Susan Byrd
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Reiki

The energy settles, the system restores.

Reiki is a calming, restorative form of energy work. It settles what's stirred up, releases what feels stagnant, and returns you to a more grounded state.

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What Reiki is

A Japanese energy practice that works with the body's natural ability to settle, restore, and rebalance. A practitioner is a conduit for this energy; your body decides how to use it.

What it can support

Stress, emotional heaviness, burnout, difficulty sleeping, the sense of being depleted, and the kind of overwhelm that talking through doesn't seem to touch. Reiki often helps when you know you need to settle but your mind can't get you there. It can also walk alongside any medical care you're receiving — a gentle companion to the rest of your support.

What it is — and isn't

Reiki is a complement, a companion practice. It works alongside whatever else supports you — not as a substitute for medical or mental health care, and not as a clinical treatment.

My training

Both my Reiki I and Reiki II attunements came through training with Jamie Butler. Jamie has been a Reiki Master since 1996.

The lineage she carries and passes forward:

  • Mikao Usui — founder of Usui Reiki Ryoho in early 20th-century Japan
  • Chujiro Hayashi — physician and Usui's student, who expanded the training
  • Hawayo Takata — the first Reiki Master to bring the practice to the West
  • Virginia Samdahl — the first Western Master attuned by Takata
  • Barbi Lazonby — student of Samdahl
  • Marsha McKelvey — student of Lazonby
  • Jamie Butler — my teacher

What the lineage passes forward is the attunement — the connection that makes me a conduit for Reiki — universal life energy. Reiki is self-regulating and moves to where it's needed. Your physical, emotional, and energy bodies decide how to work with it.

Distance Reiki

All of my Reiki sessions are held at a distance. Most happen without a live call — the energy is sent at an agreed-upon time while you go about your day, rest, or sleep. When a live call fits better, we can meet by video call or phone.

Without a live call

We connect ahead of time to share what you'd like to focus on, and I work at the agreed-upon time. You can be going about your day, resting, or sleeping during our session — though since Reiki can be deeply relaxing, I ask that you not drive or operate heavy equipment during our scheduled time. I send a written summary afterward so you know what came up in our work.

With a live call

We meet by video call or phone. These sessions tend to be interactive — I share what I'm experiencing as we work, offer the context behind what I'm doing, and we can talk about how what comes up connects to what's going on in your life. You can be seated or lying down — whatever feels right.

What a session feels like

During a session, I enter what I think of as conduit state — aware of the energy moving and often receiving impressions, sensations, or images. Whether or not we're on a live call, that noticing happens on my end.

Your experience is your own. Some clients stay engaged in conversation through the session. Others settle into deep relaxation. Some drift into sleep. The energy does its work in all of these.

After a session, some clients notice benefits right away: feeling lighter, calmer, more present. For others, the shifts unfold over a few days as the body works with the energy and releases what it's ready to let go of. Both patterns are part of how Reiki unfolds; the body sets its own timing.

Session lengths

30 minutes · $50

Reiki, focused and complete. The right length when energy work is what you're here for.

60 minutes · $90

Deepest Reiki work, or full space for Reiki alongside coaching and Emotion Code — woven however the session wants to unfold.

What clients share

My husband and I have awakened more refreshed from the joint Reiki sessions she's done while we were sleeping.

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