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A Self-Practice to Live in Peace with Self and Others with Elise Brenner and Nancy Spatz

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A Self-Practice to Live in Peace with Self and Others

With Elise Brenner and Nancy Spatz

Hosted by Andrea Kennedy

How is Reiki practice like a snow globe or the precepts like a compass? Join this interview and learn how you can settle like the snow in a snow globe or use the precepts as a compass along the path towards mindfulness, emotional freedom, resilience, and spiritual growth. Enlarge the circle of healing and possibility to live in peace with self and others by practicing these specific Reiki techniques!

Please find here the excerpt from the Reiki: A Self-Practice to Live in Peace with Self and Others book on Hara Breathing practice. You can order the Reiki: A Self-Practice to Live in Peace with Self and Others book at: www.reikiliveinpeace.com.

Learn Hara Breathing practice as introduced in the book here: www.ReikiLiveInPeace.com.

Elise Brenner

Elise Brenner

Reiki & Mindfulness Practitioner & Teacher, Owner of Brenner Reiki Healing

Elise Brenner, PhD, is Assistant Teaching Professor in the Departments of Public Health and Sociology at Simmons University in Boston and is an instructor in the Department of Anthropology at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Brenner, Reiki Practitioner & Teacher and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, is committed to wellness equity in all of the services she provides. The owner of Brenner Reiki Healing in Newton, Massachusetts, Elise provides comprehensive training in all levels of Reiki, having trained physicians, nurses, social workers, physical therapists, teachers, and people of all ages and backgrounds. Brenner has provided Reiki training for staff at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center staff, Edith Nourse Rogers Veterans Administration Hospital in Bedford, MA, and Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Brenner further provides outreach workshops and presentations in mind-body skills based in Reiki and Mindfulness practices to organizations incorporating practices of Reiki, mindfulness and wellbeing for the staff and populations they serve, including the YMCA Livestrong; Harbor Health Elder Service Plan in Boston; support groups for survivors of domestic abuse; support groups for individuals struggling with Vestibular Disorders; psychosocial support groups for cancer patients; support groups for carers of those with chronic conditions.

As an anthropologist, Elise Brenner has researched cross-cultural healing practices, thereby enriching the scope and depth of her Reiki practice. Elise Brenner is the co-author, along with Nancy Spatz, MD, of the 2022 book, “Reiki: A Self-Practice to Live in Peace with Self and Others”, published by John Hunt Books.

You can reach Elise via e-mail at elise@brennerreikihealing.org

Website: www.brennerreikihealing.org

Nancy Spatz

Nancy Spatz

Reiki Master Teacher, Co-founder of Inspire Power Advocacy in Motion

Nancy Spatz, MD, Reiki Master Teacher, graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1990. Nancy’s training continued at Beth Israel Hospital-Harvard Medical School, where she completed her Psychiatry training in 1994. After having witnessed the ongoing hardships that people experience with medical and emotional illness, Nancy discovered the efficacy of Reiki practice. Nancy realized that by utilizing Reiki meditation practices people could develop their own mind-body connection to reach for wellness. Teaching others Reiki meditation to address their health conditions allowed them to feel their inner strength and wholeness, even if not cured. Nancy found that the combination of her medical knowledge and Reiki practice helped people calm the mind, settle the body, and heal. Nancy’s care for others became the impetus to get the word out so all of us can experience the benefits of Reiki self-practice.

Nancy has been involved in advocacy work for children for several decades. Early in her training, Nancy realized that childhood experiences shape children’s ability to cope and advocate for themselves. After working with abused children, Nancy noticed how vulnerable and exposed children can be when they’ve suffered adverse childhood experiences. Nancy understood that for the children to feel safe and empowered, the adults around them must model stability and calm by practicing Reiki mind-body skills.

Dr. Spatz is the co-founder of Inspire Power Advocacy in Motion, a unique program which blends breathwork, meditation, Reiki practice, and martial arts for the purpose of cultivating self-awareness, strength and self-advocacy. Inspire Power classes and workshops introduce skills and practices for participants to build resilience and overall wellbeing. The goal of all Inspire Power classes is to increase awareness and focus, cultivate self-advocacy and autonomy, and develop strength and endurance. Dr. Spatz runs Inspire Power Workshops at Health Centers and Helix Martial Arts Academy. Nancy Spatz also provides Reiki treatments to individuals with medical illnesses in hospitals, in homes, and in her Reiki treatment studio. Nancy is generous with the Reiki teachings and practices, coaching Reiki recipients to practice hara breathing, contemplate the 5 Reiki Precepts, practice Joshin Kokyu-ho, and practice hands-on-healing to care for themselves.

Nancy Spatz is the co-author, along with Elise Brenner, PhD, of the 2022 book, Reiki: “Reiki: A Self-Practice to Live in Peace with Self and Others”, published by John Hunt Books.

You can contact Nancy at: inspirational.strength.nancy@gmail.com

Website: www.reikiliveinpeace.com
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