Ready Set Reiki

A Reiki attunement can feel like a beautiful spiritual blessing and it can also be the moment your energetic doors swing wide open. That’s why I’m getting real about something people often skip in a weekend workshop: who you let into your field matters, and a certificate does not automatically mean someone is a clear, grounded channel.

I break down what a Reiki attunement is actually doing in your system, why energy is “data,” and how Reiki training commonly unfolds through Level 1, Level 2, and Master or teacher pathways. We also talk about the messy truth of moder...

A lot of people come to Reiki looking for the “right” way to do it, and end up stuck in a checklist. We sit down with Amanda Schwartz, founder of ReWild with Amanda, to talk about what happens when you stop performing Reiki and start listening to it. Amanda shares how Reiki found her through a friend, then came roaring back during a major life transition, and why the biggest shift is learning to trust your inner guidance.

Amanda’s story is especially compelling because she’s not coming at energy work from a purely spiritual bubble. Her back...

Reiki can enter your life in the most unexpected way, sometimes through a career breaking point, sometimes through an animal you love. We sit down with ,Su Mach'ado  a Brazilian licensed Reiki Master Teacher, Animal Reiki educator, and historian with the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), to talk about the moment Reiki found her and how a stressful corporate law career and burnout gave way to a steady, grounded daily practice.

Su shares how her dogs led her to Reiki, what changed when she began consistent self-treatment, and why you do not need to “feel” big sensa...

Reiki can sound mysterious until you’re the one who gets off the table and thinks, “I can’t explain it, but I feel different.” That’s where Dane Brown’s story starts, and it’s why this conversation hits so hard for anyone who’s stressed out, curious about energy healing, or trying to find a more supportive way to care for the animals they love.

We sit down with Dane, the practitioner behind Great Dane Healing in Northeast Pennsylvania, to trace his path from a first session recommended by a friend to becoming a Reiki Master Teacher...

In today’s journey, Tracy Searight is Joint by her Mentor  Karen Caig. This very special episode includes ICRT teachers(from the international Center of Reiki training) , and among them representing three continents. 

Reiki can change your life without looking flashy, sounding mystical, or giving you “proof” on demand, and that idea alone can be a relief. I’m joined by Muniqui Muhammad and Lena Takahashi, the co-founders of Healing Land Reiki, to share how Reiki found them in Japan and how they’ve built a practice that welcomes beginners, seasoned practitioners, and international travelers looking for authentic Re...

Heartbreak that dissolves in a single Reiki session sounds impossible until you hear the story.  Tracy sits down with Tara Rose, a transformational coach and Reiki Master Teacher, to unpack how Reiki showed up through writer’s block, turned into deep emotional healing, and eventually became a full-time path of service. Along the way, Tara shares what surprised her most: how powerful Reiki can be for grief, emotional trauma, and the kind of inner peace that doesn’t feel forced.

Also getting practical about the Reiki world as it is today. Tara and Tracy talk about misconceptions that...

Every now and then Ready Set Reiki has a previous guest coming back to the journey. 
Reikican feel like a warm reset for the soul, until the day it doesn’t. Some people walk away from an attunement or a “high-energy” session feeling itchy, headachy, overwhelmed, or strangely porous, and they’re told to push through or “raise their vibration.” I sit down with Karin  Klein, a trauma-informed energy healer and body therapist based in Germany, to talk about the uncomfortable truth: sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is admit a method isn’t landing safely in your nervous...

Kids don’t need to be convinced that energy is real. They feel it, name it in their own words, and often surprise us with how quickly they can use simple tools to calm down, refocus, and care for each other. I’m joined by Doreen Foxwell founder of the Children’s School of Yoga, to talk about what Kid Reiki looks like when it’s taught with play, structure, and real-world experience in schools, camps, and childcare centers.

We trace Doreen’s path from a late-night “you have to do this” moment that launched a kids yoga business...

