this country will be allowed to stay.

Amanda and I are blessed to call many Haitian people our dear friends. I want you to know who these people are, because they deserve to be truly seen.

They are some of the hardest working, most generous, most loving human beings I have ever known. They bring richness to Springfield through their culture, their faith, their music, their food, their laughter, their way of loving people fiercely and openly. We are better because of them.

Most people do not know this. These friends have paid significant money to maintain their temp legal status year after year. They have had to renew their driver’s licenses 30 days at a time lately. Thirty days. As if their humanity has an expiration date.

They have paid into Social Security faithfully, just like you and I, and will never collect a single dollar. They are not taking from this country. They have given and given and asked only for the safety and dignity promised to them under the law.
Haiti holds a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” advisory from our own State Department. And yet today, arguments are being made that these precious souls should go back to gang violence rule and kidnappings.

I am sending every justice a wave of Reiki and a sincere prayer for compassion and clarity.

A Prayer to our Source of all that is ,
wrap every Haitian family in your peace. Calm their fear. Remind them they are seen, loved, and not alone. Guide the hearts of the justices today. May their decision be rooted in truth and the sacred dignity of every human life. We hold Haiti and Springfield close, as we are made richer and more whole by the Haitian community woven into Springfield’s heart.

May they know we hold them close to our hearts.
And so it is🙏

To our Haitian friends, Amanda and I love you. We are praying with you today.

Love, Mandy

04/28/2026

In-Home Reiki for Your Pets, People & the Spaces They Love.

Does your pet seem restless, anxious, or just off lately? They might be picking up on something the rest of us can’t quite name. Or maybe you can name your stress. It’s a challenging time.

Animals are incredibly sensitive to energy, and sometimes their behavior is the first sign that the energy around them needs a little attention. That’s exactly what an in-home session is for.

When I come to you, I bring Reiki to everyone under your roof: your pets (all of them!), the people who are home, and the spaces your animals frequent most. We can focus on specific areas where tension tends to gather, or behaviors that keep showing up and you’re not sure why. Often, when the energy of those shared spaces shifts, so does everything living inside them.

This is one of my favorite offerings because the results can ripple through the whole household. More calm. More ease. More harmony between the beings who share a space and love each other.

What’s included:

Reiki for all animals present

Reiki for all people home at the time of the session

An energetic clearing of the spaces your animals frequent

Space to discuss specific behaviors or dynamics you’d like to address

One session, one visit, everyone benefits, and that makes this one of the best values I offer.

Ready to bring some peace to your fur babies ? Link in comments, if message me directly. I’d love to come to you. 🐾🏡✨

Love,
Mandy

04/27/2026

Just for today…
Try smiling when you notice yourself tense.

Soften your body Soft shoulders down from your ears.

Breathe in. The light is inside of you. I promise that’s where to look.

Find some water and earth to connect with too.

🙏💛🙏💛
Love,
Mandy

04/23/2026

I think I’ll be getting this book. It looks like a love letter for ourselves.

I’ve said yes to myself more in the last 5 years than I did in the 50 years before. So grateful for the love and support of my people.

Stop saying yes to others when you really wanna say, No thanks. 🙏🙌🌹🌹🙌🙏

04/22/2026

Just for today 🙏

I am home from my extraordinary trip and immersive experience of a second Shinpiden training with Frans Stiene, I am sitting quietly in the afterglow of so much light awakened – integrating, breathing, letting it settle. So Grateful🙏

My Reiki journey began in Holy Fire, where the precepts were taught but lived more at the surface. Moving into the Usui Ryoho lineage, something has shifted at a much deeper level. Letting go of more and more making space for what is to be.

Frans has a gift for taking every question that arose in the room and returning us, gently and consistently, to the same place.

The precepts.
Not as words to recite, but as a living, breathing practice of coming home to ourselves.

The miraculous medicine for all disease….

Just for today

Do not anger, for anger is an illusion.

Do not worry, for fear is a distraction

Be grateful and true to your way

Be kind and compassionate to yourself and others

As Reiki practitioners, the precepts are a powerful way of life. They are not supplements to the system of Reiki. They are its home. We can find them in every aspect of the system. A key for us.

So grateful for Frans, for the container he holds, and for every student who allows their Great Bright Light to guide them.

Reiki Hugs,
Mandy

04/22/2026

Let’s Make Every Day Earth Day 🌱 🌎 💚

There is a moment ,often quiet, often unplanned – when the earth simply reaches out and reminds you she is alive.

Maybe it is the way the light lands on the garden this morning. The weight of soil in your hands. The sound of birdsong cutting through everything else you were worried about.

We have one day set aside each year to remember: this planet is not a backdrop to our lives. She is our life.

In the system of Reiki, we work with earth ki – the grounding, stabilizing energy that rises up from beneath our feet and anchors us in our bodies, in this moment, in this life. It is the energy that says: you are here. You are held. You belong.

When we connect with earth ki, something settles. The nervous system exhales. The mind quiets. We remember who we are and where we come from.

She needs us to show up present.

And we need her for everything.

Every single thing.

