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  • Reiki was founded in 1922 by Dr. Mikao Usui, who received this gift during deep meditation on Mount Kurama in Japan. What began as one person’s awakening has become a global practice of energy healing, a way for life-force energy to move through us, supporting clarity, balance, and a sense of inner radiance. It works with the body’s natural life-force energy to support:

    • Relaxation

    • Emotional ease

    • Energetic balance

    Life-force energy is the subtle energy that flows through all living beings that keeps you alive, balanced, and flowing. It is the energy that moves through your nervous system, chakras, and entire energetic field. Reiki works with this energy to help:

    • Release energetic blockages

    • Restore balance

    • Support the body and mind in returning to a natural state of calm and harmony.

    Reiki is not a massage or physical bodywork. During an in-person session, Reiki is offered through a series of gentle hand positions that:

    • Lightly rest on the body

    • Or hover above the body

    Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive practice that supports the nervous system in shifting into a calm, balanced state. It:

    • Does not involve manipulation, pressure, or physical treatment

    • Does not replace medical or mental health care

    Instead, Reiki is used as a complementary wellness practice to promote relaxation, clarity, inner harmony, or transformation.  


  • During a Reiki session:

    • You remain fully clothed

    • You either lie down or sit comfortably

    • Hands are placed lightly on or above the body in a series of positions

    These hand positions support the flow of life-force energy.

  • Yes.  Reiki energy is not limited by distance.  Reiki transcends space, time, physical distance, and allows energy to be shared wherever you are in the world. Remote sessions are based on focused intention, enabling an energetic connection that is not limited by physical boundaries.

    Remote Reiki sessions provide the same energetic support as in-person sessions. You can receive Reiki:

    • At home

    • At work

    • Or anywhere you feel safe and relaxed

  • Reiki works with the nervous system and the energy field to encourage relaxation and awareness, which may support the gentle release of long held tension in the body.  

    Reiki can help:

    • Release emotional tension

    • Support clarity

    • Promote a sense of calm and inner balance

    Many notice:

    • Reduced stress

    • Emotional ease

    • A stronger connection to intuition and inner guidance

    It helps you feel:

    • More grounded

    • More centered

    • More aligned with your natural rhythm

    This supports emotional balance and resilience.

  • Reiki frequency depends on your personal goals, life circumstances, evolution path, and level of support you are seeking. 

    The following is the general recommendation of Reiki frequency by Soul Lyra:

    • Daily sessions during periods of heartbreak, grief, loss, or sudden emotional disruption for the first 1-2 weeks  

      • Reiki up to 3 to 5 times per week can be supportive if the person feels held, stable, and grounded after 1-2 weeks

      • After that initial acute phase:
        Most people benefit more from 2 to 3 sessions per week, then weekly as you stabilize

    • Twice weekly when moving through deep emotional or spiritual transformation

    • Weekly sessions for ongoing nervous system support, clarity, and energetic balance

    • Monthly sessions for maintenance, grounding, and continued energetic alignment

    Each session meets you where you are and supports your natural pace of integration and personal growth.

  • Pet Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive energy healing practice that supports relaxation, emotional ease, and energetic balance. This promotes calm, comfort, and connection for both pet and owner.  It works with your pet’s natural life-force energy to encourage calm and harmony, without physical manipulation, medication, or medical treatment. Reiki is intended to complement, not replace, veterinary care.

    Reiki supports your pet’s overall well-being, including:

    • Emotional harmony: helping your pet release stress, anxiety, and tension

    • Energetic alignment: supporting the natural flow of life-force energy

    • Physical comfort: promoting relaxation, ease, and vitality

    Pets are deeply sensitive and often absorb the emotional and energetic state of the people they love. Stress, change, grief, or tension in the home can quietly affect their well-being. Reiki helps:

    • Release tension

    • Reduce stress

    • Clear stagnant energy

    Soul Lyra supports your companion’s natural ability to feel calm, grounded, and emotionally supported, while also nurturing the loving bond you share.

