What is Reiki?
Reiki is a gentle yet powerful form of energy healing that restores harmony within the mind, body, and spirit.
The word Reiki comes from the Japanese words rei (universal life) and ki (energy). This life force flows through every living being — it’s what animates us, heals us, and connects us to something greater.
Everyone has Reiki within them. It is the natural life energy that moves through us from the moment we are born. The difference lies in one’s capacity to channel it. Through dedicated practice, attunements, and deep energetic work, a Reiki practitioner’s energy channels expand — allowing them to act as a clear and powerful conduit for universal life force energy to flow through.
When that flow is blocked by stress, trauma, or emotional patterns, we feel it as anxiety, fatigue, pain, or disconnection. Reiki gently dissolves those energetic knots so your body’s natural healing intelligence can do what it was designed to do: bring you back into alignment.
The Essence of Reiki
Reiki isn’t just energy — it’s a living tradition passed from teacher to student through direct experience and attunement.
True Reiki carries the vibration of its origin — a lineage of compassion, purity, and intentional transmission. When practiced within an unbroken line of authentic masters, its frequency remains strong, clear, and profoundly healing.
My Reiki Lineage
Energy is most powerful when it’s passed through a pure, direct line of training.
My Reiki lineage traces directly back to Reiki’s founder, Mikao Usui, through:
Chujiro Hayashi → Hawayo Takata → John Harvey Gray → Brian Brunius → Roxanne Nawrot.
This unbroken line ensures that the energy you receive is connected to Reiki’s original, undiluted source. Each attunement in this lineage strengthens the current — making every session not only spiritually authentic but also deeply reliable in its energetic potency.
Unfortunately, many people today complete quick “weekend certification” courses and call themselves Reiki Masters. While anyone can learn Reiki, the depth, discipline, and purity of the practice depend on the quality of one’s training and the integrity of the lineage behind it.
Much like a stream that flows cleanest nearest its source, Reiki passed through a pure, direct lineage carries the clearest vibration. The closer the practitioner is connected to the origin, the stronger and more authentic the energy you feel.
What to Expect
During a Session
Every Reiki session begins with a brief conversation to help you center your intention. Before we start, I’ll guide you through a short intake to understand what you’d like to receive from the session — whether it’s physical healing, emotional balance, clarity, or deep relaxation.
Once you’re comfortable, you’ll lie down fully clothed on a massage table while soft music plays in the background. I’ll begin channeling Reiki energy through gentle, light touch or by placing my hands a few inches above your body. Many clients describe feeling warmth, tingling, or waves of peace moving through them — others simply drift into a deep meditative calm.
During the session, Reiki flows wherever it’s needed most, dissolving energetic blocks and bringing the body and mind back into harmony. Every experience is unique; some people feel subtle shifts, while others notice profound emotional release or physical lightness.
Afterward, we’ll take a few minutes to discuss what you experienced, any sensations or emotions that arose, and practical ways to continue integrating the healing energy into your daily life.
Each session is a safe, restorative space designed to help you realign with your natural state of balance, clarity, and ease.
Reiki isn’t something you simply learn about — it’s something you feel.
Experience Reiki for Yourself
The shifts are often subtle yet profound: a softening in the mind, a lightness in the body, a sense of peace that lingers long after the session ends.
Whether you’re seeking emotional release, physical restoration, or simply a return to stillness, Reiki meets you exactly where you are — both energetically and physically.
Even from a distance, Reiki’s healing energy flows effortlessly across time and space. Just as intention and thought can reach someone you care about, Reiki connects beyond the physical. During a remote session, I use traditional sacred symbols passed down through the Usui lineage to connect directly with your unique energetic frequency. Once this connection is established, Reiki flows just as it would in person — dissolving energetic blockages, restoring harmony, and activating your body’s natural healing intelligence.
Experience the difference of authentic, lineage-based Reiki with Roxanne.
Book your session with me at my NYC location in NoMad and Grand Central or schedule a remote session to receive healing energy from anywhere in the world.