Your relationship patterns might not be “bad luck” or a lack of willpower. They might be frozen energy running an old program in your system.
I’m joined by Heather Cypel an intuitive psych specialist and relationship energy specialist, to talk about what happens when you’ve done the journaling, the therapy, the spiritual practices, and you still keep landing in the same painful dynamics. Heather shares why Reiki is such a powerful entry point for learning to feel and move energy, and how her work goes deeper into what she calls the energetic operating system layer where standard...

A lot of people want to believe in intuition, right up until it starts giving them information they cannot explain. That’s why this conversation with Gemma Reid hit so deeply for us. Gemma is a therapist with a master’s degree in social work and more than 20 years in mental health, and she also describes herself as an “accidental medium” who began sensing spirit while supporting people through grief and difficult life transitions.

We talk about what mediumship actually feels like from the inside, including claircognizance (that sudden, unwavering knowing) and clairsentience (receiving through the body). Gemma sh...

Sound can get you to stillness faster than your mind can argue with it. That’s why we lean into the powerful overlap between Reiki and sound healing, especially for people who are curious but a little nervous about what “energy work” will feel like in their body.

We’re joined by  Naghmeh Taefi , a Reiki master teacher who blends Usui Reiki with archangelic light Reiki, Celtic Reiki, and crystal singing bowls. We talk about what actually happens in a Reiki session when sound frequencies are involved, how high-vibration bowls can support chakra balancing, and why a sound bat...

You can chase the next goal for years and still feel like something is missing, and sometimes the missing piece is not more effort. It is presence. Tracy Searight sits down with Reiki master practitioner   Cami Hoang to talk about slowing down in a way that actually works in real life, especially when you are parenting, recovering from burnout, or carrying stress in your body without even noticing it.

Cami shares her path as a French-born Canadian of Vietnamese heritage, and how that multicultural lens shapes the way she understands energy healing, intuition, and care. Her turning p...

Reiki doesn’t need hype, fear, or perfect belief to be meaningful. I sit down with Reiki master teacher Jon Pickell to talk about what actually builds a strong Reiki practice: time, hands-on experience, integrity, and the willingness to step out of the way so the energy can do what it does. Jon shares how he stumbled into a Reiki share in Chicago, what it felt like to receive for the first time, and why short sessions can still be powerful when they’re offered with care. 

We get honest about Reiki misconceptions and the skepticism so many...

Hustle culture tells healers to post more, push harder, and copy whatever “proven” funnel is trending. But when your work is Reiki, energy healing, or spiritual coaching, forcing yourself into someone else’s system can quietly drain your body, your intuition, and your joy. That’s why this conversation with Ewa Heard hit home for us, because she doesn’t just teach business growth, she lives the shift from grind to alignment.

Ewa Heard is a channeler, healer, and creator of the 5D Soul Aligned Business Method, and she shares the real story behind her work: corporate success on...

You can feel it when someone has lived the work, not just studied it. I’m joined by  Safra Turner,founder of iHolistica Institute for Holistic Health and Advanced Energetica, and her story is the kind that rewires how you think about Reiki, energy healing, and what it actually means to “heal.” From learning to see energy at 17 to receiving Reiki attunements at 18 while serving as a frontline soldier, Safra Turner has spent nearly three decades walking a path that blends real-world responsibility with spiritual truth. 

We talk about the misconception that people come to healers because they wan...

Reiki can sound like a secret club from the outside, and that misunderstanding keeps a lot of people from trying a practice that could genuinely help them feel calmer, clearer, and more connected. I sit down with Patty Chevalier Montgomery, a lifelong elementary educator and Usui Holy Fire®️ III Reiki master teacher, to bring Reiki down to earth, tell the real story of how it shows up, and share what it looks like to live Reiki as a daily way of life.

Patty shares a fascinating origin story that starts with a past life regression that nudged her...

