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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Reiki works with your body’s natural energy whether you believe in it or not. You only need to be open to receiving.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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.
Check out our Workshops & Healing Circles
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
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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.
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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.
Transformative Healing on Your Schedule
Reiki transcends space, time, physical distance, and allowing 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.
Experience a Complimentary 15-Minute Soul Aligned Healing Transformation Consultation
A complimentary conversation to explore your current challenges, desires, and next steps on your personal transformation journey.
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Based in Chicago, IL
Soul Lyra welcomes Clients virtually globally. In-person sessions may be available by special request in downtown Chicago.