    Pet Reiki is only done virtually at Soul Lyra. Remote sessions are based on focused intention, enabling an energetic connection that is not limited by physical boundaries.

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  • For Pet Reiki services, you confirm that:

    • Pets will not wear metal collars, tags, harnesses, or accessories during sessions

    • Reiki is intended to complement, not replace, veterinary care

    • Pets under heavy sedation or extreme distress may require rescheduling

    • A calm, quiet environment will be provided

    • Pets with pacemakers or battery-powered implants are not eligible

    • You assume full responsibility for your pet’s care and well-being, during the session and provide the recommended aftercare.

  • Reiki is spiritual and non-denominational.

    • Is not tied to any religion

    • Does not require belief in any spiritual system

    Reiki is a complementary wellness practice for people of all backgrounds.

  • Reiki works with your body’s natural energy whether you believe in it or not. You only need to be open to receiving.

  • Sharing information is always optional. You are welcome to share anything that feels relevant to your healing, but you are never required to disclose personal, medical, or emotional details for a Reiki session.

  • Important preparation information:

    • All metal (glasses, belts, jewelry, etc) must be taken off prior to receiving Reiki

    • Anything battery powered and watches must be taken off

    Reiki services are not recommended for individuals experiencing:

    • Active psychosis, mania, or delusional states

    • Severe psychiatric crises, including suicidal idealization or intent

    • Severe or acute medical emergencies

    • Active infectious or highly contagious conditions

    • Impairment due to alcohol or recreational drugs

    • Pacemakers or battery-powered implants are not eligible

  • After a Reiki session, it is normal to experience emotional release, deep relaxation, or subtle energetic shifts as your body and nervous system integrate the session. Because Reiki supports energetic rebalancing, some people may notice a temporary shift in energy that can include feelings of sadness, low energy, or mild flu-like sensations when deeper tension or emotional patterns are released.  These responses are typically short-lived and part of the body’s natural adjustment process to energetic alignment.

    To support this integration, gentle self care is recommended, including:

    • Rest and hydration

    • Balanced, nourishing meals

    • Proper sleep hygiene

    • Light movement such as walking or stretching

    • Gentle reflection on energetic shifts, dreams, or emotions

    • Journaling or meditation

    • Grounding in nature

    • Epsom salt baths or foot soaks

    Reiki may release emotions or physical tension in both the owner and their pet.

    Aftercare for pets:

    • Rest and hydration

    • Balanced, nourishing meals

    • Proper sleep

    • Light movement such as walking 

    • Grounding in nature

    Be gentle with yourself, as you make energetic shifts. Reiki aftercare supports well-being and integration but does not replace medical, mental health, or veterinary care. If you have persistent or concerning symptoms, always consult a licensed healthcare professional.

  • The Akashic Records are like a cosmic library that holds the energetic record of every soul across all lifetimes. They contain information about past lives, soul lessons, and patterns that may influence your present life. Soul Lyra can access this information with your permission and your energetic openness, using intuition, meditation, and guided practices for channeling insight and healing. You do not need to be spiritual to benefit, but your energy must be receptive, and access always requires consent.

  • Soul Aligned Reiki is a heart-centered energy healing practice designed to support your journey back to wholeness. It works with your body’s natural life force energy to:

    • Release energetic and emotional stagnation

    • Restore balance and alignment

    • Support emotional, spiritual, and energetic well-being

    Soul Aligned Reiki and related offerings provided by Soul Lyra are complementary wellness practices may promote (individual results vary):

    • Relaxation, calming the nervous system, and reducing tension

    • Emotional ease, supporting release of stagnant emotions, grief, and overwhelm

    • Energetic balance, helping your energy flow naturally

    • Self-awareness, connection to self, noticing patterns, and inner states

    • Grounding, reconnecting to your body, and being present in the moment

    • Mindfulness, bringing focus to the present moment

    • Personal growth, encouraging reflection, confidence, and life perspective

    • Spiritual connection, intuition, deepening awareness of inner guidance, and connection to your spiritual team