Color can be more than decoration. Sometimes it is information, a mirror, and even a kind of medicine. On this Ready Set Reiki journey, we are joined by intuitive artist and writer Heather Eck, with Dina Fortune as our co-guide, to explore what happens when synesthesia, spirituality, and energy healing meet the canvas. Heather shares how she senses people through specific shades, how those aura colors point to emotional blocks, and how she translates that into abstract paintings designed to uplift and restore. 

We also talk about the real-life turning point behind her work: nearly 20 years in c...

You can feel a life change coming before you can explain it and that’s where energy work gets real. Tracy   sits down with returning guest Gloria “Grace “Rand, founder of Radiant on Purpose, to talk about Reiki, light language, and the courage it takes to stop dimming yourself for other people’s comfort. We get honest about what it means to be visible, especially when your path looks “different,” and why the universe sometimes nudges you from behind-the-scenes into the spotlight. 

Gloria breaks down light language in a grounded way: a multidimensional, heart-led frequency that can be spoken, sun...

The fastest way to start a fight online about Reiki is to ask a simple question and watch as answers turn into attack. Ready Set Reiki hope is for  a calmer, smarter path, one where we can respect all systems all images and all schools of Reiki . Ready Set reiki invited two true way showers; Bronwen Logan of Reiki With Bronwen  and Mary Riposo   of Infinite Light Center. Together, we name what is actually happening beneath the noise: widespread Reiki misconceptions, fuzzy definitions, and an “identity crisis” that shows up when people confuse Reiki the practice with “Reiki the energy,”...

Tracy Searight shares her journey with a recent Hip replacement surgery. Years of Yoga and not listening to the whispers of her  body 

Someone told my daughter, “I heard your mother is falling apart,” and it hit me in a place I didn’t expect. Six weeks after a right hip replacement, I can finally name what’s really happening: I’m not falling apart, I’m being put back together. This is a solo, deeply personal Ready Set Reiki story about what it looks like when your body forces a pause and your spirit has to catch up.
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Reiki has a reputation for being all calm, cozy, and bliss, but what happens when a session brings tears, big realizations, or a total shift in how you see your life? I sit down with Jessie Rudi, PhD, a Reiki master teacher, mentor, and founder of Clearly Connected Healing, to talk about the real lived experience of Reiki and energy healing, especially for sensitive people who have spent years carrying what isn’t theirs.

Jessie Rudi, PhD, Reiki Master shares how Reiki “found” her in 2023, why her first session felt like coming home to her own energy, and ho...

Reiki can be life-changing,  it can also come with rules that make you second-guess yourself. I’m joined by Jayne Goodsir , a reclamation mentor and spiritual visionary based in Scotland, to talk about what happens when Reiki training leaves people with more questions than clarity and how to find your way back to authentic connection.

We get into spiritual sovereignty, why “permission-based” Reiki culture can quietly strip practitioners of confidence, and how to hold respect for tradition without turning it into dogma.  Jayne Goodsirshares why she stopped relying on hierarchy and started building a spirit-led Reiki approach rooted i...

Your body is not ignoring your affirmations, it’s protecting you. When your nervous system is stuck in fight or flight, “trying harder” with your mind can feel like using the wrong tool for the job, and that’s where Reiki and somatic healing can finally click together in a grounded way.

We’re joined by Wesley Elliott, founder of Ahó Healing Arts in Plano, Texas, to talk about what changed when Reiki found him during a personal turning point and why he now blends energy work with bodywork and nervous system awareness. Wesley breaks down the biggest mis...

Crisis work changes your body, even when you’re “fine” on the outside.  Andrea Ochitwaspent nearly two decades in emergency communications supporting people through high-stress, life-changing moments, and eventually had to step away due to occupational PTSD. We sit down together to talk about what recovery really demands: time, nervous system awareness, and tools that help you feel safe inside your own skin again.