This Earth Day, what if the invitation was not just to protect the earth – but to reconnect with her? To feel her beneath you. To breathe with her. To let her ground you the way she always has, whether you noticed or not.

Every day can be Earth Day. It starts with presence.

Love,
Mandy

04/18/2026

One year ago, I sat with Frans Stiene for Shinpiden for the first time. I was in a kind of quiet shock.

By then I had already taught Reiki to 30 people, but I had come up through Holy Fire, a beautiful lineage that operates outside of us, empowering and transforming. Holy Fire had quite literally moved me from hiding into this work. It gave me the courage to step into public life as a healer, to be this openly, unapologetically woo woo. And even then, without the words for it yet, it was already guiding me toward that light. Already leading me home to myself.

And then I sat with Frans. And something shifted at a very deep level. I started teaching this more traditional Japanese system of Reiki July of 2025.

This year I returned for Shinpiden again, and I arrived wide open. On day one, it simply poured through me. The words Frans offers about our own light, the practices that allow us to actually touch that light, to breathe into the Hara and find what has always been there.

We are all connected. That light is not something given only to healers or teachers. It is the light of creation. The light God placed in you before your first breath. It has never left.

I cannot wait to bring this home to you. But for now, I am breathing in this beautiful Atlantic Ocean and Frans’ teachings.

I am so grateful today. So joyful. Thank you to you ALL for your support.

Reiki Hugs,
Mandy

04/16/2026

Road trippin today again. Atlantic Ocean see ya soon !

This song says it all right now. Never heard Stevie Nicks singing it. Super special !

Please stop. Listen. Look around. 👁️ wake up. Open eyes. Sending love !

💛🌹💛🌹

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04/15/2026

So grateful for Delores Cannon.
Her story and stories give me courage every day 🙏🌹😇

Happy Heavenly Birthday to our angel Delores 🙏

✨ Happy Birthday, Dolores Cannon

Dolores Cannon passed on from this earthly realm on October 18th, 2014. Today, we honor her life and her day of birth, April 15th, 1931.

Although Dolores is no longer with us in the physical, her work, her hypnosis method, and her heart continue to impact the lives of people all around the world. Much of what she shared in her books and spoke about in her lectures reflects the very timeline we are living in now. Her work feels more relevant than ever.

More people today have access to her books, her method, and the information that came through her sessions. In this way, Dolores continues to send ripples through the collective, touching consciousness in a profound way as humanity experiences this great shift.

At the core of everything she created was a simple intention. Dolores wanted to help people. She often referred to herself as a reporter, not a source, because she never claimed ownership of the information. She simply felt that if it could help one person, it could help many.

The same is true for her method, Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique. It always brings the power back to the individual. The information accessed through the higher self opens the door to self-healing, deeper understanding, and a stronger connection within. From that place, a more empowered reality naturally unfolds.

Dolores may not have fully known the scale of the impact her work would have, but that is part of the beauty of it. It came from a place of purity, from a heart aligned with service and truth.

Today, we honor her life and the legacy she continues to share with the world. It is an honor to carry her work forward, to explore the concepts she brought through, and to continue discovering our own multidimensional nature and capacity for healing.

Her impact is profound. It is felt. And it is needed.

Happy Birthday, Dolores 🤍

Please enjoy the video link below, where Dolores shares insights into her own past lives. We hope you enjoy it.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2285383655038200

04/15/2026

Out of Office- Back April 22nd

Friends, I am off on something truly special - a road trip to Myrtle Beach to re-sit Reiki Level III with my teacher, Frans Stiene.
And I get to do it with one of my best friends, my chosen sister Teresa by my side. 🥰

Three days of breath, chanting, energy, and so much love. The kind of experience that fills you all the way up.

I am deeply grateful for this opportunity to go back to the heart of the practice -to sit again in that space of pure Reiki, with one of the most respected teachers in the world. At the ocean !
I’ll be away and mostly offline through April 21st, returning Wednesday April 22nd.

If you reach out, I’ll get back to you asap 🙏 you can still book online for when I return.

In the meantime, hold yourselves gently. Rest. Breathe. You are the light.

Reiki Hugs,
Mandy 🌟

📸 credit to the amazing Elisabeth Ashliegh Photography!

04/14/2026

One of my favorite things to witness is when couples learn or experience Reiki together.

There is something that happens between two people when they both begin to feel and work with subtle energy. It is hard to put into words, but I have seen it over and over. The way they start to listen differently. The way they move through a disagreement with a little more softness. The way one reaches for the other with intention rather than habit.

Subtle energy shifts are real. And when both people in a relationship can feel them, everything changes – communication, patience, the way you show up for each other in the hard moments and the quiet ones.

What I find most beautiful is this: Reiki opens space for each person to become more fully themselves. Two sovereign beings, rooted in their own energy, choosing each other from that place. That kind of love runs deep.

I offer private Reiki instruction for individuals and couples, both in person at Betty in Historic Downtown Springfield and online. If you and your partner have ever been curious about learning together, I would love to talk with you about it. This is one of the most meaningful things I get to do is showing people the light within them.

Reiki Hugs,
Mandy