    • Energetic shifts, facilitating natural movement, and release in energy patterns

    • Nervous system regulation, supporting calm, and emotional stability

    • Heart openness, cultivating compassion, self-love, and empathy

    • Co-regulation, enhancing emotional steadiness with practitioner support

    • Support during transitions, providing gentle energetic holding through life changes

    • Self-mastery, supporting conscious choices, embodying: self love, sovereignty, and authenticity 

    • Spiritual transformation, nurturing purpose, alignment, and awakening

    Soul Lyra does not:

    • Diagnose, treat, cure, provide medical, mental health, or veterinary advice

    Reiki is not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, or veterinary care. Always consult a licensed professional for such matters.

  • Soul Lyra incorporates concepts from Jungian psychology, the school of thought founded by Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. Jung pioneered the study of the human psyche, shadow aspects, archetypes, and individuation, drawing on thousands of case studies, and clinical observations of human behavior. His work provides a grounded, evidence-informed framework for understanding unconscious patterns, emotional blocks, and pathways to personal growth.

    In Soul Aligned Reiki, these concepts are used to:

    • Explore shadow aspects and unconscious patterns

    • Apply individuation principles to support self-awareness and personal development

    • Guide reflection, insight, and energetic realignment during sessions

    • Integrate insights into practical, daily life application

    Potential benefits of this approach may include:

    • Greater recognition of habitual patterns and tendencies

    • Insight into emotional blocks and unresolved experiences

    • Support for emotional clarity, resilience, and personal growth

    • Practical tools to enhance self-awareness and inner alignment

    Important legal notice:

    • Soul Lyra does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical, psychological, or psychiatric condition

    • Soul Aligned Reiki is not a substitute for professional mental health, medical, or veterinary care

  • When the shadow is not acknowledged, it continues to influence behavior, relationships, and self-worth beneath the surface.  At Soul Lyra, shadow work is included because energy healing alone cannot create lasting change if unconscious patterns remain unexamined. Shadow work refers to the process of becoming aware of the parts of ourselves that are unconscious, unacknowledged, or emotionally avoided. These can include habits, beliefs, reactions, fears, self-sabotaging tendencies, or patterns that quietly influence how we think, feel, and relate to others.  Soul Aligned Reiki gently creates a calm, grounded internal state where these patterns can be noticed, felt, and integrated without force.

    This concept comes from the work of Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, who introduced the idea of the shadow and the process of individuation. Individuation describes the lifelong journey of integrating conscious and unconscious parts of the psyche in order to become more whole, balanced, and authentic.

    Soul Aligned Reiki is not just about relaxation. It is about becoming whole.  At Soul Lyra, shadow work is used as a reflective and energetic awareness practice that supports self-understanding, emotional clarity, and personal growth.

    Shadow work may support:

    • Awareness of unconscious emotional and behavioral patterns

    • Greater emotional clarity and self-understanding

    • Reduced inner conflict and self-judgment

    • Healthier relationships and boundaries

    • Increased authenticity and self-acceptance

    • A deeper sense of wholeness and integration

    Soul Aligned Reiki and signature experiences, such as the Ascension Journey may support this process by:

    • Encouraging nervous system relaxation

    • Supporting awareness of emotional and energetic patterns

    • Creating a calm internal state that allows insight and reflection

    • Exploring difficult unfinished early experiences safely

    This work is offered as a complementary wellness and personal development practice. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any psychological, medical, or psychiatric condition and is not a substitute for licensed mental health or medical care.

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  • Your first Soul Aligned Reiki is the beginning of your transformation, working gently with your body’s natural life-force energy and nervous system to help shift long held patterns, restore balance, and support deeper self-connection over time.

    Reiki is often described as a “smart energy” because it naturally follows your body’s cues, supporting areas of tension, emotional holding, or energetic imbalance in a gentle, non-invasive way. Each session meets you where you are and supports your system at its own pace.

    How to Prepare

    • Hydrate well before and after your session. Water supports the body’s natural electrical activity and nervous system function. This helps your life force-energy move more smoothly and supports relaxation and integration.

