How do we create Reiki spaces where people feel safe, seen, and supported?

This week, Colleen and Robyn welcome Michaela Daystar, founder of Heartscapes Insight, Reiki teacher, SoulCollage facilitator, trauma-informed practitioner, and co-host of the Reiki Women Podcast, for a deep and thoughtful conversation about healing, personal transformation, and the skill of holding space with integrity.

Michaela shares her powerful story of moving from university-level social justice leadership to a full-time Reiki and SoulCollage practice, describing how her own life transitions opened the doorway to energy work, intuitive healing, and a trauma-informed understanding of care. Her insights offer a grounded and compassionate perspective on how Reiki practitioners can build trust with their clients, communicate clearly, and create containers that invite empowerment rather than pressure.

This episode also explores:

• What trauma-informed Reiki looks like in real practiceConsent, choice, language, scope of practice, and why a safe container protects both practitioner and client.
• The difference between trauma-informed care and trauma treatmentHow Reiki fits into integrative healing and why it is essential to understand practitioner scope of practice.
• The role of self-practice in becoming a confident practitionerWhy our own inner work supports the safety of our clients.
• How SoulCollage works and why it is such a powerful toolMichaela explains how images and intuition reveal inner wisdom, and Colleen and Robyn share personal stories of life-changing cards.
• The Reiki Women Podcast and the importance of women's voices in ReikiHow Michaela and her colleagues explore Japanese origins of the system, cultural dynamics, and current events through a Reiki lens.
• The Cultivating a Trauma-Informed Reiki Practice courseMichaela describes her 10-principle framework for Reiki practitioners and teachers who want to deepen their skills and create safer, more intentional spaces. She also extends a continuing coupon for Reiki Lifestyle listeners.

Throughout the conversation, you'll hear practical guidance, heartfelt storytelling, and thoughtful insights about the evolving role of Reiki in today's world. Michaela's clarity and compassion offer valuable wisdom for practitioners, teachers, and anyone interested in healing work.

HeartScapes Website: www.heartscapesinsight.com

YouTube: @heartscapesreiki1496

Email: [email protected]

Self-paced Courses (including the Cultivating a Trauma-Informed Reiki class): https://www.heartscapesinsight.com/selfpaced-courses-catalog

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**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

This guided Reiki journey helps clarify your path by working with Eagle Vision, Mouse Vision, and Inner Vision together. Reiki supports you in seeing the larger landscape of your life, understanding what is directly in front of you, and listening to your inner guidance so direction and next steps become clear.

This journey is useful during times of transition, reflection, or decision-making. It can be used at the end of a year, during seasonal changes, or anytime you want clarity about direction, timing, and choice. Reiki supports both spiritual insight and grounded awareness so your next step becomes easier to recognize.

In this guided Reiki journey, you will:• View your life through Eagle Vision, Mouse Vision, and Inner Vision • Release what no longer belongs on your path • Explore possible directions with clarity • Recognize opportunities and supportive timing • Gain insight into your next practical step

This journey is part of the Reiki Lifestyle Distance Reiki Share series and is offered as Reiki education and spiritual support for everyday life.

For more guided Reiki journeys, Reiki teachings, and Distance Reiki Shares, visit www.reikilifestyle.com and subscribe to the channel.

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**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

Activate Reiki, life into the heightened perspective of Eagle vision, the details of Mouse vision, and your Inner vision to choose your path forward. Reiki helps you perceive the bigger picture, understand what is directly in front of you, and listen to your inner guidance so direction, timing, and next steps become clear.

This session completes our 5 part Eagle Mouse Vision series. Throughout the weeks, we worked with the Blessing Exchange, Eagle Vision, Mouse Vision, and Inner Vision. In this final week, we integrate all three perspectives to support conscious choice and clear direction. This approach reflects real life. You are a human living in a human world, and Reiki supports clarity without bypassing practical realities.

Sometimes the vision will be clear; other times it seems elusive. Reiki energy heightens your higher thought so you can walk your path consciously.

This session can be used at the end of the year, during seasonal transitions, or anytime you are navigating change, beginnings, or endings. These Reiki skills are tools you can return to whenever you need clarity and direction.

In this video:• How Reiki supports decision-making and clarity • How to integrate higher vision, grounded awareness, and intuition • How to explore your path forward through Reiki energy • How to recognize timing, opportunities, and next steps • How to apply Reiki for real-life choices

For more Reiki teachings, guided journeys, and Distance Reiki Shares, visit www.reikilifestyle.com and subscribe to the channel.

Registration ends January 18th for Next Step Reiki Training and Explore the 12 Heavens classes. These yearlong classes provide advanced Reiki skills for beginner and advanced Reiki students.

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**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

In this special year-end conversation, Colleen and Robyn sit together for an honest and insightful look at the energetic cycles that shaped their year. This episode explores how personal rhythms, spiritual growth, and the entrainment of Reiki energy flow through everyday life. From Colleen's return from Japan and the deep shifts that followed, to Robyn's grounded presence in the practicalities of family and business, this conversation opens a window into how Reiki supports both the spiritual and the ordinary.