Andrea shares how Reiki found her twice, first through an unexpected table session that opened the floodgates of release, and later through formal Reiki training that helped her rebuild steadiness and trust. We unpack...

You can do years of “good” personal work and still feel like something is missing, especially when healing stays stuck in your head. That’s why this conversation lands so deeply: we sit down with Ren Oberhill, a licensed counselor and experienced energy practitioner, to explore what changes when Reiki becomes part of real-world healing and not just a separate add-on.

We talk about growing up sensitive and intuitive, learning to shut that down when it didn’t feel safe, and how that same drive to understand people led Ren into counseling, academia, and private practice. Over time, sh...

Reiki is one of those things people love to argue about until they actually experience it. I sit down with Reiki Master , May Yeary certified integrative health coach who found Reiki by accident, resisted it at first, then watched it transform both her personal life and the way she helps clients heal.

May shares her real world health story, including autoimmune struggles in her early 20s, the frustration of being dismissed, and the patience it took to reach remission. From there, we get into what brought her into energy work and why Reiki became a turning point...

Your hair appointment can be more than beauty maintenance. When someone is working around your head, listening closely, and helping you feel like yourself again, there’s already an energy exchange happening and most of us can feel it even if we don’t have a name for it. That’s why I invited  Liana Zee a Las Vegas hairdresser and Holy Fire Reiki Level 2 practitioner, to share how she blends Reiki and hairdressing inside her private Henderson space, L Energy Salon and Reiki Studio. 

We talk honestly about the biggest misconception she hears: “You believe in Reiki?” Li...

Your animal isn’t a passive client, they’re an active participant with preferences, boundaries, and surprisingly clear opinions. We sit down with Nancy Welsh, a Reiki master specializing in animal Reiki, to unpack what actually changes when you stop treating pets like tiny humans and start honoring consent, safety, and choice. We share stories from real sessions, including why animals often want only a few minutes of Reiki, how they “ask” for energy in their own language, and what it means to offer Reiki without overwhelming a cage, tank, or room.

From there, we go deeper into the...

You can’t see energy, so how do you know Reiki and energy healing are doing anything at all? I sit down with Tania Ho, an intuitive soul guide and the founder of Museflower Retreat and Spa in Thailand, to get practical about what energy work feels like, why people doubt it, and how you can test it through experience instead of trying to “prove” it with perfect logic.  Tania Ho, shares how Reiki found her early, why she finally trained at 21, and how that first attunement changed the way she understood life, healing, and her own sensitivity. 

We a...

Reiki can arrive in the most unexpected places and sometimes at the hardest time of your life. I’m joined by Lorena Rodrigo, a Reiki master, yoga teacher, and sound meditation practitioner based in the UK, whose path shifted when she received Reiki in the hospital during breast cancer treatment. She shares what it felt like to go into chemotherapy with Reiki support, why it helped her reconnect to her own energy, and how that experience turned into a lifelong commitment to deep listening and real presence.

We also get honest about the messy parts of the we...

The fastest way to lose confidence in your Reiki path is to feel like you have to do it “the one right way” or wear a title that doesn’t even fit. I’m joined by Carrie Varella, founder of Reiki Healing Society, co-host of the Reiki Women Podcast, and creator of the GoPro Reiki mentorship program, for an honest conversation about what it means to grow as a Reiki practitioner and build a sustainable Reiki business without getting trapped by hierarchy, hype, or rigid rules.

We talk about how Reiki found Carrie through yoga, what it’s like to...

Two hundred episodes doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when you keep showing up, especially after grief, fear, and the moments where you wonder if you can even speak with confidence again. I’m Tracy Seawright, and this anniversary reflection pulls back the curtain on why Ready Set Reiki exists, how it grew, and what I’ve learned from building a Reiki and energy healing podcast rooted in service rather than sales.

I share the surprising push that started it all, including a “pay-to-play” media pitch that didn’t sit right, and why I chose to create a fre...