    • Arrive as you are. Your session will begin with a guided grounding meditation with Soul Lyra. You do not need to be calm, centered, or grounded beforehand. The practice is designed to help your system settle naturally.

    • Come open and receptive. You do not need to believe in Reiki for it to support relaxation and balance, but being open and willing to receive allows your body and awareness to relax more easily into the experience.

    • Share how you are feeling. Noticing and expressing your emotions, stress, or internal state supports emotional awareness and helps you feel more connected during your session.

    • Bring what you want to work on. You may come prepared with themes, emotions, patterns, or moments that feel important. You can also share any insights, synchronicities, or repeated experiences in your life.

    • Allow time for integration. After your session, rest, hydration, and gentle self-care help your nervous system and energy field adjust naturally. Follow the Reiki aftercare recommendations for continued integration and self-care.

    Soul Aligned Reiki is a complementary wellness practice that supports relaxation, emotional balance, nervous system regulation, and energetic awareness. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical or psychological condition and is not a substitute for professional medical or mental health care.

  • Soul Lyra was born and co-created with the Universe to support humanity through the era of AI, an unprecedented time when:

    • AI is advancing faster than our ability to stay grounded

    • Technology connects us more than ever, yet many experience existential loneliness

    • Jobs and industries are quickly shifting or being eliminated prices are rising

    • Governments and institutions feel unstable

    • Many people feel overwhelmed, disconnected, and uncertain

    • There is relentless demand to produce and perform, which leads to burn out and exhaustion 

    ‍Soul Lyra supports you in staying grounded in:

    • Your intuition

    • Your emotional truth

    • Your inner stability

    • Your sense of self

    ‍So you do not lose yourself while the world is changing.

    This is not just love & light or a mystical practice

    ‍Soul Lyra is deeply practical and psychologically aware. In this work, we do not spiritually bypass pain or pretend everything is positive. We gently work with:

    • Shadow aspects

    • Unconscious patterns

    • Emotional blocks

    • Stored stress and tension

    • Energetic imbalances

    ‍So you can move through life feeling:

    • Energetically lighter

    • Emotionally clearer

    • More grounded

    • More whole

    Soul Tribe Community

    ‍Soul Lyra offers a connected overall experience because it goes beyond standard individual Reiki sessions. In addition to personalized energy healing, you gain access to a supportive Soul Tribe community:  workshops, healing circles, and connections designed to help you integrate shifts, and feel fully seen by a conscious community. This combination of practical transformation and heart-centered community makes your healing experience deeply rooted and long-lasting.

    • A spiritual conscious community of presence and safety

    • Heart-centered accepting space, gentle, and personal

    • Non-judgmental circle, simple, relatable, and intimate

    • Compassionate, open-hearted community, warm, and inclusive

    • Safe space to be your authentic self

    • Energetically neutral space

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    Workshops and Healing Circles

    ‍Engage in transformative workshops and healing circles designed to help you release blocks, connect with your authentic self, and integrate soulful energy shifts in a supportive, heart-centered community.

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    How Soul Lyra Works

    At Soul Lyra, Reiki is combined with intuitive, spiritual, and reflective practices. Sessions may include:

    • Soul Aligned Reiki healing

    • Intuitive guidance and reflective insight to help you understand what is shifting

    • Mediumistic connection with your Higher Self and spiritual team

    • Insight from your natal chart and astrological patterns to explore soul themes and life lessons

    • Gentle self-awareness of karmic patterns 

    • Soul retrieval and gentle cord cutting

    • Akashic Records intuitive exploration

    • Support for integrating shadow aspects and turning it to personal power

    • Practical daily tools to feel more embodied in being grounded

    • Shift towards self-love, sovereignty, and authenticity

    ‍ Each session is:

    • Grounded and practical in a compassionate environment

    • Designed to support real, lasting change when you invest in your personal growth

    ‍ Soul Lyra offers a multi-layered, transformation-focused approach rather than surface-level energy work. This work is:

    • Personalized to your soul’s unique frequency

    • Designed for deep energetic attunement

    • Evidence informed Jungian psychology and reflective practices

    • Focused on practical, life-integrated transformation

    This is not abstract mysticism. It is healing you can feel, live, and embody in daily life.