Listeners will hear about the Blessing Exchange that arrived through Colleen's integration after Mount Kurama, the powerful invocations that unfolded in their recent classes, and the ways Reiki continues to reveal new understandings of alignment, presence, and authentic living. This episode also looks ahead at the astrological influences of 2026, the Eagle and Mouse Vision journeys, and the possibilities that unfold when we settle into the cycle we are in.

This conversation is spacious, real, and filled with practical wisdom for anyone navigating change, expansion, and the question of what it means to be yourself in a rapidly shifting world.

Topics in This Episode: • How energetic cycles shape personal and professional life • Colleen's reintegration after three weeks on Mount Kurama • The arrival of the Blessing Exchange and how it informed December's teachings • The role of entrainment when Reiki shifts your frequency • Allowing the cycle you are in rather than resisting it • Practical versus mystical cycles and how both are spiritual • The power of presence in unpredictable times • Authentic self, cultural expectations, and discovering what truly resonates • Neurodivergence, flow state, and understanding how your mind works • Looking toward 2026 and its potential for new beginnings • The growing unity within global Reiki communities

Resources and Announcements: • Distance Reiki Share: Weekly on Tuesdays • Upcoming Burning Bowl Ceremony in January • Registration for Next Step Reiki and Explore the 12 Heavens closes January 18 • Reiki I and II, Human Reiki Master, Animal Reiki I and II, and Animal Reiki Master begin late January and early February • Karuna Reiki Master with Colleen in mid-February • Colleen and William Rand teach Karuna Reiki in Hawaii in March through Reiki.org

Listen to this episode and join the blessing exchange with our global Reiki community.

✨Connect with Colleen and Robyn Classes: https://reikilifestyle.com/classes-page/ FREE Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/community/ Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ (available on all major platforms too) Website: https://reikilifestyle.com/

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**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

Explore your Inner Vision in this guided Reiki journey with Colleen and Robyn Benelli. This meditation leads you into the Sanctuary of the Soul where your intuition, imagination, instincts, and inner truth come forward with clarity. Reiki supports this inward movement by illuminating your inner world and helping you recognize the guidance already present in your consciousness.

This journey is part of the Eagle Mouse Vision five week series. It integrates the wide sight of Eagle Vision and the grounded clarity of Mouse Vision. Inner Vision brings these perspectives together so your own awareness can reveal direction, gifts, and insight.

During this journey you will • Cross the Bridge of Light • Release distractions at the River of Peace • Follow the path beside the River of Life • Enter the Sanctuary of the Soul • Engage in automatic writing • Receive a symbolic or energetic gift from your inner wisdom

Reiki flows throughout the experience and supports your connection with your Intuitive Self. This journey is designed to help you access your personal knowing and strengthen your ability to hear your own guidance. Your imagination, instincts, and inner sight work together when supported by Reiki energy.

This Inner Vision journey can be used any time you want clarity, intuitive direction, or connection with your authentic nature. You may receive symbols, sensations, feelings, memories, or direct understanding. Inner Vision expands with practice and grows stronger as you return to the Sanctuary over time.

To learn more about our Reiki classes, Distance Reiki Shares, trainings, and community resources, visit https://reikilifestyle.com/

**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

In this Distance Reiki Share discussion, Colleen and Robyn Benelli explore Inner Vision as part of the Eagle Mouse Vision five week series. Inner Vision is the perspective that brings awareness inward, where intuition, instinct, imagination, and personal truth live. This conversation focuses on how Reiki helps you hear yourself clearly and perceive your path from within.

We explain how Eagle Vision offers a wide view of your life, Mouse Vision brings attention to immediate details, and Inner Vision integrates both by guiding you into the Sanctuary of the Soul. Through Reiki, the Bridge of Light takes awareness inward, unifying the external and internal sources of spiritual insight. Inner Vision reveals gifts, talents, and qualities that have developed across your life and helps you understand what you want to carry forward into new beginnings.

This discussion includes reflections on • How Reiki supports inner guidance • The Sanctuary of the Soul as an inner realm of awareness • The role of intuition, instinct, and imagination • The clair senses and how intuition is perceived • Listening to yourself at spiritual, emotional, and practical levels • Understanding life cycles, completions, and new beginnings • Perceiving your path behind you, around you, and ahead of you • Integrating spiritual insight with daily life and practical realities

We share how Reiki creates alignment between higher consciousness, heart awareness, gut knowing, and logical thought so that guidance becomes practical and usable in everyday life. Inner Vision is not about effort. It is about listening, receiving, and allowing clarity to emerge naturally.

This recording prepares participants for the Inner Vision Reiki journey, which is offered in the following video. Together, the discussion and journey support deeper self awareness, discernment, and confidence in your own guidance.

• Distance Reiki Shares,
• Reiki classes,
• Next Step and Explore the 12 Heavens Registration ends Jan. 18th!
• ReikiLifestyle.com.