Your home can look fine on the outside and still feel wrong in your body. If you’ve ever walked into your own space and felt your shoulders tighten, your energy drop, or your mind start racing, you’re not imagining it. I sit down with Lisa Morton, a feng shui master teacher, holistic interior designer, and Reiki master, to talk about what “aligned at home” really means when real life is messy, stressful, and loud. 

Lisa shares her journey from designing luxury private jet interiors to finding energy healing through Reiki during a period of burnout, anxiety...

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Your body can spot the truth long before your mind can explain it, and that might be the missing piece in your Reiki journey. I sit down with Jen T Peterson, a self-trust igniter and shamanic Reiki master teacher, to talk about what happens when “strategy” is not the problem and the real issue is internal noise, fear, and energy that is not even yours to carry. 

We get honest about one of the biggest Reiki misconceptions: the idea that a practitioner is “doing Reiki” to someone. Jen breaks...

Reiki can sound mysterious until you hear what it looks like in real life: a teenager with a headache, a mother places her hands, tingling starts, sleep takes over, and the pain is gone. I’m Tracy C. Wright, and I’m joined by Archit Shivastov, a Mumbai-based multimodality healer with a foundation in Reiki, to unpack how energy healing becomes practical, repeatable, and deeply personal even for people raised in science-minded environments.

We talk openly about Reiki skepticism and the biggest misconception I hear from listeners: that you must feel energy right away for Reiki to “count...

Feeling stretched thin and strangely numb at the same time? We sit down with nurse, coach, and Reiki practitioner Kathleen Ahern to explore what happens when caregiving collides with chronic stress—and how a return to caring science and somatic awareness can reset the system. Kathleen shares how burnout showed up as literal pain, why a five-minute Reiki tune-up changed her trajectory, and what trusting herself did for her work, relationships, and daily calm.

We dig into myths around Reiki with plain talk, using the wind as a metaphor for unseen but obvious effects, and spotlight the ro...

What if the most powerful healing isn’t a single breakthrough, but a steady rhythm your life learns to trust? We sit down with integrative healer and U.S. Army veteran Carla Cunningham to unpack how Reiki, sound healing, massage, and somatic breathwork can work together to create deep, lasting change. Her story moves from early motherhood and licensing requirements to a calling that became a full-spectrum practice, grounded in presence, compassion, and the courage to say no when she isn’t resourced.

We explore two big myths that hold people back: that Reiki conflicts with faith, and...

What if your body could find calm before your mind believes it? That’s the doorway we walk through with Dr. Leslie Wester—Reiki master, yoga teacher, brainspotting practitioner, educator, and proud “healing unicorn”—as we explore how energy work becomes real the moment you feel it in your bones. From early distance sessions with her mother to leading clients through gentle nervous system resets, Leslie shows how authentic practice beats perfect explanations every time.

We dive into two stubborn myths: that Reiki requires belief and that it’s a religion. Leslie’s stories reveal a different truth—clients...

Some stories are loud with chaos. Matthew Goldstein’s story is quiet with courage. From the ache of early labels and the lure of numbing to the steady work of sobriety, he found a path through Reiki that asked him to feel what he once ran from then showed him how to let it move.

We sit down with Matthew, a newly certified Reiki Master teacher and founder of Divine Alignment with Reiki Master Matt, to trace the moments that mattered: distance sessions that cracked open old emotions, the choice to meet them with honesty, and the su...

What if the most powerful shift in your life began with letting go of what kept you small? We sit down with Coventina Waterhawk ; intuitive guide, Reiki master teacher, and award-winning author—for a raw, uplifting journey through forty years of dual diagnosis recovery, stigma-busting advocacy, and the quiet, persistent healing of Reiki.

Coventina takes us from early tarot readings in a metaphysical shop to discovering Reiki and an unexpected gift of mediumship. She explains why energy work is often subtle yet profound, how skepticism fades in the face of lived outcomes, and why daily practice builds cl...