    The Soul Lyra Way of Reiki

    ‍Unlike standard Reiki sessions that focus only on surface-level love & light energy practices, Soul Lyra Reiki is:

    Soul centered

    • Supports reconnection with who you truly are beneath conditioning and external pressure

    ‍ ‍Transformational, not temporary

    • Supports the release of deep emotional and energetic blocks

    • Encourages lasting clarity, confidence, and emotional stability

    ‍ ‍Multi-layered transformational healing

    • Offers different levels of transformation to meet you where you are at

    • Supports your energy, heart, and life path

    ‍ ‍A guided journey

    • Offers structured journeys and signature experiences such as the Ascension Journey

    • Supports long-term growth and self-mastery

    ‍ ‍Human-centered healing in an AI world

    • Supports energetic presence and emotional attunement

    • Helps you stay connected to what makes you human

    The Three Pillars of Soul Lyra

    Soul Lyra sessions support transformation through three core pillars:

    Self-love:  High-frequency energy, compassion, emotional nourishment, and energetic grounding

    Sovereignty:  Clear boundaries, personal empowerment, discernment, and ultimate agency.

    Authenticity:  Living fully in your soul’s frequency and purpose.

    Soul Aligned Reiki at Soul Lyra offers a gentle yet powerful doorway to transformation and remembering who you are. Each session meets you where you are at and supports you in feeling:

    • Centered

    • Aligned

    • Grounded

    • Empowered

  • Soul Lyra’s spiritual practice is grounded in three essential pillars: Self‑Love, Sovereignty, and Authenticity. These guide your journey with intention, clarity, and heart-centered focus.

    Self‑Love

    • High-frequency energy, compassion, emotional nourishment, and energetic grounding. Cultivating a presence supports your inner well-being and helps you show up fully for yourself and others.

    Sovereignty

    • Clear boundaries, personal empowerment, discernment, and ultimate agency. This pillar reminds you: own your energy. You decide what enters your space. Nothing outside you, controls your power. Your choices, your life, your transformation are 100% yours.

    Authenticity

    • Living fully in your soul’s frequency and purpose. Aligning with your true self fosters confidence, clarity, and a life that reflects who you really are.

    Together, these pillars provide a grounded framework for reflection, growth, and transformation, as part of a complementary wellness and spiritual practice.

  • ‍Soul Aligned Reiki and Soul Lyra’s programs, including signature experiences like the Ascension Journey, are designed to support your personal and spiritual growth. Transformation is a real, lasting process and is not automatic. Healing is not linear. Sometimes shifts occur quickly, and sometimes more gradually with more intentional work.

    ‍ True transformation requires you to be dedicated, intentional, and disciplined. It also calls for courage, vulnerability, accountability, surrender to explore the deeper parts of your soul, and safely grieve. There will be moments that feel challenging or push you beyond your current growth edges. Being open and honest about your experiences and needs helps you integrate these shifts more fully.

    ‍ To get the most from your sessions, you are encouraged to:

    • Prioritize rest, nutrition, and quality sleep

    • Follow any recommended exercises, journaling, or grounding practices

    • Engage consistently with your personal growth and integration

    • Commit to the time, energy, and financial investment needed to support change

    • Maintain discipline, consistency, vulnerability, and accountability in your practices and self-care

    • Stay open and present, even when the work feels challenging

    • Practice honest communication with yourself and Soul Lyra

    While Soul Lyra provides guidance, energy work, and support, your own participation and commitment are essential. Transformation is a journey that requires patience, presence, consistent disciplined effort, designed to help you experience real, and meaningful change.  When shadow aspects are consciously explored, they can shift from unconscious patterns into fuel for transformation, resilience, and returning to divinity.  

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