**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

Welcome to our monthly Reiki Community Q&A. Here are a few of the questions and topics from December's Q&A podcast.

• Announcements
• Invocation
• Blending Reiki with Other Healing Modalities
• Ordering Your Reiki Manuals
• Distance Reiki at the End of Life: Bridging Light to Light
• Animal Reiki Class Recommendations: The Healing Circle Technique
• Kenyoku (Dry Bathing): A Sacred Cleansing Practice
• Holy Fire® Reiki: Releasing Ego and Allowing Guidance

✨Connect with Colleen and Robyn Classes: https://reikilifestyle.com/classes-page/ FREE Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/community/ Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ (available on all major platforms too) Website: https://reikilifestyle.com/

Colleen Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReikiLifestyle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reikilifestyleofficialempo

**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

Enter a deeply grounded state of awareness through this Guided Reiki Journey into Mouse Vision. This experience brings your consciousness close to the earth where subtle details, intuitive signals, and the practical steps on your path become visible. Mouse Vision reveals what has been right in front of you and helps you understand what supports your next movement forward.

In this journey, you will • Cross the Bridge of Light • Visit the River of Life to let go of scattered energy • Shrink your awareness into the Realm of Mouse • See your path behind, around, and just ahead • Identify what you are releasing and what you are taking with you • Receive a gift of grounded clarity • Return through the Bridge of Light with renewed perception

Reiki guides the entire experience, offering a gentle and steady field of light that helps you see the details, rhythms, and resources already present in your life. This journey pairs with Eagle Vision to create a complete perspective of higher sight and close-in discernment.

This Guided Reiki Journey is part of our Eagle Mouse Vision series at Reiki Lifestyle.

You can join us live for our free online Distance Reiki Share every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Pacific.

For more Reiki Join our Next Step Reiki and Explore the 12 Heavens classes.

Colleen Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReikiLifestyle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reikilifestyleofficialempo

**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

What is Mouse Vision? Mouse Vision brings your inner awareness down to the level of daily life, and a grounded way of perceiving your life through detail, presence, and intuitive timing. Reiki reveals what matters now and how to move forward with clarity and steadiness. Mouse Vision is especially supportive when life feels full, attention feels scattered, or you sense movement but are unsure of timing.

Mouse Vision works hand in hand with Eagle Vision by translating expanded awareness into grounded action you can apply right away.

This video covers: • How Mouse Vision brings clarity through detail and presence • Why grounded awareness is a form of intuition • How Reiki filters distraction and highlights what matters now • Recognizing patterns, timing, and resources already present • Understanding your next step through practical perception

This is Part 3 of the Eagle Mouse Vision 5 week series. Each week builds on the last, guiding you from expanded awareness, into grounded clarity, and toward Inner Vision.

Watch the next video in this series to continue into Inner Vision and integrate what you see from above with what you experience on the ground.

Learn more about Reiki training, guided journeys, and advanced classes at Reiki Lifestyle with Colleen and Robyn Benelli. Visit www.reikilifestyle.com

You can join us live for our free online Distance Reiki Share every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Pacific. Register for our Next Step Reiki and Explore the 12 Heavens year long advanced Reiki classes.

Colleen Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReikiLifestyle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reikilifestyleofficialempo

**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

This Best of episode revisits one of our most meaningful conversations with Ann Linda Baldwin, PhD, a scientist, Reiki Master, and pioneer in mind-body research. Ann's work offers a clear explanation of how Reiki supports physiological balance, emotional wellbeing, and heart-centered awareness.

Ann is a Professor Emerita of Physiology at the University of Arizona and Director of Mind-Body-Science. She holds advanced degrees in Physics and Physiology, is a HeartMath certified trainer, TRE provider, Bio-Well level 2 certified, and an Equine Assisted Learning practitioner. With over 125 scientific publications and decades of federal research funding, she bridges Reiki energy healing with measurable scientific outcomes.

Ann's book, The Vagus Nerve in Therapeutic Practice, is a practical guide for understanding how the vagus nerve influences stress, resilience, and mind-body function. She explains how practices like Reiki, breathwork, and heart coherence naturally support vagal regulation. Her work helps practitioners understand why Reiki often brings deep calm, improved emotional clarity, and a sense of connection.

Episode Highlights • How Reiki affects the vagus nerve and the stress response • Scientific markers of relaxation and heart coherence • The relationship between energy healing and emotional regulation • How Ann measures the biofield through her research • Reiki with animals and equine-assisted healing

Ann's perspective gives practitioners language that blends science with spirituality. Her research helps explain the experiences people notice in Reiki sessions, making this a foundational conversation for anyone wanting deeper insight into how Reiki works.

Connect with Ann Website: www.mind-body-science.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 520-991-9458

✨Connect with Colleen and Robyn Classes: https://reikilifestyle.com/classes-page/ FREE Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/community/ Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ (available on all major platforms too) Website: https://reikilifestyle.com/

Colleen Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReikiLifestyle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reikilifestyleofficialempo

**DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual.