About Anne
Anne is a healer, teacher, and lifelong student of energy and the human spirit. Her work is rooted in compassion, curiosity, and connection. As a queer and neurodivergent practitioner, she creates inclusive spaces where all identities, bodies, and lived experiences are welcomed with warmth and respect. Her approach blends intuition and tradition, heart and structure, spirit and scholarship — helping people reconnect with the wisdom and strength that already lives within them.
A journey that began with healing
Anne discovered Reiki in 2003 during one of the most difficult seasons of her life. Struggling with postpartum depression, she felt drained, disconnected, and unsure how to find her way back to herself. When her sister offered her a Reiki session, she accepted with skepticism but also a quiet hope.
What happened next changed everything.
As the session unfolded, Anne felt energy move through her in a way she couldn’t explain — a gentle shift, a softening. When it was over, it was as if the fog that had clouded her vision for months had finally lifted. The world felt brighter, clearer, alive again.
That moment opened the door to decades of learning, healing, and deep personal transformation. She learned to listen without judgment, to hold space with steadiness and presence, and to support others from a grounded place of strength.
From student to teacher to master
After completing Reiki I & II, Anne began offering sessions to friends and family, continually amazed by the healing she witnessed. Her curiosity led her to explore other modalities and deepen her understanding of the human nervous system, trauma, and the spiritual dimension of healing.
Before she began her Reiki Master training, her teacher looked at her and said, “You are a healer.” Those words echoed something her heart already knew — this was her life’s work.
In 2023, Anne completed the Karuna™ Reiki Master training on Mount Kurama in Japan, the birthplace of Reiki. This experience profoundly deepened her relationship with the lineage, the symbols, and the spiritual heart of the practice.
Today, she teaches, mentors, and practices with the same quiet reverence that first awakened in her on that mountain.
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A master teacher – with uncommon depth
Anne is bilingual (English/Spanish), loves learning about the brain and spirituality, and is deeply committed to creating healing spaces for LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent communities. She believes that healing is not something we receive from others — it is something that unfolds from within, when we are truly seen and supported.
Anne’s strength as a Reiki teacher isn’t only rooted in her spiritual training — it’s grounded in more than twenty years of experience as a licensed educator.
She holds a Master’s degree in Education, completed doctoral-level studies in adult learning, and has taught everywhere from early childhood classrooms to university-level programs. She has trained educators, supported multilingual learners, coached professionals across disciplines, and designed learning environments grounded in equity, accessibility, and nervous system regulation.
Her teaching background includes:
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (College of St. Catherine)
Master of Arts in Education (Saint Mary’s University)
Doctoral-level coursework in Educational Leadership (St. Cloud State University)
Peruvian teaching licensure + international teaching experience
Years of university-level instruction in early childhood curriculum
Cognitive Coaching and Responsive Classroom training
A career-long commitment to inclusive, student-centered learning
This breadth of experience makes her uniquely qualified to guide Reiki students — not only through energetic concepts, but through how humans actually learn, grow, and integrate new knowledge.
Because of this, Anne brings a level of clarity, structure, and trauma-aware sensitivity to her classes that is rare in the Reiki world. Her students consistently describe her teaching as grounding, supportive, and deeply empowering.
