Mountain Zendo and Healing Center

Easthampton, MA 01027
ph: 413-531-6677
skdowning@yahoo.com

Welcome

News: My book, The Heart of Reiki, forthcoming from Lotus Press, will be coming out within a few weeks!

Lotus Press has published many fine books on Reiki, and I am thrilled to be working with them!

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Welcome to

The Heart of Reiki

and

Mountain Zendo & Healing Center

I've opened the Share the Sweater Center for Healing and Meditation as a refuge, a place where you can come for healing sessions, to use the meditation and reflection room, or to just sit in a calm, soothing space and have a cup of tea, read a book, be quiet... This is something unique in our area - a quiet, calm space for you to just sit and relax, or meditate without distractions of music or people talking or food being served around you.

Center is open 30 hours a week for you to visit and use the space. During the group meditation times each day I will open and close the meditation session and offer simple meditation instructions for anyone who would like them. Think of the other hours as drop-in times when you can come to sit, reflect or meditate on your own, or to spend extra quiet time before or after a healing session. There may or may not be others on site during these hours, and you are welcome to make yourself at home!

Really, do think of us as your refuge - you can drop in for a few minutes or a few hours during your day, whenever you need a little calm in the storm of your life.

Find your center. Renew your life.

I invite you to explore my Reiki sessions and classes, as well as The Heart of Reiki, my ongoing practicum which guides Reiki practitioners of any level through a program that combines Reiki and other elements to facilitate deep personal or spiritual transformation.

My goal - whether you come for Reiki sessions or training in Reiki- is to help you feel increased happiness and calm, so that you can go back out into the world and carry this sense of well-being into all of your interactions with others.

I hope you will join me soon!

What is "The Heart of Reiki"?

I have added "The Heart of Reiki" to our Center's name to formally reflect the way I am now teaching and practicing Reiki. This is also the title of the book I have written and which is forthcoming from Lotus Press.

Over the past several years, I have gone deeper into my Reiki work, bringing the insights I've gained from my integrated Reiki/Buddhist practice into my Reiki teaching and sessions.

I have come to understand how I believe Mikao Usui, Reiki's founder, was teaching his students to use Reiki first for their own personal and spiritual transformation, and then to bring deep healing to others.

I am now bringing the fruits of these insights into my Reiki practice and teaching, with the goal of helping my clients and students experience increased love, happiness and healing.

So that they can meet life's challenges and obstacles with a joyous heart.

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